Henry Mancini - Theme From Lifeforce

[@brianjimmyjimjim1383]

I only recently began to truly appreciate this film. I saw it in 85 when I was 14 and thought it was terrible...truth be told I just didn't get it. Now, having rewatched it w more maturity, it is undeniably one of the best, if not THE best fantasy films to come out of the 80s. It's audacious, schizophrenic, unabashed in its disregard for parameters, beautifully shot with an obviously big budget and glorious practical effects, fitted with a rousing score, bizarre, funny, sexy, all-over-the-board, and with REALLY REALLY GOOD actors who understand it's soul, or...Lifeforce! The performances are extremely dedicated thus elevating the suspension of logic and disbelief and having a grand 'ol "WTF???!!" time! Steve Railsback is so committed as Carelson ...watch him! He doesn't do one unbelievable thing! I love this schizophrenic film. LIFEFORCE was ahead of its time and the 80s didn't know what to do with it.

[@davidevans3987]

Ditto for me, you nailed it. Trained Shakespearean actors doing very silly things and it all works. A+++++++++

[@DELx999]

It is very good and it's pure predictive programming. Shots, blackout, space needle.

[@DannyKa-x8z]

At the age of 14, least i hope you did get the scenes with a nude Mathilda May... Or maybe they were censored? 😂

[@CaptApril123]

@@DannyKa-x8z I was around 12 or 13 but her scenes weren't censored. It was my first time seeing a completly naked women but it made the 'story' much more real. She did an amazing job as an actress.

[@Takeshi357]

I actually wonder how much creative control Tobe Hooper had over this film. He's certainly no stranger to some offbeat shit!

[@煩悩-s4s]

ヘンリー・マンシーニが映画内容知って失望したエピソードも相まって名作中の名作。

[@カンちゃん-e1h]

いつ聞いても良いね～力強い感じがしますね。

[@ジャガーマン-l5h]

これ聞くとゾクゾクしてきます。かっこいいですしね。 いかにもなにか地球で大変なことがおこりそうなそんな曲です。 徹底的に地球がゾンビだらけになって 大聖堂かなにかでゾンビの死骸の山になってるラストシーンが忘れられません。 この映画は衝撃的でした。

[@kdef3756]

いつ聞いても、変にかっこいいんだよね、この曲

[@gogogoro]

確かに！

[@felixsteinhardt8836]

Absolutely

[@岡本賢治-l4x]

映画としては正直…なんだけど、このテーマ曲は最高に良い。流石マンシーニ。

[@take-ko3or]

若かりし頃にこの映画見て、マチルダ・メイに魅了されたぁ

[@fritzmeister553]

still unbelievable theme, since more than 30 years... can still remember the seat in the cinema

[@videowilliams]

Still one of the best British/American/Sci-Fi/Horror/Zombie Apocalypse/Vampire/Boobie Flix ever made.

[@AllanElMelon1043]

I've never seen this movie before and I'm really only here because i heard the soundtrack in an old trailer for another film Called Runaway Train and I really dig it. But when i read the "/boobies" part of your comment I had to see what you mean't and well... WOW!!! Thank you so very much m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zl7JmmCMorZ-hqs

[@videowilliams]

Haha,@@AllanElMelon1043! Glad to broaden your horizons. Mathilda May at age 19 possessed such physical perfection, such a rack to end all racks, that any clothing would have only reduced her beauty. And that irresistibility was intrinsic to the story and her character, which is how her agent talked her into doing it. It was said she seemed to float above the ground as she moved along it thanks to her ballerina training, and her performance from the neck up too seemed truly otherworldly. When director Tobe Hooper, toward the end of his life, was asked: "What do you think people remember most about Lifeforce?" he thought for a bit then quietly answered: "Mathilda May." Mathilda for her part spoke very highly of the production once she'd gotten used to acting without clothes- everyone from Tobe on down was scrupulous to keep her comfortable on set, and all these fine trained British actors taught her English bit by bit when, as a French girl, she's arrived with hardly any. When the music that you noticed in that "Runaway Train" trailer burst on screen at the Paris premiere, its wide-eyed star thought "Oh my goodness, this is BIG!" and she was thrilled. Here she is discussing it all on the Blu-Ray release some 30 years on: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmimoXxnhZl0psk

[@AllanElMelon1043]

@@videowilliams I must say, she aged Nicely.

[@bigtechdicktators6704]

well, it is hard to have competeition when you are only one in that cathegory :))))))))))-

[@madquest8]

Fantastic underrated movie. Great story and plot, decent effects for the time and some good action. Might have done better if they hadn't gone for the 'tits' gimmick.

[@borisjean7306]

How great is this. Fabulous movie with a soundtrack to match. They don't make them like anymore. 80s rules.

[@松尾浩一-s8t]

判らなかった頃、誰がこんな素晴らしいスコア書くか？と思ったらヘンリー･マンシーニと驚き、納得！

[@Traffics520712]

これはB旧映画じゃないぞ！トビー・フーパー、ダン・オバノン、アラン・ヒューム、ヘンリー・マンシーニなど 錚々たる顔ぶれが集まり予算も潤沢な堂々たる大作映画だ！だけどちょっとB級感あふれてるだけなんだ！

[@norrismrst]

興業収入的には失敗作。 トビー監督「売れなかったのは宣伝用ポスターが悪かったから。(この裸のお姉さんの絵ではなく、LIFEFORCEの文字と宇宙空間だけ描かれたポスターを指してると思う。もっと裸のお姉さんのポスターメインに使っていれば売れていたかも。)」

[@dream6748]

映画音楽史上、最高傑作。 そんな次第で、 いろんな番組のＢＧＭに使われまくり。

[@kondor99999]

Great action movie. I’m picky and I never understood why it didn’t get more (positive) attention. Relentlessly entertaining - the 2 hours literally fly by.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I was 16 years old when I first saw this movie back in early 2002, and MY GOD, I have never looked at vampire flicks the same way again. In any case, it was actually my introduction to Tobe Hooper's films, it came out the year I was born, and it still hasn't left my memory! Mancini and his music rocks, too!

[@ericfoxndine5240]

Jeffrey DeCristofaro Does any body recall the hal bop.As went by the earth it was huge.Anyway when I saw it this song started playing in my head.

[@ロキ神]

これぞSF！…と思って聴いてたけど、よくよく聴いてたら 日本の大河ドラマ戦国時代でも使えそうな 武田信玄とか織田信長とか まぁ、現在のSFよりもある意味面白い作品 今観ても、ヴァンパイア化して増えていくのはハラハラワクワクしてしまうんだ。

[@ronzolezzi6883]

She’s destroyed worlds!

[@g26s239]

And looked great doing so.

[@kojikaneda4170]

ETと里見八犬伝の後くらいにリアルタイムで見た映画だったかな♪ 綺麗な裸の女人が。 R15指定以上くらいのを幼少期に見た感じ♪ 80年代ホラーブームで「13日の金曜日」シリーズやら「バタリアン 」やら。わしはスプラッターよりヴァンパイアに魅力されて♪「フライトナイト」をリアルタイムで見て当たりでした！ そしたら後に同じ監督が「チャイルド・プレイ」撮ったし。 ホラー映画の見る目だけは負けない！

[@HonoredGeneral]

Like so many of his contempories, Mancini could write for any kind of movie. Have always loved this, from the first time that I heard it, Thank You for posting it!

[@archlich4489]

He also wrote the Pink Panther theme. Imagine the Pink Panther theme in Lifeforce and the Lifeforce theme in the Pink Panther.

[@Laceykat66]

@@archlich4489 He also wrote the music for Tarantula. It is amazing the movies he did.

[@stephengoodman2424]

@@archlich4489 and Creature from the Black Lagoon!

[@jesusnieves2222]

this music is a masterpiece

[@くるぶし44-g5x]

賛否両論ある作品だけどヘンリーマンシーニの音楽とトビーフーバーの細かい演出は素晴らしかったと思う、大好きな映画だ

[@stead2u897]

数秒のイントロ聞いたら“はい、皆さんこんばんは！今日の映画はね、”と淀川長治さんの名調子が脳内再生されます。

[@iidirectxii7545]

Now THIS is what you call a movie theme, very good movie too.

[@AtlanSumerian]

agree. the movie is also exciting and interesting. the music is good too

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

this was a kickass movie you have to see the full ver of the film it still holds up. and mitilda may is so hot .

[@stokermeister3]

Having Patrick Stewart in the film and the great cast and the amazing special effects are mind blowing 🤩I’m watching the film at the moment 😍👌🤤

[@bigtechdicktators6704]

one think you learned from this movie - patrick steard NEVER EVER have any hairs.

[@geforce470]

学生の時に映画館で見たのですが、冒頭、真っ暗な中このテーマ曲だけが流れ、そこから一転、チャーチル号が彗星に接近するシーンでの、止めテロップスタートでした。 凄くカッコ良いプロローグだと思いましたが、後日TVの放映では、いきなり変な惑星表面のような画が流れ、ガッカリした記憶があります。 映画館では、日本版として上映時に編集したのだと思いますが、センスのある人が編集していたのだろうなと、懐かしく思い出しました。

[@HBTCX]

公開当時に劇場で観ましたよ。 中盤迄はいい感じで「いかん、このままだと地球が大変な事に!?」とワクワク するんだけど、終盤は良くあるパニック映画になっちゃうんだよね。 まぁ40年近く経ったので、そろそろまた地球に襲来して欲しいな(`･ω･´)

[@マグちゃんねる]

ヒーロー映画のテーマ曲でもおかしくないカッコ良さ

[@colinritchie9406]

great film. the best Quatermass film that was never shot. that makes no sense but you know what i mean.

[@fievel12b]

I see 'some' similarities with Quatermass and the Pit. Not too many but maybe Lifeforce is a spiritual successor to it.

[@phimseto]

Agreed 100%.

[@EvilDogMedia]

Can't argue with that.

[@druunderwood5602]

Are You Insured? Because its mass hysteria out there!

[@danwroy]

​@@fievel12b Many similarities, it's a Quatermass film for the 80s

[@leecroft1983]

Awesome theme from one of the most criminally overlooked movie’s.

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

Epic theme for the most sublime set of melons to ever be seen on screen...

[@hanstendamme]

The fantastic London Symphony Orchestra!

[@大和屋ルパン]

超名曲！

[@谷友-v3t]

「B級映画」 とは思えないクオリティーの高さ…

[@kororin1941]

当時（1985年頃）、青臭い自分は「スペース・スペクタクル」に感じるテーマ曲と、予告でトップレスのお姉さんが出たり、キャッチコピーが「あなたの生気、吸わせてください」が「あなたの性〇、吸わせてください」と脳内妄想して、割と期待してたのですが・・・・・・ホント、『説明が強引なＢ級映画』でした。(笑)

[@norrismrst]

@@kororin1941 その後クレームが殺到して来宮良子のナレーションが 「吸い尽くすまで離しません」 に変更されました。

[@deanthegreat]

Just saw Life Force, and wasn't expecting this theme song. I knew I had heard it from Baulders Gate

[@camelliaj2492]

SFエロB級映画にしてこの壮大にして勇壮な曲!! これは長く使われるわけだw

[@gogogoro]

確かに！

[@Transgender-ProphetMohammed]

Goo for the eyes, boo!! .... oooops....

[@ELOSHAZZY]

I bought the movie just for this musical piece....love it, classical music lives on. The movie is pretty cool also....

[@MadMan731]

Just rewatched this move on Shudder and it still rocks so much.

[@willheuy3678]

underrated gem

[@Germania9]

A pair of gems that look great on Mathilda May.

[@joshpritt2146]

The MGM/UA Science Fiction Classics VHS promo brought me here

[@ivanangeli]

as a lifetime fan of Baldur's Gate, I like this song :)

[@NGMK]

I was wondering where I heard it, because did not see the movie

[@veroniquegirin3607]

Cette introduction magistrale est suivie de toute la musique du film Et franchement , quand je l écoute tout le cd jusqu'à la fin y passe

[@ImVeryOriginal]

You have been waylaid by sexy alien vampires and must defend yourself.

[@uziel1447]

This is a beautiful theme. Movie music is really the classical music of our time^^

[@LordBaktor]

With such an intro music even Twilight would feel like a much better movie.

[@ArturoMustango]

Excelente! saludos desde Perú, lvi lapelícula en 1987 en Villa El Salvador

[@nick37104]

Great theme, Awesome film, Frank Finlay's Dr. Hans Fallada, the film's Van Helsing, is absolutely epic. Made me an instant fan of Finlay.

[@fievel12b]

"That girl is no girl, she's totally alien to this planet in her life-form, and totally dangerous."

[@Astimoff]

One of the original musketeers in Richard Lester's "The Three Musketeers and the Four Musketeers" along with Oliver Reed, Michael York and Richard Chamberlain - Christopher Lee , Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Spike Milligan.

[@Michael-io3dd]

Personally, I think they would have been better off focusing on Fallada than Railsback's character.

[@stephengoodman2424]

"Here I go..."

[@LarsTragel-zh7ei]

Look up who the real Hans Fallada was and what he wrote. Epic.

[@RmanDC]

Because BG developers thought that out of the very few that watched the Lifeforce, fewer still would have remembered the music. But since the tune is such a masterpiece, it would be a shame to let it be forgotten. So they took it.

[@scottydog9997]

They didn't take it, they asked to remix it. From what I understand they paid royalties.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

​@@scottydog9997Where did you read that? Not doubting, I genuinely want to learn more about it. Composer Michael Hoenig seemed to appear out of nowhere and disappear entirely... he's like a total one-hit wonder and it's fascinating. The BG series' music is so friggin good but I've struggled to find out much about how it came together.

[@scottydog9997]

@@SomeKZbinTraveler Sorry a 2 year old discussion, I can't remember the precise location of the discussion, but from memory it was a written statement coming from the creators.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@scottydog9997 Ah I gotcha. Well, still gives me something to spring off of. Thanks!

[@mrcactuar8515]

This is a song that fits perfectly for when you have been waylaid by enemies and must defend yourself

[@ricardoruiz6337]

it's used by NFL Films

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Or when your foster father is kicking the butts of an assassin squad before getting impaled by the final boss

[@Daedalus_Music]

FOR THE FALLEEEEEEEEEN!

[@Daedalus_Music]

#gatheryourparty

[@Filthy_Larry]

Could have been a super hero theme from the 80’s

[@johncartwright9580]

I am now using this for when my player's PC's are traveling with great urgency. D&D is so fun!!!!!

[@Ragitsu]

Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn race across the plains.

[@Mibit911]

You do know this song was used in baldursgate lol the best dnd game ever

[@dhockedy1273]

its a battle theme in Baldurs Gate 1

[@JayKhwaja]

This a Score that is a FORCE to be Reckoned With 👏💪👊✊🛡

[@corrieseverin7766]

Great soundtrack and movie ......classic

[@corryseverin3443]

AMAZING MOVIE CLASSIC ...AND GREAT MUSIC !!!

[@russellthompson9271]

This music is brilliant!

[@Filosofem2008]

great movie ...great soundtrack

[@YouSakura]

名曲だなぁ。

[@一柳和明-n9j]

懐かしい、　小学生の時以来だ。

[@Fox1013x]

I love this piece, such an epic feeling when you hear this soundtrack.

[@archlich4489]

Love the movie. Love this driving theme. Thank You!

[@kezadrone]

This is a superb movie.

[@Tuxster3]

I've always loved this piece! It's very symphonic in the concert hall abstract sense. =)

[@kan-qi4kr]

劇場で見たよ。裸のおねえさんが目から光出して宇宙を飛んでいる……って、どんな映画かと期待したら、そのまんまの映画だった。

[@裏目じじい]

80年代のホラーブーム最盛期を生きた人なら、この「スペースバンパイア」と「フライトナイト」「デモンズ」「死霊のえじき」「エルム街の悪夢」のレコードはみんな持ってるよね！

[@redcardinalist]

Possibly, the greatest dramatic theme ever?

[@えがわあつひろ]

警視庁潜入24時のエンディングを思い出す。夜の新宿副都心の空撮にピッタリ!

[@JohnGLewis1964]

One of the great Sci-Fi Horror's of all time. It is really X-rated, and should be seen as such. Superb score by Mancini... possibly only beat by his very different "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ...! (w. aid there by Johnny Mercer.)

[@JulieClarkloveyoujesus]

nice

[@kratoscraken5614]

Great movie and soundtrack 👌 and this is where they got the trailer theme for Van Damm Lionheart movie 👍

[@markymark3572]

Completely mad film. Love this😎

[@g26s239]

Ultraviolent vampire movie with Mathilda May naked and this wonderful theme music. What's not to like?

[@ExiledPiasa]

this almost has a sand and sandals feel. would fit right in with conan, or a greek or roman based story.

[@LordBaktor]

It's hard to imagine Conan with anything but Poledouris's music, but I get what you mean.

[@TheWaffleman54]

I could imagine it being in something like Vikings.

[@Galactus78]

This could be a great score for a classic Western

[@ReviveHF]

I agree the soundtracks from this movie fits Gladiator and Clash of the Titans very well.

[@dylanwebb5199]

that's the album cover from Crimson Glory's Transcendence!

[@Doubledig]

@spiderlime It is available as The Space Vampires on Amazon.

[@TheMrCJist]

Yes, Matilda May's boobs stuck in my head from the first time I saw this movie in 1992. They were the first pair of completely bare boobs I had seen in any media at the time - the competition up until that point had been lingerie models in the Argos catalogue with either very dark nipples or wearing very thin bras, if you get my drift here. Lets just say that back then I gave the movie more stars than Roger Ebert would have.

[@legofan370]

She had a pretty amazing rack too.

[@cretinousjester3475]

legofan: Oh yeah. No doubt to go down as among the greatest racks to ever grace a the screen in a horror film.

[@Filosofem2008]

yeah ..she was really nice these days .

[@h.plovecraftn-4307]

Hahahahaha that it’s a hilarious

[@Homelander-zc3zl]

Great movie and great music I love it 👍❤️

[@sergeant1965]

One of the greatest one!!!!

[@seanturner1197]

I remember watching this movie on sci fi channel in 2002 when I was 11 years old. It was really good.

[@OG21020]

I saw this movie way back in 1985. I thought it's a little campy but unique and fun. :D

[@アナベルガトー-x5n]

何故、演奏が素晴らしいかって？ そりゃ、ビッグ３に次ぐ名門と言われるロンドン交響楽団の演奏だからね！ 当時のイギリス映画界が、SFホラーブームにあやかろうと如何にこの映画に力を入れたか分かるよね！ 結果は、この音楽以外無残だったけど( ﾟДﾟ)

[@mrjoestar1134]

"Hahahahaha I am become DEATH! DESTROYER OF WORLDS!"

[@pferreira1983]

"I'll do just that".

[@秋野直重-q3f]

マンシーニのテーマ曲とマチルダ・メイの乳しか見所がない作品だと思っていましたが、エンタープライズEの艦長になる前のパトリック・スチュワートも出ていたのね😊

[@iobeast]

"SPARE NO-ONE!!!"

[@Zanzibar485]

アトラス彗星のニュース見て聞きたくなったｗ

[@eagle6702]

This is gym music for me for when I'm on the treadmill or when I am out riding my bike. I visualize soldiers preparing for defense of a city about to be over run.

[@TheRaven7]

Interestingly, this is not in the key it is played in the actual movie, but it *is* in the key of Michael Hoenig's "Attacked By Assasins". Oh, and the melody is practically the same.

[@pferreira1983]

***** Baldur's Gate took it. Obviously the composer liked Henry Mancini's score to the movie.

[@johnbarry5036]

+P Ferreira Lifeforce- 1985.

[@pferreira1983]

Tim Cheng Huh? Yeah I know LifeForce was released in 1985.

[@bruins74r27]

NFL

[@johnyzero2000]

AWESOME!!! I've always loved Mancini and after seeing the kick ass movie Lifeforce and hearing his equally kick ass score makes me love him more if that's possible? I describe this score like Beethoven on crack!

[@AtlanSumerian]

I watched this movie when I was a high school student, it was rated movie, anyway the movie was fantastic and amazing, also the music is great too

[@veroniquegirin9660]

Le film en version longue, et musique sur cd. Je me en lasse pas

[@romannoellocsin9950]

This theme is an absolute banger, but I think most people remember it for one thing: Mathilda May.

[@CowboyRobot2000]

"Two" things.😁

[@phonedatatwoosit6477]

まじで勇壮だな。

[@javierrommel]

ESPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@digitaldiablo1]

I wish I had a copy of this when I was in Iraq in 03.

[@nenirouvelliv]

"This is the 27th of Last Seed; the Year of Akatosh 433. These are the closing days of the 3rd Era, and the final hours of my life."

[@Transgender-ProphetMohammed]

nice one.

[@willhuey4891]

this was an underrated horror movie

[@Nergalsama01]

This sounds A LOT like one of the battle themes from the first Baldur's Gate. Why did I never notice the resemblance until now?

[@dorkyedwin]

i heard some great battle music this one of them

[@terryrulestheworld2]

Listen to X-Men 2 and Days of Future Past Theme...

[@dorkyedwin]

Andrea Spiga alright

[@terryrulestheworld2]

Sounds A LOT like this track, trust me.

[@dorkyedwin]

i see but nothing beats this one

[@jmm1233]

This would also make a great pirate theme

[@alc9818]

jmm1233 go check Beldur's Gate attacked by assassins

[@Daedalus_Music]

Lieber Herr Michael Hoenig... Was war Ihr Kerngedanke als Sie "Attacked by Assassins" fuer Baldur's Gate 1 komponierten? Wrote this in German because Michael Hoenig (composer of BG1 Soundtrack who paid a tiny bit too much homage to this tune in a track of the soundtrack) is German.

[@lucarvbraganca9766]

Um dos motivos que fazem este filme ser tão bom...

[@valkyrie972]

Je sais maintenant pourquoi cela me disait rien, j'étais trop jeune à l'époque pour être autorisée à le regarder, musique géniale, trop de la balle.

[@komodahideto7080]

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[@danwroy]

I had no idea this was Mancini! Sounds like Jerry Goldsmith or Basil Poledouris, wow

[@LarsTragel-zh7ei]

It could be inspired by Holst's Planets.