BBC4 First World War - Opening Titles (Theme) - Orlando Gough

This is the title track from Channel 4's ten-part series The First World War - www.bbc.co.uk/...
This particular track was composed by Cecil Coles (Scottish composer who was killed on active service in WW1)
All photos are taken from worldwaronecol.... Visit the website for more colour photos from WW1

[@leslied4755]

This was the best and most thorough documentary I've seen about WW I. The opening music is both triumphant and haunting and I was glad to finally hear it on KZbin. Thank you for the upload!

[@caprisunpouch306]

It really is excellence. Search for the Great War bbc. It’s on KZbin 26 episodes from the 1960s it is even more detailed. Also search for voices from the First World War. It’s old bbc interviews from survivors

[@theprofburg]

Holy crap! After so long, it's finally been uploaded to KZbin! Thank you. This is the best version of Cecil Coles behind the lines. Also BBC's First World War is one of the best documentary about World War I.

[@golfking910]

Agreed 100%

[@jaybow1566]

Yeah the Brits did a lovely job, have you seen the civil war pbs? Out of the water good

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

Yes, excellently done!

[@harryselwind]

Found the theme music to this series very moving and so appropriate. Thank you for posting this.

[@timdecoursey287]

This documentary and its music is so provocative. Seeing the pictures with the theme played over it makes me just wonder about the people’s deaths, their suffering. Then I remember that the war happened on such a massive scale, one that the human mind cannot possibly understand. I’ve seen the documentary many times. It was one of those documentaries I watched when I was 12 that inspired me to become a history major. While studying history, I’ve realized that not everything I’ve watched was a good analysis of history, but this one is still good.

[@williamaltizer8237]

this music somehow really seems to invoke in me an emotion that to be transported back in time during the first ww. what a beautiful piece of music history

[@joeljamesconroy]

Exactly how I feel when I hear it.

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

My paternal grandfather fought for France in the First World War. He did not speak about his experiences on the front, he did mention how most of his friends from his childhood died in the conflict, I think he felt guilty being a survivor. He died at the age of 97 in 1981.

[@lukefernandez7627]

My great great grandfather fought in the french army as well. He was blinded by mustard gas toward the end of the war and died a few years later from said health complications. Rest in peace Michel Fernandez

[@taylorharbin3948]

My maternal great grandfather joined the American army but he died of influenza in Kansas before he could go.

[@jayschumacher815]

To the creators of this documentary, FANTASTIC job. Excellent excellent excellent. This piece is just icing on the cake. Compliments it perfectly.

[@ryansharpe3564]

100 years, lest we forget.

[@1097-t4m]

Back then europe was fighting amongst itself. Now, it has a common enemy and that enemy lives among europeans, think about it

[@stalingrad179]

Finally it's uploaded.. Thanks a lot!

[@valenvilla1]

Finally i found this song!!!!

[@guardian08527]

This song pretty much fits any war of any century. That somber, despair, and feeling of wasted youth, with a glint of hope for the future.

[@markfetterhoff5631]

Sadly ironic that the composer, Cecil Coles (not Orlando Gough), was killed at the battle of the Somme in 1918. He is remembered as one of the most talented of the composers who lost their lives in the First World War.

[@appelanseeofbogalusa5235]

Yes he was. A student of Gustav Holst himself

[@And-ur6ol]

wouldn't call it "sadly ironic", more "sadly fitting" since i am pretty sure the series creator choose him with that in mind. What is more fitting, than to have the intro be made by one that did take part in the war?

[@markfetterhoff5631]

@@And-ur6ol Agreed.. by why doesn't his name appear in any of the credits as the themes composer? Orlando Gough gets all the credit.

[@jaybow1566]

@@And-ur6ol way to take from the mood w/ semantic nonsense. The mood is communicated, his ideas (though unspecific) guide you to the same conclusions with either said term. Must be weird to want to feel right all the time. Lol care to show us all the prizes you got in your moms closet?

[@And-ur6ol]

@@jaybow1566 you know, I would be inclined to listen, if you weren't being an asshole towards me.

[@CallOSaulTitan]

I kust finished the documentary right now, watched all 10 episodes in 2 days. Enjoyed my time/world travel while in the Covid-19 quarantine.

[@dumbernews]

Classic opening

[@alexfriedman2047]

1:00 on is so good TT TT

[@EndofanAge]

So hauntingly beautiful. Ty for sharing

[@javierortega4]

Excelentísimo documental...😥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 most excellent documentary ...😥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@egeyldrm7619]

it makes me sad my grand grandfather rum nuri died at polish galichia during at the brusilov offensive.he was an artilery officer in the ottoman army

[@MajorGeneralDiscomfort]

Such beautiful music and a disgusting war.

[@poopsmcgee4693]

What are you talking about it was a GREAT War

[@diegoluna6957]

Finally I found it!!

[@rileyxsko]

Such a beautiful piece of music...

[@ronaldgiroux3307]

He composed this beautiful piece and also perished in the conflict. R.I.P. Mr. Coles.

[@floridianbat]

Thank you very much

[@alexamerling79]

Never forget. 104 years ago, the guns fell silent.

[@caprisunpouch306]

Does anybody know in the Breaking the Blockade episode their is a light heated piano song playing when they were detailing the time off from the war when solidiers found low intensity sectors and the time of the line. Very playful piano song I cant find it.

[@umisonoda8206]

Minute?

[@caprisunpouch306]

@@umisonoda8206 its the breaking the deadlock episode minute 21.

[@caprisunpouch306]

@@umisonoda8206 episode 6 out of 10 minute 21

[@Marc-qd4ly]

2 years, 0 dislikes. Guess we were all searching for this lol

[@joaomotta1501]

Please, can i use this theme to a short for KZbin, about Blaise Cendrars?

[@sleazyfellow]

Nobody really talks about the first world war much (or great war), but it's influence is still felt today, over 100 years later. I do like the series though, and this music is perfect for it.

[@godlantern6396]

The memories watching this with my dad and grandpa when I was a kid..... the music has and will always stick with me.

[@12gaugesage]

Thank you for uploading, such a moving piece of music. The whole soundtrack really is quite powerful, as is of course the documentary itself.