As a euphonium player this movie really hit close to home on the references made to everyone calling it a trumpet and the annoyance portrayed in response. Although I’m used to being called a baby tuba which is even more insulting! This movie really hits close to home as an American. Especially as a euphonium player. The only place we are taken seriously is the brass band. This was a damn good movie!
Dad was always a brass band fan. He loved this movie and even though I am not as much into brass bands as he was, I still thought this was a very memorable movie. R.I.P. dad.
Seriously, you have to be a working class Brit to really appreciate this movie.. My father was a Northumberland coal miner in 1983, and l well remember how devastating the closure of our mine was to him and his marra's... R.I.P. dad..
As a Swiss the Wilhelm Tell Overture is of course one of my favorites. During my active time as musician I have been playing the cornet (thereof 1 1/2 years in a British Brass Band in Sussex), euphonium and during the last years Eflat tuba. Apart from that I have watched this great film many years ago and still love it today. Especially Pete Postlethwaite did a brillant job, RIP
Let's stop and honor and appreciate this masterpiece of music from the William tell overture the musicians deserve a lot of credit great job and outstanding performance classic music at its very best one of the best and favorite ever god bless you guys thanks you guys rock thanks ! Joe
This portion of the film always brings tears to my eyes. Brave British people speaking out against their government with music. I wish Danny's speech had been included.
@@stevetaylor7403 Absolutely right. It's ironic that if the Government tried to bring back coal mining they'd now face violence from those opposed to it. As for the 'brave British people speaking out against their government', it was a minority of extremely violent left-wing thugs (violence including murder) attempting to overthrow a democratically government that had the full support of the the majority of the nation at the time.
A great movie, presenting history, human fate and all this wonderful music. These hardworking coal miners on the edge of starvation play like any master class - just brilliant. I watched the movie on DVD with my sons last year and got the soundtrack CD for my car radio. 😊
From the lone ranger just image what a practice is before a real live concert you should be proud and amazed just love classic music job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
One of the best movies I have seen in many a year. Remember when it came out and saw it three or four times. The lass who ;played the cornet I saw in a recent BBC produciton of Spooks - and she is still as beautiful as ever
Excellent and outstanding performance I get thrills and chills to listening to a real masterpiece of music even rossini would be proud appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud just image what a practice is before a real live concert you guys rock appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
What a bitter sweet moving tribute to the Brass Bands of Britain but also a tribute to the miners who lost their jobs by the tens of thousands and effected the towns throughout the United Kingdom.
This is superb! Probably the best recording out there! After hearing this, the cornet solo at 1:12 became my favorite part. In every other recording, the solo was extremely underwhelming. Here, it's brought out and played so clearly. I also am very much amused by Harry's conducting style. He was by all means taught well :) All the compliments aside, one thing that bugged me was Tara Fitzgerald's acting when she played the flugelhorn. It reminds me of one of Danny's quotes earlier in the movie: "That girl blows flugel like a dream." (Referring to Gloria, played by Fitzgerald) Well, if you dream about a girl who can't play flugel, then you're definitely right.
Just a real masterpiece job well done you should be proud and amazed one of my favorite pieces of music to listen to or watch on TV or my cell phone just image what a practice is before a real live concert appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
Ovations to the British Brass Bands. And at the same a tribute to the mining industry. During this time the same thing happened in the States with the same kind of Administration and decimated the middle class and it has never recovered since.
A superb performance by Grimethorpe - if Carling made colliery bands...The cornet solo was masterful. A couple of years ago a stage version of 'Brassed Off' went on tour and here in Cheltenham the band was Bristol's Flowers Band. Their performance reflected their status as British Champions. Andy Smith on cornet. As good as this clip from the film.
I know it's just a movie and the guy playing the conductor probably knows about as much about music as my cat, but I love the job he did. To me it seems like he was "driving" the band more than leading it. He worked very hard to realitically show what it's like in the orchestra pit.
Civic theatre Halifax. I watched them filming at the Piece Hall Halifax and was asked to be in the crowd I said no. I met Pete outside the Piece Hall having a smoke. Brilliant film.
Other than the fact that this is a great performance and a very entertaining clip from a film, it appeals to me since my mother's family all left Wales(Merthyr Tydfil) in the mid 19th century and came to the US. That alone adds enormously to the appeal of this for me.
One of my favorite songs to listen to or watch on TV or my cell phone William tell overture would be proud appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud and amazed just image what a practice is before a real live concert you guys rock thanks ! Joe
Full Monty got all the plaudits whilst this was a little overlooked at the time. Surely this can now be viewed as a wonderfully more warm and realistic view of the genre.
That said as a former member of Thoresby Colliery Junior brass band (cornet) I like the film -brings back memories of playing at garden fetes and pubs at Christmas. Life moves on and so does the world -who wants to work down a hole all day anyway -so much rubbish written about its all maggies fault - some people should show some self respect but I doubt the detractors on here are miners (who by and large did have self respect)
It’s a governments responsibility to gently move these people on towards a betterfuture. Not to criminalise them. Maggie was a cunt to them and deserves the hate. Horrific woman. Will take generations to get over.
"Hi-yo, Silver!" "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty 'Hi-Yo Silver'..." "The Lone Ranger!" "With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States."
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As a euphonium player this movie really hit close to home on the references made to everyone calling it a trumpet and the annoyance portrayed in response. Although I’m used to being called a baby tuba which is even more insulting! This movie really hits close to home as an American. Especially as a euphonium player. The only place we are taken seriously is the brass band. This was a damn good movie!
And the ‘trumpets’ were cornets
@@petermacleod5710exactly! None of the “lesser” known instruments ever get the love and appreciation they deserve!
“It’s a flugel!”
Ms Gloria Stitz!
The wonderful, wonderful Pete Postlethwaite, God bless him.................. what an actor, what a film! ❤❤
Probably one of the most underrated and important films of the British film history
I’ve watched this 15 plus times and still get tears
Me, too!
What a bloody fantastic movie!!
One of the greatest movies ever. I saw it 15 years ago and still feel the same emotion.❤❤❤
with a posthumous tribute to Pete Postlewaite, he will live on as a great actor.
Great picture,
a fan from Holland.
Dad was always a brass band fan. He loved this movie and even though I am not as much into brass bands as he was, I still thought this was a very memorable movie. R.I.P. dad.
My dad thought this was better than The Full Monty which came out about the same time
Not only a great movie, but also very well arranged and played! Superb!
Seriously, you have to be a working class Brit to really appreciate this movie..
My father was a Northumberland coal miner in 1983, and l well remember how devastating the closure of our mine was to him and his marra's...
R.I.P. dad..
One of the best films ever made, it deserves recognition. So does Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
Pete Posthelwaite should have received the Academy Award for his part. Great actors sometimes get neglected and overlooked by the Academy.
EH UPP LAD !
@@jpathak6227 other ur ur ur ur ur u ur thrututut r ur ututuiul ppl
Best ever movie great actors story music and Yorkshire ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Whatever would humankind be without music of this tradition? It makes us better, gives
dignity to our sometimes afflicted lives.
Which is why mis’lums wont allow music, srt, or besuty
And that people is THE best version of that epic tune that you will find anywhere.
The best, bar none. ❤
agree
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As a Swiss the Wilhelm Tell Overture is of course one of my favorites. During my active time as musician I have been playing the cornet (thereof 1 1/2 years in a British Brass Band in Sussex), euphonium and during the last years Eflat tuba. Apart from that I have watched this great film many years ago and still love it today. Especially Pete Postlethwaite did a brillant job, RIP
Let's stop and honor and appreciate this masterpiece of music from the William tell overture the musicians deserve a lot of credit great job and outstanding performance classic music at its very best one of the best and favorite ever god bless you guys thanks you guys rock thanks ! Joe
This is the best William rendition i have ever heard. Beautiful. Hard hitting honest film
I'm a hard Rock music fan and I absolutely love this brass overture.
The man who has the solo, at 1:12 , conducted at a concert band I used to play in! His name is Shaun Randall.
I have never tired of watching the final scene of this movie. Absolutely brilliant.
This portion of the film always brings tears to my eyes. Brave British people speaking out against their government with music. I wish Danny's speech had been included.
With music. And petrol bombs, half-Charlie’s (bricks), railway sleeper bolts. And the rest.
@@stevetaylor7403 Absolutely right. It's ironic that if the Government tried to bring back coal mining they'd now face violence from those opposed to it.
As for the 'brave British people speaking out against their government', it was a minority of extremely violent left-wing thugs (violence including murder) attempting to overthrow a democratically government that had the full support of the the majority of the nation at the time.
@@44oblong ll
It was included. My DVD has it. He rejected the trophy, and ended with " what the fkuc does it matter". Now I'll take my boys out on the town.
@@44oblong One person's thug is another person's hero. ;) Kind of like our "mostly peaceful" protests that included burning buildings.
hell i get chills everytime i hear this great piece of music, brass at its best and i love the way its conducted
Yes its always great when you can import an actual Brass band from Germany!!!!!!
@@Arcusinoz ??
WHEN MUSIC WAS MUSIC AND EVERYDAY PEOPLE WERE MUSICIANS .
Bravo !!!! The Grimethorpe Colliery band !!! Bravooooooooo !!!
I’ve listened to this song many many times and I love it so much. I’m a baritone player and love what they do with this!!
Cracking piece and brilliant acting through the film. Very poignant film - they don't make em like this now!
A great movie, presenting history, human fate and all this wonderful music. These hardworking coal miners on the edge of starvation play like any master class - just brilliant. I watched the movie on DVD with my sons last year and got the soundtrack CD for my car radio. 😊
It gets to me every time I watch it ,I get goosebumps everytime I cry everytime,because I've been in the same situations so I know.❤❤
The brass bands start to play and I start to cry. Whatever they play touches my heart and I just sob. Always been the same even as a young child.
Another great actor dies prematurely.
Left some good memories though!
Pete Postlethwaite. R.I.P.
yorkshire at its best our bands very rarely get beaten and long live the miners
From the lone ranger just image what a practice is before a real live concert you should be proud and amazed just love classic music job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
un grand et beau film ! poignant, émouvant, les années miss Thatcher ! great Pete Postlethwaite ! RIP.
Carson a man of many trades. Butler and conductor.
One of the best movies I have seen in many a year. Remember when it came out and saw it three or four times. The lass who ;played the cornet I saw in a recent BBC produciton of Spooks - and she is still as beautiful as ever
It's a bloody flugelhorn...
MrIntellijent
thx mate u made my day :) even if u posted it 2 months ago ^^
Still a good movie on video or DVD.
Goosebumps everytime.
What a wonderful movie , what a brilliant performance, perfection !
Great movie, thank you, big thank you
Superb conducting.
As good as it gets.
Very passionate 👏 👌 Trubutes to British Brass Bands.
Ewan McGregor, playing the alto horn player distracted by the lovely cornet player, actually played the French horn when he was young.
RIP Pete xx great actor brilliant films
There is a restaurant in Ocean City MD that plays this beautifully piece every night at sunset. Never get tired of hearing it.
Excellent and outstanding performance I get thrills and chills to listening to a real masterpiece of music even rossini would be proud appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud just image what a practice is before a real live concert you guys rock appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
What a bitter sweet moving tribute to the Brass Bands of Britain but also a tribute to the miners who lost their jobs by the tens of thousands and effected the towns throughout the United Kingdom.
It was about half a million jobs
Wonderful film, wonderful clip - thank you. Love Jim Carter's conducting; so vital.
great movie...great music...sad times.
I love that they play cornets, not trumpets. I love that sweet sound!
Totally agree.It gives me joy every timeI listen.
I have no words.................Bluddy Unbelievable. Thank You.
OMG THIS IS GREAT MUSIC.....
This is superb! Probably the best recording out there! After hearing this, the cornet solo at 1:12 became my favorite part. In every other recording, the solo was extremely underwhelming. Here, it's brought out and played so clearly. I also am very much amused by Harry's conducting style. He was by all means taught well :) All the compliments aside, one thing that bugged me was Tara Fitzgerald's acting when she played the flugelhorn. It reminds me of one of Danny's quotes earlier in the movie:
"That girl blows flugel like a dream." (Referring to Gloria, played by Fitzgerald)
Well, if you dream about a girl who can't play flugel, then you're definitely right.
Jams & Bros [DEFUNCT] I did wonder did Jim carter , who plays Harry , get any training in conducting the band or did he just busk it
Just a real masterpiece job well done you should be proud and amazed one of my favorite pieces of music to listen to or watch on TV or my cell phone just image what a practice is before a real live concert appreciate you guys thanks
! Joe
A wonderful film
James Shepherd is awesome, as are the rest of the band especially given what all miners went through in the 80s
Ovations to the British Brass Bands. And at the same a tribute to the mining industry. During this time the same thing happened in the States with the same kind of Administration and decimated the middle class and it has never recovered since.
Great version of this song. Goosebumps
A superb performance by Grimethorpe - if Carling made colliery bands...The cornet solo was masterful. A couple of years ago a stage version of 'Brassed Off' went on tour and here in Cheltenham the band was Bristol's Flowers Band. Their performance reflected their status as British Champions. Andy Smith on cornet. As good as this clip from the film.
This is as good as it gets,magnificent !!!
God I love this song!
What a film,never get bored of watching it,
I know it's just a movie and the guy playing the conductor probably knows about as much about music as my cat, but I love the job he did. To me it seems like he was "driving" the band more than leading it. He worked very hard to realitically show what it's like in the orchestra pit.
He’s also a very good butler.
@@Ziggystardust4752 It depends on the script . He can be a right nasty bugger!
Classic film.😊 A tale of the time.
Les virtuoses et Billy Elliot sont les meilleurs films anglais que j'ai apprécié dans la vie, signe de lutte et de douleur
A fantastic film and this is brilliant!
This film and the music in it is what keeps pushing me to do my grade 8.
the conductor is awesome
Civic theatre Halifax.
I watched them filming at the Piece Hall Halifax and was asked to be in the crowd I said no.
I met Pete outside the Piece Hall having a smoke. Brilliant film.
Other than the fact that this is a great performance and a very entertaining clip from a film, it appeals to me since my mother's family all left Wales(Merthyr Tydfil) in the mid 19th century and came to the US. That alone adds enormously to the appeal of this for me.
Great music. Inspiring! Thrilling! Breathtaking it HAS to have a 'Hi-yo Silver!!! AWAAAYYYY!!!"
what a great movie!!
"Brassed Off" is currently on Pluto TV.
Outstanding in every way
Get goosebumps every time I hear this !
Love the speech that follows
Great film and even better music
As a proud Scot I love pipe bands , but there is nothing quite like a brass band in full flow , specially if its a colliery band
J'adore ce film,magnifique interprétation,sublime musique.!a quand la réédition en DVD?.Ce film me donne le frisson.😊😊😀😀😀
One of my favorite songs to listen to or watch on TV or my cell phone William tell overture would be proud appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud and amazed just image what a practice is before a real live concert you guys rock thanks ! Joe
Love to hear this overture every time.
fantastic! we love this! even my 2 year old-brassed off daddy the fast one daddy!!
I have this cd and if I ever get marooned on. The BBC desert island this would be the cd I would want above all the others!
I have to watch Brassed Off again really soon!
Superbe!!! The entire movie is great!
Class film , in my top 10
Fantastic. Simply fantastic.
Brassed off is a great film about us normal people who try to make the best of what we've got!
Magnificent!
Wow, I'm speechless!
Such an uplifting and also such a sad film but a must watch 😢
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
RIP Pete. Legend
You Poms may not be able to play cricket any more, but you sure make great films and brass bands. 😮😮😅😅😅😅
I kept waiting for the masked man, his mighty steed, and his faithful companion to ride onto...
Love this clip
Magic...absolutely magic.
Full Monty got all the plaudits whilst this was a little overlooked at the time. Surely this can now be viewed as a wonderfully more warm and realistic view of the genre.
That said as a former member of Thoresby Colliery Junior brass band (cornet) I like the film -brings back memories of playing at garden fetes and pubs at Christmas. Life moves on and so does the world -who wants to work down a hole all day anyway -so much rubbish written about its all maggies fault - some people should show some self respect but I doubt the detractors on here are miners (who by and large did have self respect)
It’s a governments responsibility to gently move these people on towards a betterfuture. Not to criminalise them. Maggie was a cunt to them and deserves the hate. Horrific woman. Will take generations to get over.
music to get the students up next door,that will teach them to have a party
Love this scene!
still a great movie. Realistic,
Just a masterpiece! ❤
As a WEST RIDDING MAN, NOT A BAD BLOW LADS.
"Hi-yo, Silver!"
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty 'Hi-Yo Silver'..."
"The Lone Ranger!"
"With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States."
Isn't that the man who played Carson The Butler on Downton Abbey conducting the orchestra?
Ah, Mr. Carson was a conductor before becoming the butler at Downton...