Gustav Holst - Jupiter

Jupiter, from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite, being played by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

[@Calvin1985]

This piece is so good that they named a whole-ass planet after it.

[@bryeo2265]

Calvin underrated comment

[@johnivanoplimo5172]

Where's your best friend, Hobbes, man?

[@spicyaleks2881]

Erm actually Jupiter was both named and discovered prior to the writing and naming of the song

[@Calvin1985]

Spicy Aleks r/whoosh

[@kaan_sardogann]

@@Calvin1985 it took a month to whoosh someone

[@lumenpraetorius4592]

I was listening to this piece a once at maximum volume and my next door neighbor liked it so much that he threw a brick through my window so he could hear it better.

[@glassyanimates]

lol

[@me-it9jn]

Dude, this same comment is literally on every song on KZbin. It’s not even close to being original and hasn’t been for years now. Why keep copying it

[@stellar8929]

Dont listen to that guy I like you comment

[@patrickmartin72]

@@me-it9jn dude

[@miaaiyana]

this is so funny

[@black_kyber4348]

"Remember I'll always be here for You, even if you can't see me, because I love you".

[@sheralynsilva2850]

Yep! That’s why I’m here 😢 such a great episode.

[@starreturns1]

Best episode by far. Now I'm stuck on either this one or the sign

[@Q.Anderson]

_cries like no tomorrow_

[@faradaycycles9668]

**grabs box of tissues**

[@mtoboekid11mouse88]

What's this from?

[@hojirick]

My son passed away on fathers day this year. He was barely 3 months old. Diagnosed with a horrible heart defect. His mom and I moved heaven and earth just for him to survive... and he did for what little time it was. This song touches a part of my soul marred by grief that I can't describe, I hope those suffering loss like myself will feel the grace of God. I miss you Everett. Do not go far from me.

[@ruthmckay9086]

I am so sorry to hear about your son, no one should ever have to go through that. I know what you mean about the music, though - music is the thing that got me through a terrible loss (gods not so much) It really can touch your soul and carry you away if only for a while. I'm sure you must have heard this a thousand times, but take it from an Internet stranger - your beautiful baby Everett will alway be close, in your heart and mind, and every time you hear this music you'll feel it. All the best, mate x

[@angel15555]

Jupiter is in the sky today, beautiful 🥰

[@skipsheetz2790]

I'm sorry for your loss. Words are never enough and no one will ever be able to explain it. But we will remember you and by your words, him Go with go.

[@blitzblutz]

I'm very, very sorry to hear about your poor son. I believe that he chose you as parents and for a good reason.

[@ily3407]

It's hard to tell if you're serious.

[@louieberg2942]

0:00 - 0:32 This is Channel C News. I am your host, Gustav Holst.

[@imromero6599]

Louie Berg AHHHH LOL THE PUNNN😂😂😂

[@wellplayod1957]

I am your holst Gustav host

[@louisryan5815]

GLORIA BORGER

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Wellplay SD 😂😂😂😂

[@tinyicis4444]

I laughed all the way to jupiter lol😂😂😂

[@mabybee]

2:59 to 4:58 is the most stimulating bit of music I have ever heard. I have heard it many times over my short 25 years of life and it ceases to make my eyes swell with tears and hairs raise across my entire body. Of all the great pieces of music, this is surely one of the greatest.

[@rovercoupe7104]

Hi Montgomery, you obviously have an ear for beautiful music. The piece to which you refer is called ‘Thaxted’ after the village in which it was written. M.

[@james9311]

This aswell as Nimrod

[@FanaticJarlEmma]

Montgomery Ward I played this in a group a couple months ago and cried throughout that whole part

[@davidgo8874]

@Dongs Reminds me of CONAN The Barbarian.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

“I vow to thee my country, all earthy things above”

[@nickrogalski6955]

Let this be a message to all who have ever uttered the phrase "classical music is boring"

[@wesleypickles945]

Lol yeah The stuff that's really boring is the repetitive computer sounds modern people are often.., shall we say addicted to?

[@teon54]

Wesley Pickles c'mon man i love dubstep and classical music.. every musical style has its own sound and everyone enjoys their own sounds. we need to respect that :) this is coming from someone who can love and appreciate all music..

[@ktxed]

Wesley Pickles guys like you are repetitive too, repetitive too, repetitive, guys like you, are, repetitive

[@tristanalexander3275]

This isn't classical. Classical is Beethoven. This is Romantic (and not in the sense that it's all lovey-dovey).

[@superschmexybnana]

+Tristan Alexander, this is not romantic, this is early modern. Romantic was earlier.

[@JediHobbit89]

As someone who just likes the song and has no idea what Bluey is, I'm just happy they're still putting classical music in cartoons. It's a great tradition. I know I first heard many famous classical pieces in old Looney Tunes cartoons as a kid.

[@Flemish_dude.]

I do look to bluey

[@Zextranet]

Yeah, 2:59 made me internally cry. THAT exact moment in that Bluey episode is something that absolutely hit me

[@wakkowarner3716]

same

[@Welsh7133]

That episode made me sob, I getchu brother

[@Klineyful]

I highly recommend watching the episode in question 'Sleepytime' it utilises the music so well!

[@lalolara123]

The song transitioning at 2:59 up until 4:56 is one of the best moments of classical music history! I love the whole song but this is easily one of my favorite parts of all time.

[@tweepixie]

Hammerheart from Bathory

[@janecastrignano8603]

Davide Surilie that was our school hymn. Someone wrote " I vow to thee my country" to Holtz's Jupiter. It is so beautiful and rousing to sing to this. 😊

[@ClaireBear-mb4is]

I played that with my school band and it sounds even more amazing in person. I almost cried during the concert :P

[@Gordons1888]

Davide Surilie I vow to thee my country, really good with the lyrics

[@chetbprod]

Davide Surilie I’m playing some of that part in band

[@HeyItsBrittWithaB]

Shout out to the Bluey families out there. I was so happy to hear Holst's music being featured in a Bluey episode. I've been hooked since my music teacher introduced Mars to my class when I was eleven years old.

[@yayuman3486]

For my freshman year in highschool we did a show titled REVOLUTION about the Russian Revolution and the third movement was Jupiter but the slow part and I was watching bluey with my niece and we came across this episode and it just brought me to tears

[@yayuman3486]

I was wrong lol it was my 8th grade year and the reason why it was the Russian revolution was because it was was in 1917 and this show happened in 2017

[@davidscott3124]

Bluey is fantastic and that episode is amazing. The characters and stories are great and the choice of music was perfect. I'm a hardcore punk/extreme metal kinda fella mostly. But that episode and music brought a tear to my eye

[@wizarddrongo]

Hah, I was half-listening/ignoring the tv whilst doing some work as 5yr old was watching..heard the melody on tv and i was like "huh, that sounds a bit like holst..."...listened a bit more as the episode contined and i'm like "that IS holst. Neat"...now I'm on here listening to it cos they cut it in half...

[@HelloNewMoon]

Yes.😂 now i hear the first note and burst into tears

[@lewiskr7066]

"Even those listeners who had studied the score for months were taken aback by the unexpected clamour of Mars. During Jupiter the charwomen working in the corridors put down their scrubbing-brushes and began to dance. In Saturn the isolated listeners in the dark, half-empty hall felt themselves growing older at every bar. But it was the end of Neptune that was unforgettable, with its hidden chorus of women's voices growing fainter and fainter in the distance, until the imagination knew no difference between sound and silence" Imogen Holst (the composers daughter) records her thoughts and observations of the 1918 premiere

[@doctrow37]

What I would have given to hear the whole suite in its premiere 😢

[@kathleenhensley5951]

@@doctrow37 Same here.. sit there and realize a fellow human being, a contemporary of mine.. could write such amazing music.

[@Sam-zw5kk]

“Remember I’ll always be here for you. Even if you can’t see me. Because I love you.”

[@KuyaHandyKap]

everytime my daughter watches bluey and comes across the sleepy time episode, I shed tears for my mom.😭😭😭😭😭

[@MrRobert4144]

As a dad that went through that type of situation, it is so beautiful and I cry even hearing this piece. It’s not easy but as a parent, we just wish they were here …

[@aidanyelsma7762]

Must not forget fluffy

[@bernardasalazar6247]

@@aidanyelsma7762 Actually, it's "Floppy".

[@majhar9749]

I love this part

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

Nobody is talking about that the camera is slowly zooming in? Imagine that we're slowly getting pulled by Jupiter's immense gravity...

[@thebloocat]

What a beautiful thought

[@NotGoodAtCombat]

Wow I can't believe I found you again on the internet. What are the odds

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

@@NotGoodAtCombat bruh

[@saturn2055]

Oh my Jupiter it's true😅

[@Gonenow2015]

Is this what Schumaker Levy 9 felt like?

[@abhinavpiplani6787]

2:58 - 5:00 might be one of the best pieces of music ever....just ever...like ever...like there is nothing better...ever...

[@zachzent8287]

Abhinav Piplani What about 1:40

[@benkoopman178]

Want to hear 2000 people sing it? Okay then!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLbY5V4ftF2naM

[@BurionX]

I Vow to Thee, My Country

[@a.c.2623]

Joseph Stalin ты ничего не знаешь, ни об Англии ни о России

[@Dexter26958]

Priest Unicorn Holst had German roots so we also get a piece of the cake :)

[@NaziGOPBallmer]

And now you know where John Williams got his inspirations.

[@irishthor2014]

Exactly!!! Someone besides me hears it!

[@Vesohag]

Yep, pretty sure he got it from The Planets.

[@FillmFilms]

NaziGOPBallmer And Hans Zimmer.

[@NIMRODakaNIMROD]

NaziGOPBallmer John Williams actually and explicitly used motifs and themes from "The Planets" in his score for the first Star Wars movie (most notably he used a theme from "Mars, the Bringer of War" - albeit transposed to a lower key)

[@mtcanz]

NaziGOPBallmer One of my all-time favorite pieces of music. It was also used in "The Right Stuff" (which, coincidentally, is one of my favorite movies :) )

[@laszlopusztai111]

This man is basically the origin of every movie score ever written. Truly stunning how his legacy is still with us. He deserves more credit.

[@sleepyDandy]

This piece is such a nightmare to play but God it's worth the sore hands. Especially at 2:58, the feeling throughout the orchestra and the audience is so majestic, you can feel the energy and the pride in how gorgeous the music is even before the first measure is finished.

[@maspencer6379]

Hey, not even depending on what instrument you play that's true. I play the trumpet and I can't tell you how many times I tripped over my fingers playing thus.

[@paigerenee4173]

Andy my orchestra played this (in a different key) and at the concert it was everyone’s best performance. I think that made up for the next trash song we had XD

[@funkypants7297]

I just heard this at a concert and cried. I'm glad I got to just listen instead of also dealing with a sore wrist, lol

[@simonsimon1983]

it took my orchestra so long to play mars (we played a medley)

[@thetrick327]

We played part of this for marching band. I think our band director was crazy.

[@xuxixo1809]

Everyone talking about how 2:59 and 1:40 are amazing whilst I’m out here thinking that 0:00-7:46 is the best part.

[@brodyplaysthebaritone]

*b r u h*

[@vexghoti7398]

Big brain

[@wubbie8152]

i see that u did there

[@julissaamalia7178]

Yeah. You are right. The whole music is gorgeus. For some reason it makes me remember the movie Lord of the rings.

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

Julissa Amalia DARN IT THE WHOLE SUITE IS AWESOME 👏 😎

[@Icefrompacificocean]

No cause I refuse to believe someone didn’t just hold a microphone up to this planet and record all this

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

Unfortunately Jupiter sounds like the depths of literal Hell

[@CarterFelixOfficial]

​@@tomemeornottomeme1864no, because we can't hear in space. They can't hear your screams

[@QWERTY708100]

@@CarterFelixOfficial nuh uh

[@OofGamer1]

@@CarterFelixOfficialyou can transfer some sort of waves into sound!🤓

[@CarterFelixOfficial]

@@OofGamer1 Radio waves????????

[@HypeShot-27]

When Bingo's mom says to her, "Remember, I'll always be here for you, even when you can't see me. Because I love you." 😭😭😭

[@bernardasalazar6247]

2:59 "I have to go, I'm a big girl now". - Bingo Heeler ☀️☄🌌😢😭💙🧡💙🧡💖❣💖❣💖

[@jonathanhadden7157]

I consider myself EXTREMELY fortunate to have caught a performance of Holst's Planets performed by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra with a slideshow prepared by NASA (Imagined & Real from Voyager), with interspersed narration from astronaut John Glenn (1st American to Orbit the Earth) on Jan-10th, 2009.

[@williamw.2610]

Jonathan Hadden yeah that’s amazing

[@izzyj.1079]

@@williamw.2610 I remember seeing that on a field trip as a kid- blew my fucking mind.

[@philjamieson5572]

Yes. I think that must have been an amazing experience. Holdt is my favourite British composer.

[@rocioaguilera3613]

Wow! I'd love to go to a concert like that one

[@jonathanhadden7157]

I lived in Columbus from 2005-2010.

[@daviddickinson936]

3:00 - pure emotion in music form.

[@TobijahFowlks]

+David Dickinson Yes, that specific tune is called Thaxted, and like Mike Santos said before me is used in that hymn.

[@HaroldWilsonsGhost]

+Mike Santos and I vow to thee

[@Bren9431]

I love that chorale

[@T-MOTH]

+Emma Brickson This is the actual Jupiter song (the full version). The one you play in band is likely the short part though.

[@matthewroth1243]

yesssss

[@shiptomyhouse]

Few things make me cry, but somehow Bingo's heartbreaking separation anxiety paired with beautiful backgrounds and Gustav Holst's Jupiter did it for me. Good job Bluey.

[@JonGV79]

"I will always be here, no matter that, because I love you" .... shattered.

[@AlexxForest]

@@JonGV79 This hit WAY harder than it had business hitting. I cried when I heard it, and I can't remember the last time any TV show made me cry tears of joy.

[@Kalinka_mal1nka]

“I have to be a big girl now”

[@natashamartin691]

❤

[@Dk2396]

I literally came here after JUST finishing Sleepytime

[@Dolan-81]

I’m often accused of having a heart of stone but Bluey brought me here and I’m a wreck. Such a moving piece 🙏🏻❤️

[@lej1818]

I was gonna say… I cannot be the only person who’s here because Bluey introduced me to my new favourite piece of classical music

[@Dolan-81]

@@lej1818 I’m with you mate! In a world full of shit, I’ll take the moments of discovery like this any day ! 💪🏻🙏🏻

[@Alwuwa]

I've always had a softspot for this piece of music, but Bluey made me tear up, and now every time I just hear "I'm a big girl now" and I tear up again lol

[@clomooseful]

@@Alwuwa just watched that episode and now I’m baling like a baby 😭😭😭

[@wiggawithattitude]

I came for this comment

[@camoman54321]

does this song give anyone else crazy goosebumps

[@calebjohnson6014]

Yes

[@captebbtide]

I think that you would enjoy Japanese musician Tomita and his version of 'The Planets' on the Moog Synthysiser. it is fantastic!

[@robertmiller8730]

Give Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed a go. The most amazing song in my opinion

[@calebkostencki6223]

Any good emotional music does but this definitely

[@jamies8025]

Yep

[@YawnGod]

Manly tears starting at 2:58.

[@griffym.2330]

"TEARS ARE MANLY!!!!!!!" -Elfman, Fairy Tail.

[@ryanla2615]

Griffy M. OML YAAAAS!!

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

Ikr. Cause i have to sing this every Rememberance day

[@count7340]

Not manly tears; chest-swelling awesomeness which powered Spitfires and Lancasters.

[@vanessacarolinapedrazatino7969]

Omg yesss, I thought I was the only one who cries with this part!!! So beautiful

[@katiecooper6156]

Played this years ago in high school marching band and got a black eye from a flag pole to the face during this part. Good times

[@cadieblanchard6474]

ah, the colorguard strikes again

[@Bomberfish795]

@@cadieblanchard6474 give the lass a medal

[@biotechben]

North Penn?

[@katiecooper6156]

@@biotechben No sir lol

[@biotechben]

@@katiecooper6156 we had someone take a flag to the face as well, she went back and it came out of her hands into a trumpet

[@wibblelord2633]

It's use in Bluey, sleepytime, is an absolutely inspired choice and makes the episode, the greatest episode of anything ever put on tv!

[@dustinbrite2422]

If only everything in this world sounded so majestic...

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

Naaah we still kill each other over skin tone anyway

[@blacktainfalcon7097]

Thank you Mr. Nut

[@AngelxVillian]

They do, but we are too stressed to hear anything

[@dustinbrite2422]

@@blacktainfalcon7097 Its Professor Nut to you, sir.

[@albertzhang4371]

We need the mundane to compare the majestic to! Otherwise we’d be desensitized to it all…

[@davidgkiragu1113]

I've been searching for this piece ever since I was a kid. Finding it today just brought up so many emotions

[@rahadianaryo5979]

Well, Dave: There's *so many emotions which have been poured* on that moment right...😌

[@averyy_mariee]

me right now

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@averyy_mariee And indeed, it is...😏 That's definitely *brought-up so many emotions for those who managed to find it* in the end ya, Avery Hernandez...😙🎶

[@matthewjones2190]

For me also. I listened to this as a kid on cassette and loved it. Heard it again at the age of 32 and emotions hit me hard. Beautiful ❤

[@winemeister]

You are a lucky man. Many search for this their whole life through and never find it. In one way it is a release to find it.

[@sydneyshoaf9090]

This song is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. I come back to this song a lot and listen to it. I played orchestra in high school & we played this song my sophomore year. I hated every single part of high school because I never fit in anywhere. But orchestra was my escape. Every time I hear this song I start crying because I’m reminded about how music like this can make you forget about the rest of the world for a moment and just enjoy the melody. Nothing can ever replicate that feeling.

[@connman8d617]

Wow. Such a bittersweet story. I played 5th horn on this suite for the Idyllwild Orchestra at UCLA back in 2003 and it was the greatest musical moment of my life. I definitely understand.

[@tixximmi1]

Then you might like to go hear the song Call Any Vegetable (Zappa - Just Another Band From LA) At about 3:10 you'll hear a part of this song.

[@obscure.reference]

Tonkle good one shit bird

[@tt-fx6kb]

I played this in 8th but I never got to play in concert because corona but I loved it so much I’m sophomore now

[@tildonmedeiros8436]

I’m living that right now

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

Holst’s Jupiter, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. The holy trinity of the most beautiful pieces of classical music of all time.

[@SohamShivoham]

Thanks for recommendations brother!

[@nerowolfe5175]

May I also suggest the final movement of Mahler's 3rd symphony, and the Andante of his 6th?

[@SohamShivoham]

@@nerowolfe5175 Thanks for 2 more gems!

[@handlebarbarian8726]

Åse's Death - Edvard Grieg

[@pokmanl9810]

I would also include like all of Chopin's etudes and basically all of Debussy. Both of them wrote really beautiful piano and violin stuff.

[@gabem9445]

2:59 to 4:58 is what we play during senior recognition every year at football games. Being a senior this year, listening to all the kids ive gone through high school with play this while i heard my name and high school achievements read over the loudspeaker in the stadium is just a beautiful memory i will cherish forever

[@Daniel-wd4zx]

I vow to thee my country, used by the British as a patriotic anthem? Ok

[@marklunny]

thats the most boring part

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@marklunny Well then, Mark Lunny: So what did you said about "the most boring part" right here...🤔?

[@KororaPenguin]

I'm guessing C. S. Lewis must have attended a performance of "The Planets" while writing _That Hideous Strength,_ as the music fits the arrivals of the planetary archons to T's.

[@canuckrcp]

Missing from the Title: "The bringer of Jollity" Holst gave a character to each of the planets. And this is by far my favorite

[@rossgoodley5176]

Astrology ascribes character to the planets, Holst put it into music.

[@mach2223]

The subtitles are actually taken from the greek/roman pantheon's definition of the gods. Cool nevertheless.

[@connman8d617]

@@mach2223 this is correct. The planets are named after the Roman gods. Mercury = the messenger, Venus = love, Mars = war etc. Jupiter was the King of the Roman gods (similar to Zeus).

[@alexfagnan7469]

@@rossgoodley5176 you beat me to it.

[@susan9188]

If you study astrology he is spot on! You beat me to it too!

[@grace2483]

I know marching band will never compare to the orchestrated version (maybe dci) , but the first time I heard this, I was in 6th grade learning the flute, and my brother's marching band played this. When I listen to them play it at state, I was moved to tears and my only dream was to play this. This piece is what pushed me to stay a musician and I'm so glad I get to play this in marching band five years later. I hope we get to inspire someone, like how five years ago, my brother's marching band inspired me.

[@Bren9431]

I played this in concert band

[@Bren9431]

I played the chorale in band (the part at 2:59)

[@MrTenorlicious]

Thats deep

[@sugarpanda7279]

yah it's called 2012 SCV

[@NoahCXXIII]

+Sugar Panda also Crown 2014

[@interex956]

No one should let their lives pass them by without experiencing this piece in an actual music hall. The presence of all those brass instruments, making it look less like a symphony orchestra and more like a high school marching band with strings on the side, is just an unforgettable experience.

[@felixpayer3853]

2:59... Dude, he composed "Braveheart", "Sound of the Shire" and "Jurassic Park" years before the films were released... I mean... Damn

[@tixximmi1]

And in 1971 Frank Zappa did Call Any Vegetable and you'll hear some of this song in Franks song.

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

Its actually the same music as "I Vow To Thee My Country"

[@bushhead5565]

@@deadlybladesmith3093 I vow to thee my country was written after the slow part of the song, yes it is the same music, but this one had no words

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

@@bushhead5565 yeah, Gustav was asked to put the poem to words and it machted the piece at that point

[@davincent98]

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

[@jacquie58]

Got married yesterday. This was our processional piece. 😍

[@marcozirino3621]

great choice to start your lives with

[@JkGozdzik]

Dann that’s an idea! Now I need someone to get married to!

[@danielc2310]

Congratulations!!!

[@randybard6588]

Congrats to you and your wife. My wife and i are celebrating our 50th this year

[@jacquie58]

@@randybard6588 thanks but I’m the wife. lol.

[@conwaysquest6961]

Whenever i hear this piece, I am filled with overwhelming Jollity.

[@cronchy4580]

Ned Zukosk obviously

[@thatoneemoweeb6916]

you are filled with... DETERMINATION someone has to do it

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Ned Zukoski Jupiter is the Bringer of Jollity

[@jovetj]

I feel Jovial.

[@Tino_Tino_Tino]

This song has much more atmosphere than the other planets.

[@BC08]

As it should as king of the planets

[@SurgeXs]

Astronomy joke

[@ms.annthrope415]

I lokenthem all. Mercury is so martial, that relentless treading of rhythm like the unstoppable advance of tanks, an amazingly new piece of equipment at the time. Venus is so tender, full of love and longing. Saturn, our sunset of life, fermenting and pondering in whether we had measured up. Uranus, cold and untouchable, distant and mysterious.

[@luablau]

@@ms.annthrope415 didn't you mean Mars* gives a martial Impress? (Because Martial and Mars literally have the same origin, since Mars is god of war)

[@BiggleVonDoofsnortIV]

@@ms.annthrope415Uranus 💀

[@LordUni123]

To all people: John Williams was inspired from Gustav Holst, he did all the Star Wars Themes, Jurassic Park etc after that.

[@2009GoldWinger]

Actually the start of this reminds me more of the "The Magnificent Seven", then into one of the Conan the Barbarian movies. :)

[@danielappleton153]

Sean Hazard It reminds me of " Grand Canyon Suite ", maybe because of the key they're played in.

[@TamiamiJones]

For Star Wars, check out Sir William Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. There are a couple passages in this that are used in SW. Conan has definite influences, too.

[@tomrockhill6628]

He was influenced by many. Dvorak's New World symphony has at least 3 three different themes ripped off. Anyone remember the Jaws theme?

[@danielz6201]

Dvorak New World Symphony #9 also a big inspiration for him, I think, with its "Jaws" theme, even.

[@Pbmarron]

Listening to this, one can definitely hear how The Planets greatly influenced John Williams' composing.

[@khanazulclaudiomirandareul4771]

Agreed, the Imperial March is very similar to "Mars"

[@mikefuller6959]

John Williams was greatly inspired by Ralph Vaughn-Williams' ( 1872 - 1958 ) and Eric Wolfgang Korngold's ( 1897 - 1957 ) music as well.

[@bparting]

Oh wow. I hadn't made the comparison before!

[@florianreneblom]

Well, especially Mars, if you compare it to Star Wars C:

[@Eldor503]

Well, that's true but it was Lucas who asked him to inspire from Holst and some other classical composers. At the beginning Lucas wanted classical music for Star Wars, but Steven Spielberg convinced him to hire Williams.

[@scaroe89]

i encourage everybody here to watch the episode Sleepytime from season 2 of Bluey. this piece is used in the episode to some of the best effect i have ever seen in animation EVER, period! i get goosebumps thinking about it and listening to this. truly an awe inspiring piece of music and the episode equal to it.

[@Gr0t0tter]

It's breathtaking... Can't seem to watch the last 90 seconds or so without my vision getting a bit blurry for some reason.

[@nataliebuck7890]

Watching bluey the other day with my daughter thinking it was a really well made kids cartoon, then this episode came on and I cried my eyes out. Really took me by surprise. Absolutely beautiful episode made with with passion. I recommend to anyone to watch it

[@classicalchemist]

Don’t have kids so never heard of Bluey but looked that episode up and it’s super cute. Good as Studio Ghibli

[@frankkirchhoff2821]

Actually, I saw that episode the other day with my kid, and I thought "hey, they ripped that song off from Bathory." But here I come to find that Bathory kind of ripped it off. The song "hammerheart" has this exact same melody of the middle part of this song. In any case, glad I discovered the link

[@tayyebanajib3020]

That episode and the KZbin comments brought me here.

[@child_claus]

"Remember that I will always be there for you, even if you can't see me... because I love you..."

[@aidanb4477]

Mars is great, but in my opinion this is the best of The Planets

[@brittw.2863]

Agreed! :)

[@johnmercury2272]

Yes, Jupiter just tops Mars for me but both terrific pieces of music

[@bert7109]

That's the point, it being Jupiter and all.

[@JoshGreen6829]

So we know y'alls favorite planet

[@count7340]

Mars makes me want to join the Galactic Empire.

[@aryanam953]

In middle school, I played this song as a violinist with my orchestra, and it was such a beautiful and moving piece. Freshman year into high school, I started playing the clarinet, and this was our warm-up song before every song we played. So much nostalgia with this song. The happiest and saddest moments of my life. Moments I'll never forget and that will forever live on with me.

[@me-it9jn]

Aryana M how the hell do you play this in middle school

[@me-it9jn]

props to you

[@thattubaguy217]

@@me-it9jn probably meant the choral section at 2:59, not overly complicated or fast

[@Jon_Aliu]

Imagine how lonely earth is being excluded from the planets

[@frankjuggaloheathen1035]

The suite is based on astrology, not astronomy. That's why Earth is not included.

[@flavorlessquark8614]

@C - Reddit Man The sun isn't a planet though

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

C - Reddit Man I didn’t think I would find people as stupid as Bowser Jr.

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

@@DacStudiosEntertainment The Holst suite is based on astrology, the sun is considered a planet in astrology (and earth is not), please try to keep up.

[@firemundy4528]

Earth already had enough music. The planets needed some love too.

[@aquanator313]

Found my people! I can't listen to this without absolutely sobbing. Powerful, beautiful, playful....just brilliant

[@kayleekowalski7707]

Absolutely agree 🥲

[@huldrrrr9486]

Everyone talking about 2:59 - 5:00, but we need some apperciation for 1:00 - 1:24 It's so playful, and 1:34- 2:28, absolutely majestic and triumphant, it also sound a lot like "the orgy" track from Conan the Barbarian.

[@SkaShack]

huldr rrr that’s my favorite part of the whole song!

[@HolyJeebus69]

I can’t believe someone else heard that ! I instantly heard Conan orgy theme

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

That first passage you like was the direct inspiration for The Lost Woods Theme (aka Saria's Song) from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. You have excellent ears!

[@MariVelvet_]

I’m playing this whole song in my advanced orchestra! Isn’t that so amazing?

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

Nobody’s talking about 2:49?

[@tomnolan3716]

Both of my daughters walked in to this at their weddings!!

[@scaroe89]

Legends. that's what your daughters are.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@LM Bas Oww yeah, LM Bas: So that's what I've been talking about *this one classical music score 🎼 by Gustav Holst* right here...😙🎶

[@londonhodnet4079]

When I get married I’m going to have Mars playing, maybe after the ceremony, on the way out 🤓

[@linusorri]

Hopefully to other people

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@linusorri And so, I hoped to the others as well here, Linus Orri...🙏

[@haleyw2339]

2:59 is actually a hymn Holst wrote called ‘O God beyond All Praising’. So worshipful! I get goosebumps every time.

[@bobafett8661]

I thought I really knew this piece, I played it in a youth symphony and our director really liked the history of pieces, but I still did not know that! Thanks!

[@architect11]

@@bobafett8661 It was also used for I vow to thee my country.

[@ninesquared81]

Well any hymn settings are taken from _The Planets_ rather than the other way round. The hymn tune is called 'Thaxted'.

[@squishydolphin5133]

It's also the hymn 'We Praise You and Acknowledge You"

[@ferdiankhu]

Nope, it flipped. The tune from this Piece became many hymn.... That is the right one

[@Zorankrb]

The middle part is used beautifully on an episode of Bluey called "Sleepytime".

[@RealSonOfABirch]

"Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you" Them feels every time..

[@pundertalefan4391]

I agree wholeheartedly. I haven't even finished the show, and Sleepytime is already my favorite episode. It genuinely moves me and brings tears to my eyes, and that doesn't usually happen with me. It's truly one of the most beautiful animations I've ever seen.

[@mrsuns10]

This episode of Bluey is called I cried

[@CeciBunnifly]

​@@RealSonOfABirch Bawling my heart out*

[@maynard15]

I cry just thinking about it omg

[@kevinbaird7277]

I am 52 and I have been listening to this piece of work for 40 years and it never gets tired, love it.

[@i.kxnomii]

my violin teacher taught me half of 2:59-4:55. it was her favourite piece and she wanted to perform for the school music night. sadly, she died september this year. i miss her and this song will always remind me of her, so i’m going to learn the full piece and perform it in her place. 💗

[@omarkhaled9439]

❤

[@grimphantom99insaneenderma85]

Rest in peace 🥺🙏🌹❤

[@gaborljp6008]

Hammerheart 🤘🏼

[@Lion50-86]

Rest in peace

[@user-kh6yp7py3n]

I feel the same as you my orchestra teacher had me play this with her she is like an older sister to me and when we played on stage I cried it is such an emotional piece and I love it dearly

[@JYGamerDad]

The melody at 2:58 gives me chills every time

[@marklunny]

thats the most boring part

[@nikhilryanragawan2222]

@@marklunny Its the best part

[@Juicyfruitsnackz]

Bro that part gives me full body chills and makes me cry... HOW IS THAT BORING?!?!

[@mitchmarq428]

Called Thaxted BTW, if you want to listen to just that part

[@danielsellers8707]

I think it inspired Fireman Sam's rescue theme (the fire engine's called Jupiter)!

[@karenwagner6880]

I’ll never again listen to this without picturing my favorite Bluey episode, “sleepy time.” Don’t laugh. Watch it and try not to cry.

[@jakef7717]

i actually cried during 3:00 because i played this piece with my orchestra in such a key chapter of my life and just. AHHH. THIS SONG MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH

[@ohmss069]

Jupiter lost some weight...

[@BonejanglesTV]

+Matthew Matousek good for Jupiter, not the rest of the planets. Pretty sure Jupiter losing mass would actually affect the orbital paths of the rest of the planets.

[@ohmss069]

The Almighty Cowtamer Make Jupiter Heavy Again!

[@farseerflore9512]

What's with all the body shaming?

[@garrettcooper471]

Daniel Chapman it's really mass not weight get it right 😂 but really it probably hasn't because mass is the amount of matter in a certain amount of area so it has the same mass but it's more dense

[@cronchy4580]

too. much. weight. (Jupiter looks like an egg now)

[@hamishwallace596]

This is probably the best piece of classical music by an english composer.

[@mickmegson6241]

Might I counter with Elgar's cello concerto? Just for the sake of argument.

[@tomrockhill6628]

Elgar's Serenade for Strings right up there.

[@ethanblair981]

Judging by your name, you're the most scottish scot who ever scot. Don't be so hard on the english lad

[@emsaiii]

@@ethanblair981 An English composer?

[@geraldojorgedalmaschio9648]

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Queen Mary's Funerals.

[@Reggae023]

At one of my middle school concerts, we played 2:59 to 4:56, it didn’t sound that great when we played it-we were middle schoolers-but now that I listen to the full song, I realize how wonderful of a masterpiece this is.

[@tycorriveau8404]

we played this too. it’s such an empowering beautiful section of the pieve

[@dragonic8241]

Our band did too. I just wish we did the whole piece bc its super fun and I think with the people in our band that we could've handled it

[@mkaplan1383]

2:58 Bingo: I have to go. I'm a big girl now...... The sun (aka Chilli): Remember I'll always be here even if you can't see me, because I love you. *Outside the dreamworld you see Chilli kiss Bingo on the head as her daughter sleeps peacefully before retiring for the night*

[@MrVillanuevag]

One of the best animated episodes I have ever seen on my life

[@jaceybarnett1000]

One of the funniest episodes and then this part I was crying like a baby!

[@keithcross7554]

This episode is exactly why I'm here right now - I've seen very little of this show but I just walked in to my boys (4 & 5) watching it as they fell asleep for the night. When the credits were done and the music stopped they started clapping. It was beautiful.

[@littlefishy98]

AAAAHHHHH!!!!

[@SerlingPictures]

Watched this last night with my son. I had to walk out at the sun part. Absolutely lost it. I havent cried on a movie in years and tv never has made me. Stunning.

[@irishthor2014]

I Love Gustav Holst's works. He's my absolute favorite composer. As a horn player, I'm looking forward to the day I get to play this.

[@BWithey-1]

***** A day that is hopefully soon to come I am also a horn player but my youth symphony is playing mars though and it is soooooo fun keep playing and I am sure you will be able to play whatever you want.

[@aaronloeffler4911]

My orchestra just performed this tonight. Great song

[@Chenzo-Racheff]

Have you did it yet?

[@march.7561]

The slower mellow section of this piece sounds so amazing, the melody is so beautiful. Edit: my sister is going to have me and my brother and dad play this as a brass trio for her wedding. I'm so excited, I might actually cry when it happens. This wedding has been a long buildup of 6 long years. They struggled through COVID, through depression, and I'm so excited to reach the end.

[@yoshi_chuck05]

2:59 "Remember, I'll always be there for you. Even if you can't see me. Because I love you." - Chilli Heeler 2018-current

[@becks3120]

Still one of my favourite pieces of all time. I love listening to it at night, it's relaxing and reminds me that we are so lucky to be part of this vast universe. Big thanks to my late dad for teaching me about planets and classical music.

[@icantgetridofthisusernamehelp]

We're playing this in orchestra. And I was hella happy to find out that the cellos actually got the melody for once. 🙌

[@nicobass7144]

+Janae Bursey (Antisøcial Øptimist) TRUE THAT

[@jacobstapp4591]

+Janae Bursey (Antisøcial Øptimist) Most true

[@weirdly3620]

The cello part is nice. But I'm only saying that cause I play cello.

[@nicobass7144]

BUT IT'S THE CELLO

[@samuelnlimon]

The violas get the melody too!!! Makes me so happy. ☺️

[@petergreen2552]

Indisputably one of THE greatest pieces of music ever written. That opening alone is simply stunning. Makes your heart leap.

[@superfantastichappymedia4617]

From 3:00 minute to 5:00 minute mark of this suite is perhaps the best 2 minutes of composed music ever written.

[@onlyyouarerealnow]

Holst knew how to rip a man's chest open and make him feel all the emotions in the world all at once, then close it up; leaving them irrevocably changed.

[@SnowgodCCR]

Holst has a direct line to my tear ducts. The middle passage is one of the most beautiful passages of music ever written.

[@telegnazatlqm3972]

This is so Star Trek, especially the strings and the trumpet in the begginning. As someone who grew up watching TOS, this makes me so emotional. Such a powerful composition.

[@katherinepurvin7802]

Star Trek is so Holst, maybe?

[@ministryoflies1344]

They are one and the same...they inspired each other...to achieve greatness, humility and appreciation for what's important...the expansion of knowledge, peace and passion for exploration.

[@Nekogi2008]

Also Bluey

[@TeeBar420]

Don't forget John Williams set all of Star Wars to Holst's sound as well

[@user-fc9fx7gu1g]

Remember, I will always be there for you. Even if you cant see me. Because I love you.

[@user-tg1yn7gw4r]

God, nothing will compare to the feeling of playing this in a full orchestra with a band and all. Chills.

[@cesars.semp.3119]

Congratulations to NASA for orbit insertion of spacecraft Juno. Appropiate music to celebrate the good news. I also hear influences for Star Wars, Star Trek, Hobbit and maybe more, the composer was a genious.

[@BlueEyedCubTN]

César S.Semp. This came decades upon decades before those films you speak of.

[@TheOpus480]

BlueEyedCubTN they sure do.

[@cesars.semp.3119]

BlueEyedCubTN for from. Lean reading.

[@Saxshoe]

@@BlueEyedCubTN , He clearly meant that the orchestrations for the three franchises were inspired and/or influenced by this.

[@andreaeray]

Everybody is inspired by their predecessors. Tho' some of them borrow much more heavily than others :: cough John Williams Mars : Darth Vader cough ::

[@noahsalinas8167]

2:59 4:58 is so freaking breathtaking I miss that part so much because we played this for band and we got grade 1 rating and it’s such a great piece 🥺

[@Chenzo-Racheff]

I agree, this song is breathtaking. It feels so grand.

[@MorgothAce6099]

Now that the wind called my name And my star had faded now hardly a glimpse up in the empty space And the wise one-eyed great father in the sky stilled my flame For the ones who stood me near And you few who were me dear I ask of thee to have no doubts and no fears For when the great clouds fills the air And the thunder roars from o, so far away up in the sky Then for sure you will know that I have reached the joyous hall up high With my blood brothers at side All sons of father with one eye We were all born in the land of the blood on ice And now you all who might hear my song Brought to you by the northern wind have no fear Though the night may seem so everlasting and forever dark There will come a golden dawn At ends of nights for all yee on whom Upon the north star always shines The vast gates to hall up high Shall stand open wide and welcome you with all its within And Odin shall hail us bearers of a pounding hammerheart

[@walterfechter8080]

This music evokes a range of moods -- from frivolity to wonder to majesty! Thank you, Gustav Holst, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Sir Charles Mackerras.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s recording of _The Planets_ is my all-time favorite.

[@ritawing1064]

MacKerras was a lovely man and a distinguished conductor. QEPD.

[@walterfechter8080]

@@ritawing1064 Yes, indeed. Much respect. -- W

[@crusadernikolai1996]

3:00 When you piss after holding it in all day

[@dsj5264]

Yassss omg lolllll

[@michaelguerrero9172]

I hate that I listened until the 3 minute mark to make sure you were right.

[@cooljackster7390]

+Michael Guerrero did you actually go wee wee

[@michaelguerrero9172]

+Jackster Gaming 5678 thats none of your damn business...maybe...

[@thespiffypen]

4:43 when you barely make it to the toilet with raging diarrhea?

[@johnhimer3833]

7:07 the dramatic turn as Jupiter makes sure you don't think that it is only a happy cheerful planet then 7:27 it's like nothing happened. Honestly one of my favorite parts because you hear each and every one of the instruments and they all come together perfectly and beautifully to create such a feeling.

[@dragonic8241]

The low brass feature gives me goosebumps

[@tomcoons1413]

My Grandmother just passed away. There is a part around the 3 minute mark that they would play in church when I used to go. Reminds me of her. RIP Grandma. I love you so much.

[@rei8342]

Hope you and your family well. God bless.

[@tomcoons1413]

@@rei8342 thank you so much

[@gemmascutt4528]

My mum used to play this to me when I was little to get sleep. Absolute beautiful peace of history music

[@PanzerFaust-cg3ny]

It’s one of the greatest music I’ve heard this music, I’ve seen mountains, forests, fields. The magnetic field of Jupiter.

[@haweater1555]

Listening to this is like watching a movie without the movie.

[@nlwxp]

My orchestra class played this piece starting at 2:58, and I just recently moved and am going to a new school which doesn't have orchestra, and man I miss it so much. Listening to this brings back so many great memories.

[@Cobre2014]

Back in high school this is what my orchestra played. I had a lot of fun with this piece on the cello

[@lolamacgregor9360]

We had to listen to this at school

[@Addaz0111]

Its I vow to thee my country,

[@PenguinGaming516]

Cortland Obregon You guys have Orchestra we have bands. You guys cant have marchin bands sadly

[@frozenrats]

nlwxp how are you doing now?

[@bighuskyelephantdan1835]

2:59 is probably the best music ever made in my opinion. Better than handles Messiah, Wagner, and Bach. It has always inspired me and gotten me through tough times and I pray whoever listens to it knows how much they are loved by the one who Created Jupiter and the rest of the Universe!

[@alastairrose4964]

Bold statement. Respect.

[@solideogloria6314]

Beautifully said.

[@AsianTheDomination]

blasphemous comment

[@keybladebeatz2351]

@@AsianTheDomination L+Ratio

[@USA_UNITED1776]

@@keybladebeatz2351 L+Ratio

[@wolfqueen6]

I sightread this in my band class one day. We were all like "WHERE HAVE I HEARD THIS FROM?!!" "I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish." ~Chuck Norris

[@theend2160]

I played this once when I was younger in orchestra and I’m so excited I finally found the piece again. I absolutely love it and hope to perform it many more times 3:00-4:56 just pure emotion written in music. Honestly one of the most beautiful pieces in classical music history

[@marklunny]

thats the most boring part

[@brandoneverything9146]

@@marklunny the fuck your talking about boy

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@marklunny What the heck do you meant huh 🙁?

[@bluegummybear8667]

i dont think ive ever heard a better more accurate musical representation of the sheer size of this planet like this song just sounds Big and I have no other way to describe it

[@Faith01841]

2:59 makes my entire body heave with sobs every time. "Remember I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me - because I love you." 🧡

[@FredericChopin-if5rn]

Weakling

[@RubyPlanet81]

I love how they used a modified version of this in the Australian cartoon Bluey episode Sleepytime! It reminded me to revisit the entire The Planets suite

[@killergoose3436]

2:59 "i have to go im a big girl now" "remember I'll always be here for you even if you can't see me because i love you" im 20 years old and love this show

[@Knuckles6000]

3:00-5:00 my favorite segment of Jupiter.

[@alyssapaull2128]

0:00-7:46 is my favorite part

[@brendandunlap534]

I loved playing that part on clarinet 😅 so beautiful

[@Tei_022]

Knuckles6000 Same.

[@seanconnelly71]

It's "I vow to thee my country"

[@grettasokup7293]

There is a song called, God beyond all praising that has this melody

[@Amessright_here]

Laying on my bed with my eyes swelling up with tears as this piece is more then a song it’s a message that you don’t know what the future holds but you are ready to move on I have lost a lot of people in my life and struggle at a young age as an adult and this reassures me that we don’t get another chance at life so we should live every moment of it

[@btpips]

Gustav Holst's Planets just add an aspect of personality and majesty to the solar system. It's incredible to imagine the planets as people or works of art!

[@Khoriander]

2:58 Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you....

[@MorgothAce6099]

Now that the wind called my name And my star had faded now hardly a glimpse up in the empty space And the wise one-eyed great father in the sky stilled my flame For the ones who stood me near And you few who were me dear I ask of thee to have no doubts and no fears For when the great clouds fills the air And the thunder roars from o, so far away up in the sky Then for sure you will know that I have reached the joyous hall up high With my blood brothers at side All sons of father with one eye We were all born in the land of the blood on ice And now you all who might hear my song Brought to you by the northern wind have no fear Though the night may seem so everlasting and forever dark There will come a golden dawn At ends of nights for all yee on whom Upon the north star always shines The vast gates to hall up high Shall stand open wide and welcome you with all its within And Odin shall hail us bearers of a pounding hammerheart

[@whouster]

176 people need to get acquainted with Jupiter's giant red spot.

[@cronchy4580]

whouster *208

[@GravityBoy72]

I recommend Quinoderm.

[@turinmormegil7715]

That sounds painful

[@ComatoseRat]

whouster indubitably

[@collinm1719]

596

[@Duduplus]

0:01 more one song 0:07 the begin 0:25 WOOW 0:26 star wars? 1:04 PURE CLASIC 1:40 CELL TO SINGULARITY?????? 2:28 WOOW 2 2:40 😊 2:59 i bow to thee my country 3:45 😢someone in the story dies 4:58 😊 2 5:20 WOOW 3 5:34 star wars? 2 5:59 PURE CLASSICAL AGAIN!!! 6:30 THE BEST AGAIN? 6:35 bruh 6:42 YEAHHHH 7:09 vilain 😈 7:28 the end 7:35 WOOW 4

[@Dr.CaveCurinas]

For those who are here from "Sleepytime" I just made the connection that in that episode, Bandit is the one associated with Jupiter and I'd say "Bringer of Jollity" describes him well

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

Aoooooo.... Biscuits!

[@oberstul1941]

"Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you." Much love to everyone!

[@javagogo4803]

I’m playing this for full orchestra at a band camp as one of the trombones. My head is exploding, but it’s probably one of the best experiences I’ll ever have. It already sounds so incredible!

[@LyzergideDaydreaming]

As a trombone player myself, good luck!!

[@Nx--7567]

This piece is literally the feeling I get when I'm going home after a hard semester, and all of my friends and family are there waiting for a truly epic holiday!