I fucking love how Herzog allows every scene to just breathe, most evident by the opening. It makes a movie that's about 90 something minutes long feel like it was almost 3 hours in length and that's not a knock against it, it's one of the biggest reasons why this movie is so great. It really resembles the slow descent into madness that the crew experienced and the movie as a whole is simply mesmerizing and oozes with mystic atmosphere, that's elevated by this fantastic score. And gotta give props to Klaus Kinski because he was simply terrifying and a literal madman in it. Wonder how his version of Richard III would look like.

@nigellaird8655

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree Vodrim, a truly great cinematic experience. & yeh Kinski just dominates the screen/action like no-one else, intensity to the max, truly terrifying (as you say) - he would've traumatised a theatre audience! He had/brought PRESENCE (& made sure you knew it huh?)

@machtrebel

3 жыл бұрын

you are so right!

@georgemenz9720

2 жыл бұрын

Kinski did portray Richard III (kind of, in one scene) in Andrzej Zulawski's L'important c'est d'aimer, as part of a play-within-a-film. We only see part of the opening monologue, but it's intense.

@pardwayne

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean by making 90 minutes feel twice as long: he gives the viewer so much to look at and so much to think about.

@christopherholmes1750

Жыл бұрын

Watch documentary my best fiend

In my youth, I became assistant manager at a foreign film theater. The year was 1977 and had two notable events happen, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Midnight Saturday every weekend and,,,,,,,"Aguirre, The Wrath of God". Didn't care for Rocky, but when i sat down one slow business night and watched Agirre, I was literally speechless both during and after. I watched it over and over every time it was presented, which was perhaps three... three day runs. How fortunate to have had that opportunity.

@cv507

Ай бұрын

films should be like müziq?? -:- kübrich ^^

This is one of the few soundtracks that really personifies a feeling of the human condition

@snikrepak

Жыл бұрын

What is this human condition you speak of? Is it the human experience? Or the realization being aware?

@nigellaird8655

Жыл бұрын

@@snikrepak It's the realization that we are all "expereriencing" all the time - the irresistable impulse for us to "rationalise" our actions, decisions, values, drives etc. Consciousness compels us to seek & ascribe "meaning" to existence, a smoke & mirrors exercse, engrossing yet ultimately futile. Life is real, it is resilient, it will persist, we are involved, engaged, entangled; All explanation is simply delusional however comforting or satisfying.

@jakubgrimm575

Жыл бұрын

Physics truly is a great thing

@watch-Dominion-2018

10 ай бұрын

like a tentative hazy heartbeat rhythm about the soundtrack, and a feeling of ever-present uncertainty, wonderment, danger, discovery, challenge, and fragile mortality@@snikrepak

@cv507

Ай бұрын

möre hümähn zen hümänn ^?^

agguired taste.

@benjaminthompson4594

8 жыл бұрын

+cosmicdrifter287 I see what you did there.

@cosmicdrifter287

8 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Thompson didn`t took me that long to think about that one either.

@cosmicdrifter287

8 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Thompson a bit of wordplay on display.

@zippa20

8 жыл бұрын

+cosmicdrifter287 to our dismay. ;P

@cosmicdrifter287

8 жыл бұрын

Richard Ross quite the contrary.

One of the few films which haunts you forever, the beginning and the end are just unforgettable, Klaus Kinski is truly exceptional in his portrayal of a mad conquistador in search of Eldorado... Werner Herzog's masterpiece !

@imbluz

3 жыл бұрын

I think a better alternative ending would be to have Aguirre seek Inez after the crew died off. He could apprehend her just before she dies in the forest. The last shot of him holding her limp body in his arms. A testament to all things lost as he years for future dreams with this woman.

my favourite film - the opening sequence when they are descending the mountain...with this ethereal music...just magical. thanks for sharing.

@elsykilmister

9 жыл бұрын

"Aguirre o la ira de Dios" es mi favorita de Werner Herzog, la música del grupo alemán Popol Vuh es genial...en la película de Herzog llamada "Corazón de cristal rojo" (título en español) hicieron música maravillosa. Abrazos. Laura.

@elsykilmister

9 жыл бұрын

La actuación de Klaus Kinski es memorable...es magnífica.

@jasonedwards6870

9 жыл бұрын

hi laura - in english the film is "heart of glass" but i haven't seen it! kinski was a great actor but a bad man! the music is so "other worldly" - not sure how that will translate. guess what - i have enrolled to take spanish lessons - they start next week and i am going to practice online as well. so hopefully i will write to you in your own language (not google spanish)!!! jason

@elsykilmister

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason, Yes, Kinski was a bad man, but excellent actor. One day you commented "a good artist does not have to be a good person, Dalí is an example of that" I believe that you and I must excuse the nastiness of the naughty Kinski. More hugs.

@elsykilmister

9 жыл бұрын

I understand English only in writing... numerous books come in your language and I can read them without a problem but I do not speak English. I wanted to take a course to speak English, but always have things that prevent me from that. I am happy to go to a course to learn Spanish... you and I can talk and practice!

this movie left an indelible impression on my psyche that i carry with me still 30 years later.

@mariuszfidzinski7474

4 жыл бұрын

we all do... all of us - then 20 yrs old /when we were lucky to see this film.../

@hearingcolors

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, completely.

@nandechi7563

3 жыл бұрын

i saw this with my dad 10 years ago and rewatched it from time to time. now im 20... this soundtrack stayed in my head... A strange feel this movie gave...

@SantiagoBsAs

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it has open a door to a slight mental derange in your mind ?

@timbuthfer901

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. The mark of a great film, it stays with you, occasionally you remember excerpts and dream off to another world.

This is one of the only films that makes me feel like I’m in another universe. It’s still unbelievable that they made this film here on planet Earth, by human actors and human directors and human gaffers, for crying out loud. Truly a masterpiece.

@bonitacacao2609

3 жыл бұрын

Humans can be incredibly beautiful sometimes.

@bluesteel447

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonitacacao2609 i think this movie shows how horrible a supposed beauty is..

@fabianpatrizio2865

Жыл бұрын

totally agree.....it's like a dream

@nathanmcallister4554

Жыл бұрын

This film slays anyone that doesn't get it or like it is an ignorant d bag

@snikrepak

Жыл бұрын

It's a masterpiece, in the sense that no cg was used, a camera Werner stole from someone at an airport, and the other fact that he paid the locals to dress up and shlap a bloody boat and cannons (all real weight) . A true insperation to future filmmakers, unlike today where we demand the most high def and the most shallow storylines and plots, pushing narratives that have no room in this day and age. Sure, advocating is one thing, but forcing it down our throats is, to me an act of war. The ability to make movies like this has come down to a handful of directors. May your Journey be an easy one.

Then we descended through the clouds

@sadsackkvisling9694

5 жыл бұрын

TheAXXELLALAN What a plot twist if they met a lost White tribe... Who then proceeded to slay the priest and imprison them until they had assimilated.

@weskerkings651

2 жыл бұрын

@@sadsackkvisling9694 sure, they would definitely not get destroyed by arquebuse and cannon fire 🤡

The scene where this music plays in background (descent) is one of the most amazing cinematic experiences in the hx of humankind!

@adamharth1

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed felt this way too

@LL-hz9cn

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamharth1 No Aguirred

@eyraudpa

Жыл бұрын

It is really an amazing and quite unique opening for a film !!!

@snikrepak

Жыл бұрын

As an auti-adhd, I connect music with experience, and this is definitely one that I can say makes me feel like I'm descending into madness. The uneasiness, the low synthetic sounds reverberating in the studio making have this reverb, it drips clarity and smells like wet dirt and ozone.

@weenubbinful

Жыл бұрын

@@snikrepak I'm an aspie (ASD) and this music has the opposite effect on me! I love your comment "like wet dirt and ozone"... I know exactly what you mean and I first noticed in the most unlikely of places; my first trip to Europe (Italy) many years ago!

The death scene of Aguirre's daughter was impressive.

@sex6cult9revolution

4 жыл бұрын

Breaks my heart every time.

"Who else is with me?"

@jeromealexandre4162

5 жыл бұрын

Only here could I find the link between popol vuh and del the funky homosapien ~ both geniuses in their own right.

I feel "Aguirre pt I" to be the greatest music to the most astounding opening scene in film history for one of the best films in history, period. When I first saw it in 1977 at my college, USF in Tampa, I did not know what I was in store for when I went to watch a night of films which were part of the "New German Cinema" movement. I thought they may be boring and tedious reading subtitles. But Aguirre, the Wrath of God was the opposite. It made such an impression on me that I was doing everything I could to find out more about Herzog. This was during the days before VHS video recorders and cable TV. But cable did come to my town in 1982 and I got to watch and record this masterpiece. A few years later I had the good fortune to meet Herzog in person. He told me about the camera he stole from college and used it to shoot all of "Aguirre"

@LL-hz9cn

4 жыл бұрын

𝕻ơ𝖕ȍ𝖑 𝖁𝔲𝖍 maitre mètre master mastered ⱣɎɌɆ𝔛 ☠️ and those point far away to follow

@Jackp2003

Жыл бұрын

This is my first Herzog work, I loved it, is the rest of his filmography equally as good?

@jackstraw3934

Жыл бұрын

YES. Herzog is mostly a documentary filmmaker now but his early works were remarkable and academy award nominated. Check out Fitzcarraldo, based on a true story. A docudrama about a rich mad opera fan who endeavors to build an opera house in a South American jungle. Herzog recreated the true feat of dragging a paddle wheel boat over a mountain. Genius!

This is the music of dreams.

Film straordinario e straordinaria l'interpretazione di Klaus Kinski perfetto nella parte. Poi la musica dei Popol Vuh... Qualcosa di incredibile!

Ich bin Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes. Wenn ich will, dass die Vögel tot von den Bäumen fallen, dann fallen sie tot von den Bäumen!

@PaulA-fp3vs

5 жыл бұрын

Yo soy la colera de Dios, la tierra sobre la que camino me ve y tiembla.

@rayroyce5595

3 жыл бұрын

I am spiritually awakened by this music and this movie. Am a Spanish Who comes from Peru. Enlighting!

In the morning, I read Mass, and then we descended through the clouds.

An all timer in terms of art, Aguirre is probably the purest aesthetic achievement in terms of capturing the madness inherent in humanity. Soundtrack is just otherworldly and heightens the sense of dread and doom. Really outstanding stuff all the way around.

@BlankethP

9 ай бұрын

You might enjoy The Cabinet of Doctor Mabuse, although it lacks a soundtrack.

Such a memorable and breathtaking piece of music

in 1985 i had 10 years..and i still remember how this changed my dna. it was so scary as i felt that i found my true love...

Those are ethereal sounds I didn't think possible for 1972. The soundtrack is like darkwave made almost 10 years before it was even a thing!

Really great movie. I'm sure Francis Ford Coppola have seen this film too and took inspiration from it for his great movie Apocalypse Now.

@bloots23

8 жыл бұрын

i concur, good observation

@LlewenEbag

8 жыл бұрын

+aardwerk2 I believe he said so himself at one point.

@DogDamour

6 жыл бұрын

Russel Bell, Werner consulted Francis or Francis consulted Werner for making Apocalypse Now?

@g00zik97

5 жыл бұрын

Coppola was inspired by Joseph Conrad's book 'Heart of Darkness'. Perhaps Herzog was also inspired by it.

@dennismosercreativearts

5 жыл бұрын

@Matejko108 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro

I remember Werner Herzog telling Fricke he wanted the sounds of people chanting in the opening of the film. I don't think he imagined how amazing the music would turn out; it seems to take on a life of its own. After I watched this film I couldn't get the music out of my mind.

What a marvel, both film and music,... and Klaus Kinski

The music tells the viewer from the first seconds, "These people are doomed."

The opening music is just awe inspiring...heavenly, hypnotic, crazy :)

....Amazing movie and amazing Soundtrack , a real masterpiece of art.

Obsessed with Herzog and Florian........

This takes me back. It still grabs me by the curlies after nearly 40 years.

Magnifique, magique, j'ai des frissons lorsque j'écoute cette musique. Composition de génie.

This movie is depressing af. Mostly because it was a realistic representation of life back then.

@paco23der74

Ай бұрын

The real Aguirre was worst, he killed his own daughter before being captured

I take of my headphones and I can still hear the music that is played as they descend from the clouds

I finally watched (and listened to) this movie a few weeks ago. After the whole experience sunk in, my first thought was to find the Brian Eno soundtrack. Until I discovered it wasn't Brian Eno. I have just learned it was Popol Vuh; the earliest ambient music I've heard yet.

The music is the best thing about this movie, and it's better than the movie too!

@nigellaird8655

4 жыл бұрын

@Sai K Bravo Sai K!! Kinski is transcendent!!

This music is so ahead of its time.

@plasticweapon

5 жыл бұрын

yes, very.

@lotharhempel

3 жыл бұрын

No, it's not! It's exactly the child of its time...

The movie is haunting as is the music

There's still some incidental music that does not appear on any soundtrack album. It's unaccompanied guitar played with a volume pedal ... simulating the effect of an ethereal, bowed string instrument. Watch the film, and you'll notice it. Can not find it.

Great film, classic scenes, the perfect film for the madman Kinski.

Der Andengebirges... Wunderschoen!

One of my 'greatest films' ever-saw it first on a big screen (which is the ONLY way to c it) in 1976- seen it many times since-never fails to enthrall me

whenever this movie is on i watch it. never gets old.

@nigellaird8655

4 жыл бұрын

Truly great

una delle piu belle musiche composta da essere umano

je l'ai vu enfant, la zik m'a tué, elle collait tellement...

Una,se non più bella musica di tutti i tempi;intendo soprattutto la parte di cori fatta con uno strumento simile al M ellotron che mi pare si chiami Birotron o qualcosa di simile.musica celestiale fantasticaaaaaa che fa bene alla psiche e allo spirito molto meglio di qualsiasi seduta da uno psicologo, psicoterapeuta ,ti purifica l'anima in un modo incredibileeeeeeeee

Popol Vuh is a class act of epic proportions. Ahead of their time, ahead of their spacetime in fact.

S'avilir! Toujours s'avilir ! Elle est où la pureté...?

The transition at 9:59 is beyond sublime, if such a state exists.

great music and movie

Here in 2024, still watching, still waiting…

Watched this Film a few days ago, loved it now and same as the first time I seen it, that opening scene.

Ce film est un des plus beau cauchemard de l'histoire du cinéma. Le moteur de l'action : la cupidité, déjà au XVIe siècle.

@chaosandcreation4118

8 жыл бұрын

+Luc Biétry Déjà au XVIe???? La cupidité existe certainement depuis que l'homme a des possessions, peut être même depuis la préhistoire. ça n'a rien a voir avec l'homme "moderne." C'est l'homme le problème.

@MegaCirse

5 жыл бұрын

Oui, oui, c'est ce qu'il voulait dire !!

This is the most beautiful use of the choir-organ ever. Wonderful music!

@daevarthurford3529

7 жыл бұрын

Theres so much misinformation regarding The Choir Organ that you dont know whats fact or fiction. Some say its an old 50s instrument with sound recorded on discs instead of tape.Kraftwerk claim they had one bought from a Vienna music fair and was used on Man Machine and Trans Europe Express and they said it was called an Orchestrum. Now I ind this chap called Jimmy Jackson used it all the time. its a beautiful yet fustratingly obscure instrument

@EditioPrinceps

7 жыл бұрын

Fron Julian Cope´s "Head Heritage" site (www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/popol-vuh-music-from-the-film-aguirre): (...) "I only offer this preamble of minutiae to clear away some of the many misconceptions about a very overlooked and misjudged album that offers so much in terms of substantially transcendental moments. Moments which were the direct result of Fricke’s interfacing with not only the Moog synthesizer (in 1969, Fricke owned one of the very first Moog synthesizers in West Germany) but also the lesser known choir-organ. The choir-organ was a unique, handmade instrument capable of producing sounds similar to a mellotron recorded with substantial tape echo. The creator of this machine was an Austrian by the name of Herbert Prasch, owner of Bavaria Studios in Munich where his self-made keyboard instrument was stored. This machine, according to Amon Düül II guitarist John Weinzierl, was ‘comprised of four big boxes with tape recorders and four sets of keyboards’ and was initially used by American keyboardist Jimmy Jackson on Amon Düül II’s 1971 album, “Tanz Der Lemminge.” Jackson later continued his choir-organ contributions throughout Amon Düül II’s fifth album, “Wolf City,” as well as the one-off Amon Düül II project, Utopia. (The highlights included: “Surrounded By The Stars,” “Green-Bubble-Raincoated-Man,” “Jail-House Frog” and most noticeably of all -- both Amon Düül II’s and its offshoot Utopia’s respective versions of the terrifying “Deutsch Nepal.”) It was at this time of the “Wolf City” sessions that Florian Fricke lent his Moog synthesizer to Amon Düül II, which indirectly led to his discovery of the choir-organ through several hubs of associations: not only with Bavaria Studios (where Popol Vuh had recorded many of their albums since their inception) but Amon Düül II (who shared a common member with Popol Vuh in Daniel Fichelscher) as well as Herbert Prasch (who also worked as a sound engineer on films directed by Werner Herzog.) Regardless of the sequence of events, Fricke did discover the choir-organ, did recordings for Werner Herzog’s film and then... " also, from sanjindumisic.com/popol-vuh-and-the-choir-organ-sound-in-aguirre/: "The choir sound in the film Aguirre: The Wrath of God, where the etheral sound is uniquely beautiful comes from a mellotron that was actually a choir organ. Created by Herbert Prasch and stored in his Bavarian studio in Münich. The first time it was used was when Jimmy Jackson together with Amon Düül recorded the album Tanz Der Lemminge. The choir sounds were recorded onto three dussins of tapes, that were hooked together parallel on a turning axle that turned all tapes continuously - resulting in that haunting ethereal sound. Some of the keys were colored to mark those that didn’t work, which must have given it a special look indeed. The choir organ is supposed to be at some museum these days, in which I don’t know and haven’t found any information about it. I also haven’t found a photo of it, with neither Florian or anyone else playing the instrument. In an interview the Amon Düül singer, Renate Knaup says: 'It was a large, ancient Mellotron-type instrument that had been designed by some crazy instrument builder.' "

@plasticweapon

6 ай бұрын

mellotron.

@DRONSZ

6 ай бұрын

@@plasticweaponNo. Choir-organ, another instrument. Just read the text above.

@DRONSZ

6 ай бұрын

​@@plasticweaponall the musicians and engineers interviewed knew the mellotron. That's why they all called the choir organ a huge "mellotro-like" instrument.

TRANSCENDENT. OVERWHELMING SOUNDS BY POPOL VUH. JUST PERFECT FOR THE FILM.

envoutant c'est un film de dingue ;kinski subjugant hallucinant....

Sublime .. Herzog + Kinski, genius & madness, great stuff happens, "what do the battles matter"? Popul Vuh - just astonishing soundtrack, absorbing, immersive like the film itself, genuine classic - the making of both their artistic reputations -- Kinski's descent into madness is truly terrifying. They don't make 'em like this anymore! Thank you zennmal.

Polpol Vuh did exquisite musical work for this film!! To capture the heart of such wildness. Aguirre wrath was as wild and vicious as Gods, as the very earth itself!! To align within truth of Natures Savagery was uniquely found in this film.

Désespérante beauté, rythme lancinant, une descente dans l'abime de la convoitise humaine, cette musique, ce film sont de pures merveilles 🙌🙌

Excepcional película y música insuperable

magnifique morceau de musique. Je ne pouvais pas parler ou écrire en français avant de l'écouter ; maintenant je peux!

epic soundtrack

Cette musique est si forte que j'ai opté pour accompagner ma fin de vie. A70ans on commence à y penser.

@lm5147

8 жыл бұрын

Sa va t'a le temps encore

@zarathustra3830

8 жыл бұрын

+La furie bleu de Boya Il est décédé la semaine dernière...

@patrickartis8979

7 жыл бұрын

ça ne presse pas,,,

It's all about the contrast between an extreme violence, greed, self-destruction of tormented and alienated people..and the slow and gentle pace of the Amazon that is neither a river or a country or a people, but all that indiffently. At one moment in the movie, it's told by Kinsky that all this territory of water and wood would be dried in the future just because it's in the "pervert nature" of our leaders. Very beautiful movie and soundtrack. Popol Vuh, as Can, Agitation Free, Magma, Soft Machine, Aphrodite Child's, were really great composers, and some of them were prophets.

Hypnotically beautiful !!!! Immediately accessible and transparent. Sounds surprisingly contemporary contrary to the aggressive roughness of many music of this century, well soothing, necessarily brutal, creepy or tired!

I came across this randomly, as I am painting portraits.. Love it, its perfect to paint to x

Created with so little the score is just mind-blowing and fits the movie perfectly.

Grande filme... Klaus Kinski era o cara! E a música da banda Popol Vuh uma maravilha.

A masterpiece of Beauty and Inspiration

I swear I hear this in my dreams.

a film of its time - tense, dark and violent, as the 70s were. To me 'Aguirre' and 'Dog Day Afternoon' epitomise the 70s.

Tu écouteras! Tu te surpasseras! C'est écrit ! C'est gravé

after having seen this, it was as if i was a changed person. you came out knowing you'd just had an incredible experience and would forever see things as you would never have had before. thanks mrs. gaebe

There's nothing that comes close to the synergy between sight and sound in film for me. This film is otherworldly.

This track ranks alongside that techno feel from blade runner

a brillant soudtrack, a nice movie, still carried by the music and the images of the Amazona

Really good music !!

Masterpiece

So captivating... A recommendation that I have for the listeners here is the music that Alejandro Masso composed for the movie "El Dorado" (film directed by Carlos Saura). That is also an amazing soundtrack that captures such an entrancing atmosphere.

Thank you for the upload!

OMG, it"s amazing! Unforgettable ...

amazing music

L'inoubliable descente dans la cordillère.Image et musique se confondent parfaitement

Awesome, eternal, soothing, healing everything, liberating! Simply everything:)

Thank you for posting this treasure!

a wonderful music for one of my favorites movies.

This changed my entire existence.

The film and the soundtrack are out of this world.

J'ai envie de hurler ! De pleurer..la Paix seulement trouver la paix... c'est long, c'est un chemin tellement hasardeux

Que majestuosidad

This is the Holy path. The Target. End of the Universen, wehre all the rotten souls of the earth are not allowed to enter

@MegaCirse

5 жыл бұрын

It's superb as the first encounter unlikely and messianic of an umbrella and a sewing machine on a dissection table

Amazing soundtrack!!!

Actually made for a local, German TV station, Hessischer Rundfunk, hence the format, 1.37:1. Was shown on Swedish TV Dec. 1, 1973, and I've been hooked on both Herzog and Popol Vuh ever since. Klaus Kinski (Nikolaus Günther Nakszynski ) was an a-hole who played crazy when he wanted to (see David Schmoeller's 1999 short 'Please Kill Mr. Kinski'...), and there was a fall-out between him and Herzog during the shooting of 'Fitzcarraldo' ten years later, for which Herzog never forgave his longtime friend (or "best enemy"...), Klaus Kinski.

@nigellaird8655

4 жыл бұрын

Hey c'mon, Herzog was the only director able to "get "Kinski & Herzog was the only director Kinski would collaborate with. They matched each other perfectly - just watch the "Clock tower scene" from "Mien Libster Fiend" -- Herzog is a supreme story-teller & Kinski made his visions live, "capture his madness & what do our battles matter?"

There are sequences in the movie that include music not contained on this record, which is unfortunate because those sequences have some of the most beautiful serene sounds in the movie. It makes no sense.

avec mes yeux embués, j'écoute Florian Fricke...

Fantastischer Sound und epochaler Film von Herzog

Течение в ни куда. Супер. Благодарю.Клаус - Небесное.

Ashamed to say I only saw Aguirre for the first time this weekend.... I have played this video about 20 times since

Heard and saw this at the Fox Venice movie theater (LARGE old-fashioned theater) a long time ago. It was so wonderful.

the most arresting, angelic piece of music ever made.

Very good combinations of parts I, II, III. with scenes of the filmThe Second part, it is the first time I have heard it. Great. Thanks.

Just beautiful and ingenious in its simplicity. This soundtrack does what it is tasked to do and that is compliment the beauty and terror of what goes on in that classic, Aguirre, the Wrath of God.