I posted this in the 80's thread but I thought it was fitting for this thread. Its a performance of "Riddle Of Steel / Riders Of Doom" by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra conducted by Diego Navarro who also happens to be founder of Fimucite' Academy of Film Scoring
A little background
Many of you will recognize "Riddle Of Steel / Riders Of Doom" from an opening sequence in CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982). It, along withe entire musical score, was composed by legendary composer Basil Poledouris. Poledouris was tasked by director John Milius (Poledaris and Milius had worked together before on BIG WEDNESDAY (1978), and producer Dino De Laurentis to write a score for the epic action movie.
The challenge was that the star of the movie was Arnold Schwarzenegger, a world body building champion, with almost no acting experience and a funny accent. So the idea was to give Arnold minimal dialogue and tell as much of the story as possible through the musical score.
Not an easy task but oh boy did Poledouris pull it off. The orchestral score of this movie is easily one of the best ever. It conveys every emotional aspect of the film, drama, romance, mystery, evil etc...and most of all passion
Conan is driven by one passion: Revenge. His desire to avenge the murders of his father, mother and village is his obsession and a pure, primal,... instinctual. Its impossible not to be compelled
When you watch this flawless performance of RIDERS OF DOOM, notice in the very first second (0:01-03) the conductor, Navarro clench his fists and grit his teeth at his orchestra almost saying "Please please give me your very best and make this the fucking performance the piece deserves"
That too is passion. That too is compelling. Watch and listen to this and be inspired
Now go out and "crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of the women" That is best in life
Happy Saturday
A little background
Many of you will recognize "Riddle Of Steel / Riders Of Doom" from an opening sequence in CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982). It, along withe entire musical score, was composed by legendary composer Basil Poledouris. Poledouris was tasked by director John Milius (Poledaris and Milius had worked together before on BIG WEDNESDAY (1978), and producer Dino De Laurentis to write a score for the epic action movie.
The challenge was that the star of the movie was Arnold Schwarzenegger, a world body building champion, with almost no acting experience and a funny accent. So the idea was to give Arnold minimal dialogue and tell as much of the story as possible through the musical score.
Not an easy task but oh boy did Poledouris pull it off. The orchestral score of this movie is easily one of the best ever. It conveys every emotional aspect of the film, drama, romance, mystery, evil etc...and most of all passion
Conan is driven by one passion: Revenge. His desire to avenge the murders of his father, mother and village is his obsession and a pure, primal,... instinctual. Its impossible not to be compelled
When you watch this flawless performance of RIDERS OF DOOM, notice in the very first second (0:01-03) the conductor, Navarro clench his fists and grit his teeth at his orchestra almost saying "Please please give me your very best and make this the fucking performance the piece deserves"
That too is passion. That too is compelling. Watch and listen to this and be inspired
Now go out and "crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of the women" That is best in life
Happy Saturday
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