I think Maurice Jarre has got the musical score spot on. The French melody along with the strong down beat of the German march.....fantastic! The score alone tells a story without watching the film. Brilliant , brilliant brilliant ! So haunting!
Qui n'aurait pas aimé être à Paris le 25 août 1944, jour historique entre tous où l'armée française est entrée dans la ville lumière pour la libérer du joug nazi avec l'aide des résistants parisiens? Cette merveilleuse musique de Maurice Jarre exprime toute la joie et le bonheur et la gravité de ce moment unique dans notre histoire.
Great score. His work is one of the best too. Captures the feeling of the French. The movie was not liked much in America but it was not made for us.!! I am watching it now on TV with the sound up all the way! Vive la France. (spelling!! lol)
Frank Fraser 3 years ago "Great score. His work is one of the best too. Captures the feeling of the French. The movie was not liked much in America but it was not made for us.!! I am watching it now on TV with the sound up all the way! Vive la France. (spelling!! lol)" Of course, it was made for us! It was a big production with an all-star cast, but a weak screenplay that wildly exaggerated the role of the French resistance, which was de riguer at the time. But this is one of my favorite Jarre scores. No one else could have come close to what he does here. He overcomes the screenplay!
The only French film star of the time not in it was Brigitte Bardot. She was booked on other projects however. Her father was a liquid rocket fuel specialist. Would he have had to have cooperated with Germany regarding V weapons? In all liklihood, probably. Almost no one could remain aloof in the Occupation. She never appeared in any WW2 film, apart from 1 comedy. Very unusual for FRench film stars of her era. The fact that Notre Dame Cathedral had German tanks fighting right in front of it, (it's depicted in the film)and it wasn't damaged by either side, yet has been destroyed now and no one has an explanation (non-Caucasians were filmed running on the outside upper levels) is, speaks volumes that the West is under a new, self-imposed Occupation that's nothing less than Colonisation.
so sorry friend, unfortunately Paris has become Paristan now; on top of that, there is the Yellow Jacket movement every weekend; you will have to wait a little longer until this gets sorted out... signed: a French man.
The Opening scene is so powerful with the Nazis marching into Paris....just a homage to the French Resistance and the French people with their best conductor at the helm and the Paris Waltz is terrific!! Great movie as well with a star studded international cast...a real gem!!
do mesmo compositor de "Lawrence da Arábia", 'Doutor Jivago", "Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos", 'A Voz do Sangue", 'A Noite dos Generais", "O Mais Longo dos Dias" (junto com Paul Anka, autor do tema principal), 'Do Outro Lado da Vida" (mas a musica UNCHAINED MELODY é de Alex North). Um gênio da música de cinema.
Their days are numbered if they don't get off their asses. Their will be war in Europe or France and western civilization will go quietly into the night.
Back in the 60s, I tried never to miss a movie with music by Maurice Jarre. If all of the film composers in my lifetime, I have always felt that John Williams was the most grossly over-rated one and Maurice Jarre was the most grossly under-rated one. Jarre was French, and I believe that only a French composer could capture the spirit of the liberation of Paris in 1944. There is a video with the conclusion of the film on RU-vid. Both that video and this one are definitely keepers!
Les vrais français saluent et remercient votre père. Longue vie à lui. Mais s'il vous plait, ne votez plus Donald Trump, en mémoire du grand Roosevelt, le vrai grand homme d'Etat américain.
I was a teenager when I saw this film in Seattle. I only went so that I could hear Maurice Jarre's score. I was not disappointed. But, the film was not very good. The dubbing was so poor that not one of the actors appeared to be in 'lip sync'.
Beautiful score, lousy movie. The movie had a lousy script, which sought to sell viewers on the ridiculous notion that the resistance liberated Paris. We liberated Paris. The resistance killed the Gerries with kindness. The movie had too many big names hanging around with nothing of value to do. The resistance crap was a running theme in my childhood. In The Great Escape, resistance fighters kill German officers at a Parisian outdoor cafe, and save one of the only three escapees to get away in one piece, and Combat!, by far the best WWII TV series, wasted too many episodes promoting resistance fairy tales. One exception: "The Convict." The resistance story was the usual b.s., but Gilbert Roland was wonderful, in the title role.
