Amazing! See how Burt was demanding and dynamic in musical rehearsals, directing each sector of the orchestra so that the musicians donate their best performances. Burt knew how to extract the potential of each musician! That's why he will always be immortal. This is the essence of Burt Bacharach! A musical genius.

@sansuir-c9593

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Even I can feel his demands cause I play piano and guitar. I miss him so much! His music will live forever💕🙏

@sansuir-c9593

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Even I can feel his demands cause I play piano and guitar. I miss him so much! His music will live forever💕🙏

@Marcel20658

Жыл бұрын

Burt was a genius in every way! A great composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, accompanist, producer. you name it and he did it! BURT my music hero! Burt thank you so much for all those great compositions that you have written. R.I.P. BURT 😪💔

@robertocalderon9853

Жыл бұрын

BURT MODELED MY SOUL WITH HIS MUSIC FOR EVER.

@user-wg3gw3qk3t

2 ай бұрын

@@Marcel20658. Imagine if he and Hal had never met? All we would’ve missed. We miss you both Hal and Burt.

The little girl Nikki was immortalized by her father with this beautiful song. Burt joined the select group of composers who will live forever. The genius left but his great work remained in our hearts.

@January.

Жыл бұрын

*Nikki was immortalized by her father with this beautiful song. *remains

@clayerkwiltee2315

Жыл бұрын

@@January. Who appointed you the _Grammar Gauleiter_ ? You're the _Commissar of Composition_ all of a sudden.

@January.

Жыл бұрын

@@clayerkwiltee2315 It's KZread. There's no need to be appointed.

@clayerkwiltee2315

Жыл бұрын

@@January. Are you suffering from OCPD? Why can't you compose a simple one line sentence without re-editing?

@January.

Жыл бұрын

@@clayerkwiltee2315 The prevalence of ignoramuses in the world is astounding.

The scene at the end, where he’s walking hand-in-hand with Nikki is so poignant since he has now passed and we know the struggles that Nikki had. I’m not particularly religious but I like to think they are walking this way in a place we can’t see and that Nikki is healed and all is good. They both deserve it.

@krugerfuchs

7 ай бұрын

Unless you're autistic you don't know the struggle

@ParchedPinemarten

7 ай бұрын

@@krugerfuchs I somewhat agree and disagree. Sure, we'll never know what it's like to be autistic, but the family sure knew what it was like to live with someone with autism. People who've experienced living with someone severely autistic can know the struggle.

@mikamamma

3 ай бұрын

@noopysma oooo! So nicely said. I love the image you conjured in your head from that final scene shown here in this video. I love it and would like to also imagine it's true.

@dandyhiphop

Ай бұрын

the song and knowing how she suffered always make me cry.

Great to see Burt working in the studio. I actually met Nikki in the early 2000's. She and her mother, Angie Dickinson would go to the Motion Picture Academy for Oscar screenings, and I would sit behind them often. It was such a tragic loss, when Nikki took her own life in 2007.

@robertp.wainman4094

2 ай бұрын

Some time ago I left a comment on the New Format video of this beautiful composition about what it always portrayed to me an Englishman - of a sunny big city American morning.......then I learnt who Nikki was. Such a lovely moving and everlasting tribute to their daughter!

@tonydziedziak3686

Күн бұрын

Unmistakable sound!

As Mr Bacharach said, "Play it with some respect, not for the composer but for his daughter". It's clear from the instrumentalists' happy demeanor from the outset that they truly enjoyed working with (rather than for) Bacharach, who leads the rehearsal with authority but in a team spirit.

@ben2715

Жыл бұрын

So well said! A joyful team spirit indeed radiates from this wonderfully captured performance.

@chebmothra-al-farouk8043

8 ай бұрын

■ u n s p e a k a b l y ■ f a k e ■ t e l e v i s i o n ■ t w a d d l e .

The greatest composer of modern music!

@Nigel-ef2ft

11 ай бұрын

No doubt.

@alexgarciagarcia5447

7 ай бұрын

That was Jerry Goldsmith

What a beautiful piece of music.

Amazing clip... ABC Movie of the Week theme... he knew what he wanted... RIP both Nikki, and Burt.

The two of them walking away together at the end just haunts me…💞

Also Know as the ABC Movie of The Week Theme

@PlasmaCoolantLeak

24 күн бұрын

A lot of good TV back then.

How often in history do we get an over-the-top genius like Burt?

@gonzaemon4711

Жыл бұрын

not often enough

It would have been a huge, angst-ridden privilege to be on of the studio musicians on this recording. Burt certainly knew what he wanted.

A father's love for his daughter ..immortalized ! Nikki and her dad, Burt Bacharach are together now ! Rest in Peace !❤❤❤

Very very moving. Pure genius.

BURT PUT HIS MUSIC TO MY ENTIRE LIFE. THANK YOU BURT

Thanks for this beautiful homage from THE MASTER BACHARACH to his lovely daughter Nikki at 8 years old. This song shows the most beautiful Bacharach sound. Splendid. The soundtrack of my life.

Look at those musicians. They love this man and his song.

@jrthiker9908

2 ай бұрын

Definitely....look at the string players, those are the old guard of what was probably the LA studio recording scene at that time, so they've seen and played it all. They are happy and relaxed. You can always tell with the body language and faces of the strings if you (the conductor) are liked or not liked by the orchestra. Winds are good at hiding it, and brass just mutter nasty things under their breath LOL. But the strings will let you know in how they sit and how they play. He almost loses them at the beginning by talking so much...orchestras hate that and it was probably done for the cameras, but he has them as soon as he starts rehearsing.

Even when I was 12 years old and among all the great songs of that time, "Nikki" had my admiration. This song is still a song I love to hear. There is something intangible; like joy, about listening to Burt Bacharach's music.

Wow wonderful! Brought tears to my eyes.😢❤

@January.

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@sansuir-c9593

Жыл бұрын

There’s none like him.💕

@ronaldomimessi

10 ай бұрын

Quando ouço essa música e quando vejo a cena final desse vídeo, tenho vontade de chorar...

I still remember this as the opening song to The Movie of the week. I was delighted when i saw it was available on an Album. Its on my I Pod and brings back fond memories of childhood.

Burton Bacharach was untouchable when it comes to writing music and picking the right person to sing his songs. ❤❤❤❤❤

His music pierces to the core of our emotions. It skips between sadness and joy, joy and sadness, all within the space of a minute. One second you are about to weep tears of loss, and then a kind of relief comes to the rescue, and then happiness sweeps over completely.

@mikamamma

Ай бұрын

Wow, that's very interesting to think about how his music can do that. I never could quite capture how his music is so moving but I think you may have gotten it!

Absolutely heartbreaking. Also, I loved this as a kid as the Movie Of The Week theme.

Karen Carpenter's funeral was 40 years to the day(February 8th,1983) before Burt died in 2023. Man, they left us so much. As you said above, this tune was also the ABC ( "Tuesday" originally) Movie of the Week theme and it sure brings back family memories. RIP... CLOSE TO YOU.Thanks for the post showing the time it takes to get that Bacharach sound.

This will always be the ABC Movie of the Week to me.

This is wonderful looking at behind the scenes of the ABC Movie Of The Week theme. The song was named after his daughter Nikki. She took her own life in 2007 and Mr. Bacharach lived to be 93 years old. He wrote a lot of great songs and made Dionne Warwick a big name. His legacy of music will live for many years to come.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT BURT THIS AFTERNOON AND I DECIDED TO PLAY SOME OF HIS MUSIC AND I SAW THIS NICE VIDEO OF HE AND HIS DAUGHTER. SO SAD THEY ARE BOTH GONE I SAW HIM IN CONCERT ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO IN BEVERLY HILLS IT WAS VERY NICE MY MOM TREATED ME TO THE CONCERT I LOST HER 3 YEARS GO. R.I.P. BURT AND NICKI. AND MOM I MISS YOU TERRIBLY. THANKS FOR POSTING.

Pure magic. What a video! RIP, the Great Burt Bacharach.

He was always so creative with whatever he did. It didn't matter where in the house we were then, but about 8 o'clock at night when that theme song would play, our family would all come into the living room to see what the movie of the week was going to be.

i dont know if the the orchestra mistake was "staged" ,the first 4 bars in Dminor, the ryhthm instruments were in the right chords bars ,suddenly in the 5th bar the othe ryhthm guitar played other Gmajor and the brasses played other notes,i thought was a humorous moment , showed the connection between the composer and the orchestra , but when Burt said ,play with some "respect" not for the composer ,for his daughter, he highlighted the importance of his daughter in his life, now both are in Heaven..Burt was always my favorite music pop composer from the 60,70

@ben2715

Жыл бұрын

@carl perkins: Great question and good ear in figuring out the errant guitar chord! I believe the correct chord in the fifth bar was supposed to be B-flat major 7. Whether real or staged for this television special, Burt certainly had great respect and affection for his musicians.

@jimdixon3470

Жыл бұрын

Though the whole scene did feel very staged, I really enjoyed hearing how Burt communicated his ideas to the musicians. As with the 2021 Beatles "Get Back" documentary by Peter Jackson, I can't get enough of this kind of footage. I'm the person saying "Get back was ONLY 8 hours long? Any way I can see the outtakes?" Same applies here, I could happily watch Bacharach produce a recording from start to finish.

@rogeriovillela

8 ай бұрын

Senhores não houve erro nenhum: a interrupção foi proposital e alguns músicos interromperam antes dos outros dando a impressão de "erro".

This takes me to childhood remembering this as opening for movie of week. I remember it before bedtime and the graphics on TV. Its dreamy, alluring, mature, intelligent... and hypnotic . No theme music like this anymore. Everything is loud, obnoxious and in-your-face. To learn the real meaning behind it is even more heavenly.

@HQBergeron

4 ай бұрын

Burt’s entreaties to his orchestra to “underplay it” demonstrate how he hears it in his head and verbally transfers that to his musicians in rehearsal. Then they exactly remember it when they play for the final recording. Amazing talent by all to translate a written song into a masterpiece of music.

I get to say I was alive when he was!

What an honour it must have been to be recording with Burt Bacharach!

Very sad there were heartaches that couldn't be repaired.... I love to watch a genius at work.

How cool was that!

When I hear this music , this "song", it reminds me of 'THE ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK" theme!!!!!! Which it truly is!

@ben2715

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, GringoLatino941! Interesting how Burt created a poignant, reflective arrangement of this song as featured here, but he also created a grander, lavish arrangement as the theme for "The ABC Movie of the Week" -- and both versions were brilliant.

Thank you for uploading this masterpiece. Thoroughly enjoyed. I listen to this often. Burt Bacharach is an AMERICAN TREASURE AND SORELY MISSED 😢.

@alexgarciagarcia5447

7 ай бұрын

That was Jerry Goldsmith

@January.

7 ай бұрын

@@alexgarciagarcia5447 You obviously lack English comprehension skills.

@alexgarciagarcia5447

7 ай бұрын

The thief thinks that everyone is of his condition. Jerry Goldsmith, the master@@January.

@January.

7 ай бұрын

@@alexgarciagarcia5447 UNINTELLIGIBLE

@alexgarciagarcia5447

7 ай бұрын

The thief thinks that everyone is of his condition. Jerry Goldsmith, the master@@January.

This guy's genius (and Dionne Warwick) was the soundtrack of my childhood. I've linked so many memories to his songs......

@mikamamma

Ай бұрын

Let's not forget Hal David.

We can't judge other people, Burt and Angie know how hard it was! Nikki still had a wonderful mom, Angie! Burt could never bring himself to open the suicide note Nikki left him! I think the guilt and sorrow was too much to bear!

@January.

Жыл бұрын

*were too much

So sweet. We miss you Mr. Bacharach 😢

Maestro

As a long-time lover of this song, I am shocked to only now be finding out about this clip… but better late than never! Thank you so much for posting. And RIP to Maestro Bacharach.

Nikki and I were both 3 years old as we went to the same school and challenged each other at hopscotch. She was frail, gifted and was born premature, a miracle of survival in itself! She won our hopscotch game! She was proud, as I thought, ‘she should be???’ Despite her premature birth issues, etc…. She, won the hopscotch game! Nikki looked me in the face, as she hopscotched to the winning line and said to me, “ Pissa fracka.” I thought, ‘ What?’ That was hilarious! I laughed with stomach aches! Instant love, for real! Did and did not understand my understated adoption by her parents, as above, and I must admit, I just NOW, saw, for the first time-ever; memories beautiful! Burt loved her more then I can ever know? Both of her parents were angels of sacrificial love towards Nikki, and out of love and sincere gratitude, I would like to attest to the heartfelt truth, gratitude, and sheer child naïveté, the love, appreciation and unimaginable blessings that both Burt and her mother, Angie Dickinson, kindly and truly bestowed upon so many of us around the world, to this day! Showers of abundant golden love. Remember, as Burt’s music rang around the world, his famous words so graciously appreciated and devoted, “ What the World Needs Now, is Love Sweet Love, it’s the only thing🎶that there’s just too little of🎶❤️”…Ad infinitum…. LOVE❤️🎶🌅Dawn.

@pjhanna1432

2 ай бұрын

What does pissa fracka mean?

I was just a kid when this came out but it is one of my favorite pieces of music to listen to. For some reason it evokes a calming and peaceful feeling in me. Thank you Mr. Bacharach.

RIP Burt, the legend

Thank you for uploading this masterpiece. I listen all the time. You have great taste in music 😊.

This is one of the most amazing videos I've seen, so see an artist at work

But and his daughter are back together again .

His melodies, and the lyrics of Hal David, will live forever

Beautiful. I've always loved the song but never seen how he put his whole being into every sound on the arrangement. Wish I had the talent to do something like this for my own daughter. I hope their reunion was a joyous one. RIP Burt, and thanks for everything.

I 'll always Love this special gifted human being

Thank you for all the beautiful 🎶 that touchs my heart ♥. Tearfully touching,! Priceless!

Magic! And Burt and Nikki are playing beautiful music in heaven ❤

He was the best, I love his music since I was 6 years old, he was always my crush, I still see him and my opinion has not changed, he was so handsome, for me he was perfection in many aspects.

A master composer at work!!!!

This is really fantastic, thank you so much for posting! A very rare opportunity!

I know Burt loved his daughter, Nikki very much as well as Angie! Burt could never open the suicide note Nikki left him! It broke his heart!

@drbobperkins

Жыл бұрын

Amazingly well put. I suspect she put a lot of blame on him. He wasn’t too suited to have an autistic (She had some form of mental disorder) daughter when he was at that stage of his career.

@susanjohnson5340

Жыл бұрын

​@Bob PerkinsDDS God gives us burdens to bear! Nikki was also a great blessing, she survived!

@drbobperkins

Жыл бұрын

@@susanjohnson5340 until she didn’t.

@January.

Жыл бұрын

@@susanjohnson5340 And God gave Nikki her burden to bear?

@augustaugust7667

Жыл бұрын

@@susanjohnson5340 //she's successfully killed herself

Poignant. ❤

That......was beautiful ❤️

Beautiful and haunting...

Freaking genius!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful

Que capo era Burt Bacharach, gracias a Nicolas Godin conocí al gran Burt ya que su estilo a influenciado muchísimo en Nicolas.

It is so wonderful to compose this beautiful piece of music for your daughter. Have two daughters of your own and with this song you realize how much you love them.❤

Wow!

Unmistakenly Bacharach.

prachtig, zo ontroerend...een onvergetelijke componist, forever and ever!

Amo la tua musica da 50 anni.....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Burt Bacharach you are a Brilliant Genius Composer.

His music is very distinctive.

Buone feste al laureato che mi diede l'informazione che Burt Bacharach era un direttore d'orchestra

Burt Bacharach . What a musical genius

Pure genius.

Loved this

Maravilhoso!!!!! Gigante Bacharach!!!

Beautiful 💕

I love you Bury. You will always live in my heart.

Genius, pure and simple.

As an Autistic woman, this is near and dear to my heart. I love you so much, Nikki and Burt. Autistic rights are human rights. ❤

Made me desire to play piano & organ. Walked by Brill Building in NYC so often.

@ben2715

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful that you shared how Burt inspired your interest in music!

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

Gorgeous! I have tonnes of studio recordings of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David Dionne Warwick sessions (from Walk on By, onwards), where Dionne does repeated takes, as the track (I honestly don't know if the backup was sung at the same sessions, or not, because I'm recalling their booth was mic'ed as well, and I can hear the back-and-forth between them as I do with Ms Warwick, but, I really don't remember (the copies I was given - though not from the board, but, close to it - aren't degraded by being made from copies of copies, and the only thing they're missing is notes, i.e, who was in the booth (I can read an album, and from reading a released album's liner notes, and having a good ear (enough to recognise a specific session vocalist), but, the sessions - the 'pieces', so to speak, but, they don't say was AT a specific session. How, and where I got them from...well, I know WHEN I was given them (I WILL say when I was given the Bacharach tapes, my jaw hit the floor), and I know they're not available anywhere (I won't say WHO) gave them 🧐). The only problem (NOT with their sound quality), is, I don't have my tape system set up (it's still in its boxes for the past decade. Laziness, I'm sorry to say). Personally, I've been a lifelong collector of music, and I've been VERY fortunate to have known people who's artistry I'm a huge fan of (primarily the 60s - girl groups through British singers, and Burt's right in there), and I've collected a lot (I used to listen to much of it - I'd make eq'ed and edited cassettes from the raw tapes I received - on my Walkman (a Sony WM-DD100 Boodo Khan, which I STILL prize today... though I now listen to Hi-resolution mp3's, I DO sometimes use my Boodo Khan headphones which are STILL powerful as all heck).Sigh... On the tapes, there's tonnes of chatter between the booth and singers, Burt telling Dionne things he wants her to emote, etc, and I doubt it's available anywhere. I really don't have a problem sharing it with other people, like me (just as people, like Mr Spector gave me stuff, and honestly, I can't even tell, you why he and I hit it off - I'm much younger - male, and he was just a fun gentleman, who liked how interested I was in his creations...I, just simply love beautiful music, and sharing with others who are so ...curious, interested in how these amazing, legendary tracks came into existence (BTW; though I'm a fan, and acquaintance of the late Mr Phil Spector, and I DO have much unreleased stuff from his Gold Star days, I'm NOT the source who released a CD a few years ago of several of his tracks. Even though I say that, I'm not 'mad' whoever DID release it, as it shows his creative process on his most iconic tracks. On the other hand, I DO understand the artist's POV, that the Bacharach session tapes I have, and which can be heard o the Spector CD, show real music afficionados the 'magic', and how it's made, there IS a logic to saying, 'don't look behind the wizard's curtain', so to speak.

LINDAMENTE LINDO!

The Master!

Stunning!

É emocionante!!! Deus os tenha.

Genius yes!

GREAT FATHER

Now in heaven you both finslly together❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

RiP BB🕊️🌟🎹

Genial burth bacara wonderfull 👏

bello .bello tema......

Brought to it by! As a foster child being adopted out at the 1972 level for the past fifty one years!! 2:08

Such a beautiful child. May God hold her in His arms forever.

Grande!!

This man was brilliant.

👏👏👏👏💕💕🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶💕💕

RIP Nikki

Que el Maestro y Nikki descansen en Paz.

En el año de 1966 compusierón Nikki? Y el 72 qe bomito es hermosa