The Carnival of the Animals - Aquarium

Aquarium from Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals. Sequenced with Noteworthy Composer.
Videos taken at the Sydney Aquarium.

[@TheCatchFilms]

One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written.

[@MickeyMouseFan-mz9qz]

Yes men

[@05nakhwalmain]

Piece.

[@burr69]

Piece.

[@burr69]

@@guruh401 Your easy guitar playlist has a severe lack of guitar songs and pieces 😂 try out Bach partita 997 for lute on your guitar but it’s not easy I don’t think

[@burr69]

@Anatoli Smorrin according to google it’s a suite which is a subset of piece

[@DJfractalflight]

This is the piece from which the Prologue theme of Beauty and the Beast was written by Alan Menken, intended as a version of Aquarium, which was used as a temporary mood-filler piece in the film’s production while Alan came up with his own version-which became the Prologue theme of the movie! Also, the final pounding chords of Aquarium remind me of the ones that conclude Rachmaninov’s “Rach 3.” Both have similar alternating pounding chords that ascend in same manner to the peak chord which Aquarium ends on, but Rach 3 has 4 final punctuating chords at the end! *bum-ba-ba-BUM!*

[@ilium6740]

Yes, also Christopher Young was inspired by this when writing soundtracks to Hellraiser etc.

[@musicaltheatrefan2k226]

I know which song also uses the same thing…. Long ago I should have seen all the things I could have been. Careless and unthinking, I moved onward!

[@punchy3458]

I knew I recognized this somewhere…

[@aidasoto2936]

Which is means rushmaninov is camille saint saëns too? Probably... I confuse rushmaninov with frank list

[@MelonieMartin1]

@@aidasoto2936 D at

[@aaronmorris3114]

I love how this inspired the Prologue from the animated Beauty and the Beast, as well as "Lacrymosa" from Libera's 2010 Peace album. So beautiful.

[@Urlocalneighbourisstalkingyou]

This piece is so eery, sinister but at the same time so beautiful, brings you peace, serenity, and so misterious😊.

[@arcticcat4674]

I agree beautiful yet frightening. It enchants yet makes you feel beware.

[@TocaAurora134]

It’s the most beautiful song that is ever written and it’s my favorite song and we all Love it

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

I feel like this song was played in every magic-themed family movie in the 90's lol

[@markzalamander5916]

I finally found this fucking song!!!! I was searching for this song since I first heard it in first grade music class.

[@hiptoraymond]

Mark Zalamander same but I heard it in 4th grade music

[@tiner27]

Awww.....that's so cool you finally found it. Isn't that one of the best feelings to experience? That piece gives me tingles. "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

[@leannewalker8462]

WOW

[@uhhli]

i heard this in 1st grade

[@sauronringholder5042]

There are few things as satisfying as having some scrap of melody buzzing around one's head since one was too young to get the name of, and then in adulthood finally finding it.

[@athenaslater9310]

This song reminds me of Beauty and the Beast.

[@bellesuot]

exactly!!

[@McD_James]

Yeah, I thought that too.

[@nigelbrigden4364]

Makes me think of Pinnochio.

[@orest4874]

That's because it was used in that movie.

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

Athena Slater That was what inspired Alan Menkens prologue score for Beauty and the Beast

[@oceandawn26]

I've always loved this dreamy, mystical piece, and your beautiful shots of the Sydney aquarium have made it even better. Thanks for posting this!

[@stevenedmonds831]

That's where I first heard this music .. Sydney aquarium..

[@madahad9]

I was haunted by this piece eveer since hearing it on the soundtrack of Days of Heaven. I thought at the time it was composed for the movie, but my knowledge of classical music was somewhat poor. An amazing piece of music and makes me lapse into a dreamy state of mind.

[@steves4945]

i kept listening to the Days of Heaven soundtrack thinking.....its not quite it, but its close!.....great movie as well, everyone should see it....beautifully filmed

[@oiwolf88]

I was afraid of this piece for some reason when I was a kid

[@s.r.2367]

+MC Halloumi it is sort of eery, and certainly ethereal

[@AeneasGemini]

+MC Halloumi It's eery but wonderful, the beautiful and mysterious

[@icebear6757]

Because it sounded very mystic and unknown?

[@kagaminerin1917]

same

[@letati4019]

Ethered the unerdy It's a little spooky

[@KingOli1999]

I’ve been hearing this music in a Simpsons episode, and in every aquarium I’ve been to. I’m glad I found what it’s name is.

[@nahor88]

Not ashamed to admit the first time I heard it was in porn... LOL.

[@SkittyDangerzne]

That's where I came from! The Simpson's episode where they went to France I think? Idk I remember they looked at the gargoyles when this was playing!

[@lyrakotonecrystal948]

@@SkittyDangerzne It's Called The Wife Aquatic

[@hecticg]

No it’s the barnacle bay episode with the yum yum fish

[@leejt101]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. It still holds childlike captivation today. Stunning 🎶❤

[@pfisher4562]

Agreed 🙂

[@ipekbozac6730]

ikr!

[@pop-teazii4456]

AGREED!

[@pedropaz9581]

One of the most iconic Camille Saint-Säens pieces

[@eduardo_corrochio]

This piece is used in movies once in a while, trailers too. So nice. See the opening credits of Terence Malick's beautiful drama "Days of Heaven" for an example. Oh, another gorgeous piece from Carnival of the Animals is "The Swan". That's as lovely as this one.

[@joehouses5097]

Original Disney Beauty and the Beast

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@joehouses5097 That early sequence of the animated Beauty and the Beast-- as we see the castle revealed in the forest-- has music that *sounds* like Aquarium, but it's not the actual piece.

[@joehouses5097]

@@eduardo_corrochio Yup, just saw an article saying he was inspired by the Carnival of Animals. Still a great piece.

[@TiffyVella1]

It also appears in Fallout76. Extremely evocative and beautiful music.

[@up_on_avon]

It's the Dick Dale Space Mountain Soundtrack 😱 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6KYinqId7SKr8U

[@joshuagerthoffer4664]

Why this is scary to me is because it gives off the fear of the unknown.

[@coolcatfromjapan]

Like the sea

[@ipekbozac6730]

@@coolcatfromjapan yeah

[@maripazpiedravargas9221]

Or the mistery touch in this soundtrack maybe?

[@arctica3037]

@@maripazpiedravargas9221 Soundtrack? 💀

[@maripazpiedravargas9221]

@@arctica3037 Sorry, Inglish is not my native laguage

[@tonysabell7737]

A song which wakens wonder in the soul.

[@Splucked]

Well said!

[@Abraham-sf1ln]

bot

[@Splucked]

@@Abraham-sf1ln 😂🤡

[@catmilf79]

My parents had the vinyl of “Carnival of the animals”. This piece is my favourite. It brings me back to my childhood in the 80’s. No internet, just our imaginations!

[@Gills-jc8km]

This melody reminds of swimming in a ocean of my own tears

[@jorja2858]

Sarahkoopa 1990 mOOD

[@ttvbryndavies1234]

Sarahkoopa 1990 whats wrong wid ypi

[@Cybertron123456]

what an amazingly poetic and succinct thing to say, i love it

[@warlock1186]

Potassium

[@xinovo]

@@ttvbryndavies1234 what's wrong with your spelling?

[@waiting2beRESCUED9]

Let me straighten people out here. This song has not been used in ANY of the Harry Potter films. It has, on the other hand, been used in creating the theme of Beauty and the Beast and the love theme of True Blood. No more fights and/or ignorant comments please :)

[@emilioooo9678]

alright

[@ShaharHarshuv]

This is reminds me a lot of the first Harry Potter movies soundtrack.

[@classicalsweetie]

Definitely! John Williams does this all the time-he takes a measure or two of thematic material from a previously composed classical work and makes it his own and incorporates it into movies. I wonder if it's a conscious decision or not?

[@ShaharHarshuv]

Conscious or not is widely done by lots of composers.

[@Maxoule22]

I can also imagine this being in a Tim Burton movie

[@Lucas_OBrien]

YEah totally

[@kathleencarson3622]

true it does

[@user-qn7gx1zx9y]

小学生の時友達に借りたクラシックのテープ、、あの曲はなんだったのだろう、、とたまに思い出しながら見つけられず34歳になった今、、やっと見つけました😂文明の力に感謝

[@haeleth7218]

This piece brings images of me surviving in a dense forest with nothing, returning to my wooden hut with heavy snow falling between the trees. Love it!

[@lindae1988]

This is the music played in the huge aquarium wall in Singapore. I didn't know what the tune was for years. Happy to have it now!

[@sarahl9398]

I discovered this in recent years after being a fan of Beauty and the Beast and its haunting prologue since childhood. This is so eerie and gorgeous.. it transcends my comprehension. I love it.

[@amandadanielle19]

If you are looking for the opening music to impressions de France at Epcot you’re in the right place!

[@jennifernguyen9600]

that’s where i first heard it!!

[@Dancingromancingman]

This piece of music always gives me chills up and down my spine

[@HerbertWeidner]

I played it on the Piano ... I was like magic .... spirit everywhere ... A precious work

[@happymeal14]

This makes me ponder

[@taytayrose7909]

This was a song we danced to in my ballet show last year. Feels so weird listening to it not being on stage. I still remember the dance

[@airzulu2733]

A most beautiful piece of music . And one that I remember during my childhood.

[@DaveAndBeth1978]

Beautiful! Eerie, haunting and relaxing all in one go!

[@donovanwray5974]

I remember this _Carnival of the Animals_ album from school music lessons, along with Gustav Holst's _The Planet Suite_ . Soothing.

[@beelzemobabbity]

This is my favorite orchestral piece. Every time i hear it I instantly am drawn in.

[@Diomedes_Tydides]

This song sounds like an Enchanted Forest

[@katarinask139]

We used this at our pedagogical school for children and we even created our own lyrics😂😂 this piece is beautiful ❤

[@ruthriley9168]

Always have my own little movie running in my head when I hear this piece , with bubbles and fish in exactly the right places.

[@ines5052]

This song remind me all my childhood

[@dariusvilla5680]

The space mountain music from the late 90s and early 00s brought me here.

[@perpetual61]

Yes with the Late Dick Dale the King of Surf Guitar.

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

I kid you not. The absolute best thing to do is go to an aquarium, head to the shark tank, put headphones on, and listen to this. It’s absolutely magical. Trust me

[@1aurabaker]

Bruh been trying to find this song since I was 4 from a ballet class

[@laurabaldwin9064]

This one is my favorite out of the carnival of the animals

[@deanmontgomery3615]

swan is probably the best

[@coolcatfromjapan]

I like this and the swan

[@andywalls8707]

Kangaroos too

[@user-yx7ey1ch2m]

I love Saint-Saens music!

[@Salem_S.]

Sounds like my theme. An eccentric neighbor alone in a decrepit house that the neighborhoods kids say is owned by a creepy sorcerer with house full of oddities, antiques, and object of the occult. A dream house of mine.

[@BaekHoTD]

It reminds me of a winter time scene as well... I just love how magical this feels

[@wiishzy8104]

you may be thinking of tinkerbell lmfao

[@ulthea]

If not for Astroboy I'd not have grown to love this piece of music nor many others considered classic. I'd also probably not be as thoughtful or considerate a human where others are concerned. I watched this tonight as a 40 yo and felt the same strong pangs to be a better person as I did watching this as a young child. I'm so glad I own the box set and have made this mandatory viewing for my own kids 😊

[@emievlog]

I could listen to this all day.

[@JediHobbit89]

I love this piece, first heard it in a movie trailer when I was four or five, and now, after all these years, I know what it's called. THe best use I've seen it put to was in a documentary with some very old Victorian-era footage. Very mysterious, creepy, and almost sad.

[@carollawhorne640]

love the aquarium..danced in a pageant to it..taught by an awesome dancer, Nona Kiralfy Leonard, in Charlotte Co., FL, 1969💜

[@zero5898]

Fontaine theme

[@Felamine]

I remember hearing this all the time on my parents' record player (they were big into classical). Not knowing the title or that it's about undersea life, it always made me think of a mysterious cave filled with treasure. It's interesting how music can cause a mind to spontaneously generate thoughts and images like that.

[@eaphantom9214]

Mystical! Love it! Remember this from beauty and the beast, you could say it had an air of spookiness about it.

[@mynamesdora]

I used to play Jimmy White’s Cueball 2 on Dreamcast and this was the theme, at the beginning... hours and hours spent playing that game, when I was a young kid. I’ve always wondered what this tune was!

[@marytorres4877]

Quite amazing and beautiful to see. My mother used to take me to many places see animals in NYC

[@jasminediaz3901]

I first listened to this song in fourth grade and when I tell you it captured me

[@theseus27]

I find it very relaxing to listen to, and is so haunting too in a way. Shame it only lasts two and a half minutes :)

[@TiffyVella1]

Oh I'd love an extended trance mix to sleep to :)

[@shushmathur2655]

Beautiful piece of music !😊😊

[@anthonyroberts1006]

always gives me goosebumps. 😀

[@ultimatedbdbdbd]

spectacular piece love carnival of the animals

[@allaobdar3621]

эту музыку я могу слушать вечно,но она никогда не надоест

[@alexmeik]

una melodía de ensueño, de ilusión y magia.

[@sarahgardom]

Love this Kylie had it at the begining of her concert it was soooooooooo amazing! : D

[@martigrant9224]

Why I love living on God's green earth. The animals, the water, Saint-Saens composition.

[@erikbowie2410]

Gorgeous!

[@ellarose5845]

where the *FRICK* have i heard this song?!?!?!? it sounds like harry potter or beauty and the beast or anastasia and literally everyone I've shown this song to have heard it too but don't know where *UGH*

[@monarchsquad.x]

It’s commonly used in many movies because it is very calming! It’s in A LOT of them. This is the original tho

[@squares4u]

It’s in a few video games too. Crash Bandicoot Tag Team racing comes to mind, on the Once Upon a Tire race :)

[@jtcarrey]

Space Mountain in the 90's

[@JoshuaKennington1]

Thank you to whoever uploaded this video. I had been wondering what this was called for years.

[@annecohen8927]

Phenomenal is what one should describe it....

[@gymrachel]

serene and beautiful 🌹

[@marchellewalter770]

I loved this when I was younger 😍😍

[@Vhagaryen]

I remember this from the background music of a Ren & Stimpy episode, Rubber Nipple Salesmen XD

[@helenchelmicka3028]

Omg I want to go to my local aquarium soooo much now! Amazing vid, thank you! 😊

[@brucekone3269]

Woww! Lovely relaxing music! It calms me down....🤗😄😊

[@brucekone3269]

But its also kind of a scary piece

[@leotaurusomg]

This is the best song ever! is my favourite. THX for WROrchesta.I have 12 years only and is a bit rare that i like this music but i like the best music. :> a hug!

[@bobfriedman409]

well done !!! thank you !

[@H3L1C0PR10N]

this is just such a nostalgia trip holy cow

[@peterjackson2625]

Wonderful!

[@victor24437]

This piece is creepy, sad, beautiful and relaxing at the same time

[@SprinkleMyDoughnuts]

wow. Breath taking.

[@cafeteriacat869]

music that i heard in my childhood

[@simangtube]

this song is so nice :)

[@sasafedors7412]

i came here because i remember in fourth grade we were listening to this piece and oh my god it reminds me of mermaids and magic

[@maryrosemunez357]

Good to hear

[@TheDarkwolf011]

Thanks Simpson's

[@SamuelRSilva-tl3bs]

Sublime 🌊.

[@anaishkyoutube224]

The theme when you enter Poseidon’s room

[@maoseeshu]

Finally after 5 months of looking I found it I heard it in creative arts in school

[@CRyzeNFall888]

DAAAAAAAAN'S FAVORITE COLOORRRRS!

[@thymethammakulangkul6393]

No one asked but the name of the piece in the background is called aquarium composed by saint saens for the carnival of animals

[@cvivekanand1980]

love this song so much

[@ahinotani5175]

For those 3 seconds HE WAS A GOD!

[@solsticecelt1]

Magical!

[@gracewebb3084]

I hear this at this one amusement park every time I go, and I’ve been looking for it for years

[@ElizabethHernandez-ub7mv]

Harry Potter and the Beautiful Beast

[@dongedeon9695]

The Beauty and the Beast Prologue!

[@mariaortizjimenez9645]

And Danny Elfman's almost anything

[@charlygonzaleztorres8354]

I feel that Harry Potter had to create his own soundtracks for each moment, since using songs like this or others in the movies makes them look unoriginal and at the same time lacking in imagination, I don't like Harry Potter movies at all. That all because they did not put investment and also because the scenes and dialogues, as well as change and edit the story, not to mention that they do not show parts of the story in the movies, which in the books if you go out, that's why I don't they like movies but I adore books.♥️

[@Goalieguy-rq9cu]

Beautiful Beasts and where to find them

[@rosemaryfranzese317]

Saint-saens is the most underrated coposer even. No other composers work was so evocative. You actually picture what the music was meant to convey

[@yudhistiramahasena1255]

Hey, it's theme from Space Mountain in Walt Disney World Quest Magical Racing Tour.

[@dariusvilla5680]

Yeah, the memories. That was really the song for the ride in the late 90s and the early 2000s.

[@Duma39]

@Fyraxis Yes indeed it is. I got chillbumps on that attraction listening to this music and had to search to find the music. It's amazing!! Love this!

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[@reginaxavier5840]

Magnífico!!

[@MsDolcessa]

Es la version que buscaba gracias .. =)

[@jacobstarling5835]

I remember they always used to play this in Sydney Aquarium