Lawrence of Arabia title theme (live) - The BBC Concert Orchestra (dir. John Wilson)
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2011
- Really wonderful to see this theme performed live at the BBC Proms 2007, just as if you were there at the original movie recording...
What we all tend to forget is that Lawrence is considered a national hero in Jordan and the Arab Army he raised back in WW1 still exists. In Jordan he is remembered as Al Owrance.
One of the greatest of all movie soundtracks.
It reminds betrayal each time. Legendary music
Well said!
better musical score than Star Wars, and what Star Wars has become
صحيح والله انها تقشعر البدن ذي الموسيقى خصيصا في هذا الوقت 2:18 انا احب هذا الجزء
This overture has, of course, the sweeping theme for Lawrence's love of the desert. But it also has authentic Arabian sounding themes as well as a British military theme. All these elements are beautifully woven together. This is one of the great movie scores of the 20th century.
+Kirsten I. Russell David Lean's photography of the desert added the visual effect. The music matched the scenery, and the late Peter O' Toole's blue eyes.
Mr bleu eyes
Maurice Jarre is a master, or should I say, god of music - comparable to Howard Shore. He also composed for another film starring Anthony Quinn, "The Message". Its the story of Mohammed, and the music is fabulous.
The military march is Voice of the Guns
Don't forget the equally great score for David Lean's DR. ZHIVAGO. Maurice Jarre was definitely one of the most gifted movie composers of all time!
Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur, LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring, The Good The Bad and The Ugly are off the charts greatest movie soundtracks.
One of the best films ever. Peter O'Toole gave an amazing performance. The scene where he first wears the Arab clothing, walks around and sees his reflection in his knife blade was totally improv.. Great.
From 00:40 to 1:58 when the strings start the sweeping music and the brass join in, the music brings such a peaceful feeling to my soul. I can play that section over and over as the music fills my heart and soul with peace and joy lifting me up mentally.
Very well said.
My sentiment exactly!
Perhaps one of the loveliest, most sweeping and identifiable themes in film music history.
gordie eccles
I LOVED Shane, one of the my Top Ten Westerns, hands down. But as great as the score was, it cannot compete with the "identifiable" nature of "Lawrence."
+gordie eccles 'Aqaba'
+tiffsaver Oh yes. I saw this movie when I was about 8 years old. I kept falling asleep because it was so long but I always remembered the theme as one of the most beautiful pieces of music I had ever heard. I used to sing it to myself as I fell asleep summer nights
+gordie eccles
Same to you, my friend.
It was even featured in the Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me.
"Lawrence of Arabia" is undoubtably one of the greatest of the widescreen (ie. 70mm ) epics. Maurice Jarre's score certainly insured the success of the film.
Connie Francis
You need a really wide screen for to show the emptyness of the arabian desert
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Agreed, however, I do wish that Kenneth Alford was recognised more as the theme played at 2:20 is one of the marches he composed called the voice of the guns. It seems unfair that no credit is given....
So breathtaking that contemporary audiences found it hard to realize how innovative and perfectly constructed it is.
bollocks they don't
Another great movie classic with great music
One of the best ever movies. With story, real cast on the spot, great acting, ….
In loving memory of one of the stars of Lawrence of Arabia, Omar Sharif, who passed on today. Omar Sharif, R.I.P.
In the final scene in the movie Dr. Zhivago he die's of a heart attack after he thought he saw Lara walking down the street after he try's to run and get her attention. In real life he die's of a real heart attack.
Most actors from that movie are dead. What a loss of really big actors like Quinn, Guiness etc...
Rest In Peace, Mr. Sharif.
beerborn in one comment you spoiled the novel and the movie for me.
@@deniskleinert you mean Alec guiness?
The great movie maker Spielberg has often said that he is drawn to David Lean's masterpiece and watches it repeatedly, especially for inspiration when he is about to make one of his own movies.
They were movies of my childhood. I wish they were playing today I would like to see them as an adult.
Yes. It's one of the greatest Motion Picture Sound Tracks, I had the opportunity to Dance 💃🏾 the dance of the Seven veils on CBS, TV appearing for the World to confess my love ❤ for. The Greatest to this musical sound Track, Lawrence of Arabia 🎶
I saw 'Lawrence' at the Ziegfeld Theater when it was re-released in the 1980s. That screen is about a mile wide, and when this sweeping music played, you felt as if you were right there in the desert.
So was I At intermission I had to shake the sand outa me boots
I saw it in London in 1989 at the Odeon Marble Arch, which had the biggest screen in the UK. Sadly no more.
I saw it on a true wide screen in the 80's... Completely captivating
Yes. A great movie immerses you into the scene and makes you feel in your heart that you are actually there.
Ten commandments, Ben Hur, Lawrence of Arabia...only for the big screens from the past, not that "cinemas" of today. Or if you owns a big TV over 160 cm
Thank you for the music and RIP...Monsieur Maurice Jarre
We owe John Wilson so much for all his really hard work, in not only preserving and performing great popular music like this, but the years of toil searching for the lost and distroyed heritage, of American musical culture. I never miss his TV appearances, and always see him when on tour.
What I've noticed in the overture of this film is that Maurice Jarre perfectly combines the elements of the Arab land and the United Kingdom into the piece. With the first 40 seconds sounding like war, the next minute gives us the imagery of the desert landscape, then the continued battle, then it fades into a military march that symbolizes Lawrence's origin. Then they eventually all combine together to visualize the path Lawrence took in WWI.... Pure orchestral perfection.
Well put, thanks.
Lawrence of Arabia is undisputedly one of the finest movies ever made. Peter O'Toole was screwed out of an Oscar thanks to what I consider an average movie and decent performance by Gregory Peck.(won the Oscar). All the ingredients that went into the making of LOA were absolutely superb, sprawling scenes on 70mm film, cinematography, and the musical score, WOW, those succession of notes that make this score unforgettable! I have yet to see a finer performance from a male actor. It was his first movie roll and he nailed the character dead center. Timeless, unsurpassed, never to be equaled again. One hell of a movie! R.I.P. Mr. O'Toole.
+loricashe CASHE A film never to be equaled...
+loricashe CASHE Agreed! Since Peter O'Toole's performance in Lawrence of Arabia was one of the best of the 20th century, not just of 1962, the Academy Awards just weren't good enough for that performance! I stopped taking the Oscars seriously because of oversights like this. (BTW, when the Academy finally gave O'Toole a special Oscar for all his film performances, guess what music the orchestra played as he came out--not a medley of music from all those movies, but the music that would have been played if he'd won the 1962 Oscar.)
Peter O'Toole had a total of 8 Oscar nominations in his entire career. The most by any actor/actress in history. Did not win one single one. So Hollywood decided to give him one for his milestone movie career. I would have flatly refused it if I was him. To give you an oscar for no major movie role. That is was the Oscar is all about.
To Kill a Mockingbird was a worthy enough film, but you need to be more than worthy to deserve an Oscar.
Greg kmm
Good morning ! One of the best movie , and one of the best actors of all times , Sir. Peter O' toole! Beautiful soundtrack ! ⭐⭐⭐
Absolutely beautiful, majestic, thrilling. A Helluva movie too.
0:02 I love that conductor's reaction, "This is gonna be huge".
Conductor, not composer :) He didn't write it, he performs the music!
Whoops, my mistake. Edited.
Yes. And he did it. Kudos to him.
Intemporel, inoubliable chef d'oeuvre de David Lean sur la musique de Maurice Jarre. Émotion garantie.
one of the best scores of all time AMAZING nothing else like it
from one of the best films of all time?
This is surely one of the greatest film themes of all time, superbly rendered by John Wilson and his orchestra, with as Kirsten I Russell says, the three main elements woven together seamlessly.
Outstanding music by Maurice Jarre performed magnificently by the BBC orchestra.
Peter O toole and Antony Queen, 2 best actors ever....he each deserve far more than an Oscar
This musical score is so well done and beautiful. A true masterpiece. I have been listening to it all those years and I simply do not stop enjoy it. Wonderful
Εγώ βάζω τέρμα τη τηλεόραση και γίνετε πανικός στη γειτονιά
I love how they did this so beautifully and perfectly!
I am gripped in AWE at this Magnificent Composition that is so fitting to the real Lawrence of Arabia.
One of the finest music scores ever done!
This gives me chills. Sublime.
Thank's for sharing !!!! One of the most (If not ...the upmost !) epic film themes ...allways gives me the shivers !!! ..nothing else can depict more the overwhelming vastness of the dessert !!!
Catherine Huybrechts, my piano teacher was August Huybrechts in Michigan.
I have seen Lawrence of Arabia many times in theaters and dvd. The music was and remains so special. Without being in that area, the desert views and filming were inspiring Thank you for introducing to me to John Wilson.
It's been my favorite movie and soundtrack since the late 1970's. Two earlier favorites were 2001 and The Great Escape before it but Lawrence has held it for all this time. I recommend reading his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Superlative poetic prose and a major story (he lost the first draft and had to rewrite it.) Interesting fellow. The movie is also probably the best screenplay ever written (by Bolt.) Jarre's score is extremely unusual. Lean is my 2nd favorite director to Kubrick.
Sorry to be pedantic but the book title is ‘seven pillars of wisdom’
Great Maurice Jarre.
Jarre was a superlative film composer who knew how convey emotion and compliment the film. He knew the importance of a strong theme. This and the music from Dr Zhivago and his score for A Passage to India are timeless masterpieces.
Such a majestic, sweeping theme. Beautifully performed, bravo.
When I traveled to Jordania, I had always this music in my head.
The good bad ugly
I'd have to play it if I ever visited Wadi Rum!
Magnificent film and theme tune❤
Such a beautiful, haunting theme....RIP Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif..
Netflix has this fim in Ultra4K. It's magnificent to watch desert scene with this music!
Only with the right TV, not a Mouse-cinema
This great movie was part filmed in Morocco, desert of Ouerzazat, which I came from. It was a master piece, best actors in whole film industry and best movie in 20 century. Omar Sharif played well in this movie and the other did very outstanding jobs. May be another movie like this one will be filmed in Moroccan desert very soon inchallah.
I'm sure that Sir T.E. Lawrence would weep bitter tears to see what has become of his beloved Arab nation in the 21st century and there is nothing that can be done to stop the bloodshed.
+Fat Bastard it could do more for the Arabs,
pity that the Jews met their goals based
terrorism. pity.
+Cronosx2008 I'm sure you mean they met their goals by courage, tenacity, brainpower, resourcefulness. But I'm guessing that's not what you meant. Whatever. The Arab nation has had decades to lift themselves out of the 7th century. But as Lawrence said, 'you're a silly people, you could've been great.'
+Dave Glo misunderstood the issue, not all is terrorism, although this fashion.
The reasons are shown in the movie when the arabs are in the town and makes trouble each other and cant even made the waterfacility working
+Dave Glo The Jews had their land given to them by the British, and have been propped up by gullible WASPs ever since. They cannot survive on their own. They have always got by through the kindness of strangers.
Great theme! And a talented orchestra...thank you for loading!
Oh wow!! Thanks for this!
Love it!
Only one word, Beautiful
superb, thanks for posting
Chapeau ! On se croirait dans la BO du film ! Habituellement, on a quelque chose qui évoque de loin la magie de ce thème musical. Bravo aux timbalistes.
belisaire33 thanks
Unforgettable soundtrack!!!
I remember going to the theater and while we sat waiting for the movie to begin, they would play the music playing from the movie that we were waiting to see, with nothing more than a curtain to look at.
...those were the days
Listening to this instantly makes me watch the movie, although I have seen it hundreds of times
I watch it at least each year. Use it as a reward for either an achievement or for consolation. Literally, my favorite film of all time. However, being an audio person, the soundtrack makes all the difference. Visited Lawrence's grave several years ago. A major highlight In my life. He was flawed, bit I could totally relate to him. This is one of the greatest movies and the greatest soundtracks ever created.
It's difficult to find such great movie with such great music theme. Perfect! The music touchs deeply our heart transporting us to that magic enviroment made of sands, dreams, pains and hopes.
Fantastischer Film und wunderschöne Filmmusik. I Love it.
I saw LoA on a 4K huge screen at the cinema a few months ago. Unbelievable experience.
I believe that Peter O'Toole was born to play T E Laurence.
js gould ..Without doubt...A brilliant piece of casting !!!!
He literally resembles him
He was a beautiful man
Sensational performance by him.
The movie ,the music, the actors, the performance of BBC. They are gems, undoubtedly!
Finally watched it! It took me 40 yrs, but I watched it.
everytime a movie is showing a scene in a desert, you hear this song.
Absolutely flawless.
Simply perfection.
Let’s not forget the British Film Director David Lean !
so beautiful...
The tale is of the majestic, beautiful and vast desert, told by a western traveler. After describing the desert, he goes onto describing the small band of his kin among the desert and its inhabitants. Optimistic and growing in confidence, then comes the struggle and ends with the blend of cultures and the unchanging desert.
One of the greatest movie and music
More than anything, this theme makes me think of the incredible relationship between Lawrence and Sherif Ali. In many ways, it’s the heart of the film. O’Toole and Sharif’s chemistry is electric. You watch their bond deepen as they embark on this journey, you witness them rubbing off on each other and influencing each other, and above all, their undying affection for each other. It is Ali who comes to know Lawrence better than anyone, who is still able to reach Lawrence’s humanity in the midst of his breakdown, and it is Lawrence who gives Ali new hope for the future and opens his eyes to the way of navigating this new world plagued with political conflict. Both of their separation scenes are the most heartbreaking moments in the film. “If I fear him, who love him, how must he fear himself who hates himself?” A line that stays with you forever.
Thanks !
A great movie and one of the best themes ever.
I saw a Lawrence of Arabia in a 70 mm re-release in the 1980s on a huge gigantic screen at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove Illinois. When I left I had sand in my mouth and shoes
Gorgeous music
Great music. It was part of what made Lawrence such a great movie.
素晴らしい演奏をありがとう。映画のシーンが甦ります。
Amazing!!!!
Imortal e... maravilhoso!
Never gets old.
Magnifique musique que cette interprétation de Laurence d'Arabie merci encore
This is amazing.
Perfection personified .....bravo
Nice 😍
What an extraordinary era for music!
My favourite theme of the film Lawrence of Arabia! The best film ever made! I saw this picture 6 times.Comments from Shahid Rasheed Khan from Islamabad, Pakistan. Comments posted on 20-04-2018.😀👍❤💚💙💜💛💥
Wonderful theme and filme fantastic and a classic💕💕
Definitely one of the best movies ever.
GOOSEBUMPS
Saw it when it first came out in a beautiful old Denver, Colorado theater (don't recall the theater name). Unfortunately, I was only 8 and in Denver GOR THE GUNETAL OF MY PATEYNSL GRSNDFATHER so, Didnt Truly APPRECIAYE IT UntIL 12 Years Later When it played at my local cinema on the east coast. Still blows me away today when you consider no CGI FX!!! One of the greatest films ever made!
This, this is my favourite
This has to be the greatest of all film scores, oh and by the way the film is probably the greatest too!
I saw this movie when it first premiered at The Radio City Music hall in NYC in 1962.
Grande interpretação de uma grande orquestra com um grande regente, de uma grande música de um grande filme. Fenomenal produção cinematográfica do filme Lawrence da Arábia, um dos maiores e mais belos filmes já produzidos para o cinema.
Música maravilhosa, parabéns ao maestro e a todos os componentes da orquestra!
Amazing music......and superb movie.....
thank you, thank you, thank you
The strings sound like they're singing at 0:54. Jesus Christ that's amazing.
Um dos ícones musicais entre os 10 mais. Uma música que enleva.e emociona o público que queira assistir esta obra de arte chamada Lawrence da Arábia. Maravilha!
Epic performance of an epic theme from an epic movie from 1962!
HERMOSO!!!
I can't help hearing it again and again
MARAVILLOSA INTERPRETACIÓN