I loved loved loved loved watching him conduct. So passionate. So generous. I’m grateful to my parents for having his music on constantly when I was a child. I was 13 when LH was out. I loved it then and love it now. The critics never swayed me. I know it’s not perfect. I love it for what it is. And isn’t.
Beautiful Burt Bacharach - thanks for the joy of your music! I saw this movie when I was 7 years old and never forgot it, especially this song. So wonderful to see him rehearsing with the children. What incredible joy he brought to his work - no wonder all his songs continue to make people happy decades on. RIP BB
Like all Burt Bacharach songs, it is full of weird chromatics (Eb - Cb - Gm - Fm - G7) tough skips (perfect 4th from "No-Bod-y Knows). No one ever claimed Burt wrote easy songs for singers, but they were great to listen to,
@@cscarson8798 He even talks about that in his videos. He points out how he made Dionne Warwick jump an octave and a 4th in one of his songs. He writes (wrote) music the way piano players write music, not the way singers write music. With all of that being said, I LOVE his music.
My name is Diana Lee and I’m retired from a busy and blessed studio singing career, a highlight of which was singing this wonderful song for the actress Liv Ullman, along with her other songs in the film. Burt and Hal were treasures to work with and fully supported me, same with Ms. Ullmann. Great memories, from 1972.
The dubbing for both Ullmann and Finch is spot on and beautiful. Lost Horizon came out at a time when "old Hollywood" was being rejected by critics for the new edgy era of filmmaking that EASY RIDER ushered in. Non the less, it's a lavish film, handsomely crafted with a wonderful score. The music is what I like best about LH. The film has legs.
@@cscarson8798 Thanks! It was a wonderful experience. And for the record….Finch was dubbed by my ex husband, Jerry Whitman and I agree, he did an awesome job, approached it the way an actor-singer would, so it was very believable. I loved the duet, I Might Frighten Her Away and how it was filmed.
Truly Blessed you are! We are all blessed to walk the planet during Burt's tenure. Thanks for sharing your voice for everyone to enjoy. Such an uplifting song and movie. One can only feel good listening to this and watching the movie. Something that WOEFULLY missing today.
Quedé atrapado en el amor por la música de Burt Bacharach, desde el primer instante que la escuché. En especial, la música de esta maravillosa película me trae muchísimos recuerdos de mi infancia. Bella, llena de mensajes positivos y extraordinariamente detonadora de sensaciones. Amo la música de Burt Bacharach y siempre lo haré. Descanse en paz el gran maestro que llenó el mundo con su incomparable talento. El compositor con pinta de galán de cine.
I’m doing the same on piano, and you’re absolutely right. If you haven’t done so, check out his title track for after the fox. On the surface, it seems like a silly, frothy cartoon song. But there are equally amazing chord changes, with an unusual modulation from the verse to the chorus. and Bacharach’s genius makes it work perfectly.
@@cameronladd1788 Hi, Cameron. I have been listening to 'After The Fox. I am 65 years old and had never heard of it or the theme tune! What a fascinating and quirky piece of music! At 15 sec. and again later, I particularly like the A minor chord going to the F seventh chord, with an added 9th - and possibly something else as well...? Wonderful stuff!
@@debbiebrett6689 at first, I thought it was may be a bit too quirky, but then it grew on me. I have to go out on the road for a while, but maybe when I get a chance, I’ll send you the chord progressions as I hear it. Very original and effective.
The choir girl in 2:03 is Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills, the American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island, six siblings noted for performing professionally and singing harmonies at an early age, later with their mother.
From the moment I watched 'Lost Horizon' with the children singing this beautiful song I knew I would always love it and go back to the movie throughout my adult life too.
@@malucouttolenc3345 Bullies Bully other people because they see in the other person the thing they can't recognize in themselves that they don't like.
Yea, Americans were to enamored with garbage like The Exorcist, The Day of the Jackal, Badlands, Serpico and Magnum Force. Lost Horizon was too uplifting for us.
There was a TV Show, that I watched in my childhood that was "Bacharach form Shangri-La" or something like that. I would love to see it again. Anyone knows about that show? I remember the fifth dimension was on it, and Bobby Van.
Wait! Burt! Burt!!! How did these African American folks get into shangri-la?? Are they the cleanup crew? There were none living there from what I could see.
This was the project that killed the Bacharach/David partnership - and it wasn’t even that good. But cracks in the seemingly impenetrable foundation had been been forming for years, dating back to “Promises, Promises “. It was such a loss.
Many of his songs were very complicated. My favorite Anyone Who Had A Heart is a very difficult song to sing- even Kelly Clarkson turned it down when she was competing on Idol.
That girl in red at the right really got what he was looking for... you could see she felt the whole song I really hope she went on for a future in music 🤞 anyone know if she did?
This clip actually appeared on a tv special in the early seventies. I saw it then as a child and wished I could've been one of the children that got to be there. As usual with folks in my age bracket, our thing to say now is "I remember it like yesterday". I really do, though.
This song can’t simply be categorized as “children’s music,” though it does fit that bill. The magical chromatic melody, those varying-length melodic lines over sophisticated chord progressions, it's all triumphantly BACHARACH. And kudos to Hal David for his lyrics about circles, reverse impressions,, yin/yang, and so on. And what an unexpected treat to see that Bacharach is being interviewed by Rex Harrison! Now I’m hearing “why can’t English teach their children how to speak…”
What are you smoking? it's a 180 degree opposite and wonderful with the with the in studio girls. You have some bazarre social hang up thing going on. How old are you? Robert at 69.
@@bobmalack481 Sorry, bub, I need a translator. If you're trying to say something I'd try and make it a little clearer. I don't smoke anything but I do have this marvelous invention called an opinion. Apparently, you have it, too. I don't understand what you mean by bizarre (spell it correctly) social hang up thing - what does a single word of my one sentence post have to do with social hang-ups. What does my age have to do with the price of kumquats? Let's just say this: Older than you. And since Bacharach praised to the skies a little project I did involving him, well, you know...
Your about the only one here with a negative review here, whats not to like? You come off as a narcicist. Your likely a disjointed liberal millinial or at at best a Gen'xer, which is not much of an improvement. @@haineshisway
Your about the only 1 to post a negative review here. Whats not to like? A 'Staged' presentation as in phony and, or it's recorded? You come off as a narcisist. You must be a progressive millinial or gen'xer at best. You must be the Thomas Crooks of U-tube reviewers. @@haineshisway