The Sea Hawk is OVER 80 YEARS OLD and still one of the BEST ACTION MOVIES ever made. Faantastic pace, editing, performances, set and costume design and soundtrack PLUS Errol Flynn -SOLUD GOLD HOLLYWOOD

@anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120

Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly agree! Outstanding through and through!

@antonio_rioseco

Жыл бұрын

And the best soundtrack too… Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Last Prodigy…

@maryannangros8834

10 ай бұрын

You couldn't be more correct!

@caroldebeaussaert8971

5 ай бұрын

Errol at the height of his looks.

@jonathanparle8429

2 ай бұрын

It sure is! To me, nothing beats the calibre of big screen films made from the 1940s, 50s and 60s in particular (to be fair, I have plenty of films in my collection beyond that era right up until today that I also love, but for me anything from that golden era is special). I wish Warner Archive would release Humoresque (1946) on bluray. The DVD I have is OK but a bluray done to the quality of their Sea Hawk release would just make my life complete!

Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'The Sea Hawk' main title is still fresh and stirring today with wonderful romantic string sections as well. One can hear how his scores influenced future Hollywood composers.

@Amoslzf

2 жыл бұрын

'cough' star wars 'cough' from korngold's King's row

Korngold, Rhoza, Steiner, dragged the neo-romantic classical sound into Hollywood, and there it thrived, even to this day.

@82luft49

3 жыл бұрын

Least we forget Hugo Friedhofer

Profoundly beautiful music; how good to see that Korngold's music is getting the recognition that it always deserved.

What a beautiful piece. Korngold will always remain for the ages.

Beautiful music. Great film starring Errol Flynn! Ah, they don't make music or actors like that anymore

@williamdavidhilton6659

5 жыл бұрын

That's because you never saw me in the movie, "Drop 'Em, Betty." Well, maybe because it was never made, but it should have been. I would've given Flynn a run for his money. And my film score alone would've been worth the price of the ticket.

@Jagdtoq

4 жыл бұрын

That was in the day when a film was made to be enjoyed by anyone from ages 9 to 90

@2planksand2wheels92

3 жыл бұрын

John Williams is pretty good though

@FreakieFan

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamdavidhilton6659 LMAO, the ego on this guy. I'm surprised you didn't topple over writing this comment with a head that big.

Great score, I don't think Korngold received enough recognition for his many wonderful works.

Romantic and dreamy, optimistic and wholesome, just how it should be

Korngold and Flynn, Need i say more,

It is so good to see these brilliant young musicians appreciating the extraordinary beauty of this masterpiece and playing with such passion. My best wishes to all of you.

Excellent performance. This movie is my No. 1 of all time, I know it by heart, script and all. This rendition of the music is really extraordinary!!

@EnchantedSmellyWolf

7 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Barriga Caro I listen this too and it tears up how well they perform this.

@jillspady6450

4 жыл бұрын

I think I have to say The Adventures of Robin Hood is mine... everything about it.

@MrArtist1971

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I saw it for the first time about six months ago. I'm 58. Incredible movie and my number one as well!

@anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120

Жыл бұрын

It is truly an excellent film! I also love The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 and Ben Hur 1959.

EWK was a superb composer. He captured the essence of "The Sea Hawk" with his rousing music score. Hardly surprising that its a concert favourite.

Korngold is a true master that i can never get enough of! wonderful conducing!

Truth be told, I am 22 years old, I have the movie sea hawk 5 times, this piece of music encompasses Flynn's character in the film, the music itself incredible. As good as Flynn was, the lady who played the queen in that film was absolutely superb.

@laniersmith1798

4 жыл бұрын

That lady was the great Flora Robson.

@WilliamSilva-ml5nw

2 жыл бұрын

@@laniersmith1798 Flora Robson channels Queen Elizabeth I !!! On screen she was the best Queen Elizabeth I ever!!!

@anabellecorrigan-musicteac5120

Жыл бұрын

I loved how she would blush when Captain Thorp would enter the room. So funny!

@Mr_Kenneth

8 ай бұрын

Flora Robson Kicked Royal Butt. She was magnificent. The Queen's ending speech make you feel tingly and emotional

@maryannangros8834

2 ай бұрын

Flora Robson

For some reason Warners didnt put this forward for film music of the year, but American film goers voted it their no.1 film score

@jorgemartinpaez4376

3 жыл бұрын

Love this movie score, captured the film movement and mood.

@jorgemartinpaez4376

3 жыл бұрын

Largely german and austrian composers and a few huspanos were the music makers of hollywood. Then john williams and Terrence blanchard goldsmith, andre desplait, others james horner ennio morricone

You can see the reaction of the live audience that they are mesmerised.

It is my dream to hear this score played live!

Korngold's music is always a delight. His film music underscores what is happening in a scene, its motivation, and its direction. His concert music, such as his violin concerto, is sublime.

Perfect performance!!! A fine orchestra and a very good conductor

Thank you for sharing this treasure. I am a huge Erich Korngold fan. His genius, fortunately lives on. Each film score is a masterpiece indeed. He will always be legendary.

That theme is wonderful, action, love , heart felt music all in one theme.

What a wonderfully entertaining motion picture! I never get tired of it!

One of the reasons the old movies are better than the crap we have now ( besides the writing, directing and acting ) is music like Korngold's . GLORIOUS !

@ronaldbeield7946

3 жыл бұрын

Besides.....very funny. "other than that Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the performance."

LOVE this film and this score

Such beautiful music literally makes me want to see the movie The Seahawk.☸️⚓

Sounds just like the opening theme of my favourite childhood cartoon Peter Pan & the pirates. 🏴‍☠️ It’s truly mesmerising. Perfect for the high seas! 🌊

@maryannangros8834

2 ай бұрын

You're joking, right. Maybe the cartoon stole it from Warners

ah yes...BEFORE there was a john williams....there was...korngold !!

@Concetta20

8 жыл бұрын

That's what I've always thought. Has Williams ever mentioned Korngold as an influence? I wouldn't be surprised. I love that sweeping love theme!

@stevepaul6955

7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, because if you listen to the music of Star Wars you can definitely hear some similarities .

@ralphtrout5587

7 жыл бұрын

As well as lots of Gustav Holst...

@MichaSchlechtriem

7 жыл бұрын

Of course he mentioned it.Star Wars opening is a Reminiszenz of Korngolds "Kings Row" opening.

@davidfkapp

6 жыл бұрын

and Waxman !!!! and Herrmann !!!

Ich liebe Korngold, schade, daß ihn so wenige kennen. Ich liebe seine Oper Die tote Stadt

great music by korngold , beautifully played

One of the greatest composers in films, korngold

One of my favorite movies, haven’t seen it in so long though. Last time I saw it was back when I was a kid

Wonderful performance.

This slower tempo allows one to appreciate the amazing harmonies. When I watched the film, I didn't hear nearly as much.

@mmaybrown

5 жыл бұрын

So true. The harmonies are so beautiful!

@jamesalexander5623

4 жыл бұрын

Who can really give the music the attention it desreves when Errol Flynn is on the screen?

this was the first piece i played in the lower saxony youth orchestra and it was awesome

When I was out among the tall ships in a Rhode Island bay I heard the intro fanfare bit.

Chords!!!!!!! Completely sublime.

Queen: Then you will have the grateful affection of Elizabeth. Jeffrey Thorpe: Then I shall take with me that which I prize above all things.

@tosius2

4 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey

@jamesalexander5623

4 жыл бұрын

Only Flynn could deliver those lines and make you believe them!

@Mr_Kenneth

8 ай бұрын

Pure class

what a wonderful score.....

Very beautiful, mit feeling. Great job!

"Spain is an old country with a very rich culture. In fact, there is much in Spain that we English could profit by." "We'll we're certainly doing the best we can!"

@vortex900

5 жыл бұрын

The riches of the new world are limitless, and the new world is ours.

great performance! Shimmering!

Excellent performance

Love it!!

I love this stuff.

they should have shown film clips on a screen to the audience.

@aschkinable7748

2 жыл бұрын

Haste keine Ohren- eigene Regie ?😳

@TheStockwell

Жыл бұрын

No offense intended, but that would've been incredibly annoying, distracting, - and absolutely unnecessary. 😐

Congratulations to the orchestra and conductor. Very well performed.

Great performance!

That's magnificent..

Absolutely amazing ❤

really good performance, for that difficult score !

Just Beautiful❤

BEST movie score ever!

Korngold would be very happy with the performance as I am. Thanks. Out.

They don't make many of em like this anymore.

Hermosa musica aventur a amor sentimiento trajedia y sensibilida caracterizan esta hermosa y bella interpretacion

For me this is a love affair in music.

Playing this in Training Orchestra this year

this is the first song that i played in my brass band

Now i know where the peter pan and the pirates theme song came from.

Thats real music ! WOW...😲

Weltklasse !!!

That intro is worthy of Richard Strauss.

As a child i loved to listen and conduct with a pencil.

@ronaldbeield7946

3 жыл бұрын

I used my mom's sewing needle.

The original Star Wars theme music.

Still the greatest

I love this theme my personal view it's on par with land of hope and glory.

I don't mind the slow down it gives us time to really dwell on those beautiful notes.

what could this be called as a genre? "golden age hollywood music"? I MUST FIND MORE

@jillspady6450

4 жыл бұрын

Movie scores, but they're also listed under Classical sometimes. Movie theme, soundtrack, scores. They're wonderful!

@agustinfodrini

Жыл бұрын

It's called Hyper-Romanticism. Korngold, Max Steiner and Alfred Newman are my favorites from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

@DingoAteMeBaby

Жыл бұрын

@@agustinfodrini thanks!

The film was released in 1940. This is exactly the kind of music to stir the hearts of the people of the democracies in a time in history even more dangerous than the era of the Spanish Armada.

@WilliamSilva-ml5nw

2 жыл бұрын

The movie was a metaphor for the time it was made!!!

there is a colourised version!

I was listening to something else on youtube, and someone mentioned that this music had similar elements to it that reminded him of more of the same (rip-off). Actually I find that the 'elements' were few, (a spurt} and that this music is more beautiful sounding, (to me anyway). I have never even heard of it before today, and had no idea that it was a film soundtrack.

would be nice to put the city and country in the description. nobody has ever heard of this "AISOI symphony orchestra" or conductor.

My uncle (Walter Scharf) composed the music for some 200+ movies. It was a very competitive business. Believe me didn't have any kind words about Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann or Jerry Goldsmith. He did say, in a moment of weakness that Korngold was simply the best bar none,. The problem was that most of his music was recorded in very limited fidelity and it wasn't until it was re-recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra that the public understood what a giant he was. My favorite score is from "Robin Hood". That music was the basis for Korngold's violin concerto. Regarding Ralph Trout's comment, every composers of large scale motion picture music owes a debt to Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

@schwei56

4 жыл бұрын

Donald Barrett : I recognized the name right away! My first memory of seeing the name ‘Walter Scharf’ in title credits is during the delightful Main Title of the original Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. Only later did I notice his name on a Jerry Lewis film or two. Odd also delightful coincidence finding your post here on this specific YT page: I was in school in Queens NYC back in the 1970s with Jeffrey Schindler, whom I seem to recall has had a successful career conducting out of California…so, many thanks for your post.

@donaldbarrett4454

4 жыл бұрын

@@schwei56 I stumbled on your reply today, three months after you sent it. I just wanted to add, that Walter's career extended way past motion pictures. He wrote a symphony, a symphonic suite, which was premiered with the Israeli Philharmonic, and two Operas: "The Streets Shall Be Green" and "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" based on a radio play by the great Norman Corwin. My family wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I did go to music school at the Royal College of Music in London but instead wound up as a Write-Producer-Director in film and television.

@schwei56

4 жыл бұрын

Donald Barrett: Thanks! Send a portfolio of your “uncle Wally’s” stuff to JoAnn Falletta at the Buffalo Philharmonic, referencing me (we were colleagues in the late 70s/early 80s). She has been devoting time and energy to showcasing lesser-known composers, including film composers, Jerome Moross recently. Definitely worth a shot, if there’s a symphony in his catalog. It would also be a treat someday for a live orch to accmpany the first wonka film, live. I seem to recall that that was scored in Europe inasmuch as there were those Munich exteriors . . . Cheers!

One of the movies I grew up with was "The Sea Hawk" with Errol Flynn in black and white. Our heroes were dashing, sword fighting, men (emphasize MEN), fighting their way across the screen at sea, in the air or upholding the 'code of the West.' We had real heroes to imitate, a code to follow as an example, and honorable goals to set with which to grow up. We were proud of our country and loved her for giving us a platform to follow those goals. Today, what is left? The exact opposite. We have greedy, power hungry, cowards in office only interested in power and money. We have an education system only interested in tearing down the whole American system in favor of proven failures like socialism and communism. Hollywood puts out ridiculous cartoons laced with racism and ultra liberal nonsense, Finally, we have a despicable media that acts as the spokesman for the ultra left perpetuating lie after lie after lie put out by the liberal left. God help The United States before the American citizens have to take our country back ourselves.

@julianbrown7976

Жыл бұрын

And the films then had lots of strong female characters, but they weren't expected to win sword fights against men twice their size... as in the pathetic Preaching The Message action films of today.

why why why is most of the video pointing at the conductor, we want to see the orchestra.

Following the death of Debussy, 99 percent of the serious composers went a(to)nal and 12 tone serial, because people thought there was nothing more to explore in the chromatic sphere. This piece shows just how wrong they were. Who listens to 12 tone acoustical programming nowadays ?

@raymondgood2359

6 жыл бұрын

i agree completely, juliangernos. rachmaninoff and medtner are the last of the great serious composers for me.

@jg2904

5 жыл бұрын

99%? How about Shostakovich, Gershwin, Thomson, Hanson, Piston, Britten, Schuman, Bernstein, Harris, or Copland? There was a whole swath of composers whose musical language (for the most part) remained quite tonal.

@julianbrown7976

5 жыл бұрын

@@jg2904OK, I was exaggerating. 90 percent sounds about right, but that was sufficient to cause a loss of continuity with the past that has never been recovered IMO.

@janebrown6722

3 жыл бұрын

@@jg2904 For all the musical elite would have it - there was for several decades only one game in town. If you weren't writing atonal music - you were not taken seriously. It's not that the tonal composers weren;t around - it's just that they were seriously pooh poohed. I did a BMUS in the 1980s - and even R Strauss was roundly mocked - and the only 20th C lineage that was followed/ respected was Wagner Schoenberg Webern Berg Varese Stockhausen Reich Glass. With grudging exceptions thrown for Shostas/ Prokoviev and Britten....

Superb performance despite tempi that are a bit on the slow side.

lol this was in family guy pirate chase scene

4:55 i didn’t know dudamel used to be a percussionist

@iceomistar4302

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Tempo is just right. Listen to the original with the brass struggling to keep up.

Where is the Orquestra????

A great musical score for a superb film. Made as part of the war effort and the perfect exposition of how totalitarian regimes through the ages have cruelly abused peoples of the world over.

this is like John Williams music like Star Wars, Superman, and Jim and Sandra QVC Adventure.

@janebrown6722

3 жыл бұрын

John Williams is like Korngold....i think you meant to say :-)

@tjmusiker407

3 жыл бұрын

Maestro Korngold is the OG.

Most live performances of this piece are too slow. Then again, Korngold was a genius madman. The opening fanfare alone would make a seasoned musician struggle at full tempo. Anyways, very well done performance!

I have many recordings of this music, including the original movie score. This is the slowest and dragiest rendition yet. "Dragiest"? Is that a word? Errol Flynn must have dueled Wolfingham in slow motion to this music. But, all things considered, it's one of the greatest film scores ever written. Fans should watch the whole movie.

@lwf3652

10 жыл бұрын

The word should be spelled "draggiest". In your spelling it would have to be pronounced "dray-gee-est". But you're right, the performance is too slow in most places.

@danholmes4707

8 жыл бұрын

But this isn't the film score - this is a suite made from the film score, released into the world to have a life of its own. It can be played as the conductor thinks fit. If you want the film score, watch the film.

@christinetanner8358

7 жыл бұрын

Love theme from Marion and robin

@jeffreyschindler3417

6 жыл бұрын

I hardly get on here, but Dan Holmes: thank you! You get it!

Haven't seen that film in 40 years. They just don't show or make films today that don't cater for the 14 year old boy's mind.

The beginning sounds like it's from One Piece

Ps. I would be smiling with excitement and wonder. The audience look like death warmed up.

Peter Pan and the Pirates theme...

The Sea Hawk (1940) needs to be colorized.

@hugh0221

8 жыл бұрын

+Spartaculus Jones And so does The Sea Hawk.

@Superphilipp

7 жыл бұрын

... why?

@jslasher1

6 жыл бұрын

Stupid comment. Would you re-frame the "Mona Lisa"?

@alanfoster6589

6 жыл бұрын

The intent was to do it in color, but Warner Bros. balked at the extra expense.

@laniersmith1798

4 жыл бұрын

@@jslasher1 Exactly! Films should be seen as they were intended. Black and White films have a tone and lighting that can not be matched in color. What would the great film noirs of the late forties and early fifties be without Black and White...?

More wagnerian than Wagner...

what a great score,but what a boring looking audience.

@EnchantedSmellyWolf

8 жыл бұрын

+elchoya100 Perhaps they're just watching and hoping their son or daughter get better future. It's sad that it's the only thing they care and not the music. Either that or they're bottling their emotions. Not healthy.

@bunnyboo880

6 жыл бұрын

Well I feel its pretty hard to keep smiling non-stop. They're probably just concentrating on listening.

@mosaicclassics

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, they bore me to death.

@FocusMrbjarke

6 жыл бұрын

Since when is it a part of a concert for the audience to be exciting? It's not about them after all

@dahlrussell

5 жыл бұрын

As a performer, I can tell you that the audience often looks bored when they are actually relaxed and paying close attention. Classical music tends to take us away mentally and internally, and faces often look bored or unhappy when they are truly relaxed. Some times during a performance I will think think the same thing, "these people are bored/unhappy", but then after the program they will be animated, enaged, and truly enthusiastic about the performance... they were just listening.

before there was williams, there was Mancini.

Bad camera work should concentrate on the musicians not the Audience,

Great composer. Not the best performance to be honest.