Marco Polo Title Sequence

Mill+ co-director Ben Smith with co-director Bryce Wymer teamed up with Netflix to create the stunning title sequence for Marco Polo, a new original series for Netflix, written by John Fusco and produced by The Weinstein Group. Go behind the scenes: www.themill.com/millchannel/26...
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[@tim.a.k.mertens]

The way the blend Mongolian vocals with Chinese instruments is so good

[@helikos1]

Underrated series during a period of history which rarely ever gets portrayed in media. Cancelled mainly due to poor reviews from people who aren't interested in historical dramas. I'm furious.

[@nidhiljoshi]

Pity that this season got cancelled!

[@julio1148]

I absolutely adored season 1, season 2 felt like a completely different production

[@HamiltonTran]

Ahead of its time. If it was released today it would be way more popular

[@timdennis8640]

Completely agreed. If it's not Rome or gunpowder line marching it's never done.a Genghis Khan show would of been epic or a flashback season

[@dirtegarbage]

@@julio1148 seriously bro season 1 was great but season 2 knocked me into a coma

[@thegrimcritic5494]

It’s sad because this show was what made me realize Benedict Wong was a genuinely exemplary actor, and yet it gets cancelled and he now kinda gets relegated to just side character roles again. I NEED Benedict Wong to be in more leading roles, dammit!

[@PraiseJesus.]

He was a supporting character in Marco Polo too, just higher ranked than the main character

[@greedgod5827]

​@@PraiseJesus.I mean with some regard but let's be honest he was the main draw to the show

[@felipevasconcello8164]

this series teached me to never love something, because they'll cancel it

[@amiramegali9688]

That hurt man

[@Vishnugupta-fi3oe]

They lost their way after season 1...but episode 1 opening scene was genius level writing.

[@sw1ng3ns]

@@Vishnugupta-fi3oe the scene 30 minuts ?

[@qb8438]

Good news, apparently it's no longer canceled and if I'm not wrong it will release in june

[@hashtagsmauger849]

they did?

[@DJ-sg2br]

this intro alone is better than the last two seasons of GoT

[@melikeguc]

Hahahaa

[@yusuf.317]

@@melikeguc ne diyor bu

[@yusuf.317]

Hiçte bile game of transın son iki sezonun introsu daha güzeldi

[@melikeguc]

@@yusuf.317 sadece bu intro game of thrones'un son iki sezonundan daha iyi diyo

[@yusuf.317]

@@melikeguc zaten anlamıştım

[@vault587]

I hope Netflix reconsiders this show someday

[@Cyrano1987]

There are so many production companies that could just adopt their story or even buy then rights and make many more seasons for it, without Netflix!

[@Bellg]

Netflix is too busy bankrolling borderline softcore CP to make anything decent anymore.

[@YourPalHDee]

​@@Bellg Yeah, I gave up on Netflix long ago, after they cancelled this and another show I enjoyed. On briefly checking their content since then, I can't say I made a mistake. They truly make boring cliché garbage.

[@Luke241186]

best intro ever! its a shame they cancelled the show

[@burhangundogdu493]

Nono this best intro

[@catherinajadue7015]

They didn’t cancel the show I watched all of it, great show

[@325133]

@@catherinajadue7015 yes they did cancel. I think it was just 2 seasons, they left on a cliff hanger

[@adge5182]

@@catherinajadue7015 the show is not finish, you can see that many important parts of it are not finished. Also, netflix said that they cancelled it

[@nidhiljoshi]

Very true...why they have cancelled it?

[@theone4260]

Netflix renews 13 Reason Why, a show which should've ended after the first season, but decides to cancel Marco Polo which is by far the best Netflix series out there. And it remains my personal favorite until this day 6 years later. The only other Netflix Original that comes close to this series is Kingdom. If they cancel that, I cancel my subscription.

[@arjunsinha4015]

There are many shows which should've end like Money Heist, Sex Education, Riverdale.

[@arjunsinha4015]

Season 3 of Kingdom is comming.

[@1903-BJK]

They win money from ”13 Reason Why”. They lost $200 million from Marco Polo, so I hope you understand now.

[@CC-yn3qw]

It was cancelled because of budget costs and it was all basically a sunk cost issue.

[@KHH595]

You should check out Dark on Netflix. Perhaps their most underrated show.

[@levk6688]

Intros I never skip: Marco Polo Daredevil Vikings

[@soumy1986]

Give a shot to the intro for The Expanse. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.. 👋

[@Scamspam]

Don't forget Black Sails

[@enter442]

Black Sails, Game of Thrones, Zoo,

[@enter442]

The 100

[@ahmarelvirgio823]

stranger things

[@PeterSolerom]

A master piece of an opening sequence.

[@BlueMatty]

RIP Season 3 :(

[@andrewtran8442]

One of the underrated things about this song is the blending of traditional Chinese instrumentation and Mongol throat singing. I like to think this is how the composers represented the Mongol rule over China, initially Mongol but rapidly Sinicizing.

[@MasterFatness]

0 people disliked this video... Kublai killed them all.

[@n3mo146]

Kublai Khan. Dont miss his title ;)

[@fidenemini111]

One somehow managed to survive.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Juras Visockis was it you perchance?

[@ahmarelvirgio823]

And that one have children and there are 15

[@maiqtheliar8210]

MrRoyalFatness 16 now!

[@feridunyunus8187]

The chinese music tones, combined with mongolian throat singing. No other setting could fit more perfectly to this show which is actually based on historical mongolian - chinese struggle.

[@TSpancer80]

Truly one of the best shows. No wonder it´s the most expensive show on Netflix.

[@TheLive100]

I could bet meanwhile it isnt anymore. Marco polo was like at netflixes start. Now they grew a fuckton over the years

[@MartinSmith-fx5yd]

As a Chinese Brush painter Artist the Art Work is a Amazing

[@michaeltaylor9223]

May the song dynasty endure thousand more years

[@josevillagomez2567]

What's the painting style called

[@Orgil.]

@@michaeltaylor9223 Song dynasty suck Yuan dynasty's ball

[@muniradlan3659]

I think it’s guó huà or try searching chinese calligraphy painting

[@kaybevang536]

1:24 my favorite how the painting turned into the Mongol Hordes

[@sommerpiercer]

This theme still hits after playing Ghost of Tsushima.

[@tios6419]

Dude everytime this Intro rolled, it literally gave such a special vibe. Every. Single. Time...

[@cathycath]

still pissed at Netflix for cancelling this QUALITY show! 🤬 It was one of the best!!!!

[@user-pv8jf5ld5q]

😘

[@asv77]

One of the best series ever, such a shame Netflix pulled the plug... It was the asian Game of Thrones!

[@lilkakashi4044]

Season 1 was amazing but season 2 was an atrocious piece of trash, I can’t even begin to comprehend why they didn’t pull the plug mid production

[@FaLa158]

@@lilkakashi4044 I agree! I was in love with season 1 but I couldn't bare to watch season 2... I dont know what happened

[@m.m.1301]

Its terrible because if they followed Polo's life more accurately it would have been 200 times better

[@marwanitoh]

Too few people watched it and the budget became higher than the revenues unfortunately.

[@Cyrano1987]

@@marwanitoh on netflix there is no such people statistics and revenues you pay your subscription monthly regardless what tv show u watching! One point was right the costs of production were to high! Accurate historical shows much more expansive then CGI shows...

[@TheFlixFan]

Simply amazing! The stunning imagery perfectly captures the aesthetics of the show; combined with a beautiful score sets a perfect tone for the show and results in one of the best opening sequences ever.

[@ThijsGoedegebuure]

Such a shame it has been cancelled :(

[@addzz1208]

Thijs Goedegebuure all is not lost. They are saying it's neither cancelled or renewed and speculated to being scripted for season 3. I'm baffled how this struggled initially, the scenes, props, acting, costumes make me feel like i'm genuinely in the past.

[@mattemugo]

Just finished season 2. All I need right now is to listen to this intro hundred times.

[@OOlympus]

One of the best shows ever! So much potential!

[@HassaanQ]

This theme always bought my inner mongolian pride up!

[@parthianwarrior1901]

You are not even mongol

[@calico389]

I want season 3 :(

[@miguel98805]

Iron Fist + Game of Thrones + Age of Empires 2 = Marco Polo

[@michaeltaylor9223]

and they cancelled omfg i’m so angry this show couldve been the next game of thrones

[@fedemedina3129]

Sir, you have my whole respect

[@eldariskenderfranke4284]

I‘m gonna make this my alarm clock now.

[@F4INT]

i'm still so fkn triggered that they cancelled it

[@imaboud]

Great shows always get cancelled cause not enough great people left to watch them.

[@thewiseass895]

جبتها عالجرح

[@carottefondeurenfer]

Or because season 2 was trash

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@carottefondeurenfer LMAO not even fucking close. Season 2 was beyond amazing and great, the Christian conflict was awesome and the complexity of trust and loyalty manifesting in the characters was fantastic. You must be drunk to think any of that was “tRaSh” and wouldn’t know quality if it hit you in the face.

[@benstewart9559]

And it was too expensive to keep going

[@Saleh-ei2wq]

@@thewiseass895 انا اشهد

[@michaelford5563]

This show had its problems (a lot of them. Some REALLY big ones) but I am continuously blown away by how insanely hard this title sequence goes, especially with the knowledge of how much of it was done practically. I never skipped it, and it never failed to get me really excited for an episode.

[@greedgod5827]

Benedict wong as kublai were probably the best thing about this show

[@zoomzoombabe]

Hi - I’m naive to Mongolian/ East Asian history…please can you share what issues you saw with this show? Thanks!

[@michaelford5563]

@@zoomzoombabe of course! In general, the show leaned much more towards alternate history than historical fiction, with some REALLY big leaps taken to make things more dramatic for the show. We'll never know for certain since all our historical knowledge is based on whatever records survived from the time, but the Mongolian takeover of Xiangyang likely didn't end with Marco Polo and his Kung Fu master defeating the leader of the city in a fast-paced martial arts battle. It makes for good television, but doesn't really have much of a connection to the real events. In a similar vein, Kublai Khan never killed his brother, which was another great dramatic moment in season one. The two actually resolved the civil war with his brother surrendering, although again, that would not have been as exciting as the sword duel to the death. My other big issue with the show is how it (intentionally or unintentionally) REALLY goes hard on the "white savior" trope that can be a bit hard to watch. Marco shows up and quickly masters kung fu better than anyone except his own teacher and comes up with battle strategies smarter than those of Mongol generals. This really shows in how Kokachin gets shoved right into the "demure pretty Asian woman who falls in love with the first white guy she sees" box and stays there for the whole first season. (Until season 2, where she falls into the "pregnant woman who doesn't get to do anything except be pregnant" box instead). So yeah, brief summary of some stuff I wish the show had done better. However, this show, at least for me, did a great job of doing what ALL historical fiction should do in my opinion: be entertaining enough and engaging enough to make me look more into the subject matter. And I did! The real-life story of Kublai Khan is such an interesting one, and there's a lot of cool stuff that went down that I would have loved to see explored in additional seasons. (Kublai made it as far south as Vietnam and even tried to invade Japan via naval assault). Unfortunately all sources point to the show being cancelled indefinitely, which is definitely a big shame in my opinion. Would have loved to see this time period and setting further explored.

[@rpersen]

@@michaelford5563A great answer, thank you.

[@xenoneuronics6765]

I never skipped it, and continuously come back to it. Fantastic intro

[@mlmtrs5855]

one of the best intro ever. vikings and marco polo are the best ones

[@SumitSingh-di6ei]

I am in love with this track... ❤️

[@ViceKnIghtTA]

This makes me want to watch everything again

[@ashirley486]

It would be awesome if one of the writers/producers could write a book about how the story was supposed to end, even if they never release a third season. The cliffhangers have been driving me nuts!

[@greedgod5827]

Apparently s3 was supposed to focus on the failed invasions of japan which wouldve been cool to see

[@1903-BJK]

Underrated show

[@Fruitbydafooty]

Rip this awesome series You’ll forever be in the eternal blue sky

[@subramanyam2699]

Very creative way of opening credits. I generally don't stand by .. but it stilled me totally. hats off the artists :)

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

What? Stand by what? It’s an amazing opening!

[@arjunsinha4015]

Bring back Marco Polo, Society.

[@danielluis7371]

I keep coming back to this... What an amazing piece of artistry 🔥🔥🔥

[@ryananthonynazario2196]

Show cancellation? Gather the men and horses, we shall attack the city of Netflix!

[@Like-a-trolling-stone]

Netflix cancelled it. I cancelled Netflix.

[@justwatch7108]

Perfect song

[@JackBlack862]

Fucking epic intro ever

[@abhijitkumar2127]

One of the best...i desperately want season 3 ...netflix such a shame to cancel it..

[@oyunmezarlg2736]

All Hail Kublai Khan !

[@maahitomatsumoto1708]

The last kingdom, vikings , marco polo. Best series ever for me.

[@Randal1862409]

One of the best intro/ openings I have ever seen. Simply gorgeous. Such a shame it did not continue.

[@ismailhussain3192]

If they released this around now it would have been popular

[@entityinperil8101]

This show was ahead of its time

[@legion9259]

This show deserved more seasons

[@dp_wynn5392]

The sun never sets on the mongol empire

[@helikos1]

Well it does. The Mongol empire which was the largest continual land empire cannot have that adage given the the British empire. The sun never set on the British empire in a literal sense, it did in a metaphorical one.

[@leonardogranerole9423]

@@helikos1 2 months late, but either way, the mongol empire was so big that at all times one region of the land received sun light, just like in todays Russia. Fun fact that phrase was first used in regards to the Spanish empire.

[@helikos1]

@@leonardogranerole9423 Completely incorrect.

[@danielluis7371]

Masterpiece!

[@slinksjoch]

the only redeeming factor of this show but damn if this is not one of the best intro's i have ever seen

[@mohamb3785d]

Great intro loved it, usually listening to it when im sad have bad day, makes me calm

[@olgacampos9111]

A abertura desta série é a abertura MAIS LINDA que já vi na vida. As imagens associadas à musica são fascinantes.

[@sajukrishnan8813]

What a theme music...love it.. congrats composer..

[@renepolak_film]

I don't know why but I'm in love with Chinese music. Just the Stories told in Hong Kong are just magical. I find them extremely powerful and they always stick into my head. I always like the stories told near that time

[@rjsmind]

Its so good

[@depuntoapuntoenelmundo2408]

Loved the promise of this show, but it never did justice to one of the if not the greatest explorer of all time.

[@greedgod5827]

Yea well season 1 is really the only season to prolly take into consideration polos accounts s2 is mostly fiction but theres still a lot of untouched content including the failed invasions of japan. He was there for 25 or so years

[@nkg___5172]

We live in a world that canceled shows like this but allows for shows like riverdale to exist

[@ivangalindo5683]

Francamente me niego a creer que sólo se hayan producido dos temporadas de esta magnifica serie, ¡daba para más!

[@jesmara]

Siiii que coraje 😒

[@Pr0metheus]

I still can’t believe this masterpiece of tv show was canceled. Another reason why I loathe Netflix.

[@ComoesArribaesAbajo]

Echo de menos esta serie. Maravillosa intro, excelente serie histórica

[@Noodle3058]

Love this show!

[@asahama8173]

Next series about timur lang will be great to😊

[@jacksonbezerra7925]

Top...saudade da série ... deveria ter mais temporadas

[@bernardoscotelaroportodeol290]

Linda Abertura!!! Incrível!!! Uma obra de arte! O tema é fantástico, porque mescla os vocais mongóis e os instrumentos chineses, bem dentro da própria atmosfera do enredo! A tintura se espalhando no tecido é um efeito muio difícil de se chegar com tamanha perfeição. Parabéns a produção!!!

[@durjhamsilva5731]

Bernardo Scotelaro Porto de Oliveira Gran tema. Es una obra de arte como bien lo dices, me transporta a la época antigua cuando existían los Khan

[@oliverpinelli3334]

incredible artwork

[@subutaynoyan5372]

Asian style of aestetics at its best!

[@NorbyBreda]

Excellent music

[@dimitrikr9968]

It still pains me that Netflix axed such a masterpiece on a cliffhanger and instead keeps greenlighting embarrassing tosh like Thunder Force

[@Nil..943]

I've never skipped this intro :)

[@tomoliverpool8]

Goodbye Marco, and goodbye Kublai Khan, WANSUI!

[@LordEmpyreal]

One of the worst media cancellations in history

[@craighenry9088]

2020 STILL waiting on a SEASON 3???

[@xompa]

I love this

[@prekabreki]

Love it!

[@PHlophe]

Peter, yes its pretty

[@ANTLERQUEEN]

I miss this show so much

[@YourPalHDee]

Literally the best thing Netflix ever did she they decided to axe it in favour of low quality crap.

[@user-sh6pq4yp9x]

Божественная музыка! Эпично!

[@silverlegionary1636]

Just like Rome, two seasons of greatness and then bam..

[@bernz4854]

This series was great... so bad It was canceled

[@ZERO-X79]

Wow this Intro is EPIC!

[@faisalamalo3695]

0:36 is where it’s at

[@solidsnake4655]

Netflix broke my heart cancelling this...

[@luigilisi1931]

Meraviglioso! 😃 😍

[@talebamin3999]

Very Nice

[@syedzameer8022]

It's music is insane it is like the compilation of Chinese Mongolian and western music 😮😮😮

[@theone4260]

Bring back Marco Polo! #marcopoloseason3

[@victorl7524]

Meilleur générique des nouvelles séries 2014 ! Juste sublime tant par la musique que par la réalisation ! A chaque fois j'ai des frissons ^^ !

[@claymore2of9]

great show

[@user-ix9rh1xv2z]

Very wonderful intro....

[@RahilSethi]

This series was better than any Steven Spielberg's movies. Way better! I'm still satisfied with the ending of season 2 and have watched it many times. All actors were spectacular and believable. I was immersed in it. What a great work! My favorites were of course: The Monk 100 eyes, and Yusuf.

[@petecookson5365]

The actor who played Kublai Khan,Benedict Wong,was born in Eccles,Manchester,U.K.. Fact.

[@helikos1]

"What is Street Countdown?" "It's more or less the same as normal Countdown, except we play it on the street." "That doesn't sound that dangerous." "It can get quite cold." "I always wear thermals." "Ah, then you're probably fine."

[@user-cq5sn5hq4m]

Thanks bro

[@multivitamin425]

Gives me spaghetti western vibe

[@Brayden329]

Liked this show within seconds of the intro. I wish there was more to watch.

[@aneegamex2898]

My peace started here!!

[@jonragnarson9788]

Marco Polo and house of Cards were the first series I watched on Netflix, I remember how pissed I was when it was canceled

[@nurettincemalisan9629]

we miss u buddy :(