Superb recording and performance of one of the greatest film scores of all time. Herrmann's genius is all the more stunning after more than half a century. He and his music will never be forgotten. Thank you for this lovely performance.
@dinithavithanage Жыл бұрын
What an incredible performance. This is not an easy piece. So much coordination and technique by everyone involved. Very passionate conducting of one of Herrmann's best compositions. Amazing!
@fimucite Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Dinitha!, we appreciate a lot your comment. This is such a treasure performance of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra conducted by film music composer and conductor Diego Navarro, music and artistic director of FIMUCITÉ (Tenerife International Film Music Festival).
@taiofthipc55946 жыл бұрын
I'm a screenwriter, and the Tenerife orchestra's rendition of this theme song perfectly epitomizes the excitement and frenetic nature of the film, quite likely exactly what Ernest Lehmann (the screenwriter) would have wanted. Most impressive work -- BRAVO!
@keithbrown84905 жыл бұрын
The video is so well filmed and edited it's exciting to watch the musician race along like they're being chased with Cary Grant was in the movie !
@JSDesignHK11 жыл бұрын
To me, this theme more than any other is evocative of the creative genius of Bernard Herrrmann. Brilliantly performed here by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.
@diegonavarroreyes6 жыл бұрын
Thank you JSD, will send your feedback to maestro Navarro!
@HardRockMaster75773 ай бұрын
I wish the Dallas Symphony would perform this, but, being "Dallas," they're all about Harry Potter, E.T., and the like.
@ozgoodel.96454 жыл бұрын
I'm visiting Mt. Rushmore for the first time next summer, and I just saved this to replay as I'm touring. Spectacular!
@whispermason80527 жыл бұрын
This is one of the Best Tracks in Movie History for sure. It does have a bit of West Side Story Feel to it, but there is no Mistaking which Movie this is from. It has great movement and energy.
@anandnarayananrajagopal71624 жыл бұрын
This is from north by north west title music
@mrjones292 жыл бұрын
This came before West Side Story though.
@whispermason80522 жыл бұрын
@Mr Jones Except west side story isn't the best musical soundtrack of all time. Conan The Barbarian from 1980 is.
@mrjones292 жыл бұрын
@@whispermason8052 Everyone has moments of weakness. That was yours with that statement. I like Conan, don't remake it...again.
@whispermason80522 жыл бұрын
@@mrjones29 weakness is musicals
@gabbyhyman12464 жыл бұрын
Excellent performance. 👏 I will say this, I've yet to see another orchestra with so many dazzling and powerful women.
@victorcolladohernandez66449 күн бұрын
El maestro Diego Navarro es un fuera de serie, que maravillosa interpretación.
@beckoning-chasm4 жыл бұрын
Normally, I don't really like the rapid-fire editing, but here it was wonderfully appropriate. You really got to see how the various sections combined to make this exciting. Thank you!
@jaymorgenthal9479 Жыл бұрын
As great as the story is, there is no North By Northwest without this absolutely wonderful masterpiece.
@johnshitwalker3483 Жыл бұрын
Amazing energy for everyone. Bravo!
@ziyadyamut Жыл бұрын
The conductor's features were also "North by North West" i.e. his cheeks, looks, etc... as if he's living Hitchcock's movie...Bravo ! Hats off !
@diegonavarroreyes Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your words!!
@timeforbeans Жыл бұрын
YASSSSSS I love this music. Such a great performance by all these talented artists. :)
@leifjohnson6172 жыл бұрын
NBNW has one of the best musical intros of any movie. Fantastic!
@jjphoenix4055 Жыл бұрын
El magistral Bernard Herrmann. Perfect pace and performance. BRAVO!
@mrjones292 жыл бұрын
It's still shocking to learn that this magnificent film and legendary film score didn't even get nominated for the 1960 Academy Awards??? Had it been though and it would have been swallowed whole by the even better film in "Ben Hur". But the musical score that Ben Hur" also won the Oscar for, I'd have given it to North by Northwest composer Bernard Herrmann - had it been nominated in the first place. Shocking and the Academy really did hate Hitchcock and his films.
@HardRockMaster75773 ай бұрын
The Academy rarely picks "The Best" of anything. There are exceptions though.
@bunkyman8097 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE the dissonance and how the rhythms play against themselves. Very incongruous pieces of a puzzle that create an apporpriate, harmonious whole. Total genius to my ear!
@stephenborchelt8946 Жыл бұрын
This is a sensational presentation of one of Bernard Herrmann's best Hitchcockian themes!
@DavidCieplicki3 ай бұрын
I happened to watch North by Northwest on a recent flight. A great movie with a score like no other. How difficult to write and master this piece of music. The excitement and bewilderment within the movie and score go hand in hand. Tremendous.
@fimucite3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for commenting. We totally agree with your opinion. A great movie with a B.S.O. at its height.
@susangreene96624 ай бұрын
I watch this video all the time. Love to watch the conductor. He appears to be having a ball!
@fimucite4 ай бұрын
😂Thanks very much, Susan!! It really is!
@benjiakre-hill59618 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece.
@richf7402 Жыл бұрын
Wow!
@samarparmar59265 жыл бұрын
North by Northwest mother of all bond movies B h music superb
@kpete92193 жыл бұрын
My family and I were watching North by Northwest yesterday and I, as always, was fascinated by the music. I have the soundtrack on CD and it is a GREAT CD. The beauty of the music on the CD is that the snippets of the songs played during the movie are played in full on the CD. However, I had never seen any of it performed by an orchestra. This is FANTASTIC!!!! The orchestra performed this flawlessly and it will be one of my favorites up to my leaving this life. Thank you for uploading this song. It further enlarges the performances of film music that I already have enjoyed via FSO, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and others. I await new entries as the years go by.
@charliestanley2749 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful and timeless !!
@desdemonadragon6533 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW :D
@clydeblair9622 Жыл бұрын
Excellente.
@philpasteris89733 жыл бұрын
Are the principal trumpet and trombone sitting next to each other? That is normal protocol. Love the chromatic scale in the flutes near the end. First rate performance. Wow!
@tnator35424 жыл бұрын
Chaotically Awesome!
@IsraHell1976 Жыл бұрын
Brutal
@kedarbhave4631 Жыл бұрын
I❤it
@boneeatingsilicate5804 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance..have a crush on the Trombonist!
@vincentdyer95923 жыл бұрын
Outstanding Tenerife symphony orchestra.
@tdirtyatl2 жыл бұрын
@jhelmerp5 жыл бұрын
Hellishly difficult to play, bravo!
@kevinfahey52402 жыл бұрын
A great concert opener to bring the crowds to their seats
@regisgoat2 жыл бұрын
Sensational! Bravo!
@stephenbroad30082 жыл бұрын
Wow....fantastic
@thomasvinelli2 жыл бұрын
This shows how great these players really are. The time they put into learning there instrument . To end up playing in a symphony orch, is the big time for them.
@folkertteveldemmenniederla72743 жыл бұрын
I love it
@island0071007 жыл бұрын
The tempo started too fast, making a difficult piece even tougher. Kudos to the musicians for pulling it off.
@fimucite6 жыл бұрын
Are you sure...?, apart from being another performance that depends directly from the conductor, please, take a look to the original scene (from minute 1:01): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f528Zp6Xj6hlhJI
@kirsteni.russell59036 жыл бұрын
This is the tempo on the soundtrack, but the soundtrack music was recorded in a studio, not a concert hall, and the instruments were miked so that the music is right "in your face"--no reverb. There IS reverb in a concert hall, which is why this overture is usually played slower in concert.
@pbrucpaul4 жыл бұрын
@@fimucite I was in the movie theater watching and listening to this back in 1959. The tempo was a little slower and those theater speakers brought out the bass percussion , but No fuss. This is a very good rendition. The coordination is Spot-on terrific
@wyup3 жыл бұрын
I agree it's at times too fast and I feel intruments step a bit sometimes on each other's tempo, due to so many syncopations. But it's enjoyable as it adds to the frenzy character!
@SallySallySallySally3 жыл бұрын
@@fimucite Yes, the tempo here is about 10% faster that Herrmann's original score in both the opening credits and the drunk driving scene you cite.
@StevieRomano3 жыл бұрын
Conductor chugged like 3 red bulls before going on stage.
@agump3510 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@fimucite6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@trippytrellis70332 жыл бұрын
The conductor is so animated. I love it!!😷
@gregpoore27575 жыл бұрын
Its a bit fast but who cares? Brilliant!
@pjd42689 ай бұрын
That..was the hottest i've ever heard that played...fantastic.
@tootsie50522 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! That's intense!!
@TheCarnivalguy3 жыл бұрын
“And we’re filming and recording this so please; I implore your cooperation in keeping any loud and unnecessary sounds to a minimum. Thank you to everyone here”. Very loud cough as the director turns to the orchestra. (There’s always gonna be that one!). 🙄. 😂 This was totally outstanding and a great homage to the genius of Herrmann.
@deloysterns7 ай бұрын
Props to the person who is doing all the switching between the cameras
@kirsteni.russell59038 жыл бұрын
I imagine the conductor was determined that the orchestra play that fandango as fast as Herrmann does on the soundtrack! But you need a movie recording studio to get the sound right.
@Reginald-rr1gh Жыл бұрын
I love this! Cans of Red Bull for everyone!
@gregpoore27575 жыл бұрын
P s. The Beatles used to fly through their own concerts. Paul said he "Well, all that adrenaline you know ".
@gramirez724 жыл бұрын
❤️
@gregpoore27575 жыл бұрын
It may be a bit fast but it doesn't matter! Herrman varied his tempo too when he was conducting. Thats the way the conductor heard it and its awesome. Why complain about it?
@joiedevie3901 Жыл бұрын
A brilliant performance although the speed of the playback seems a little fast. Hermann's own arrangement is so beautifully intense, which at times seems conversational between the sections and then intensely competitive as they layer on top of each other to crescendo. A masterpiece. More than any other producer, Hitchcock understood sound as integral to his films as his star actors or cinematography. Another remarkable film that shows his deliberate and thoughtful use of sound is The Birds, which has no music at all and was.his calculated move to have the sound of the birds' wings and cries punctuate that surreal film and draw the viewer into its surreal proposition. In North by Northwest, the story would not be half as compelling without this theme. The fact that it can be repeated so faithfully from the film's opening across so many of its scenes, establishing the pace of the movie so masterfully, is a testament to the creative genius of both men.
@fimucite Жыл бұрын
Dear Joie, thank you so much for your fantastic feedback. Maestro Diego Navarro, film music composer and FIMUCITÉ director, added to this stunning performance so much energy and passion. The piece, as written by Herrmann in the score is a “Spanish Fandango”. The “Fandango” is a typical genre (palo), of flamenco. The most famous folk music from Andalucía, in the south of Spain. Navarro, who is from Spain, gave his performance the power and passion of this genre, including the tempo a Spanish fandango has to follow. Very much looking forward receiving more feedbacks from you in our channel!
@soupy12 жыл бұрын
Was the director afraid to hold a clip cut over 2 seconds?
@ameymulay17184 жыл бұрын
Exactly like the original soundtrack!
@adsomuch26 күн бұрын
A little bit faster than the original, to my ears... I prefer the original.
@robbit4butterfly5 жыл бұрын
Starts too fast, but blasts wonderfully through my imagination. I wish I was there to experience that live!
@marcparella4 жыл бұрын
When you take it fast you lose the suspense. It is now a chase scene instead of hide-and-seek. Listen to the original.
@josephososkie302911 ай бұрын
OMG who set this tempo?????
@kevinbyrne45383 жыл бұрын
6 percussionists.
@Phd06282 жыл бұрын
Little faster than original ?
@MichaSchlechtriem5 жыл бұрын
The Tempo is correct and the performance a great one.
@dougn2350 Жыл бұрын
I don't hear any lion roar. Where's the lion roar?
@phillipleconte37156 жыл бұрын
imagine if Hitchcock had actually thanked Herrmann at the AFI Awards
@brucekuehn40315 жыл бұрын
And every composer he worked with and each cameraman and screenwriter as well as the leading actors and actresses? And what other movie director honored by the AFI has ever thanked that many people?
@bryanherman18682 жыл бұрын
1:36
@FifthContinentMusic10 жыл бұрын
A trifle fast. Fine performance nonetheless.
@christiangoumard45425 жыл бұрын
Le pied!
@SallySallySallySally3 жыл бұрын
Still enjoyable despite the harm from the overly-fast tempo.
@dreamlandnightmare2 жыл бұрын
I like the faster tempo. Gives it an appropriately more frantic feel.
@aurahyel47008 жыл бұрын
Way too fast. The conductor has not observed the tempi markings in the score.
@quagfiend8 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how the score had been written for this perfomance. It's a Fan Dan Go version of the Main Theme.
@fimucite6 жыл бұрын
Are you sure...?, apart from being another performance that depends directly from the conductor, please, take a look to the original scene (from minute 1:01): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f528Zp6Xj6hlhJI
@kirsteni.russell59036 жыл бұрын
This is the tempo on the soundtrack, but the soundtrack music was recorded in a studio, not a concert hall, and the instruments were miked so that the music is right "in your face"--no reverb. There IS reverb in a concert hall, which is why this overture is usually played slower in concert.
@washo22226 жыл бұрын
You are correct. This performance is way too fast. I studied a photostat copy of the full score and looked at the Main Title. Although the tempo is marked Allegro Vivace e con Bravura there is no marking on what note gets the beat. In 3/8 meter the note that gets the beat is the dotted quarter. The first eight bars of the piece covers 5 seconds of music or five seconds of film which is 300 frames (60 frames per second.) I had to figure out the math when I performed this with the university orchestra when I was recording music for my dissertation to get the accuracy of the Main Title pulse. The dotted quarter receives a metronome marking of 88 which by compound time standards is an Allegro and close to Allegro Vivace. The scene being referred to below for us to look at into 1:10 is the drunk driving scene which is slightly faster at MM= 92 which is still within the realms of Allegro Vivace The tempo in this concert performance I clocked at 3 seconds per 8 measures which would make the metronome marking somewhere in the 120 beats. That is faster than what the composer had intended.
@hayden11885 жыл бұрын
A pedantic nit-picking comment. Bernstein conducting Sibelius's 5th slows it down, lets the music breathe. Bernard Herrmann conducting Ralph Vaughan Williams's 49th Parallel slows the tempo down and produces a wonderful performance. This performance turns up the tempo and it works.. It's gutsy, full of enthusiasm, energy, edginess and excitement. Just like the film.
@TB1M13 жыл бұрын
too fast
@chestnut19747 жыл бұрын
Too fast!
@JonathanSao11 ай бұрын
to fast
@dianecarone26293 жыл бұрын
Im sorry but the tempo is just too fast.
@chel3SEY9 ай бұрын
Great score but awful video with its very annoying fast cuts.
@ve0222 жыл бұрын
Too quick
@jslasher12 жыл бұрын
A very difficult work to perform. I doubt if Benny would have applauded this less than ideal performance. A world-class orchestra with a conductor like Dudamel, Rattle or Salonen would be ideal.