The Last Valley(Suite) - John Barry

[hospitalship1]

Produced during the immediate post-height of Vietnam War intervention and with the full blast of 60's revolutionary ardour in the west the appeal of finding an ideal utopia which really isn't appealed to a cynical and jaded younger public especially a movie paying youth cult that mass media lusted for (pun intended and not intended here). 

[hospitalship1]

Accidentally discovered seemingly unspoilt utopia in a sea of carnage and bestiality that turns to the same beastiness in all people given the right circumstances: survival.

[hunter39888]

were is the right 1????????????

[HipHolland]

This was a fabulous movie! I saw it when it first came out and I think about it to this day! It seems dramatic to say that, but really, this movie was never understood or appreciated by the general public.It really is a Classic... and very few people get that!

[Heartwing13]

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[Sachse009]

R.I.P. John Barry!!

Youtube killed the videostar, at least in Germany!!

[alvinkuo777]

R.I.P. John Barry.

[AdamAus85]

Excellent film and the soundtrack does much to immerse you in the miserable times the film is based in along with the tranquility of the valley.

[Mavrilon]

John Barry,one of the best composers of movie music in the last 50 years. Especially for action adventure films like the JAMES BOND movie,but also dramas like THE LION IN WINTER,ZULU , MIDNIGHT COWBOY,IPCRESS FILE,BORN FREE,THE CHASE and MARY ,QUEEN OF SCOTS just to name a few.

[leandro00000000007]

Nobody does it better than John Barry.

[dafmurray]

Film Tracks website pointed out a slight similarity between Barry's main theme and Goldsmith's main theme for 'The Final Conflict'. Personnally I can't hear any clear similarity although I suppose it's most likely to start at 2.05 in this video.  Anyone else have any insight into this. Barry really was a wonderful melody writer and arranger, but it is slightly easier to identify many of his scores from the sound of the French Horns.

[ezrhino100]

can someone point towards where i can find out about these movies?

[adamfruitcake]

Beautiful

[Tapiola2007]

Words cannot describe how achingly beautiful the last five minutes and finale of this music are. Thank you John Barry for this music!

By the way, the film The Last Valley is amazing, and Barry's score is an integral part of the experience.

Michael Caine was particularly disappointed at the relatively poor commercial reception this film received. However, it's easily one of his finest performances (German accent and all!).

[ccdg1066]

@Tapiola2007 One of my favorite movies. I can readily see how Michael Caine (and probably the director and producer) would be unhappy with its reception. My hope is that it will eventually be recognized much better. John Barry's music was, as usual, very well suited to the material and enhanced the movie. What a career and legacy!

[Tapiola2007]

@ccdg1066 Hi, It's more than a year since I wrote my comment and John Barry has just recently died - how sad. However, we have all the wonderful music he gave us - to be enjoyed while watching great films or alone as great compositions.

[leandro00000000007]

Barry at his best.

[0Carool0]

Muito Bom , geralmente às pessoas quando vam ao cinema não dão a importância devida da trilha sonora do filme, e aí está um grande compositor como jhon barry. Amusica já fala por si

[keidun]

The movie is about the Thirty Years War and a village that was hidden in a valley that had escaped the war until being discovered.

[sexyblondeuk2012]

...have never seen this movie; not even on late night. It looks like it might be similar to the Conan the Barbarian...

What's the storyline?

[edw6727]

It was around 10 years ago I was still in HS came home from a party late @ night and this movie was on and I sat and listened to the part when they did enter the one valley and I was forever hooked on John Barry... Music with soul and a source of empowerment.. Unlike the main stream music of todays world musical scores like this will go on into eternity... bravo... LOL

[booopdooop]

I've just come.

[sfxjames]

where did this music track come from, without chorals?

[luc3657]

whereare the choirs ?

[scampton80]

I saw the film in the late 60's, loved the music and have been playing it ever since. Wonderfully stirring and emotional. I just wish the final track was a little faster.

[Sachse009]

I think iKittay is right with Moonraker, and I also hear The Black Hole, which stephenm6100 suggested. But do not forget the theme of Dances With Wolves.

[leandro00000000007]

he´s the man!! john barry!!

[inksac]

John Barry is a god. This has been haunting me - at work, driving, at home, whenever I'm doing anything - he's the best. I'll throw in Lalo Schifrin and Ennio Morricone, maybe Michel Legrand if you're dealing with projects from the Sixties or Seventies, but Barry is the best.

[booopdooop]

Morricone, Williams, Bernstein.. but Barry is in a class of his very own. The man is beyond words.

[robbie72uk]

I just saw your posting. I agree totally. I saw John Barry live in 1999 and the concert was worth such nuch to me - I was in Heaven so yes maybe he is a god.

[booopdooop]

3:37 onwards is quite simply, breath-taking.

[iKittay]

This soundtrack alway reminds me of Moonraker's "space-music"...

[Sachse009]

I agree with you. But do not forget the theme of Dances With Wolves.

[stephenm6100]

john barry is the king.

[booopdooop]

I couldn't agree with you more.

[stephenm6100]

very similiar to the black hole film soundtrack.

[booopdooop]

Just when I think I've heard the best of John Barry, I find another indescribable Barry masterpiece. Put quite simply, John Barry is remarkable.

[inksac]

Great film, great score. For some reason, there are almost no films originally English language dealing with this period of European history, not counting Dumas adaptations (and The Three Musketeers, although taking place during the spillover religious wars between Catholic and Hugenout, does not touch the apocalypse that devoured the German states).

A population that dropped 80%. They were the wealthiest, and best educated when this started. By the end, cannibalism. Thanks, Mr. Clavell!

[WiltatKansas]

John Barry is awesome, as this film is.

[CanduterioCortes]

beautiful, thank you for sharing. Now i need to find it in mp3 somehow somewhere.

[robbie72uk]

As always John Barry's film score came to the rsscue big time.

[rotblade]

merci

[stephenm6100]

yeah saw this film on sky movies gold about two years ago.nah col steiner in the eagle has landed his best german accent.i was measured for my coffin months ago.

[01546]

Thk you so much for posting. I tried for months a few years ago to get thesoundtrack - so thk u again

[Carandini]

Caine has such a dead on German accent in this movie it is tough to remeber he's British! Oskar Pedersen's slimy priest was great as well, very memorable characters all around. If only they still made movies with this kind of quality both behind and in front of the camera.

[jalissos]

WAR !!! Its fantastic !!!

[keller1919]

Nobody can forget the "Captain" !

[universal68]

this is one of caines best! soundtracks great!!!!

[hiroteacher]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've be waiting someone out there to do so. It's one of John Berry's best.

[Gyggz]

Thankyou .. One of my alltime favorite films.

'You are so nieve, you wish to look under the plate they bring the food on . There is no need for that ..Nothing is hidden'

[finalascent]

FYI... one of my favorites, too - but just so you know, most of the really juicy bits of dialogue were lifted intact, or nearly so from the source novel by J.B. Pick, including the one you just posted. Clavell was a great writer, and to his credit, he found the best parts in Pick's book, re-assigned some of it to different characters, and made some great stuff up like the subplot involving witchcraft.

[inksac]

I've got to get the source novel by J.B. Pick. Thanks!

[vhega1]

...e anche una tragica allegoria di quanto puo' esserci di devastante dietro i sogni piu' belli...

[pulcinoscaltro]

I could no sleep for months after watching this movie ( I was six then).

[BolanKeith]

This movie is a hidden gem.

[fozziemo]

i loved this film!