The Orgy - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)

[@AliIKarimi]

I love this scene. You have to imagine Conan, who has lived his whole life as a slave then as a gladiator. Treated like an animal: fighting, killing and breeding for an unknown master. Finally he wins his freedom and decides to take his revenge on the people who robbed him of his family, his youth, and his humanity. Yet he is killed before he can even fight Thulsa Doom, he speaks to him for a few minutes before being discarded, crucified on the tree of woe. He comes back from the afterlife, sneaks through hell, the bowels of Doom's sanctum and then sees "paradise". To see the orgy, to see Thulsa's inner sanctum is to take a glimpse into the world Conan never knew could be possible; a place of comfort and debauchery, a life without constant pain and suffering. To confront Thulsa here then is not simply to exact revenge, it is to fight the very God that has cursed Conan to a life of restless misery. It is appropriate that the music moves from Hephaestus to Jupiter. This orgy is a glimpse of the cruelty and arrogance of the Gods, and of men like Thulsa Doom. Conan pauses for a moment, then destroys paradise.

[@Jack_______oh]

Great comment.

[@girth_hirtzberger8541]

Also this song is real catchy!

[@user-df2so4js7x]

Well said

[@halosskillz]

Ahh. A fellow fan of Robert Jordan's Conan books? Well said great comment

[@vivacadamomento3512]

Me too!!!!

[@siskavard]

Just try to imagine a modern movie having such a strong soundtrack like this, it just doesn't happen anymore.

[@SB-qm5wg]

"modern movies" lol is there such a thing without capes?

[@gregnezz]

Impossible to replicate this. However, Guardians of the Galaxy did well! Although it was actually songs.

[@siskavard]

@@SB-qm5wg yeah, lots, take a look.

[@theviolinoob]

theres a lot.. john williams., michael giacchino . james howard...

[@Blix-Tha-Epic-TM4L]

Kingdom of heaven OST is amazing.

[@porrickcastlefinn9797]

One of the most bewitching score ever composed !

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Basil Poledouris was a GENIUS! The world lost a great talent when he died in 2006. RIP, Maestro.

[@rafaeld.2554]

geeniuusssss, master. SUPERB soundtrack ! SUPERB

[@jamiedudek7960]

Its a rip off

[@johny7even]

How on earth did I get 35 years old without having heard this MASTERPIECE even once, until some days before?!?! Cannot stop listening to it ~

[@Ptolemy336VV]

Because I know 40+ Greek composers that are absolute heaven, and yet only 2-3 are famous the world over. Among which one of worlds best composers of our modern era, Vangelis

[@yvc9]

better late than never!

[@Alusnovalotus]

One of usssssssssss.

[@jj-ry2db]

This is a super tune. Very addictive

[@augustussutton2379]

That is the true riddle of steel.

[@Mexwarrior]

After all these years this masterpiece is still so hinoptically addictive

[@isaiahlewis6627]

Yes!

[@DetroitLove4U]

I am 41 years of age. All I can say is just another film and score from the epitome of cinematic and musical brilliance - only found in the 1980's!! Seen the film countless times - a rich melody for a rather bleak and didactic scene personifying a grotesque element. Solid cast and epic plot!! Love my 80's!

[@Johnlindsey289]

turning 38 and made in the year i was born, 1982 was an amazing year for sci-fi and fantasy

[@stetson102]

His has to be the greatest soundtrack to a movie ever by basil poledouris.!!!!

[@niyasummer4940]

Basil is such an underrated composer....this is one my favourite works by him❤

[@monan97]

This wasn’t by Basil. Listen to Jupiter of Jollity by Holst. Holst died over 40 years before this was used in Conan.

[@420haxx]

@@monan97 This piece may have taken inspiration from Holst's work, as well of other parts of the Conan soundtrack, but they are certainly distinct enough to be considered their own thing.

[@kdog543]

The saddest thing or lost to the seasons of this world theres really hasn't been such an amazing work like this of modern era really in music like this or such in this composer style and musician luckily blessed is our ears with after this piece and it was all done for a mire film also and R.I.P. Basil.☁️🗡💜👑☁️🍷☁️

[@harrysanders818]

Meanwhile We have Hans Zimmer..............

[@JABS991]

Played this at my wedding when we told the reception the Bar was open. Half the guests got the joke. ... Half of the ones old enough to see the movie.

[@jasinZ28]

Fucking epic man!

[@LandersWorkshop]

Based moves.

[@VDAM1984]

That's awesome!

[@The1Mustache3]

Haahah my guy ..love it

[@IndelibleHD]

Pure gold

[@NightcrawlerLuver]

My fave peice of music from the whole movie ^_^

[@cubastio]

So this is paradise !!

[@lyleplummerjr.3163]

Princess

[@NahualliUoxtitla]

@@lyleplummerjr.3163 lol..

[@johnmarek4208]

Paradise Forever My Friend

[@NA-sl7mw]

This shit soooooo hard💯💪🏾80's baby

[@de4531]

J'ai revu le film récemment et ce qui surprend le plus c'est le rythme qui prend son temps. On ne pourrait plus faire le même film aujourd'hui. Un régal!

[@VDAM1984]

I love that when you listen to it, you can still picture the entire scene

[@silla477]

Esactly

[@JusticeRyan-n6d]

One, if not the best soundtrack EVER RECORDED RIP BASIL POLEDOURIS

[@tanfosbery1153]

100% correct

[@kdog543]

Basil was an musical genius at this piece of art creation.💜✨🌌👑

[@bombkart5114]

Love this track and love the fact that his daughter helped him out on it. Every time you hear the French horns piping in,that was her on her flute I believe.

[@DetroitLove4U]

The 80's was a the pinnacle decade for the greatest orgy of cinematic musical bliss!!

[@isaiahlewis6627]

Agreed. I grew up in that time period too. Bliss brother!

[@llibmukred5906]

Long live the 1980s!

[@Johnlindsey289]

One of my fave tracks in the soundtrack, such a glorious fantasy soundtrack

[@23isthekey]

This one and Riddle of Steel are amazing.

[@leecifer81]

A friend of a friend was into all kinds of music and I owe Alec a nod for honing my taste, but I remember taking bong hits in his basement listening to this cd. I was a huge fan of the movie but had never just listened to the soundtrack. This song blew me away and to this day it’s the first thing I think of about this awesome movie. Good times.

[@yvc9]

This is so grandiose that words totally fail to convey how awesome it is.

[@isaiahlewis6627]

Agreed ❤ 🎉

[@harrysanders818]

Word :)

[@Nazeem2010]

I play this when I make a sickly green stew composed of human body parts.

[@acla9000]

And was it tasty?

[@clydefrog90]

Extra hands for me

[@Sigmar_Heldenhammer]

This is why I don’t get to the cloud district very often.

[@stevieweebi]

Well, I’m not going to the cloud district anytime soon.

[@taklampan650]

Is that what people eat at the cloud district?

[@michaelcook-w1k]

This is the greatest film soundtrack ever composed. Unbelievable how it got overlooked.

[@aercastro82]

I feel I'm going to turn into a snake.

[@bigianh]

+aercastro82 It's too late to reticulate on me now :)

[@Johnlindsey289]

+aercastro82 Nice nickname, born 82 like you are. 82 was a great year for movies.

[@Drpluv187]

Rechid serpent

[@1091Floyd21]

I'm on the look out for a good movie? Something with crime or seduction

[@TokixWartooth]

Poor Aercastro82 is a snake by now. Hope they learned Parcel tounge!!! :x

[@taloudegrandcouronne]

Quelle musique extraordinaire chaque thème musical est en parfait harmonie avec l'histoire du film. Un chef d'oeuvre!

[@rafaeld.2554]

Polidorius, MASTER of music... The Mysticism and epicness in this whole soundtrack is beyond words... Absolutely magical, the mind of a genius

[@fastloudrules]

Conan won't cry so I cry for him.

[@natureadventurist]

How beautiful this is! It's like a paradise to my ears and my mind❤

[@ivanhoe13]

Simplicity at its best. At least it sounds simple...Totally mesmerizing, exquisite and brilliant. Thank you Basil !

[@deepaknaidu5]

Legendary score ever👏👏👏 Basil, you live in us❤

[@casjpierre01]

Entre Boléro de Ravel et Carmina Burana De Karl Off . magnifique symphonie qui evoque les images génial de Milius : Conan

[@richardthomas2957]

I’ve loved this ever since I was a kid

[@xXHurdyGurdyManXx]

Same here.

[@moweddell]

The composer Poledouris created fantastic - iconic music and its presentation in the movie "Conan" made both a success. Thanks for the presentation...

[@haskapaska]

Borrowed from Holst. But so did many others...

[@lobojoe6351]

"So this is paradise."

[@beloved-child]

This music being played increasingly louder as Conan and his D&D party penetrated the castle defenses... then the epic fight with Conan vs Bombassa...TO THIS MUSIC....WAS MY CHILDHOOD. "Ummm beloved i think theyre talking about the other-" SILENCE! destroyer was my childhood nostalgia i didnt get to see the other till i was 18

[@timesfire]

Mongol General: What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[@de4531]

That is good !

[@dennisbraun5747]

This is an amazing soundtrack, and this in particular an amazing piece. Right up there with Ravel's "Bolero" for sheer carnal voluptuousness.

[@OreadNYC]

I think the composer *must* have drawn at least some inspiration from "Bolero" for this piece since there is a similar emphasis on a repeating underlying motif which is very sensual and which gradually builds in intensity.

[@alanmarsh2240]

I brought the sound track all them years ago and still listen to it when I relax love it ❤

[@chuyhighman6927]

Conan,…I will Never get tired ,…The Movie and the Soundtrack 👍🈁

[@oliveroloner5537]

an incredibly good masterpiece. I am very grateful that there are such good composers

[@monika6674]

I can't stop to move my hips with this amazing piece, i love it from the first time i heard it, one of my fave scenes of all the times, i wanted to be one of the Talsadum adepts😉

[@Mrpeppino444]

This is the sound of heaven...❤

[@georgeesquivel2517]

So this is paradise?😃👍

[@IndelibleHD]

Yes

[@sammy9103]

Or Hell

[@vee-bee-a]

​@@georgeesquivel2517A false paradise.

[@hydegent]

that's the intermezzo from Raging Bull, but this is for when the gates open!

[@williamrighter3342]

it's a great piece of music

[@comizaro2758]

I am born 1995 never saw the film but fell on this song casually . I listened this song while hiking a mountain in greece Hydra ... best moment of my life until now reaching the mountain with that song on and on ❤

[@Skye_Writer]

THANK YOU!! I have always loved this track, and thought it sounds like something that would be played at a royal ball, actually, lol! Very waltz-like.

[@yvc9]

YES!

[@snakeeyes237]

Best track on all the soundtrack, EPIC!!!

[@jamesgriffin5711]

Best soundtrack I've ever heard

[@travgpeters1]

i always play this whenever i have the urge to turn into a giant snake

[@stefanomorelli4999]

This song its pure art

[@mohatchett8001]

When this was played at a friends party we all got together and tried out a dance routine and went down a storm everybody loved it.

[@ararhmmmmm]

Really beautiful

[@Snk3Fst]

Eargasm....

[@gaetanopennino5501]

Non smetterei mai di ascoltarla chi non ama il cinema e le avventure e favole non può capire

[@bugsbane]

I'm imagining Valeria wistfully tapping her sword as she confronts a 1v2 situation - then gracefully dispatches both opponents while performing a ballet like pirohuette leap... good times.

[@huldrrrr9486]

1:42 is just gorgeous, gives me chills

[@kuribayashi84]

Ohhh! It's two out of three! We're in the black!!

[@Abstemious621]

Read a long time ago that Dino De Laurentis wanted the soundtrack of Conan to tell more of a story than the actual dialogue. I think there's merit to that statement.

[@SisterWiseConciousnessYHWH]

One of my favorite scores ❤️ Conan the Barbarian... wonderful story

[@AMortalDefiant]

I've always loved this movie, this soundtrack, and this song especially. It's such a unique piece of music. This track and "Theology/Civilization" are the two that feel "off" as they are in 3/4 time (waltzes), rather than most of the rest which is in 4/4 (standard time). It immediately tells you that this is unfamiliar for Conan, who has only know loneliness, death, and misery. The tone of this track is something I can only describe as "perverse whimsy", with the low brass suggesting a circus, the cymbals suggesting a grand Roman parade in celebration of defeating a great enemy. It's the height of spectacle and debauchery, with the airy woodwinds playful, teasing, and hiding the darkness increasingly hinted at by the brass and timpani as the song climaxes.

[@luckydogx2]

One of the finest movie soundtracks of all time!

[@amarpreetsingh7066]

I thought it was written 200...years ago by some French or European composer..... Truly very nice

[@daytonelseth6278]

I'm probably the only one whose first thought upon hearing this music is Jehnna's sacrifice and Conan vs. Bombaata. A little Destroyer love? Anyone?

[@moshedayan2810]

Yes it's the same music

[@perezmoore4333]

A great song. I never get tired of playing it.

[@8welshy]

Perfect piece of music for the scene.

[@denis5555]

What a wonderful piece of music! Thank you so much.

[@cristiancoronel8888]

Dios mio.....bella melodia...hasta yo me siento un guerrero !!!

[@vivacadamomento3512]

Amazing Song. Great Movie!!!!

[@mithrandirlannister2230]

Will play that on my next birthday party! ;-)

[@Johnlindsey289]

Mithrandír Lannister Nice avatar, you a LOTR fan?

[@mithrandirlannister2230]

***** Thank you - and yupp! (LOTR and GOT) :-)

[@Johnlindsey289]

Mithrandír Lannister You also like Jackson's versions?

[@kyleleigh3215]

I want someone to use this in their figure skating routine and see how they interpret it. The key is to listen to the music. I bet no one can do it. It can be the new "Bolero"

[@highstepperARF]

I’d rather see some figure skating to the Anvil of Crom. 🤘😬🤘

[@acla9000]

It would be wonderful for a ice skating performance.

[@slapittywapitty8173]

Skating: Good idea. Still wanna see 'em Waltz to this on DwtS or SYTYCD ;-)

[@georgefettersjr.2238]

It sounds enough like "Bolero" in the refrain (leitmotif?), that I confused the two when I was younger. Now, I think it's a brilliant homage to that piece. His brilliance does deserve exposure to a wider audience. I'd love to see an ice dance or pairs team perform to this piece. Do Anvil of Crom in the earlier rounds!

[@sammy9103]

Very beautiful & hypnotic. I'm going in a trance.

[@speedsteran]

My favorite song the scene Conan.

[@nyranstanton203]

RIP James Earl Jones

[@pathfinder44ltd]

🎼 Basil Poledouris 🎹 was one 🎵GREAT contemporary!🎻

[@adoradorsantos7613]

Estou para ver uma musica que expressa com tanta riqueza de detalhes o que se passou numa cena que eu considero um apogeu do gênero uma coisa soberba num misto de fantasia e realidade que causa assombro em quem vê !! Incrível espetacular fantastico!!!

[@forexjunkie3898]

Beautiful

[@vivacadamomento3512]

Magnific Song. Scene too!!!!!

[@efrainlopez6729]

BRAVO!!! Glad I found this

[@silviadominguez7851]

Bellísima, muchos años quise saber como se llamaba. Y volverla a escuchar. Gracias 😌

[@devlinallistair5147]

Nice little waltz

[@chinpak5720]

Unfortunately, this music will never get the credit, praise and notoriety it deserves because of its title. Sad because it is one of the most beautiful and mesmerizing pieces I have ever heard. In fact, if you told a classical music fan the title of the piece in advance, there is NO way he/she would even listen to it, never mind objectively judge. On the other hand, if you told that same person that this was a lost composition of Ravel, they would proclaim it a masterpiece.

[@hydegent]

A wonderful piece of music. In my top 5 soundtrack pieces,

[@NONPOINT420]

I love this song so much! I wish is was hours long. I'd play it all day.

[@grantib2891]

This waltz is so heady, i'm half drunk when i listen to it

[@tanishawatts6532]

I love the whole score that is composed of Conan but this one is my favourite I don't know why but it speaks to my soul

[@sunsguide6624]

Imagine hearing this when you come home and enter your 18-year-old daughters bedroom, you see an alter and your daughter wearing dark ceremonial robes, and she says in a low unearthly tone hear comes the sacrifice lol ....happened to one of my best friends ... that was some crazy shit lol

[@plottwist3364]

Crôm! This movie was awesome! Yes, kitsch at times but in the good way

[@Johnlindsey289]

Bender B. Rodriguez It does kick ass and is one of the best fantasy films ever

[@RaceWithDevil1]

Film glorioso con un cast eccezionale nel suo lavoro cosa differente dal 2o. Prodotto da delaurentis per me e' un orgoglio ke gli italiano abbiano investito in questopera. La musica? Di un altro livello la sua importanza e' fondamentale con altre musiche conan diventerebbe altro. Sono innamorato completamente e l'attrice anche pronunciando 4 frasi parla con corpo , veramente una marcia in più, mako? Muoio quando si cacasotto dopo aver evocato gli spiriti, le sue urla e gemiti di terrore mi mettono sempre una strana eufonia. Emozioni, grazie poleduris.

[@aredd92]

This is very similar to The Planets Op 32: IV. Jupiter.

[@uniprocrastination9232]

I was so confused. Just listened to an NPR radio show about the probe sent to Jupiter. They played what I thought was this song, and I thought, 'why in the hell is Conaan the Barbarian playing on NPR right now'. Thanks for answering my question - haha, it's why I came to listen to this piece. Cheers ^_^

[@richardbeaubian5157]

It does.

[@guileniam]

I don't think it does. Which part of Jupiter/ timestamp??

[@vcry51394]

I think Aaron Redd is referring to the approximately 1 minute stretch in Jupiter from about 1:40 to 2:40. They’re not exactly the same, but the two pieces are reminiscent of one another.

[@volcom05345]

I was looking for this comment. Finally!

[@jeanaubert7632]

They just played this song on the bold and beautiful soap. Unmistakable!!

[@wessexfox5197]

Truly a Wagnerian-esque epic soundtrack.

[@pattenicus]

'So, this is Paradise?'

[@FrankMiranda-v4z]

Glad my father put me on to this movie as kid thanks to him

[@ashkon916]

i like to take a puff of weed and hit the heavy bag to this song, feels like im in a movie or some shit

[@valtersoares245]

🇧🇷👏👏👏👏👏👏😂

[@beggindogs]

It's a dark waltz

[@Patriot_Eke]

This is the only movie I've seen more than The Princess Bride. It will always be epic!

[@nycebtru]

Music reminds me of my uncle Charlie masterfully whistling this instrumental 24hrs all day after my sisters and I watched this movie.. .and became one of my favorite soundtrack ..classic movie.:)

[@jaredhennessy9146]

Who would thought that hedonism was the secret to snake transformatiom?

[@shehzadkamal]

2:35 Music written and produced in 60's 70's and 80's now cannot be written and produced ever again.

[@timyrtaryn2261]

Можно назвать это произведение "Вальс Шадизара" , т. к по форме это действительно вальс , а Шадизар - это город в котором происходит действие фильма , или Шадизарский вальс - очень красивая мелодия ! Гений Бэзила Полидуриса создал такой шедевр ! ❤❤❤

[@jerrycrute1428]

This is a masterpiece on this AMAZING soundtrack. Yes, for all you music puritans, I do know it borrows heavily from Scherazade.

[@williamrighter3342]

Great piece of music