1959 Ben-Hur theme performed live by the John Wilson Orchestra - 2013 BBC Proms 

It IS the Greatest movie of all time!

Absolutely

Amen brother you can say that again 🙏 I'm totally with you on that 👍👍😊

He was also in Planet of the Apes, Omega Man and oh yes Soylent Green (It's people).

❤

……not only a superb actor across MANY differing roles’, but also a lovely man, married to his Univ sweetheart Lydia for 64years’…………

Amen to that

Best movie and musical score ever!

Of course very true

Very powerfull scene with awesome performances by every actor.

Part of it was the quality in the mother's (Martha Scott) voice.

Absolutely, I get a lump in my throat on that part, also when Judah lifts his dying sister into his arms. At the very end, when Judah ascends the stairs to embrace his healed and restored mother and sister, along with the glorious accompanying music, I always start weeping tears of joy, just so moved by the power and majesty of the epic I've just witnessed. My favorite movie of all time, without a doubt. It just happend to be right at the beginning on the TV at an important stage of my life, at a time when I needed the message it contains. It has also helped me through some real struggles, and I seem to get something different out of it each time. My wife bought me a nice print of the "The Creation of Adam" portion of the Sistine Chapel, shown in the opening credits for our bedroom wall.

@@TaeeshNENE agree with you it is great movie

Thanks also to the talented cast members.👍

Merci aussi à la métro goldwyn Mayer de nous avoir donné autant de grands moments de cinéma avec les plus grands films de tous les temps, Ben Hur, autant en emporte le vent, le roi des rois et bien d'autres la liste est longue !.

God bless their souls.🙏🙏🙏

Big thank you to the wonderful cast of the film who all made it so memorable. Loved it since first seeing it at the local picture theatre in 1960.

@@charliejohn1 Haya Harareet passed within the last year, so all the main cast members are gone now.

+alfredo gomez TRUE

+alfredo gomez one of the best?

+alfredo gomez 100% Agreed!

+George Steele OK there can only be one best. Are you happy now?

Absolutely, Epic, Incredibly Phenomenon al Movies and Sound track!!!!!!! (777) Praise God, Praise, Jesus Christ ..♡♡

Along with 10 commandments

I absolutely agree!

From a Director, acting, script, and music standpoint, I agree! What a classic!!!!

👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Tout à fait d’accord, Sir!

The beautiful movie and music all the times

I hear this and I see the film in my mind.

ESSA ORQUESTRA, É O FILME ❤ OUVINDO A MÚSICA, VOCÊ VE O FILME COMPLETO..😊 NÃO FALTA NADA.🌟🤩

fsbirdhouse me too. the most powerful scene in the movie for me and moved me every time I see it

I know this Man He gave me a will to live... what has He done to merit this?...

The actor that played the soldier, was not an actor by trade . William Wyler, just found him around set. Thought he looked the part. Great direction.

YOU!!! I SAID NO WATER FOR HIM!

I'm not a religious person but have to admit that scene floors me every time.

One of the longest film scores ever composed, over three hours of music. It should be listened complete, a monumental achievement.

Even more important than the superb music is what the film represents....and what Christ accomplished for us.

@@mikem6251 Mike, Ben Hur is a great story, but a story it is. The Christ story just that, most likely invented by the Romans to counter the messianic aspirations of the Jews. It is impossible to believe the Judeo-Christian story of creation and Ben Hur should be appreciated for the art it is.

@@casualobserver485 Thank you for your comment. With all due respect, it is true that the Ben Hur story/character is fiction, and taken from a novel by Lew Wallace, but the Christian faith is real, and Christ was factually the Messiah, Son of God, and Redeemer of the human race from the sin that had beset it since the fall of Adam and Eve. God has offered us, as a free gift, redemption for our sins through Christ, God Himself made incarnate in human form, and it is up to us to accept and live accordingly. Unfortunately, too many people don't.

Com certeza!❤

rockafelladw this great Miklos Roza theme from Ben Hur makes me visualize the triumph of good over evil which is so much needed in 2020.

Timeless. A monumental achievement, over three hours of superb music. It should be listened complete. Among the longest film scores ever composed.

You can listen to the whole concert "Hollywood Rhapsody Prom" . Top right in the list.

CDB8939 You may not as it has been removed because of copyright infringement.

jslasher1 The copyright claim probably was for only one or two of the themes performed, which caused the whole video to be banned. For that reason alone it is better to post the numbers separately. I myself had that problem before with a video that at some point contained the Star Wars theme, which I found to be a big no-no.

Too many great film to scores to say this one is unsurpassed. Yes, it's truly excellent, but so are many of Maurice Jarre's compositions for David Lean, Elmer Bernstein's Great Escape and several of John Williams' themes to name but a few . Some film scores are today's classics IMHO.

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Miklos Rosza is in 50~60 years greatest cinema music composer in Holywood BenHur, King of Kings, El cid..

That’s beautiful

Only Superman (1978) can come close

It is, for sure!!!

@@miamidolphinsfan Morricone's "Ecstasy of Gold" is right up there too.

+FarFed . You know what..... I cry buckets too. Its very emotional, beautiful, and soul stirring. This whole album and of course the movie is THE BOMB!!!

Hauntingly beautiful, precisely as Love is.

Agree, but I also include the score from Spellbound as one of this greatest achievements

And King of Kings

I agree.

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@@franciscoluelmo We should not forget Ivanhoe. Splendid

Michael McGill ...I know this Man..He gave me a will to live.. what has He done to merit this?...

The encounter between Ben Hur and the Christ is indeed so powerful and most definitely it touches your soul.

Easily the most powerful scene in the entire movie !!!

Loved how the Ben-Hur storyline wrapped around The Tale of the Christ. Through strange twists of Fate...

I concur 100%!!! Forgive me Theme to Superman. It was a difficult decision.

Good choice

The song of love

John Williams is undeniably the god of film music. Yet this musical work of this movie is beyond this world.

His Thief of Bagdad is even better.

you are absolutely right the greatest movie of all time. unmatched by any cinematic movie i have seen

If you can you must see Orchestra's in person; way more intense and moving than RU-vid

It was so heart warming to read that someone else was also brought to tears just listening to this classic symphony music. The movie itself remains a true classic even after so many years. Lots of love from the Holy Land.

I'm was crying while reading your post.😥

Saw this epic of a film when I was eleven, went with my mum. Happy times made me cry. X

windstorm1000 I wish I could give you 1000 thumb's up...for now I am that man....

Ben Hur is nothing short of an achievement in storytelling, and I'd argue that saying only christians would like it is a disservice to the movie.

FreshTillDeath56 he’s s newborn Christian. They’re into that kind of thing.

Yes Jesus gave us Living Water!! The world cannot give that!

Blessings from the Lord

Wow!

Sure of all time!!! Miklós Rózsa's Ben-Hur score is a miracle!!!!

Plenty of great music out there. From glory to dances with wolves to big country and Tora Tora Tora and Patton. Lots of epic grand music.

+FriendofRamblinJack One of the interesting things about what you write is that Rozsa, who wrote some of the most beautiful Christian-themed music in Hollywood history, was not a Christian, but a Jew. In fact, when one looks at the history of ancient Roman times---as told through Hollywood eyes, much of the beautiful Christian music was written by great Jewish composers. Rozsa wrote "Ben-Hur" and "Quo Vadis." Alfred Newman wrote "The Robe" and three very non-Roman, but related Christian themed films, "The Egyptian" (with another Jewish composer, Bernard Herrmann), "A Man Called Peter" and "The Song of Bernadette." Franz Waxman, who was beaten on a Berlin street for being Jewish, escaped from Naziism to write the scores for "The Silver Chalice" and the beautiful"The Nun's Story." I don't know if these men were particularly observant in the Jewish faith, but they were forgiving in their professionalism, considering the way Christians have often treated Jewish people.

Mr. Snyder, I just now saw your comment here. I am a child of the mid 50s, sir, so I am very aware of classics in all forms, Hollywood, composers, etc. I've seen many times all the pictures you stated, my favourite being Ben Hur. Having said that, one could also reply, in regards to your last statement, that Christian American Military Armed Forces could still harbor a grudge against the Israeli people and government for the deliberate attack causing the death of many sailors aboard the USS LIBERTY. HOWEVER, being a follower of Jesus Christ and a devout born-again Bible-adherent Christian, we love Israel and we stand with Israel as God Almighty YHWH commanded us, we forgive and we ask forgiveness. Having said all that, I was just telling my husband last night watching THE ROBE again for the umpeenth time, "Honey, look at how much beautiful music ever composed came from our Jewish brothers and sisters!" God bless you, Mr. Snyder. -- US COAST GUARD MOM, aka Friend of Ramblin Jack Elliott

Greatest movie composer

The real MAESTRO.

凄いスケールだった。

Amen

@@billdutnall5311 That's Williams.

فیلمهای خارجی

Amén!

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Es que es un relato de Cristo.

Sin duda, Ben Hur es una gran lección de arte y calidad para el Hollywood de ahora.

@@marielavargas4657 11 Oscars!!!

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Your story is lovely. To have seen (and listened to) the roadshow print of Ben-Hur is a memory you'll keep until your last day. Its unique image quality was achieved by the amazingly sharp MGM Camera 65, which had an enormous size and was equivalent to the SuperPanavision 70mm format popular during the Sixties. The Camera 65 tested successfully on MGMs 'Raintree County' (1957), and therefore the studio decided to use it for Ben-Hur. Such a phenomenal sharpness is best appreciated in the 50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition (in the Valley of the Lepers first scene diminutive lizards are clearly seen running on the rocks, downwards right). It's worthwhile to check the only available (I believe) image of MGMs Camera 65 on IMDb, took by my mother while on location in Rome. She was an extra, one of the posh Roman ladies seated beside Pilate when Ben-Hur is crowned ''as their God''.

What are the other two?

Is the best film of all time

@@charliejohn1 Lawrence of Arabia probably another

El cid

I think you are right.

zetrone100 Agreed

John Russell In this line of GREATNESS consider what was said about the two main chararters direction. Either Heston or Boyd was told by the director that their relationship as boys had an element of homosexuality.........only one of the two actors was told this. Then look closely at the interaction when they meet as men in this movie!!!! You will then know where the enigmstic facial expressions came from at this meeting.

***** Is that what it was? I thought it a directorial technic.

it was very clever of Wyler to do this--great film memory! and of course the romance on one side adds resonance to what happens later in film and a possible reason why of jealousy, etc. (and trying to destroy the thing one loves)