Schindler's List: Theme (Extended) 

Whatever is your religion, this piece makes you cry if you are a human

Every time I listen to this I am in tears. I am a man and men are not supposed to cry. I have walked around Auschwitz, Birkeneau and also Majdanek long before they all became tourist attractions ....no matter what your religion, colour or creed, these places are a very sad reflection of mans inhumanity towards his fellow man

I want to share something with all of you that holds dear to me and my family. It's about my grandfather and his two best friends who went off to war. My grandfather served in Vietnam with his two best friends Rigo and Carlos. My grandfather didn't have any brothers but he looked at Rigo and Carlos as his own brothers. Not knowing English they were from a poor town in Puerto Rico. They grew up since they were 9 and would play outdoors daily, helping elders with their needs, from what my father told me. He mentioned they were always together. My dad was told by my grandfather before he left for Vietnam that he's going with Rigo y Carlos and to not worry cause they will all be back home together soon. When the war was over my grandfather came home by himself alone. My grandfather never talked about the actions that took place. He was hated called a baby killer, a rapist, a murderer. Years have gone by he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's' and had to stay in a nursing home. When I and my twin brother visit him opening the door, he's just staring out the window. We would pull up by his side and greet him and kiss his cheek and He would just tear up sobbing saying "Rigo y Carlos estás aquí, ¿cómo estás aquí? ( Rigo and Carlos your here how are you here ) He doesn't remember me and my brother so we just pretend we are Rigo and Carlos. in 2020 May he had passed away and when we went to his home to clean up we had found an old journal he had shared writing with Rigo and Carlos of what happened during in Vietnam. They took turns writing and 22 pages after Rigo wasn't writing anymore and Carlos stopped writing after page 37. My grandfather continued to write but his handwriting wasn't clear and the pages were wet from raindrops or tears and there was soo much pain through the whole journal. There wasn't anymore writing but blank pages. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I dedicate this music to my grandfather i have never know murdered in treblinka, peace to your soul 😢

I agree with Holly Drucker. The violin is indeed crying for all the innocent souls .

We are all living on this earth, we are all brothers and sisters, our skin is different but our blood has the same colour. Share Love and stop war. Beware your humanity. We need more people like Oscar Schindler these days...

The violin is crying for the 6 million souls, God bless them.

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music in the world, ever. I sometimes forget to breathe when I listen to it, despite being asthmatic. It’s just so hauntingly and achingly heart wrenching. In my humble opinion, John Williams is a musical genius. Jewish music touches the soul. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤

"He who saves but one life, saves the world entire..." My God, such beautiful music.....💛

I would like to share something that is very important in my family my 2x great grandfather was against the Nazi party but he wasn’t Jewish and he protested against Hitler but was later arrested and sent to dachau concentration camp where he died he was brave to protest this song makes me think of him every time this is played at 11:13 rest easy god bless you all who took the time to read

John Williams does NOT get enough credit! This man is a living monarch of music! My goodness, think of how many films he's scored and all of them attack your senses and heart as well as ALL being completely different!!! He makes a film infinitely better by proxy of his music!!!! Amore XoXo ;)

The music is so haunting...so beautiful....it just makes you want to cry and never stop. God bless all the innocent souls who lost their lives.

this music is sad, but also empowering. i never get tired of playing it over and over again.

One of the most most most beautiful haunting heartfelt theme song ever composed ...

Never, ever seen such a touching movie with such a beautiful and majestic soundtrack. In memory of this resilient and strong people, the Jews.

I lost my dad a few weeks ago. This song was played at the funeral. It's so beautiful but hurts so much

Deep, sober, elegant and full of feeling, a theme as regal as the film itself. Looking at the granite inscriptions with the names of some of my ancestors at the Jewish Memorial in Paris, I can only imagine the horror of the holocaust, and this music brings it to the present. Thank you Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Itzak Perlman and so many others, for leaving in the mind, skin and soul the history and the feeling of an event that must never be repeated, and the evidence that in the midst of the darkness heroes like Oscar Schindler shine.

This masterpiece has only 196 comments... we all are lucky because we're in that 196...

"In times in which the world goes down into darkness, we must become the light we looking for."

Every time I'm thinking about those terrible days, My heart is full of pain.....

It makes me feel, I was there too.. suffering. This is really powerful music..

composer John Williams and violinist Itzhak Perlman--best combination of artists

“If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.” - Leo Tolstoy

I've been to Krakow many times and allways go to Schindlers Factory...God bless you Mate...

Truly incredible about this ethereal piece of music is that it was composed specifically for the film, and is an essential part of it. A masterpiece.

I visited Schindlers Factory and the death camp Auschwitz. I will never forget that. I noticed that not really many people know much about all of that, i mean, i was one of them too before i visited the Factory and Auschwitz. I knew that the things which happened there were horrible and cruel, but being there and really seeing all of that is just something else. We can't and should'nt forget this time. God bless all the innocent souls who suffered and lost their lives.

All thanks be to Oscar Schindler for your efforts in saving so many precious souls! May those lost rest in the sweetest peace and love. We will always remember.

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

Коли чую цей трек завжди, з першої секунди одні й ті ж самі відчуття... Спогади моєї бабусі,як вона перший раз зустріла мого діда... Зустріч яка змінила історію їх життя, і яка в подальшому подарувала мені життя...Про цю історію їхнього життя я мрію зняти фільм... Це одна з моїх найзовіжнішних мрій... Знаходячись в полоні народився мій дядько...

How can a melody like this be so beautiful?

How can something so beautiful break your heart 🥺

When I hear this piece I think that John Williams made the greatest tribute to those who died and suffered there

Such a beautiful piece, but it makes me sob for all the souls who lost their lives instigated by hate

Probably the most haunting peice of music to be written and scored. In a thousand years, if humanity is still thriving, they will look back at Williams, and praise him as we did Mozart. Justice may have not been served decades post to the Holocaust, but the memory of its horrid cruelty is a lesson, which of its own, serves enough justice in preventing it from ever happening again. To the nearly 80 million who died in this global conflict, may we never fight again, and cause another barbaric slaughter against our own species. 🤝❤🌏

Heart breaking...makes me weep....so evocative and haunting.....a beautiful piece. 💔

I cry every time ...

Beautiful Music, The little hand on the cover similar to my daughter's hands got really deep into my soul. Poor little innocent souls, not guilty of anything. We have to help as much as we can the people in need. Love at the end is the ultimate purpose.

Thank you, mr. Schindler.

My soul cries every single time I listen to this!

There will be generations because of what you did.

Absolutely beautiful, brings tears every time.

I've read a lot about the II WW, especially the memories of People who survived. I have cried and felt the pain as They did. This music is a pure reflection of those feelings...

So sad, and yet hauntingly beautiful, thank you for putting this together.

I saw the movie and have listened to the theme song before too, but I feel their effect never leaves you. As I listened to this extended theme song, and read the comments here, the tears were just slowly rolling down my face. I remember when I went to the movie, you could have heard a pin drop -- there was just such a hushed silence all throughout the theatre. And even when it was over, we all just sat there for a few minutes, silent, before we managed to get up to leave. We've probably all seen what the ravages of war have done, but being in the theatre with such a large screen, it was just so shocking, and held everyone, mesmerized, by the horror of it all. It struck a chord with all of us then, and I think every time I hear the theme song again, it brings it all back. I remember when the movie first started, I wondered why it was in black and white -- and the only colour in the whole movie was the little girl's red coat (I think it was her coat), and throughout the movie she would appear somewhere in it, but never spoke. Yes, this extended theme song is as one person here described it: hauntingly beautiful; and yes, I agree where the violin is played at such a high octave, it sounds like it's crying -- and we are too -- the music is very powerful. Maybe we should all play this every once in a while so we never forget what we've heard or seen. We should never forget it. But unfortunately ALL of humanity doesn't seem to learn the lessons it should, because it seems in some part of the world, there is still war. It is really heartbreaking to know that the lessons may never be learned by all of us.

His music carries on today, such a incredibly gifted man....I love this

We could have been born back then. We could have been in Europe. We could have been anything other than German. We could have lived in constant fear of being caught and killed. But, we didn't. So count your blessings and thank God we are here now listening to this theme instead of being remembered by it.🙏

Eines der schönsten Lieder, die jemals komponiert wurden! Es zerbricht einem das Herz und flutet einen mit Emotionen.

Williams composed such a great work; then this orchestra brings it to soul wrenching life and Itzhak Perlman subtly seals it in your soul. Such a moving piece of music.

Beautiful extended version. Thanks for uploading. 👍🏽

Great music, he who gives his life for a friend, will be known as great.

Such a Beautiful music , very touching... I can't stop myself to hear this song over and over again...

Masterpiece!.... When you can make an instrument speak and cry smh ugh! No words.

I pray that someday, the Jewish people will truly be able to live in peace without pain and suffering. This music speaks to the centuries of thier struggles and resilience as a people. God bless you all!

Incredible piece, touching deep in my heart! The history repeat and repeat again. The Beasts do not learn any lesson from the past!

A masterpiece

Sad and uplifting at the same time, an emotional roller coaster, I can't imagine this film being what it was without this piece.

Maestro Williams who is an accomplished composer, delivered here a heavenly master piece, one full of nostalgia, one that soothes our souls as we contemplate the beahviors of very wicked and corrupt individuals and what they did to a noble people. A while back I was watching a video on a concert in which the violinist-a lady-playing this piece could not contain her tears of emotion; I am beginning to cry myself too now.

I am sleeping with this lovely song every night...

Einer der wenigen Deutschen wo man noch sagen kann man ist stolz ein Deutscher zu sein. Thx Herr Schindler. Denn nicht alle waren so schlecht. Und wir sollten alle daraus lernen. Wir leben auf dieser Welt zusammen. Und sollten uns mit Liebe Respekt ubd Gefühl immer gegenüber stehen.

Just so beautiful, gets to me every time.

This score is one of the most beautiful and saddest of John Williams compositions! I saw Schindler's List when it first came out in the theatres, and some scenes were so upsetting, I had to close my eyes and not watch. It hit close to home, because my background is both German and Jewish.

So poignant and sad. The violin sounds like it has a broken heart 💔. Absolutely beautiful music. God bless the 6 million souls and may they rest in peace.

That slight glissando at 1:01 is just devastatingly beautiful, and immediately recognizable as Perlman.

No words needed, the violin is talking ❤️

This music truly is something else. I never felt such sadness when hearing it 💔

Listen only without any words only thank you...Williams, John....

So haunting and yet beautiful music and about a moment in history that should not just be forgotten but learnt from such an evocative piece of music that will forever epitomise what happened and so many innocent souls went through

A truly haunting work that’s exceptional in so many ways and compels the listener to pause and reflect deeply on life experiences and events. So moving and powerful in reaching the soul and expressing emotion.

Non si può considerare musica...ma di più..vibrazione risonanza dell'anima....grazie

“And there were the usual moans and groans about petty troubles, such as the snapping of wires which replaced shoelaces. One morning I heard someone, whom I knew to be brave and dignified, cry like a child because he finally had to go to the snowy marching grounds in his bare feet, as his shoes were too shrunken for him to wear. In those ghastly minutes, I found a little bit of comfort; a small piece of bread which I drew out of my pocket and munched with absorbed delight.” - Viktor E. Frankl

The more the video requires context of history and education, the more mature and caring and united the comments are.

I have started learning violin & my first wish is to play this masterpiece. Hope my wish will be be fulfilled.

for such beautiful creations sometimes sadness turns out so addictive...

We will never forget them they are in my heart for the rest of my life.

I lost my sister....i feel so lost without her.I feel like i lost my sense of beeing.He was the bridge i was walking through my life.

Wonderfully beautiful. Shame that an advert about stomach cramps appears four minutes into the music. But hey that's RU-vid.

this is soooooo beautiful

I could not think of a more perfect album cover that symbolises how this man saved Jews from death. He was their only hope. He held each one like a man who saves someone from falling off a cliff. And yet, his work was just as precarious as this, as the more Jews he took under him, the more dangerous it got to save all of them, including himself from being killed

am deeply touch by the melody, and make me 😢

Dies ist wirklich ein Meisterwerk von John Williams, er beschreibt mit dieser Musik genau den Horror und die Leidensfähigkeit, welche Menschen verursachen und ertragen mussten. Dieses Stück wird wahrscheinlich noch in hundert Jahren aktuell gespielt!!! Ich bin 20 Jahre nach Ende des WW2 geboren, mein Großvater hat als einfacher Sanitätssoldat in der Wehrmacht von ersten bis letzten Tag in diesen schrecklichen Krieg gedient und gesehen wozu Menschen fähig waren. Er hat jeden medizinisch im Rahmen seiner Möglichkeiten versorgt, ob dieser Freund oder Feind war, dabei hat er keinen Unterschied gemacht. Solange ich lebe werde ich dafür eintreten, dass solch ein Holocaust sich nie wiederholen darf! Es könnten alle Menschen und Tiere in Frieden leben, man könnte alle Probleme dieser Welt endlich lösen, leider gibt es wieder Egoismus /Populismus gepaart mit großer Dummheit einzelner Menschen!

The essence of music, it makes you cry, laugh, sad and happy. It makes you aware of the life you are living

This is the truly music to my ears! SO BEAUTIFUL!

"Fun" fact: Schindler's List is the only movie in the Netherlands that won't be interrupted by commercial breaks, not even if aired by a commercial network.

Any 1 who is watching this brilliant piece of work, I would stronlgly recommend watching the performance of 2 cellos on this theme .

Its still 1 of my absolut favorit movies,

This song is so beautifui and so sad all that people rest in pieace🇧🇷🇧🇷♥️

Absolutely magnificent .& moving

perfect, just perfect!

Love Williams music and this masterpiece.

Every person should watch this movie . The hope is, those that are moved to tears will always outnumber psychopaths.

Absolutely beautiful

Such a powerful film and a cast of men and women who ALL deserve an oscar in showing what depth mankind can sink to.

❤I listen to this beautiful theme as much as possible. It's so wonderful ❤

Wow what a beautiful piece of music.. but I am in tears watching this thinking about what these people went through.. They say that “when the mode of the music changes.. the walls of the city will shake” I’m not going to be taking this off my play list for some time( if ever) but I will remember the fact that it took SO long for the Berlin Wall to come down..

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I see the sadness, but I also see this as the music of redemptinuton. It is after all the story of one Oscar Schindler, an imperfect man who.in saving 1100 soils the he didn't have to save, and that he did at great risk to his own life, perhaps saved his own soul.

Beautiful

Just one man can make a difference, and Oskar did.

no cuz why am i crying

La más hermosa manera de pedir a la humanidad, que no se olvide de lo que ocurrió. El violín lo pide llorando al tiempo que recuerda que "QUiEN SALVA UNA VIDA, SALVA AL MUNDO ENTERO"