Theme from The Magnificent Seven | The Orchestra at Temple Square

The Orchestra at Temple Square performs "The Theme from Magnificent Seven" (Magnificent Seven) by Elmer Bernstein, during the 2015 Pioneer Day concert.
2015 Pioneer Day Concert.

[@georgestancliffe9204]

The BEST "western" movie score ever written.

[@garymorris1856]

I agree, it is a very stirring piece of music !

[@dennispearson9287]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 👍👍👍....

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

Totally agree! My favorite western of all time! Love Yul Brynner!

[@mountainman5216]

For one of the best movies of all time!

[@mrlaw711]

Arguably the best film score ever written, western or otherwise.

[@2011littlejohn1]

The coolest western ever made - it was the dialogue and the cast which made it so good even the bad guys had great lines. This superb theme was the icing on the cake.

[@wrecker105]

Movies and soundtracks like this are long gone.new movies have no soul.soundtracks like this ignite feeling inside your soul.long live the classics.may we enjoy these forever...

[@robertfager7028]

Westerns of this time had great themes and great scenery.

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

So authentic to the American West that they had to shake the trail dust out of the sheet music to perform it. Wonderful!

[@echo1216]

Awesome comment!!!

[@ms.annthrope415]

I was driving across Wyoming about 14 years ago. Came across a great area near Buffalo Bill Reservoir. I had this song on the The Magnificent Seven soundtrack so I plugged it into my car's CD player and cranked it up. Wonderful feeling of the wild open west in both scenery and sound.

[@AutoBots1979-SPRB]

Nice Experience

[@kathrynhathaway5145]

A perfect drive

[@marshallmoore4275]

What a stunning piece of music ! Performed flawlessly by this amazing group of musicians. Goosebumps

[@edpetrovski6640]

Magnificent. Probably the best western movie theme ever.

[@SuperBeachbum74]

The Good, the Bad and The Ugly is 2nd !

[@justindanickatyme8645]

The producers told Bernstein that they needed a score that softened the passive effect of men just riding around on horseback. Bernstein gave us this quick-paced masterpiece and this arrangement, played by one the absolutely great orchestras in the world is deep, rich and has some bottom depth. Thanks for this vid. Indeed, this piece is breathless.

[@terrybird8430]

Thank you so much our American cousins, tears flowed, magnificent performance. Terry Bird, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.

[@genewakefield1814]

Funny how borders disappear with great music. Spectacular.

[@sheilahogan8703]

I feel very honored to just listen to them play

[@Wired4Life2]

This theme is the *one* thing The Magnificent Seven undeniably has on Seven Samurai (whose score ain't shabby itself).

[@j.sixofhearts6828]

Watching the musicians and seeing how all the parts came together to create this masterpiece was amazing . My favorite movie theme song of all time just got better . Thank you for posting .

[@dextergraffis9625]

This is the finest performance of this song ever! The timing, harmonics and notes are absolutely perfect and beautiful! There are few performances that I wish I could have experienced in person and this is at the top of that one-in-a-lifetime list. Superb performance!!!!!!

[@dennispearson9287]

After A COPELAND Like Introduction , Bernstein Swiftly Establishes HIS OWN Voice With THE GREATEST WESTERN THEME OF ALL TIME !!! Let's Face IT !! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOUND MORE WESTERN THAN THIS !! Yippie Yo Hi Yeh !!! GO WEST YOUNG MAN !!!.....

[@farmmama7234]

No words can express how much I love this orchestra!!!!

[@sharonterao9613]

They are so Awusome and so is the Choir!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@pastorart1974]

In 1971 I was transferred to the USS Henry B. Wilson, DDG-7. Can anyone guess the nickname our ship had? We were commissioned in 1960! Whenever we did anything really cool this was the music we played on the 1MC. 49 years later I still love this music. This is one of the best versions of it I have ever heard.

[@maulroller5497]

Three years late but, Thank you for your service sir!

[@pamela1952]

Remember seeing this great film when I was 10 (55 years ago) and loved every second of it , still do .The soundtrack has always been my favourite ..

[@mammwc630]

Right with you on that - same age for me and quality of film & soundtrack continues as masterpieces.

[@richfromboston]

me too. gives me the chills

[@smpadda]

Exactly my age when I saw it at the theater. It knocked me over!

[@larrycork49]

My friends and I went on a Saturday and sat through three showings! 😆

[@clutch4t4]

Me too, at the drive-in in Grand Junction Colorado in the old 57 Ford station wagon. I was 10, too.

[@ayokunleonipede1623]

This definitely goes into my bucketlist- to see the Mormon Orchestra next time I visit Salt Lake City

[@kennymorrow3561]

There are no words to express how i feel looking at the conductor and the orchestra pull this all together.

[@roxstorm2227]

Magnificent

[@spacecoyote909]

This brought tears to my eyes! And, when it was over, I stood up and applauded.

[@redbear5979]

Elmer would be/is proud! Excellent performance!

[@garrettbrown3322]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PERFORMANCE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERN THEMES. I get goosebumps and tears come to my eyes and I relish in the aural delight, why? Why do I cry? Is it the memory of my lost youth? Is it the memory of my mother taking me to the cinema to see this in 1961/62? Whatever is is, I get the most beautiful feeling inside as I absorb this masterpiece into every fibre of my being.

[@SuperBeachbum74]

Memories of my parents taking me to see this too with my brother and sister !

[@mthirugnana]

This is mind blowing. What a performance and what a Masterful composition! Thanks for sharing.

[@gregaudrain1185]

This is one that makes your eyes tear up. A great theme by a great composer for a great movie. The trifecta

[@fredgarcia5262]

Don't forget to hear the theme from "The Big Country". Magnificent as well!!

[@eddiemuff0371]

Just Magnificent

[@eddiemuff0371]

Thanks classical FM

[@Lost1inDetroit]

Time seven!!!!

[@tlhoward5655]

Great theme, great performance, great movie.

[@5brosn1chick]

This orchestra can do anything.

[@baileyreport.]

They're pretty good, but they're not a virtuoso philharmonic orchestra.

[@kathywoloszyk5055]

This kind of music fills my soul.

[@kennethedgar2933]

know what you mean

[@MariaNavarro-di7ee]

Amen

[@anare4333]

I agree with you! Totally!

[@igorkrajina5942]

this, the comancheros and hallelujah trail, the man was a genius

[@montero0987]

This performance leaves me breathless.

[@josephmahoney3142]

Manny Boy

[@sallyi3807]

Manny Boy

[@Mari-cf3rm]

me too!! my dream is to become a professional violinist and to be in one of those huge orchestras!!.

[@go-goakins1489]

Manny Boy well said I agree 300percent

[@randywestfall1679]

It was the theme for the Magnificent Seven several years before it was made into a Marlboro commercial.

[@toyman9642]

It matters not if one has religious beliefs, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra are wonderful. Beautiful music.

[@MrWhatnext]

Simply put ....... Outstanding

[@docmickey1216]

A-MEN!!! NOT ONLY IS IT THE ABSOLUTE BEST WESTERN THEME SONG EVER RECORDED BUT THE MOVIE "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER FILMED!!! DOC

[@prasidhr]

Makes the spirit soar...Beautiful!

[@donnakapple2379]

This is what a TEAM is! Scores of people, each doing something individually that results in something awesome as a whole :) Beautiful.

[@edwardhart5564]

Great music from a great film one of the best.

[@truthcantbesilenced4533]

This post may be more beautiful than the thing it's describing. Congrats.

[@Gloria0449]

I think of this piece as we drive across the plains twice a year. Beautiful in spring and in summer.

[@doonsbury9656]

+ Truth can't be silenced......I was thinking of how I could word my praise of this post......I'm afraid you summed it up more eloquently than I could have done....Gongrats indeed! The music is beautiful, but as you said, so is the post!

[@jimtuzz7819]

fantastic. need I say more? they don"t make em like this anymore!

[@kitcarson7987]

To make people clap like that must be one he'll of a feeling of pride of the highest level

[@saludhispana2527]

I Love that Soundtrack!!!

[@mikephelps1854]

One of the best movie themes ever, this performance is outstanding, really touches me.

[@cperkins172]

What a beautiful piece of music. Elmer Bernstein was a genius for creating this! I grew up in reggae country but absolutely love it.

[@RealDapperDude]

WHERE'S MY VOLUME CONTROL??!! DANG, I CAN'T GET IT LOUDER!! I want it to fill my ears and brain, it's such a magnificent arrangement, more like a short version of the suite. I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!

[@robertrighetti6478]

An all time incredible classic of western film music done to perfection by the Temple Square Orchestra! Bravo!

[@sobojetty]

This music is deathless. Thank you Elmer Bernstein.

[@KMN-bg3yu]

A flawless performance of such an unforgettable theme, still sends a shiver down my spine

[@Loosehead]

The first few bars, before the main theme strikes up, is my favourite part.

[@Doc_Tar]

I can't think of a better use of a full orchestra. Themes from Western are the best and this one is magnificant.

[@mahmouda.hassan.469]

I remember watching the film when i was a kid . I'm 54 now. I watch both films 1964 and 2016.

[@caragray7010]

What a honour to be in that audience, amazing music a brilliant film with truely great actors, name seven order actors that could play those parts today in 2020, you can't bronson, mc Queen, and yul, they don't make them like that anymore. Rip legends your likes will never ride against.

[@mr.MarvintheMartian]

If I close my eyes and just listen to this I can visualize in my mind the Magnificent Seven riding across the plains. Such a Grand piece of music that perfectly fits this movie. Music Score hit a bulls eye with this ‘Magnificent’ Western.

[@josephmacalanggan1993]

i've seen this movie when i was 11 yrs old, i love the cowboy scenery, specially the gunfight rinding in a horse, and the actor are the best, charles bronson, steve mcqueen, yul bryner and the others, what a great movie, and a great theme song specially with the orchestra playing...I really..really love this piece.....

[@annkeefe985]

Incredible rendition, bravo Timeless

[@daled6216]

Fantastic peice of music.. bring back the magnificent seven they will sort out this covid in no time

[@sheilahogan8703]

This group of the most talanted musicians are outstanding my words cant enough about this orchestra. BEAUTIFUL SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL 🎉😊❤❤❤

[@sthpac69]

I've never commented here but this has got to be my 50th time looking at this orchestra playing the best western ever. The firt time i went to a movie, this was the movie at the Lindell show on Grand ave. in St Louis Missouri in 1960, i was ten years old. I believe my neighbor took her children (my friends), and she ask my mother could i go. My mother said yes and told me i needed some money, she gave me $1.00. That dollar got me in the movie and it also got me a box of popcorn and a piece of candy. I love this tune, this is the first tune to introduce me to an orchestra. I found this because i was looking for an orchestra playing the "theme from a summer place" by Percy Faith.

[@pikedagger]

Every single time I hear this it reminds me of sitting with my Grandpa watching the original movie and hearing this tune. Great memories.

[@craigk3094]

One of the greatest theme songs of all time. I wish we had played it when I was in the band in High School.

[@michaelleonardis1540]

When it was in the theater, my older brother and I were taken to the theater by our Dad. I've never forgotten that. Till this day I watch it at least once a year. Great movie. As we got older . At the drive -in we saw the good, the bad ,the ugly. Now that was a great music score also. Two fantastic movies.

[@thomasworkman3499]

Greatest names have performed this fabulous number. Your orchestra is up there with the very best. Bravo performance

[@matthewhilgeford390]

This performance leaves me breathless. It does me to, breathless.

[@billybaston2420]

Love Eli Wallach , this music played when the “bad “ came riding into the village- McQueen, Bronson , Coburn 👍Ok

[@sofiadorrell99]

OBSESSED WITH THIS

[@TheBeNimble]

Me too... It's such a dynamic theme. I could even see it used to sell cigarettes... ;)

[@richardolson1976]

You are not the only one 😂, my friend

[@michaelchapman8399]

Me 2

[@joshuajared100]

Magnificent!

[@craigk3094]

Got got thru watching all 4 Magnificent Seven movies this past weekend. Positively one of the BEST theme songs ever composed. Incredible mind to have come up with it.

[@golfermonty1]

Truly magnificent!

[@yamadamichael2152]

Wonderful! I recall my excitement when I saw this movie for the first time on TV in Japan. I was 13. The Big Country, The Great Escape, all sounded similar to each other and all of them were great movies. I fell in love with everything American.

[@jayanthony3006]

Amazing! One of the best western themes ever in my opinion!

[@hudsonbailey674]

Even when I'm listening, I'm dancing to the mystery of this orchestra.

[@hongquangtrieu3120]

So wonderful

[@MrFreshbreeze50EnjoyLife]

This performance of a wonderful song just made the world brighter. Think I'll watch the movie for about the 50th time tonight. One of my top three favorite movies, and this music is a great part of it.

[@tornadopap]

I totally agree with Jeremy Spicer on this being one of if not the greatest music pieces ever recorded and the Temple Square Orchestra sure did it justice. Thumbs Up!!!

[@sharonterao9613]

The morman tabernacle choir is a group of amazing talanted musicians by far no one can out do them! Truly truly MAGNIFICENT!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@richardlandis793]

I am always in awe at the talent needed to write orchestral music. I have loved this piece from the first time I saw the movie many years ago. Well done.

[@MORE1500]

I fantasize listening to this as I'm riding my Appaloosa on the great plains of Nebraska.

[@alanfoster2271]

Ride like the wind!

[@go-goakins1489]

MORE1500 cool visual

[@rosscollingwood5189]

Mind if I ride along?

[@JDMatthias]

Now I'm envisioning you through fields of corn

[@mariosmanesis5644]

one of the best themes ever, thanks

[@DTurner-fu6sd]

Wow! What a performance! One of the best western themes of all time, too!

[@donnellkirchner4806]

Great theme song from one of the best westerns ever made

[@rosscollingwood5189]

No argument here!

[@kendallsquare4726]

YEP, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!

[@Nigel1505]

Here Here

[@TheDiego347]

Absolutely!

[@MrBooRadly]

agree best western ever made

[@historymajor26]

I absolutely love instrumental western music, and this beats all I've ever heard before!

[@doughboyloop1780]

Movie scores are the symphonies of our time. What a gift!

[@allshell]

Words cannot express how amazing this is leaves you breathless.

[@jimbooth3]

I've enjoyed movie themes for sixty years but gave little thought about the 'work' involved in bringing them to the public. I have a whole new respect for all the many artists involved.

[@marcominelli2578]

Beautiful songs and a historic film. Thank You Bernstein.

[@LeeFred78]

Classic western music. A few years ago I made a musical slideshow for a year review of our family. This is the music I used when I had a portion that was related to western living (we live in AZ).

[@carolgarabedian01]

One of my favorite themes of all time.

[@paulom.harada7826]

Saudade, Brazil... Minha infância, meus sonhos... Wonderful music!!!

[@jwa718]

A composition for which the words CinemaScope and Technicolor were created! Great hearing it once again!

[@toyman9642]

Definitely in the top five movie themes.

[@oferbarsadeh2920]

such an amazing piece of television directing i have never seen!!

[@maureen1938]

a super version of this great music.

[@cindygoldie2758]

absolutely beautiful .epic magmificent AMORE timeless

[@davidperezjr.4248]

Beautiful music for one of my favorite westerns ever made I saw this gift of a gem with my father at the State theatre in Bay City, Tx in 1960 back when going 2 a movie was a treat at 40 cents a box of popcorn set u back 15 cents and a large rootbeer 20 cents those days r gone 4ever that same yr me my parents we saw physco and in 62 at the same theatre my father and I went and saw another Hollywood gem with Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn, The Guns of Navarone thank u God JEHOVA 4 those precious memories I will carry 2 the grave.

[@Biber0315]

This piece never fails to brighten my day!

[@satishgupta9074]

Brought back 40 yrs ....memories lane of youth....when I saw the movie.

[@roliman55]

Elmer Bernstein wrote the "Most Well Known Film Score" in Movie History. Billions of People Have Heard It. It has been 58 years. It is Still The Best! I was five years old when it was released in 1960. There Has Never Been Anything Before- Or Since -To Take It's Place In My Heart. It Is So Awesome! Absolutely Incomparable. Wonderfully and Utterly Pure Genius! The Greatest Western Film Of ALL TIME.

[@JohnUSA7]

Excellent arrangement and fantastically played. Bravo.

[@KevCooperman]

all of you are outstanding. well done x

[@ericschwab409]

Fantastic job! Wow what a theme! This really takes me back to the first time I ever saw the movie. I watch it almost every time it airs.......

[@garryconley]

This is got to be considered a peace of classical music.When Elmer Bernstein wrote this song it is a song that I have liked for years since it was used in the movie. The orchestra was great.

[@jesss1661]

LOVE THIS!! It never gets old even if u listened to this song 10 times without a pause!

[@davidsaccente7837]

Absolutely beautiful piece of music. At the age of seventy one it’s still my favorite song and movie

[@sbchoudhuryable]

I remember listening to this piece when I was very little! Love this composition so much, it makes me want to dance to it! 💖😊

[@richardolson1976]

Shreya Choudhury You should be dancing too it. 😉😋😂😁

[@davidsewellclarke4997]

Great film , Great actors , Great music . Perfectly performed here .

[@chrisadams144]

Pure cool movie, great great music, 7 magnificent stars, it is one of my favourite films, even use it as a ring tone.