Where Eagles Dare (Main Theme) - Ron Goodwin

[robert2957]

I always think of this music as a metaphor. The opening is very quiet and it slowly builds up. Just like the British resistance to Hitler. British forces were able to make only a very small impact at first and them struck at Germany with growing might until a victorious allied conclusion.

[Nothefaceyoubitch]

@robert2957 That's fair enough. Personally, I'm always a bit wary of metaphors. When Homer Simpson produced a remake of 'Mr Smith goes to Washington' which ended in a killing spree, he was asked "Why did Mr Smith kill everyone?", he replied "It's a metaphor. Because he was mad at them."

[pt45g46]

Ron Goodwin composed fugue-ing good music for killing Nazis ! ! ! !

[fdsdh1]

@pt45g46 a musical joke

[chelseaEbaby]

Our youth orchestra is playing this this winter concert. I love it. We actually have the orginal score that ron used. Special.

[GordonMorrice]

Whenever using walky-talkies ALWAYS open with "Broadsword Calling Danny-Boy..." yes?

[Seweberwad]

Kind of reminds me a bit of some of the music from Starship Troopers.

[ReneeNme]

Would love to hear an extended version / heavy metal interpretation of this backed with a full orchestra . Always thought it would be cool.

[Lowerthetone1]

Ron Goodwin was an extraordinary composer, from tough and inspiring war film themes like this or "633 Squadron" and "The Battle of Britain", through the quaint but catchy theme to Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple series and comedic scores to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" and "Monte Carlo or Bust". He didn't shy away from conducting concerts of his work either. A great talent.

[11yolkel]

ARISE "SIR RON GOODWIN" - THE BEST EVER BRITISH FILM COMPOSER.

When you look at some of the wasters who have been knighted it is a crime that Ron has been overlooked.

[tropicalpancake56]

EXCELLENT SCORE and fantastic film. Thank you.

[vsv1949]

right from the story to the camera.........Yess. me too. Like this.

[mulleolsen]

I fricking love this movie and it´s theme

[paolosilv]

I found the scenes on the tram car to be over the top and not quite believable. No one would jump tram cars that way. Crazy.

[MartialHorror]

I love this movie, partially because of the score, but also because of its unrelenting suspense and lack of pretenses.

[surreydodger]

Big Ron ruled the war movie theme music in his time. Today is the turn of the Zimmermans and Elfman's but back then, Goodwin was the man :)

[tomdemerly]

This is a truly great composition- and a stunning film. In the words of one reviewer when the film was released: "Pulse pounding adventure".

[manic1958]

re:tintinstooge8 it's because "Where Eagles Dare" is fiction and the other two are based on true stories, anyway it's my all time favorite film.

[quirpco]

Whenever I'm faced with a challenge in life, this theme ALWAYS pops into my head and it helps me! I LOVE IT!

[tintinstooge8]

Why isn't this film not as well respected as great escape or bridge on the river kwai?

[Bronzewhaler82]

Masterpiece

[lincsposter]

@Bronzewhaler82 We have been trying for a year now to get Ron Goodwin Honoured in some way for his contribution to UK cinema. We have an email address we cannot print on You Tube, but please contact me if interested. It should be Sir Ron Goodwin!

[SirRoyRogers]

Today I watched the film on tv for the first time and I was in love with the music.

[mooseyman74]

I love this film, that poster art is brilliant too! Must rush round to my brothers and get my copy back right now....

[cromacht]

ron goodwin un grande che non a eguali

[berlinmitte10117]

Arguably the greatest war movie theme ever

[buque]

Broadsword to Danny Boy, Broadsword to Danny Boy... Come in... Over.

[FrederickNetwork]

PERFECT VERSION 5 stars!!!

[crzxr]

As far as I am aware, this is the only example of fugato (it's not strictly a fugue) in a war movie theme. it's very well done and highly effective.

[lincsposter]

If you think the composer of this music Ron Goodwin should be belatedly Knighted , please contact me. You Tube are not allowing me to give an email address.

[oilrush]

I agree, he is brilliant.

[guerillaresponse]

Best WWII movie, better than Great Escape, Dirty Dozen, Navarone. THE BEST

[Spraycando]

Broadsword Calling Danny Boy.

[AdmiralCSN]

Watching Clint Eastwood using his silenced pistol in this movie, I half expected him to tell the Germans, "Go ahead; make my day!"

[reedykilowat]

"we got company"

[douglas18741892]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

[AutobotLover]

this is Broadsword go ahead Danny Boy

[Gojira777]

Ron Goodwin was an excellent composer for the British war films. He was a master of the fugue. So many great marches too.

[FWDORA9]

Best part of the Movie was seeing that JU52 flying threw the Mountains and the theme playing.

[jimbob1969]

sounds a bit slow...

[Ekfud]

Nah - it's the right speed; they squeezed it up for the opening credits of the movie so it would fit the editing. When it pops up for incidental music later, it's this speed.

[lincsposter]

One of the greatest Ron Goodwin film themes! He should have neem knighted for his services to music esp film themes!

[rollydodie]

Clint eastwood was a good actor.

[ColonelHogan9162]

Why "Was" ? He's still alive.

[rollydodie]

I know.

[sanatorioagra]

learn how to speak english

[rollydodie]

I know how to speak english. But I was in a hurry, thank you for reminding me.

[rollydodie]

And where are your captial letters? In learn and, English.

[VernianProcess]

was? Dude he's one of the best actors/writers/directors in Hollywood today.

[rollydodie]

I know I mean in that particular movie "was" as in before.

[VernianProcess]

I see. I understand what you meant now.

[mutinyonthekitkat]

Pass me ze water!

[DEP717]

Castle Wolfenstein ripped this off so bad!

[VernianProcess]

Nah... Castle Wolfenstein has always been an obvious homage to this and other 60's WW2 Thrillers/Adventure movies.

[matt2house]

they so did!!

[DEP717]

When movie themes had balls. Today it would be all weepy and stuff.

[marketgarden20]

"Hello" then machine gun hundreds of Germans great stuff

[goldyn12345]

tarrantino said he would love to remake this film!!!

[kidstl]

fuck tarrantino, he would fuck it up soooo bad that the horrible planet of the apes remake would look good....

[goldyn12345]

yeah it shouldnt be remade!!!

[markgoodall]

Go Britain!!!!!!

[asreis51]

Mais um filme excelente que assistir. Muito bom.

Quem tiver oportunidade ver, vale apena.

[acdcdudes]

wt a fuckin amazing film great plat and creat cast !!!!!!!

[lainey500]

a hole is a hole as they say'

[reedykilowat]

All sins forgiven.

[matteline1]

Ron Goodwin is an unsung hero among movie composers. For my generation, his scores defined what a War Movie should be.

[lincsposter]

@matteline1 We have been trying for a year now to get Ron Goodwin Honoured in some way for his contribution to UK cinema. We have an email address we cannot print on You Tube, but please contact me if interested. It should be Sir Ron Goodwin!

[ColonelChamberlain]

@matteline1 shaped my childhood and i was born in 1990. luckily my father had excellent taste in war films.

[spacepatrolman]

@matteline1 this has the longer ending then the clip flying over the alps

[bucky86]

Major Von Harben.... Gestapo.

Scary villan and great film.

[strancess]

good music !!!!!!!!!!!

[massimolioy]

bellissima,avevo comprato anche la video cassetta,

[melonhead82]

Richard Burton, what a lengend

[PoloniusBent]

'Tell him he's a traitor!'

'Tell him he's a renegade.'

Best film ever.

[jonnykebab]

The lieutenant, he is just a second rate punk.

Excellent piece

[82NDHMINUS]

SIT DOWN COLONEL!!!!

[drittenreichlieber]

But for Ron Goodwin's music score, the film is so drab and silly, one scorns at the absurdity of very plot. By trying to show the greatest fighting men in history, the Germans, in such poor light, the makers have only fallen flat. All the heroics in the film only reminds me of the loaner Buster Keaton, the duo Laurel and Hardy or the trio 3 stooges. As rightly reviewed by a german tabloid at that time, 'a great comedy' indeed. However, Anton Differing stole the show, as usual.

[Bubo25]

The Special Air Service are the greatest soldiers in history. And if the Germans were, as you said, the greatest soldiers in history, then why did Germany lose both WWI and WWII?

[drittenreichlieber]

Hi Bubo,Even a Lion can be brought down by a bunch of wolves. That was what happened in both conflicts. UK which occupied abt 75 nations cud draw men & material resources. Soviets with 10&half times zones of vast territory and innumerable manpower and the US with its industrial power and wealth, France with vast colonies of men and material strength were all allied against Germans. Against such numerical superiority,the Germans fought exceedingly well with limited resources but excellent heroes.

[goldyn12345]

the german army of ww2 was a brilliant fighting force, what a chance hitler had of european domination. he made some very silly mistakes!!

[ivanjelical]

silly mistakes? what like the holocaust, a bit more than a silly mistake

[goldyn12345]

i meant millitary mistakes, his failure to capture the british army at dunkirk in 1940, delaying operation barbarossa by 6 crucial weeks, not allowing his brilliant generals like rommel, guderian and manstien more freedom to act on the battlefield. hitler thought he knew better than his generals!!!!

[ivanjelical]

oh ok.

[sailingforde04]

@goldyn12345 - and not reinforcing the North Africa core and crushing us brits !

[goldyn12345]

yeah your right,if he supplied rommel correctly then i think he would have crused monty, i always thought monty was overated!!!

[AdmiralCSN]

Hitler was a bloody handed butcher and a madman, nothing more.

[goldyn12345]

i think he was an evil genius, evil because of the brutal vile things he ordered and a genius because he took over a country that was on its kness made it strong and took it to within an inch of european domination. thank god he failed.

[Redgrant80]

@goldyn12345 He couldn't be a genius because there would have been no way his plan could have worked.

[goldyn12345]

@Redgrant80 im not so sure, he made some very silly mistakes like not totally destroying the british army at dunkirk!! britain would have seriously been under pressure to sign some kind of peace deal with hitler. with no threat from the west hitler could have concentrated all his army on russia and if he left the war on the eastern front to his very able generals and stopped interfering then im convinced the war would have turned out very different!!

[Redgrant80]

@goldyn12345 But what would he have gotten out of focusing on one front and winning? All its going to lead to is just a lot of dead people. If he really wanted to make Germany a superpower he should have made a killing on the world markets, kind of like China today. They could've stayed neutral like the Swiss and sell everyone else the guns they need to kill each other.

[Redgrant80]

@Redgrant80 I mean which country wouldn't want to have Tiger tanks and Me 262s in their military. That's just what i think anyway.

[goldyn12345]

@Redgrant80 intersting!! but hitler only believed in brute force, command and conqeuor!! create a modern day roman empire!! in the end his 1000 year reich ended in just 12 years!!

[ferahgo90]

@goldyn12345 and it may have succeeded if Britain hadn't punched him in the face during the Battle of Britain

[goldyn12345]

@ferahgo90 very true, the mainly british,polish and czech pilots that fought against the luftwaffe during the battle of britain saved western civilisation!! it might well have been a german occupied europe for a thousand years!! imagine how that would have been!!

[ferahgo90]

@goldyn12345 well they dont have a sense of humour....'for you ze jokes are ofver!'

[goldyn12345]

@ferahgo90 yeah the germans arent know for their sense of humour!! very serious lot!!

[24569698]

Broadsword calling Dannyboy.

Great film and music.

[wilchbla68]

One of the best themes and openings to a movie ever. Very few folks know about this either.

[VernianProcess]

This is one of my top 5 adventure films of all time. My dad got me into it when I was like 12 in the 80's. I love how so many homages have been made to it over the years in other films and games.

[BATTLEDROID678]

that is a damn shame because both the movie and novel were such classics and the score is epic thats all i can say.

[hsilva44]

Ron Goodwin was a great composer. Superb music.

[HXA27V]

The best warmovie ever.And the music is

fantastic.

[paulbuzu]

I agree with you 100%

[mendal05]

A fantastic film and piece of music! Nice video =)