Ennio Morricone - Days of Heaven

The track Days of Heaven from the Days of Heaven OST

[@GhostSnake]

Morricone should be remembered the way Mozart and Beethoven are.

[@fabiengerard8142]

bocario112 ...He will. (Although he’d never considered himself any worth the comparison ; he always remained such an incredibly humble genius).

[@petrkrejzek705]

Never forget that nostalgic melody!

[@nicknickson2283]

When I listen to Morricone I wish I could write music instead of computer programs. RIP

[@lordscheie5388]

One of his most beautiful soundtracks ... Riposa in pace, maestro

[@johnhedges7463]

"Days of Heaven" is one of the most beautiful films ever made. It is Terrence Malick's second major film and an example of what can be achieved by surrounding a genius (Malick) with careful planning, financial courage, technical excellence and inspired post -production work. Malick (who had already overwhelmed the film industry with his extraordinary mainstream debut "Badlands") wrote and directed the film. The film was meticulously planned and the financial executives who financed it, trusted Malick and gave him the money needed to create its elegiac atmosphere. The cinematography (by Nestor Almendros) is heartbreakingly beautiful, and the film was then in post production supported by music that completed this work of art; the film's title piece here is by Ennio Morricone.

[@vimonratellway9]

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[@lotharhempel]

„Careful planning“? This film was shot without a script, half of the crew was abandoning the shoot, so was the director of photography Nestor Almendros, it was way over budget and was basically created in postproduction over a period of 2 years. But yes, you‘re right, it‘s absolutely beautiful!

[@user-mi4rm7ih6s]

@@lotharhempel Not to mention Linda Manz' narration which holds the film together so beautifully was actually kind of an afterthought.

[@helgemrklid404]

the loneliness of the prairie landscape. Such a beautiful and fitting theme

[@zsuzsa23]

Ennio sure knows the music from heavens

[@janetsnare5654]

The most visceral, sublime movie ever made with the most beautiful score I have ever heard by Morricone, and stunning cinematography by Nestor Almendros. I have lost count of how many times I have watched this perfect marriage of sound and visuals. Morricone not winning Best Score is a travesty at the very least. I wish I had a fraction of his compositional genius.

[@dinoddd007]

Superman and Days of Heaven were far more deserving of the Oscar for the best score of 1978 than the winner, Midnight Express.

[@honorablebandit]

Here on the day of Morricone's death to listen to one of my favorite compositions. I have always loved this movie and the music is one of the reasons. Ciao, Ennio. Quantum physics promises that we will all see each other again.

[@danimal111ify]

"This girl, she didn't know where she was going or what she was gonna do. Maybe she'd meet up with her character. I was really hoping things would work out for her; she was a good friend of mine."

[@stellabandante2727]

Daniel Taylor this phrase grips my heart. Linda Manz was so remarkable in the film, and the music was magnificent.

[@tutukkunoor]

@@stellabandante2727 this phrase grips my heart. Linda Manz was so remarkable in the film, and the music was magnificent.

[@tutukkunoor]

haha, also 'This Farmer, he didn't know when he first saw her, or what it was about her that caught his eye. Maybe it was the way the wind blew through her hair'

[@kevincorcoran6493]

"A character "

[@robertaxel]

Linda Manz was also great in The Wanderers; a unique actress who never got the credit she deserved...

[@TheCatgirl6]

I was 20 when this film came out--and I was overwhelmed by it! I went to see it over and over again, bought the soundtrack (vinyl of course) and wore it out as well. The most emotional cinematic experience of my life and I'm sure I'm not alone in this view.

[@fabiengerard8142]

TheCatgirl6 ... YOU ARE NOT. I saw it in 1978 too (after having already been totally mesmerized by ‘Badlands’ a couple of years before, and seen it several times on the old large screen). The instant I heard this morning about Linda Manz’s passing (Paris time), her magical and haunting presence, including that unique voice of hers, and the Morricone music, and every single shot of that true masterpiece started to rise again, altogether, to the surface of my memory - plus the sadness of the whole thing. But also the consolation that the film itself is still there, and it will be for ever, as well as everything and everyone being part of it.

[@JDubya2k]

It's so great that people like you exist in this timeline!

[@robertaxel]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard..

[@mamasuso]

+Roberto a yea yes yes

[@stevefrazer9248]

100%

[@antoinesubitlescoups338]

Vast expanse of open fields, the wind blowing past your hair, the magic hour's sky and this music. Thank you Mr Malick and RIP Signor ❤

[@jkellis2]

Two geniuses of the cinema...Malick of film and Morricone of music.

[@Osagerafe]

one of the most beautiful pictures ever made, and the music stirred me from the start then kept me in my seat to the last shot. Watched it at the old Circle cinema in Washington DC, no one left but sat stunned. Every frame was a picture, and Mallick's direction was never better. Terrance doesn't make motion pictures for popcorn lovers, but moments of life lifted from ordinary people in the depths of living. I've purchased the 8 track, cassette and LP of this fine soundtrack. I will keep contributing to his artistry because he makes me watch , think and feel. I also happen to live in his home town of Bartlesville, OK.

[@TheHideChild]

I watched this beautiful film on Channel 4 on Friday 4th August 1989, the day that my grandmother, dying of breast cancer, was admitted to hospital. She passed away three weeks later. This piece of music always indelibly reminds me of her and although I love it, every listen never fails to reduce me to tears.

[@aquamoon22]

I have seen this film again & again. I still think it is one of the most beautiful films ever made. Truly glorious!

[@Jamesbharris2]

Malick is a genius and I believe the greatest artist of my lifetime. Let's all send him 10 dollars so he never has to struggle for funding again!

[@michaelpresberg3817]

No doubt man, the greatest of American filmmakers, and just so much more

[@gaetanche]

Masterwork!

[@andrejplesnar1649]

RIP Maestro,your music will live forever!

[@janitorialprez]

This is two minutes and 38 seconds of harmonic perfection.

[@john63van]

Ennio Morricone has fashioned his masterpiece with this gorgeous musical score of this gorgeous motion picture by Terrence Malick.

[@browsertab]

My favourite Morricone score. An absolutely amazing production all around.

[@tsantalab1]

Days of Heaven, shot in Southern Alberta in the golden hours after sunrise and before sunset.

[@reneescala7526]

RIP Linda Manz. God bless you.

[@emilionavarro5641]

D.e.p master of the music, now is days of heaven

[@MantiaRyche]

Days of Heaven is one of my favorite movies of all time. It also has some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard. Ennio Morricone is a master!

[@suzannecarter445]

This is so wonderful! Absolutely stunning music! The movie was incredible, but this theme and the campfire dance with the little girl is what I remember!

[@Autostade67]

As for Signor Morricone's work on this film - nonpareil; this lyrical, aching and yet elusive end theme is among the best...a simple composition, but capturing all the unresolved emotions of both the characters and the audience. 'Badlands' is often listed as one of the key, great American films of the 70s - maybe so, but 'Days if Heaven' which appears on that list less frequently, is something of an entirely different order, and a prologue and godmother to almost everything Malick has made since (esp. 'The Thin Red Line', 'The New World', and 'To the Wonder'.

[@helgemrklid404]

I I especially love the opening of this fabulous theme

[@artdc79]

Sad movie, great soundtrack.

[@aniketraje4430]

Sheer Heaven. Take a bow Ennio Morricone & Terence Mallick

[@WikiPeraX]

This was by Morricone? I should have known - I fell in love at first listen.

[@rubenferrera2459]

Same thing I thought 😅

[@user-rk3de8dt4w]

Thank you Ennio Morricone. Your wonderful music will always be in our hearts.

[@giniwelle]

Linda, Ennio we will miss you here on earth...

[@jesseburleson432]

Terrence Malik is a brilliant director. Whatever is in that's guy's head, I wish I had 1% of it. Days of Heaven represents the true essence of what great filmmaking is all about. Gone With The Wind in 90 minutes, that's what you get with this with this balls out masterpiece. Pure, whimsical, epic, and melodic, Days of Heaven belongs in a time capsule, no joke.

[@FreakieFan]

Gone With the WInd in 90 minutes might be the best analogy of the film i've read

[@jimmckinnis3797]

One of the most profound artistic films of all time--the metaphorical content is only matched by its pure enchantment--to this day, one of my true classical favorites

[@brenowind]

the best ever! Moricone and Malick!

[@sharoncornwell9827]

how beautiful is this.

[@waterspout8]

R.I.P. Ennio.

[@kama316]

HOLY FUCK!!! this is the most beautiful song i`ve EVER heard!! what is he made of this man?? he wont die,he will just comtinue on and make heavenly music for eternity!! and than god for that!!!!!! his best since "ecstacy of gold" i love you ennio!

[@pedrosoares3840]

RIP Ennio,thank you for everything

[@sixtodecimo]

i remenber the music and the 70's film-its fantastic!

[@aliciagarcia5421]

Gran Maestro de 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 un gran lujo oirlo.

[@chipichepe]

super lied , perfekt . danke

[@ErnestGoesToMadeas]

It is said Morricone music turns bad films into good films, good films into great films, and great films into masterpieces. This film would still be a great film no matter what, but give some credit to Morricone's music blending perfectly with Malik's brilliant vision. I have a feeling if someone like Hans Zimmer would have scored Days of Heaven instead of Morricone, the visuals along with the entire film wouldn't have been as impactful as they were.

[@marcusnorgren1958]

Ernest Goes to Madeas Excuse me sir, talking about Zimmer, have you not seen The Thin Red Line!? Gladiator? Interstellar? Lion King? The Last Samurai? All examples of films scored by Zimmer who are all beautiful for one major reason, Zimmer's music! Come on, Terrence Malick even directed The Thin Red Line, and that film is a masterpiece.

[@asafisher5202]

Marcus Norgren but those films worked well to Zimmers style of music this does not

[@antoniovaldespino6650]

I believe Malick is a fan of film score music, he has worked with the most remarkable composers: Morricone, Zimmer, Horner, Desplat and Newton Howard more recently.

[@miko50474]

WONDERFUL A MASTERPIECE

[@raoul3605]

saddest film of all time for me personally

[@fajita2]

love this song, especially the way it starts. very romantic.

[@stefanotraverso1706]

This is an amazing and wonderful Days of Heaven soundtrack by the Genius Ennio Morricone!!

[@davidh.8798]

Ok film nerds, here's a fun game. At the end of this message is a link to the title sequence of DoH. I believe Ennio Morricone wrote the music above for this opening sequence, but Terrence Malick ultimately rejected it in favour of the Saint-Sans piece that appears in the final cut. Terrance relegated Morricone's piece to the end credits, where it lives to this day. So, follow the link in a new tab, mute the audio there, and start it playing simultaneously with the Morricone tune here. (Err on the side of starting the music first). I promise you'll be shocked at how much better the Morricone sequence is. It's stunning. Malick wouldn't even have had to edit the pace of the opening images to make it work - it scans perfectly! And it being an original piece just elevates the artistry of both men. It was a terrible mistake by Malick not to go with Morricone's theme. Morricone's music reflects the faces of the people we see in the images; Saint-Sans' does not. One is folk music, the other is court music. It's obvious which one suits the images better. And yet, alas, Malik went with the dreamy, fancy-pants one, not the peasant's one. A huge, huge mistake. The man is a total genius, but ho boy, he had a nightmare on this call. Here's the DoH title sequence: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5TGYnp5mcqXaLM

[@philopus94]

The directors that never won an Oscar - Welles, Kubrick, Lang, Hawkes, Hitchcock, Renoir. Those that did - Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Norman Taurog.. Perhaps Terry Malick would rather keep in the company of the former rather than the latter list of directors. I know I would.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Sort of a snobby attitude.

[@spaceodds1985]

Add David Lynch and Christopher Nolan to that list, they will never win Oscars for Best Director

[@davidmurciaaristizabal5381]

RIP Ennio, a master

[@Noodles78CA]

Magnifica! Meravigliosa! Epica!

[@MegaOrwell1984]

OMD this music is so beautiful. I wish the original soundtrack was available on iTunes. :(

[@woolof9744]

R.I.P. Maestro 💔

[@yashsrivastava2392]

Just love it

[@thebandinmybedroomtonight6477]

Rest in Power maestro. 💜

[@Transformers217]

Terrence Malick is a cinematic God! :)

[@Zonose]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR SO LONG I HEARD IT ONE TIME ON MY TV MUSIC CHANNEL AND I NEVER COULD FIND IT ANYWHERE THANK YAS

[@helgemrklid404]

beautiful theme

[@gabrielecipriani9660]

I cried

[@maryrevis3367]

Being a huge Richard Gere fan aside… I really enjoyed this film and the story. Especially the way, that it’s seen through the young girl’s perspective. Solidly done and scenery above par!. I love this soundtrack song and should’ve been played on both opening and closing credits.

[@DavidJohnH88]

I was hoping things would work out for her.....she was a good friend of mine.

[@sixtodecimo]

greath film.

[@filmfanman65]

Haunting, haunting, haunting... lol.

[@emachuyyy]

just amazing

[@MrKeepitunderyourhat]

You do realise that 2001 only used pre-existing classical music pieces? There's a reason that those pieces of music have been popular for hundreds of years.

[@georgik1963]

Thanks for the reference to Sarah and Abraham -- I'll think about it! The movie is definitely rooted in Genesis. When I first saw it, I took it as a version of the Lillith legend -- only gender-reversed: Abby = Adam and Bill = Lillith. But it's not an allegory. It has its own symbolic power, which draws deeply on the Western tradition. Thank you Terrence!

[@Autostade67]

About that 'additional photography by...' credit. I have no wish to take away from Almendros' extraordinary work (which can also be seen in 'Sophie's choice', 'Places in the Heart', 'Kramer vs. Kramer' and 'The Last Metro' among others), but the story goes - at least that told by Haskell Wexler - was that he, Wexler, sat through a screening of 'Days of Heaven' with a stopwatch and calculated that 50% of the footage in the final cut was his. This is not so much a comment on the work of either photographer as much on the fabled (notorious?) editing habits of our man Terrence, and perhaps, the vicissitudes of film politics. If Wexler's account is true, both men should be equally honoured. For more of Wexler;s work check out 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'In the Heat of the Night', 'Medium Cool', 'Matewan' and the now legendary (first use of Steadicam in a feature film) 'Bound for Glory.'

[@Nightfall95]

this music is so beautiful and amazing, Ennio Morricone knows how to score a film. Love his style, I love the melancholy of his moods. Aside from the Dollars triolgy and Once Upon a Time in the West; Duck, You Sucker had another amazing soundtrack as well. Thank you so much for posting this, been looking all over for a long time.

[@hurv1000]

ימים ברקיע הוא אחד הסרטים שאפשר להגדירו כמושלם.

[@harigovind6316]

1:17 Legendary

[@treehouse722]

Bah, should have run over the opening titles. Stunning.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I think it fits better here, where the emotion of the song is more resonant.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

They saved the best for last.

[@amalpv8563]

Rip 💔💔

[@5735740]

this song it was composed by ennio morricone thw best composer from the soundtracks

[@yvanlmprod]

awesome

[@buckiemohawk]

The mission was amazing too

[@zachospapazacharias1982]

SUBLIME MUSIC FROM THE MAESTRO

[@1997residente]

The kind of music you listen in an RPG when you enter a castle...

[@titusmccarthy]

You've played Final Fantasy haven't you? The ones on NES and SNES.

[@janethalken8269]

sad to hear about linda manz, today.

[@dmd3217]

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down....That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. Deuteronomy 11:18-21

[@pedrofreitas3214]

gosto muito deste filme

[@philippebeauchamp2827]

Amazing

[@chrishu76]

The key word their is that they are fitting songs because they fit the time period in which the movies take place I have no problem with that. Quentin Tarantino never uses a original score either but he is a master in picking songs that fit his movies because he has a wast knowledge of all forms of cinema and know what fits. Also their are lot of people that hate 2001 I'm sure it has a silent majority of people that actually hate it.

[@MinamuTV]

Along with Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange, both directed by Stanley Kubrick, the greatest director ever to walk this earth.

[@abbeykroeter]

This is gorgeous without a doubt, and i agree this movie does what all movies should strive for; take you right out of your world. Check out "Act of Faith" by the Morricone; it's the music behind Bugsy's death, and absolutely beautiful.

[@aquamoon22]

It is our deceptions and lies that have cast us out of Eden...

[@haqu.patrick]

Adiós Ennio :')

[@editczar1010]

@kucharsk That station sign off is now posted on You Tube along with the other one Higgins made.

[@mandrillion2524]

Rip

[@ErnestGoesToMadeas]

In a way, yes. Most people have no idea how shallow the process is on how a film wins a Academy award sometimes. Shakespeare In Love won best picture simply on the basis the studio threw the best parties and schmoozed the most academy award voters. The film could have been a guy taking a shit on screen for 90 minutes, and it still would have won best picture that year. Studios do everything short of paying off voters to get their films to win, reagardless if the film even merits a nomination.

[@marcocamilleri9184]

Ernest Goes to Madeas j

[@sinclaire013]

yes :)

[@ScoopNemeth]

That was the music to end the broadcast day at NBC affiliate WMTV NBC15 in Madison, Wisconsin - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6bXg4mmZrypZtE Thumbs up if the NBC15 sign off from the 80s brought you here.

[@samankenmann]

this theme sounds like something out of morrowind or oblivion

[@TheCatgirl6]

@JackieBill123 Depressingly true. "All calories and no nutrition"--well put.

[@Treebard]

@MonoAzul It would have been nice. I would have loved it, too, if Morricone had worked on Tree of Life. However, I think the reason was, Malick didn't need any extra music, as he used mainly great classical music of the 19th century as that fit in with the storyline of the father being a classical music aspirant and afficiando.

[@chrishu76]

That planned Alex North score was nowhere near complete so no one really knows how that would have turned out he did an excellent job on Spartacus one of the best scored movies of the early 60's.

[@chrishu76]

Sure I'm wrong call me crazy for liking movies that have a actual plot and make sense for the most part and have a original score.

[@PrimaveraPictures]

Why the fuck hasn't Malick gotten any Oscars yet?