Atlantean Sword - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)

[@MatthewCharmanadventures]

I always read the moment when the old king crumbles as being that he can finally rest now that a worthy warrior has come to take up his sword. His long vigil over, his spirit finally lets go.

[@docsmithdc]

Beautifully said.

[@fieryalbino]

That's a really nice interpretation! I like it.

[@rufuseisenheim6520]

this scene is so good guys .. epicness

[@Thizlamic]

MAGNIFICENT.

[@Theodore.Fenser]

My favorite moment! Greetings from Romania! Crom be always with you!

[@smaepiscis]

Dont let this great music be forgotten

[@december2364]

Never

[@lozass3003]

I never will ❤️❤️

[@dolria1]

Never

[@eldrichery853]

And if you do... Then, to hell with you!!

[@justinchalifoux4424]

My grandkids will hear this track and get the same chills I still do

[@geraldburke5147]

There are few films elevated by their musical score, as this one is. Absolutely amazing achievement.

[@agou1980]

Well-said

[@HlewagastizHoltijaz]

There are a lot of good shots in this movie as well. Some set pieces are a bit underwhelming by today's standards though. But it is a pretty movie with a great score. The bad acting and story are the weak parts. :/

[@wowwow7959]

Better than Star Wars

[@MrBastilleDay]

Right before this: "It has been surmised that perhaps my lord had been like a cagd animal that had been kept too long. Perhaps, but whatever. Freedom, so long an unremembered dream...was his." LOVE how Akiro talked!

[@Dee-p4j]

Mako was a great actor.

[@quantumstereotv6319]

Close your eyes and you can feel the story of the atlantean king and the blade in its days of glory...RIP Basil

[@MRELTUCO2]

Rest in Peace Basil Poledouris.

[@Charlie94781]

Basil’s masterpiece lives on in legend

[@ColonelMarcellus]

A genius to be sure.

[@mvader7188]

Did the masterpiece that was Lonesome Dove as well. From fantasy to frontier 😊

[@Fatfreddy7]

Every few years I watch this again,,, do you want to live forever?

[@sherryglisson4885]

This song captures the awe and amazement on the actor s face as he lifted that great sword and struck off his chains...the centuries of calcification flew away from the blade with a single mighty blow and the old king crumbled to dust.. Conan said CROM in awe... If anybody was ever born to play a role it was Arnold Schwarzenegger to personify Conan the barbarian....

[@RealKull]

For me the mummyfied body in the crypt was that of Kull of Valusia...

[@tothelastman6]

You, sir, have forever changed how I see that scene! That makes total sense! Bless you!

[@adamrawn2063]

And if you know anything of Kull, even as naught but Bones & Dust, the clash of steel made him reach for his sword, one last time...

[@dustinhatfield22]

Brooooooooo same!

[@RintTheReaver]

We are not alone.

[@BrokenMadness]

The Ultimate Fantasy movie soundtrack.

[@nefariousnilbog]

The ultimate soundtrack.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

I have heard many, many soundtracks so far.. but few, very few are so eerie, so mysterious, so emotional like this piece. I am always fascinated of how it starts..

[@ΜιχΛαζ]

Καταπληκτικό συναισθήματα σκέψεις φαντασία όλα σε ένα!!Η έννοια της μουσικής του κόσμου!!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

@@ΜιχΛαζ Ήτν υπέροχος.. Κρίμα. Κρίμα ο άνθρωπος.. Όντως, πόσο συναισθηματική ήταν η μουσική του!

[@LauraJdogmom]

I think it's a glass harmonica. Interesting and effective choice of instrument.

[@rafaeld.2554]

Absolutely mystical... This greek had an atlantean background lineage... This is an atlantean music, you can feel it....

[@SpadezMedia]

at 1:40 during the actual scene I get goosebumps as it shows the flamed light ambience of skeletons going up to the king

[@emanuelaferrin224]

Still here to listen to this masterpiece

[@rengarcia5189]

I remember when I first watched this film as a kid I thought it was a total B-Movie misfire. Now, I view it as an absolute classic, combining story, music and cast in an unforgettable manner.

[@neohubris]

Conan the Destroyer was B-Movie. The Barbarian is an all time classic

[@leloupdessteppes3228]

When I first watched this movie as a teen I made the same assumption. I was so wrong. This movie is so deep and rich of deep meaning and philosophy. Its a movie about what it means to be a man and how to become a ubermensch!

[@benjaminharlow3743]

A masterpiece in storytelling & musical score!

[@KieranM-kn3lt]

music alone is amazing

[@Thoughtbubble788]

I wholeheartedly agree @rengarcia5189. A masterful soundtrack for a masterful film, it has always been one of my favourites. I love everything about it!

[@kirbyjohnson8417]

This is the only soundtrack that wowed me enough to buy it, I mean I have other soundtracks now, but this is the only one I ever sought out and bought. An absolute masterpiece.

[@Yourweakminds]

Crom smiles from his mountain.

[@socialgarbage2]

Conan the Barbarian, and The Last of the Mohicans, 2 soundtracks that touched my soul.

[@maggs131]

Now I'm looking up last of the mohican soundtrack. Thanks for reminding me

[@flybeep1661]

@@maggs131 last of the mohicans is nice but nowhere near in the same league as Conan. I'd say Flesh+Blood also by Poledouris is closest mainly because director Paul Verhoeven heard the Conan score and told Poledouris to give him something like that. It also helps that the Flesh+Blood score is of the same era (early 1980s) and it's also set in an adventure setting. Outside of Poledouris work you'd probably be looking at work of Miklos Rozsa's El Cid score example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmakg6mGba6ojJo .

[@MucusArt]

This was always one of my favorite scenes in the movie for some reason. It was quite beautifully done.

[@Yourweakminds]

Remember to buy the complete 3 cd edition.

[@mvader7188]

CROMM...

[@jamesmcleod1986]

HEAR US O' CROM! The Tale of your mightiest champion hath been defiled! Sing in us Great Crom and teach how we may deliver a tale of Conan, who forged a kingdom by his own hand and shook the pillars of the very Earth! Sing in us Great Crom so that we may tell the tale of Conan the Barbarian in such a way that doth not defile his mighty image!

[@tylertanner7378]

Crom hears not your prayers. Only the weak pray!

[@WieldingEminator]

It is a kind of soft yet powerful piece of music.

[@Chuschannel]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@MrBastilleDay]

My fear is that my children will never understand...

[@Coste1072]

Unfortunately your fears are well founded

[@b.ratt7791]

MrBastilleDay- lol, I heard that line in the movie. It's when Conan was sitting on the table, a messager drop off a scroll to some general n he reads it. Then he says " Ha!!! We won again " he looks around n says " what is the best in life? "

[@nefariousnilbog]

@@b.ratt7791 Nailed it.

[@warriornorman4026]

I remember growing up watching this movie

[@joshuacowling2237]

I Understood That Reference😎

[@Docrate1]

This is one of the 3 tracks that made the movie for me. Riders of Doom, Atlantean sword and Battle of the mounds. They capture the spirit of R.E. Howard's tales to perfection.

[@DU0ZA]

Epic movie so is the soundtrack 🙏🏽

[@Joemaster25]

one of the best movies of all time ... and best fucking soundtrack ever....

[@theefrankguy]

One of my favourite scenes of the movie was when Arnold was in the cave and got his new sword!!!.

[@makomenos2921]

it always makes me cry if I listen to it separately from the movie...

[@torontomunda]

I can shovel my driveway full of snow listening to this masterpiece and not break a sweat

[@yo-ev6xs]

God this is just wonderful wonderful thought provoking music. Takes me back to my wonderful self discovering childhood. Wow life eh?

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Yo, yo! I was a fairly old man when this came out. That was, what, 1982, 40 years ago.

[@michaeltheophilus5260]

Great music..anything that transfers you so powerfully to another realm is to be bowed to like the Atlantian General

[@solomonkain]

Ahhh, what a wonderful piece of music...

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

I've never heard a song bring on such longing, chefs kiss.

[@threewolves98]

It's my headcannon that the king in the tomb is Kull the Conqueror, whom Robert E. Howard had devised Conan's character from. Kull is an Atlantean king who discovered the Set priest's plot to subjugate kings and men with their mind control and shape shifting powers. Conan uses Kull's sword on his quest to kill Thulsa Doom who has all the same characteristics of a priest of Set in the first Kull adventure, The Shadow Kingdom.

[@warriornorman4026]

I remember growing up watching this movie

[@mvader7188]

Busting that rust off with a couple of swings😊

[@lordzigy258]

This is the only original version from thé movie ... by Crom ! From 1982 this movie and his soundtrack changed my Life for Ever... i was 7 years old ... many years after i used to remix it into massive drum and bass party ! ... Warrior style for the dansefloor !👁🙏🏽💪🏽

[@peterbilt3385]

You butchered it then with that drum and bass crap, shame on you. Leave it alone, it stands well enough on it's own.

[@antjames189]

so much philosophy in the works of RE Howard. We are Yet mortals in the midst of gods & Heroes

[@overdosisbringslife]

Best movie and soundtrack ever!!!!

[@michaelbaker9786]

This movie was great back in its time. and the soundtrack for this movie even better. I just wish we had more backstory when he finds the sword.

[@charlyll1279]

Masterpiece!

[@scottbaker7104]

This was an awakening for Conan and gave him his freedom and he is now in control of his own destiny

[@stevebeaufoy7549]

This segment underlines the echoes of a once mighty and proud civilisation, now lost forever, the King and his (knights?) the only survivors of "the ocean that drank Atlantis". Steel was already considered more precious than gold and jewells to the Cimmerians, and Conan desperately needed to arm himself which is why he reverently took the Ancient sword from the Atlantean King's skeletal hand. Maybe, in the Hyborean Age, Atlantean steel was highly sought after? The cave is so eerie, with the howls and wails of the wolves outside accentuating the melancholy and the sadness of the Tomb, but what elevates this to the next level, is the score by the late Basil Poledouris. It captures the "feel" and the essence of what I just described, Atlantis gone from the World, lost in antiquity. I agree that the immense, skeletal figure was probably Kull, and that his eternal vigil for a worthy successor to wield his unique sword had finally come to and end, and his spirit could join Crom in the Halls of Valhalla... I think Conan recognised just who was seated on that throne, at the same instant that the skull "bowed" and its crown toppled to the ground. He exclaimed aloud to his God by saying his name, Crom, in the same way we might have said, "Christ!", as an expletive? I love this whole scene, because it makes clear that Conan has honour, in the way that he bows in return, paying homage to the King that was, for passing unto him a great Gift, the strongest and keenest blade ever made.

[@Buttergirla]

Gives me CHILLS!

[@22medicos]

3:30 The Young Conan dies and a new man borns. The fear, the pain is behind now.

[@kmontano1234]

I feel powerful listening to this masterpiece

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

I love the metaphor here: uncovering strength that lies hidden in the past but whose effects reach the present. The film's sense of history really gives it an impact seldom felt in other such fantasy films. It really highlights history's continuity and thus the film's kinship with modern times in a grounding way.

[@bloodCount8895]

Conan the Barbarian was such an epic movie. Taught us 80s kids how to be a man. The music, story, characters, dialogue, everything was epic.

[@chriswoodling5195]

(Bows head, respects the dead king.....)

[@NorthForkFisherman]

+Chris Woodling (Breaks the shackles with the sword....wolves flee....)

[@T3CH33]

In the next scene hes WEARING them :)

[@ianreed1528]

Crom......m

[@prigual2901]

Thanks for uploading this version.

[@jasoncassios7114]

Only a man will understand the scene with the Dead King. And only a man who will see another one tear up, will nod his head in agreement and silent understanding. It's no coincidence that not a single word is spoken in the tomb, apart from the proper one: CROM, letting silence and music do the work. Manliness at its finest.

[@steviconh5378]

Played this at my wedding! Great dinner music

[@amineaiffa]

Returning back to these classic films and seeing how the story, acting and music all came together, I seem to think that Hollywood has really lost it's way. Or perhaps we have just developed a different taste. Such is life. We all age and long for the past.

[@marekweglarczyk5096]

conan forever

[@neslihankurum4852]

Super

[@Raultyphoon]

Epic just epic! Masterpiece OST

[@tattytart85]

Crom

[@GoodFebruarian]

newbihack CROM~!!

[@coto616]

CROM!!!

[@dolria1]

Crom.

[@gokuson6238]

Thanks kid

[@analienfromouterspace]

CROM!

[@leocomi]

Una delle scene più belle del film,bellissima colonna sonora❤✌

[@f1r3hydr4nt]

"Do you want to live forever?"

[@charlesbrown4311]

This piece portrays the weight of the great age of the king and the sword perfectly.

[@IncessantWake]

This song gives me the same feeling as Super Castlevania 4 The Waterfalls.

[@ΥπερδιαγαλαξιακόςΑστροπολεμιστ]

This kinda remind me of Indiana Jones meeting the last crusader scene.John Williams made a similar soundtrack for that scene.Wow.Great music.!Polydouris,a greek american,was one of the classic ones back 35-40 years ago.

[@justinbird1387]

oooh the chills still get me kull the conquer time

[@SuperZack311]

I never saw the remake and I never will. I made that mistake when I saw Indiana Jones Crystal skull and the new star wars movies. I'm tired of seeing my childhood cheapened in these shitty sequels and remakes.

[@senadblagajcevic4994]

You got that right

[@RogueBoyScout]

Crom is pleased with your reverence to the classics...

[@interviewerKe-]

The new one has Ron Perlman

[@w1975b]

I enjoyed Crystal Skull, but to each their own. I agree that the 1982 version of Conan can NOT be done better and the remake was junk.

[@johnturrentine9610]

The crystal skull is the worse Indiana Jones movie. I’ll watch Temple of Doom way before KOtCS.

[@december2364]

Anyone contemplating a Conan remake should contemplate it on the Tree of Woe.

[@NinjaAF2099]

Crucify them…LOL

[@fah.q.91m63t]

We're still listening July 3 2024

[@DidoInFlames]

What happened to us as a species? Why nobody can produce incredible music like this in 2022 ? Music from 40 years ago is so advanced and beautiful and nowadays music is crap?

[@xyzxxx33]

technology doesn't help with music, that's it, and music is eternal, just like some other form of arts. enjoy.

[@vincentfranklin17]

By Cromm, this is good!

[@shilohgordon8398]

Sublime Perfection.

[@noelflores4389]

Love the music

[@Soberhamster11001100]

Funnily enough, I play Skyrim whilst listening to Conan the Barbarian music.

[@lucasistrom]

I feel like that would be a good fit.

[@robertcorbell1006]

This when you find the Bloodskal Blade.

[@MohammadAli-ht5ce]

Awesome !!!

[@joseanchieta7361]

Lindo!

[@leituralucida6457]

I read while listening to this on a loop.

[@KettlePal]

Its a shame Basil can't be around to make the soundtrack for the remake.. It won't be the same without a mind-blowing score.

[@jayess6689]

Forever

[@KieranM-kn3lt]

holy god this is amazing

[@Buttergirla]

Trumpets and clarinets did their thang

[@Nashfury]

Crom laughs from his mountain but i know the riddle of steel.....

[@Sejanus]

That feeling when you kill at long last Sygrid, her Jarl and her runecaster, and you rises in your hands the Ghostblades.

[@JimHawpah]

Does anyone know what happened to Subotai? I strike the question because in the "Destroyer" Conan's new partner mentions the camel, but he never witnesses the drunken camel punch. It was Subotai who was there, not the terrible new companion they put in for the sequel.

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

Dinner for wolves.

[@yo-ev6xs]

Imagine a world without music??

[@singularityoneone]

This movie was made perfect. Any remake would be a sham. Especialy if its PG-13. PG-13 is the worst thing hollywood ever did.

[@georgedaniel3479]

I Remember This From Conan The Barbarian

[@Hyperbadboy]

Amen.

[@TheKotfu]

Awesome lifting music. Read the stories and watch the movies for gymspiration periodically.

[@robintst]

This I have also done. I also use the music from Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja. Good times.

[@goldenhelix]

Crom!!

[@mrnaughtycat]

I live near a village called cromford

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

With this new powerful blade, he shatters his father's old blade wielded by an enemy. Metaphorically, represents so many things.....

[@francescoromani4539]

😍😍😍

[@craigisaac8411]

I can just see him banging the sword on the stone before he sees crom 👌👌

[@phimassalia5411]

💚

[@UltraMatt]

great music reading alot of the comments about the new movie..I think it's important to point out the Conan movie is NOT a remake. It's a totally diffrent story, along with a totally diffrent take on the charcter. It's in many ways it's own thing.

[@ca9999]

@JokerRecordings absolutely agree. All the remakes of classical movies will be fucked up. Arnold IS THE ORIGINAL CONAN.

[@E180TEKNO]

this music reminds me that schwarzenegger is and will remain a great actor and "the actor who played wonderfully conan the barbarian

[@stevieweebi]

Yes, he’s forever the great Conan.

[@1SmokingLizard]

Basil sits with Crom, high on the mountain. He laughs at the four winds

[@alexapperley9081]

Just noticed the sword on Stranger things Crom should be pleased

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

The first two seconds have such a similar feeling to Hymn to Red October

[@RintTheReaver]

Kull... is that you..?

[@MohammadAli-ht5ce]

And now Crom's Watch has Ended.

[@amadeusagripino6862]

Croooooooom

[@empath69]

@JokerRecordings Your (and my) 'efforts' have delayed it, but it doesn't seem completely buried yet; still time to hope, though!

[@december2364]

Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised by a Conan remake.... ..but I f*cking doubt it. Some films should just be left alone and this is one.

[@zupergozer]

I agree with you most of you people To me Conan is not about killing and butchering as many people as possible but more like this I always loved how Conan entered strange and foreign cities and ruins it always had so much suspense I just loved and still love reading the books and watching the crappy Arnie movie crappy as in he makes crappy groans (specifically in the gladiator scene) but the movie is one of my all time favorites