@@mariaislam9390 ''Aguirre: The Wrath of God'' by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinsky, different story but same dry cool style, great film really. Try this one, you'll thank me :-)
One of those movies that seems obscure and maddening at first glance. Then it burrows into your subconscious and you can't stop thinking about it. "Waiting a million years... just for us."
That line is especially poignant when you learn about the history of Hanging Rock. It's sacred to the Aboriginal people of Australia who have been living around it for over 26000 years. That's more than a tenth of the time modern humans have existed. We aren't even completely sure of its true name because that knowledge has been violently suppressed. But these girls don't know any of that, to them it's just a picnic spot. Or maybe they do know, and just don't care.
When I saw the movie I was 19. Now I'm 65. It has the same fascination. The flute of Pan Is by the same Roumanian author. Beacause we are in the same atmosphere of mysteries & magic. He fled from Paris for fear of heavy taxation. Now he Is back to Romania, to the country of Pan.
@D.W I used to go rock climbing there in the eighties even then being there used to give me the shivering creeps and back then i have never seen the movie .
@@addamr2052 Were the shiverring creeps because you had heard about the place having some strange energy beforehand, or you just legitimately got the creeps with no previous knowledge of the area?? What did it feel like there (like, in more detail, how was it creepy)?? I've always had the desire to visit and climb there, that's cool that you got to do that :).
@@RMND424 I remember my parents taking me to the rock when I was little. I hadn’t seen the movie. I was about 9. I refused to climb it. I just was creeped out. Something always made me feel like we were being watched from the forest.
The 2018 TV series is an adaptation of the book, not a remake of Peter Weir's film. Books get adapted over and over again -- especially classics -- and this is no different. While I agree Weir's film is a masterpiece and will never be bettered, there's no reason why adaptations can't exist. I can think of examples where a new adaptation betters an earlier film -- the Coens' adaptation of True Grit is such an example. You're under no obligation to watch an version you are not interested in.
This music haunted me as a child in some strange way, spooky and yet so beautiful at the same time, I use to dream about this after seeing it, this piece of music never left my mind. 🙏
@@XanSprouse I am not hearing the correlation you are trying to connect together...this beautiful song /music is about unknown things...not suicide which! is far from beautiful or romantic unless you are a moron and/or Judas...maybe its for people before you, just a normal person that enjoys beautiful music without your destructive connotations hoisted upon it...but then maybe it is for me to hoist upon you what you think is yours alone to hoist.
mar bo Well, Replican7 started out by quoting Miranda. So I decided to also quote Miranda from the same scene. This is my favorite novel and I’ve read it about 50 times, and I’ve seen the movie quite a few times as well. The quote isn’t about suicide, it’s about Miranda’s ethereal and mysterious nature and how she seems to know that she will soon disappear without a trace. But sure, call me a moron because I’m quoting the movie/novel that we were discussing. It frankly says more about you than it does me.
The combination of pan pipes and organ is inspirational. Nothing else is needed to create such a mysterious, spooky and dreamy atmosphere. Why can't we have films like this anymore?
I agree though I doubt they could make a movie like this anymore I saw the remake and please excuse my French but it was utter shit! Some movies such as this classic should be left well alone!
@@Musicologist-61 was that the tv series? i wasnt moved by that either!! Miranda should have been a beautiful, blonde girl, with more to her character than was portrayed by the actress. Maybe im still mesmerized by the wonderful Miss Lambert's performance & beauty! .
Zamfir's song is part of a Romanian folk songs genre named "DOINA". It is the music of the Romanian peasants and shepherds, sung usually in solitude and on a deep melancholic note. Its themes are longing (DOR in Romanian; see also my first name), dissapointment in love, revolt for unjustice.
Pure genius, melding Romanian folk music, the doina, with a film set on the other side of the word, Australia of 1900. The girls are gorgeous and lively yet the music tells us something awfully sad and tragic is happening. Such is the impact of the music and scenery that it stays with you forever.
The first time i heard this strange and intense music as my father had drunk to much and he danced with himself infront of the stereo. He looked, as he was in a happy easy mood, but through his eyes i also saw a sad and lonely bitternes that invited me to join his dance. I never will forget this moment. This was 40 years ago.
Its very interesting that Lady Joan Lindsay wrote this in the winter of 1966, a few months after the 3 Beaumont children disappeared??? And its even more interesting how Rachel, Andrew and Ruth McIntyre say that they are buried or more to the point, dropped in a sink hole in caves, on their fathers property at Stansbury???
One of the most unforgettable pieces of music I have ever heard. Picnic At Hanging Rock would not have been the same without it, This musc fit the movie perfectly,
Truly one of the most amazing, haunting pieces of film music ever composed. It is a perfect match for this wonderful and enigmatic film, and enhances the air of mystery and unseen forces at play in the dramatic landscape. Unforgettable and timeless. An all time favourite film of mine which you could watch over and over and never tire of watching, or just listening to the beautiful soundtrack.
born in 66, the first movie i went to see on my own, when it first came out. dont know why, but the movie and this tune has stayed with me. this still, after all these years still has the power to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, BIG TIME
One of the best movies from Australia ever, not to mention the music and the cast. Composer Bruce Smeaton also deserves a mention here as he composed the very effective and great theme for the ascention sequence when some of the girls begin their last journey. A true gem as is to me Weir's The Last Wave with phenomenal music score by Charles Wain.
The ascent music is amazingly haunting as well. Peter Weir also incorporated maybe the most beautiful piece of music ever written, Beethoven's 5th Piano concerto 2 movement.
This music, so many years ago, started my love of the panflute (nai), and of Romanian folk music. Many years later, and after meeting up with a group of Romanian musicians, I acquired a panflute and now thoroughly enjoy playing it and Romanian folk music in particular. Unfortunately, not everyone likes it!
Almost can't speak of magic such as this. It's so precious and intangible, that to bring it from the ethereal to the physical world by even spoken word is enough to break the spell. It must be felt alone and acknowledged within yourself with what you already know to be true. I'll say this; I'm VERY glad I was alive in the 70's.
Memories of haunting soundtrack through my teenage years, bought the original soundtrack with original organist, loved the haunting yet magical sounds, eventually visited Mt Macedon and around the Grampians
I will always think of this piece of music, of which one was a piece of Romanian music , which some years later was my dear wife, a Romanian, Marta McElroy.
I've really enjoyed reading the comments by the RU-vid community to this piece of music, and their thoughts on the film. To me this film and music create a feeling I can't explain... just like the missing girls! I can't explain what is really happening! When you truly think about it, can any of us ....!
Absolutely THE finest meld of vision and audio ever to come out of Australia... bar none...Stunning cinematography.... haunting soundtrack,start to finish.... all this 20 or 30 years before the "computer generated" crap started oozing into every cinema worldwide.... This film is a true MASTERPIECE.... enough said...thats me done....
It chilled me as a child I didn’t like it yet was attracted to it like walking to the edge of a cliff it’s haunted almost deathly but soulful Like a requiem
Just finished watching the movie. One of the most heavenly and emotional experiences I have ever had with a film. The soundtrack helped. But that's all over now...
Used to live near the Rock. One time we went up there and I took dozens of photos on the digital camera. Not one from the actual rock saved to the card. The shots before and after did just fine.
Amazing how many people are still drawn to this music and the movie. The most mesmerising, haunting and atmospheric piece of cinema/music. I have similar feelings about Bladerunner and Vangelis soundtrack.
I remember Hanging Rock as a child late 60's early 70's. It was beautiful then. It hadn't been turned into a tourist attraction so there was no glass and chrome souvenir shops. There was no fancy car park made of tarmac and white lines and parking fees. Just a dirt track and a parking area. You could have your own picnic in peace. It was beautiful then. Tourism has destroyed these wonderful places sadly.
The soundtrack that coats the sub conscience with its eluvian spell and leaves the listener totally enraptured , allied to the movie it becomes like a maze easy to stumble into yet impossible to escape from ,and given Miranda may be hidden somewhere inside , who would even wish to.
70s, I was 14 and this film, this extraordinary music and this incredibly beautiful girl flashed me. I have never forgotten any of it and today I see this face in which EVERYTHING can be read and I hear this music again. Goose bumps.
There are some amazing comments on this video and yours is one of my favorites. It's nice to know there are others who understand the power of great music.
@@lucylovic Maybe because this particular section of the soundtrack is actually Romanian folk music ( Doina "Sus pe culmea dealului" ) interpreted by a Romanian artist ???
The high note at 8:45 makes my heart stop beating for a little while, it create chaos in my soul. This atmosphere, what, what is this? I can't...I'm in heaven... If you guys know another song like this song, recommend me please...
that happen becasue you old with weak heart. You should only listen to soft boring music like religious songs. Old people make me sick. Always complaining about their ailments. Well guess what, nobody cares.
I saw this movie when I was 15 years old. Till now, I have not seen a movie capture my attention like this one and I am 33 now. This is by far the most mesmerizing tune I have heard. Zamfir is brilliant. This music made the movie even more mysterious. I was in love with Miranda (played by Anne Lambert). She is such a heart breaker and it's such a sad and haunting story.
Haunting tune never to be forgotten... Very easy dippiction of higher notes with lower. Resolution of lower notes enhances the magic of weaving it thru the primitive flute. Magic pure Magic!!!
A classic for Peter Weir!, And if there was a piece of music written for anyone then surely this was written with Ann Louis Lambert in mind! The Botticelli Angel.
The music I found for Peter Weir and Hal, my twin brother and fellow Producer, was a deeply satisfying time in 1975. Also the good fortune was to meet and marry a Romanian woman.
Disturbing movie, and eerie score: about the mystery of how the young girls disappear. It's about the flight from reality--our search for paradise. We all of us are in danger of losing our lives in the quest for paradise. The excitement of non-being. No-wheres-ville.
As an addict of over 20 years, yes, yes they do (underestimate the pleasures that come with addiction, that is). Off to get morphine tomorrow. Lovely stuff, especially when taken with great music like this
Renata Dejong Why? I have a lovely little house, a great kid, 2 awesome cats, my own car & motorbike, a job that allows me to make allowances for my mental health, added to which I am a chronic pain patient, so I am always going to be somewhat physically dependent. My biggest issue is my BPII and GAD which, ironically, is actually helped by the low dose opiate medication I am prescribed by my pain management team. There's a difference between desperate junkie and being physically dependent. I was a junkie for 12 years and would never go back to that, but I am more than fine being medicated because I can live a decent life that way. Sobriety is not the only way; our society has mixed up moralising with science. Read some of Dr Carl Hart's work if you actually want to understand the nature of drugs, addiction and how moral panics create this idea that being "clean" is the only possible way forward (implying those who aren't are somehow "dirty"...very loaded terms). So really, I don't need you faux concern trolling with the smiley face because it implies my treatment team and myself don't know what works for me when I am actually 45 years old...it's actually really patronising.
'Das ganze Sein ist Traum, und selbst die Träume sind Traum'. Dieser Film ist gigantisch schön, überwältigend; dieser Film ist so schön, daß es schmerzt!
Have always loved the movie, but never heard the soundtrack properly like this. Amazing, breathtaking, and other things words can't describe. Thanks for posting this!!!!
one of the most disturbingly beautiful films i have ever seen in my life. watched it when i was 10, and was astounded by the sultry mood and tone of the music. gives you that gut wrenching curiosity as to where the girls went to.....
'What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream' what a movie!!! and this sound track!!! The first line of the film says it all. The quality of this clip is exceptional. Thanks.
Actually, George Zamfir didn't want to make new music specific for this film so Peter Weir took music that had already been made by Zamfir. Nevertheless it's beautiful and suites the film perfectly! :-)
This is incorrect. I found this music and placed these two pieces from, Zamfir and Hawkwind, into the film. To this date, I have not been acknowledged. Subsequently, and to wonderful happiness, I married a Romanian individual some years after. Jim McElroy
Peter Weir had nothing to do with the choice of music, it was my idea. I was later able to work with Marta, my dear wife, who like Zamfir was Romanian.
spell binding and amazing music and director peter wier. We can draw our own conclusions what really happened, still very drawn by it forty years on. cx
Every time I listen to this,I feel like my heart gets ripped out of my chest while my mother holds me in her embrace........but I still keep coming back to it.
Heard this in an australian film as a child and the music was beautiful.When I was young there was this thing on tv where children were sking.There was no talk it was just this beautiful piano music playing through it and was absolutely beautiful but could never find out what it was.
Oglądałem dziś film na Ale kino TVP i zabarakło mi wielu scen ale także muzyki Gherogha Zamfira. Nie wiem czym to jest podyktowane. Pamiętam oryginalny film gdzie właśnie muzyka Gheogha Zamfira robiła wrażenie. ... Bardo lubię muzykę Zamfira
