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This original piece was actually written by Dougie MacLean, the Scottish folk singer, musician and composer. He sold it to Trevor Jones for the movie Last of the Mohicans. Dougie originally called this song 'The Gael' and he still plays it powerfully on his fiddle in concert to this day. Just so everyone knows.
Thank you!
Instant chills. In my version, Alice and Uncas live, dammit.
Very sweet comment.
The rusty sound of this violin will haunt me till the day I die.
Perhaps me too
Instant chills. In my version, Alice and Uncas live, dammit.
it’s the urgency of living and loving for NOW that gives the story true romance and power.
"Stay alive. I will find you."
The rusty sound of this violin will haunt me till the day I die.
I wanna watch the movie again now.
Instant chills. In my version, Alice and Uncas live, dammit.
Spoiler!
What a masterpiece of painting an image with music. Through my ears I am a Scot sailing into the New World whose majestic beauty overwhelms me as the shore approaches.
If we had any decency, it would have been approached with more dignity.
It may be apocryphal, but I heard the Lewis limits the number of roles that he plays, due to the stress on him caused by "becoming" the character. His dedication shows in his work.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562003/?ref_=tt_cl_t5
kcar wrote:
I'll take Madeline any day of the week, thanks. Uma was pretty hot too.
Great action movie, although Wes Studi got to say "I will wipe your seed from the face of the earth" a few too many times.
Jodhi May plays Queen Calanthe in the new Witcher series on Netflix. Kind of hard to believe the young waif from TLOTM as a warrior queen, but there you go.
Magnificent movie. Viva Scotland!
Powerful music, so right for an amazing film (gorgeous landscapes, delectable lovers, and Russel Means wacks Wes Studi to the head just right!)
I knew that scene looked familar:
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh5hG...
Powerful music, so right for an amazing film (gorgeous landscapes, delectable lovers, and Russel Means wacks Wes Studi to the head just right!)
Actually, Chingachcook whacked Magua on the arm to disable him and then impaled his belly with that nasty pointy thing. Nice moves. Left him for scavenger food.
ME TOO!!!
touché
Powerful music, so right for an amazing film (gorgeous landscapes, delectable lovers, and Russel Means wacks Wes Studi to the head just right!)
I'm cool with that, when all politicians that start wars have their kids and family members drafted first.
woo hoo
woo hoo 😜
I'm cool with that, when all politicians that start wars have their kids and family members drafted first.
woo hoo
woo hoo 😜
Such a cool flik
Well put. The whole movie was in emotional overdrive and the soundtrack put it over the top. Had no idea it was a Michael Mann movie. He really knows how to drive a story without letup. "Heat" was brilliant that way: there was little or no lull in it.
I don't know if anyone here has read Fenimore Cooper's book, but wow it was just bad, even by the standard of 19th century potboilers.
Mark Twain read it. :-)
https://twain.lib.virginia.edu/projects/rissetto/offense.html
I read that many years ago. I remember being somewhat shocked that Twain could be so mercilessly critical of Cooper. At that time Cooper was still firmly ensconced in the pantheon of American literature. I suppose he still is, but I don't think people read him much any more.
Anyway, I thought this was apropos in light of the criticism here of the fiddle player being flat;
"Cooper's word-sense was singularly dull. When a person has a poor ear for music he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it. He keeps near the tune, but is not the tune. When a person has a poor ear for words, the result is a literary flatting and sharping; you perceive what he is intending to say, but you also perceive that he does not say it. This is Cooper. He was not a word-musician. His ear was satisfied with the approximate words."
So I guess the fiddle player was just keeping with the spirit of Cooper's literary style.
I know what you mean, Couldn't resist looking at his left foot the whole movie.
As flat as it would have been when played in Fort William Henry in 1758.
Actually, that's the very thing that makes the rest of the supporting music genuine in my opinion.
Well put. The whole movie was in emotional overdrive and the soundtrack put it over the top. Had no idea it was a Michael Mann movie. He really knows how to drive a story without letup. "Heat" was brilliant that way: there was little or no lull in it.
I don't know if anyone here has read Fenimore Cooper's book, but wow it was just bad, even by the standard of 19th century potboilers.
Yeah, but I read three of the five Leatherstocking Natty Bummpo, and this one was the most memorable. Turgid writing but a fine story that transcended the prose. When I was 9 or 10, and reading Mohicans, my parents took me to the reconstructed Fort Edwards in upstate NY. So the movie enthralled me. It was a very fine two hours of brilliant cinematography and production design within the romance and violence of this history. And in its way, the music was better than the movie.
My main thought when Natty Poe (renamed because Bummpo sounds dumb) and Ms. Monroe were so impassioned was: they've been walking running and sweating an awful lot in the summer woods, and presumably they have not bathed or brushed their teeth. How sexxy is that?
Well put. The whole movie was in emotional overdrive and the soundtrack put it over the top. Had no idea it was a Michael Mann movie. He really knows how to drive a story without letup. "Heat" was brilliant that way: there was little or no lull in it.
I don't know if anyone here has read Fenimore Cooper's book, but wow it was just bad, even by the standard of 19th century potboilers.
Mark Twain read it. :-)
https://twain.lib.virginia.edu/projects/rissetto/offense.html
Ha! Same with my wife and I. No matter what occurs... I will find you. Hilarious.
Kinda the opposite with my ex, "No matter what you do, I'm still outta here."
She didn't find it so humorous though.
A running joke with my wife, especially at the grocery store.
Ha! Same with my wife and I. No matter what occurs... I will find you. Hilarious.
marty88210 wrote:
"Untitled" 72" x 52"
Large and dynamic torn and cut painted paper collage/painting on foam board by Trevor Jones, 1975 UK
i agree completely. i think it is his best. although i like historical stories, and well, daniel day-lewis, nuff said.
but i'll say a little more...
if ever a soundtrack did its job, this one did—mood, pacing, dramatic effect...every scene tied into the music unbelievably. the scene where duncan gave cora to le longue carbine at the huron council, and when uncas went over the cliff — oh my god. i would watch the movie more often just for the music, if it was not so wrenching every time.
please play more.
Well put. The whole movie was in emotional overdrive and the soundtrack put it over the top. Had no idea it was a Michael Mann movie. He really knows how to drive a story without letup. "Heat" was brilliant that way: there was little or no lull in it.
I don't know if anyone here has read Fenimore Cooper's book, but wow it was just bad, even by the standard of 19th century potboilers.
But I ask anyone to identify Mr. Phelps. You can't or couldn't. Even though Madeline (Cora Munro) says his name in the scene of the confrontation with her father, we never meet this Mr. Phelps, never see his face. (Played by an actor named Malcolm Storry.) Colm Meaney is credited too; he was cut form the film entirely except for one brief shot.
That's because director Michael Mann shot so much film and did a lot of reshooting and was editing and re-editing for so long that eventually the exasperated studio head and/or producers or others took the final cut away from him and cut it themselves. Hence, the film is a bit rickety -- but still fabulous, helped immensely by this great music.
maybe that explains the two endings i have seen, one with and one without "Great Spirit, a warrior flies to you..." (rough quote) ? i never really understood that, figured one was the longer theatrical version? do you know?
also i hardly blame michael mann from shooting so much given all the material he had to work with
i agree completely. i think it is his best. although i like historical stories, and well, daniel day-lewis, nuff said.
but i'll say a little more...
if ever a soundtrack did its job, this one did--mood, pacing, dramatic effect...every scene tied into the music unbelievably. the scene where duncan gave cora to le longue carbine at the huron council, and when uncas went over the cliff -- oh my god. i would watch the movie more often just for the music, if it was not so wrenching every time.
please play more.
A running joke with my wife, especially at the grocery store.
Not in the context of the movie (for which this is part of the soundtrack).
Eeeew -- you work in "human resources", don't you!
lol
Eeeew -- you work in "human resources", don't you!
But I ask anyone to identify Mr. Phelps. You can't or couldn't. Even though Madeline (Cora Munro) says his name in the scene of the confrontation with her father, we never meet this Mr. Phelps, never see his face. (Played by an actor named Malcolm Storry.) Colm Meaney is credited too; he was cut form the film entirely except for one brief shot.
That's because director Michael Mann shot so much film and did a lot of reshooting and was editing and re-editing for so long that eventually the exasperated studio head and/or producers or others took the final cut away from him and cut it themselves. Hence, the film is a bit rickety -- but still fabulous, helped immensely by this great music.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562003/?ref_=tt_cl_t5
kcar wrote:
I'll take Madeline any day of the week, thanks. Uma was pretty hot too.
Great action movie, although Wes Studi got to say "I will wipe your seed from the face of the earth" a few too many times.
I also couldn't decide whose hair was prettier.
I think I need to watch this again, maybe over the holiday.
..and agree regarding the comment about Mr. Sturdi...
kcar wrote:
I'll take Madeline any day of the week, thanks. Uma was pretty hot too.
Great action movie, although Wes Studi got to say "I will wipe your seed from the face of the earth" a few too many times.
I'll take Madeline any day of the week, thanks. Uma was pretty hot too.
Great action movie, although Wes Studi got to say "I will wipe your seed from the face of the earth" a few too many times.
I'd go with Eric Schweig, the quiet and strong Uncas
Edit: Ninja'd by Pigtail months ago...<sigh>
Hey Bill, cudja follow that with "Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" ?
back2back another space another time nostalgia for vicarious memories
I double that thought!
Hmmm. It gives me goosebumps. Never saw the film, have no association with it, am hearing it for the first time. Certainly is romantic, but also more...
Same here :)
And here!
Same here :)
And " I do not call myself subject to much at all"
Oh, in keeping with the spirit of the thread:
"Someday, I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement. "
"Well, we kinda face to the north, and real subtle like, turn left."