The Birds Final Attack Sequence with Full Symphonic Score
Loading...
Uploaded by marcparella on Sep 24, 2010
The final climatic scene from the 1963 Motion Picture "The Birds". This is one of the Hitchcock's most-noted action scenes accompanied with a full symphonic score written by Marc Parella in 1992 and performed by the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra directed by Henry Charles Smith.
The cue takes advantage of several preemptive and forecasting techniques. You know what's going to happen, but the music could fool you, until you know for sure. Equally important is the use of silence when Melanie (Tippi Hedren) opens the door. The final sequence is timed to a split second to coincide with the effects and quick edits.
Ms. Hedren called the score for her famous scene "thrilling" and "exciting".
- 49 likes, 7 dislikes
-
-
View attributions »
Uploader Comments (marcparella)
Top Comments
-
.......really? You can't just turn around to open the door?
1 year ago 42
-
Damn! Those fuckers are hungry!
1 year ago 26
Video Responses
All Comments (66)
-
Scary! But for some odd reason, the scene where the single sparrow comes out of the fireplace scared me as a kid. I have no idea but that sparrow scared me a lot.
-
these were real birds, you can look up on wikipedia
-
das is lächerlich :DDDDD
-
Apparently that scene was as real as they came because she was in a small room with birds being launched at her out of boxes and she ended up with one of them peck underneath her eye and she recieved a cut under her left eye
-
Shotgun
Bang
All done
-
3D, where are you? ; )
- 3:21
Crows Attack the Students - The Birds (6/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HDby movieclips53,119 views
- 2:25
A Hitchcock Moment "The Birds"by ifoxe00710,556 views
- 1:35
The Birds (1/11) Movie CLIP - Seagull Attack (1963) HDby movieclips12,251 views
- 2:07
The Birds (8/11) Movie CLIP - Trapped in a Phone Booth (1963) HDby movieclips23,264 views
- 1:23
The Birds in 90 secondsby jamestavenner108,703 views
- 0:23
The Simpsons Psycho Spoof - This Is Just Brilliant!by InsideOutJellyBaby84,641 views
- 0:40
The birds (HD)by dpecheux6,698 views
- 0:22
The Exorcist The Scariest Horror Movie of All Time (Sick Missing scene)by DaleDale31,210,611 views
- 2:13
Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds Previewby Fueledbyrudy9,503 views
- 3:28
The Birds (10/11) Movie CLIP - Attacked in the Attic (1963) HDby movieclips9,010 views
- 1:12
Psycho [Final Scene]by jhaywood68113,407 views
- 2:33
Crows on the Playground - The Birds (5/11) Movie CLIP (1963) HDby movieclips17,275 views
- 1:15
Alfred Hitchcockby sglaser156,591 views
- 0:48
The Birds (1963) trailerby barvajan49,831 views
- 1:23
Hitchcock's Definition of Happinessby bg36524710,996 views
- 3:24
Psycho (1960 i 1998): Comparativa de l'escena de la dutxaby bismutina18,766 views
- 2:08
Top 10 facebook FAILS!!!by ultraslanmiami393,046 views
- 1:28
Creepy scene in "The Birds" (you've been warned)by WallaceBeery361,079 views
- 1:40
Tippi Hedren and Suzanne Pleshette Smokeby cigarloverguy23,032 views
- 4:22
North By Northwest Cropduster scene with musicby proudtobeirish7748,852 views
Marc, I like the coordination of the score breaking to her audible woes and the score matching her wincing especially the leg movement. It was genius how you matched her doorknob grip with your music. This was a real treat to watch. Wow, Tippi !
LyleLincoln 1 month ago
@LyleLincoln: Thank you for very kind and thoughtful comments. I did a fair amount of research not only to scoring styles of that period but also studied editing techniques too. I was lucky to have the ASU orchestra and Henry Charles Smith. They did a very fine job with the score.
marcparella 1 month ago
great score!
I especially liked the bit at 1:30-1:33, reminded me a lot of John Williams
Excellent job, keep it up!
crematedmemoir 4 months ago 2
@crematedmemoir: Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind comment.
marcparella 4 months ago
Great original score! I remember reading that Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herman got into many matches about when and when not to use music in some of the Hitchcock movies! And most of the time Hitch got what he wanted! ( I know that this movies score was a very elaborate orchestrated sound effects score but I did enjoy hearing it with a musical score! Thanks for all the effort and for posting this! Dave D.
T0MMY2GUNS 5 months ago
@T0MMY2GUNS: Thanks. I appreciate your kind thoughts. I met Tippi a few years back and she thought I was some kind of nut, but she enjoyed seeing her most-famous scene with an orchestral score.
marcparella 4 months ago