"The Mercury program was over. Four years later, astronaut Gus Grissom was killed, along with astronauts White and Chaffee, when fire swept through their Apollo capsule. But on that glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher, farther, and faster than any other American - 22 complete orbits around the world; he was the last American ever to go into space alone. And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen."
Got about 10 seconds and the tears came. Watched this from.a very young age with my dad. Lost him as a young kid but will always remember those times watching the right stuff.
I remember reading the book a year or two after it came out, only because my dad forced me to read it against my will for a book report (I didn't want to read it, it's a thick book). But once I started I couldn't put it down & when I found out that they were making it into a movie - I flipped. My dad and I went to go see "The Right Stuff" in theaters the year that it came out and it's been my favorite movie ever since. BTW, if you haven't seen this yet, I bet you'll get a kick out of it: www.airspacemag.com/articles/chuck-yeagers-cockpit-180964968/?fbclid=IwAR1F-dO-xm87YTQT2158B7UBxc0hGOkdNIUX5h4gaowzOHijVnYl7y-4usE Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on my birthday exactly 33 years before I was born.
Bill Conti, who had previously scored the music for Rocky, also composed the score for The Right Stuff. He won the Academy Award (Oscars) for 1983 Best Musical Score for The Right Stuff. Great music embodying the heroes of the Mercury Space Program!
1:48 "sir over there is that a man"....."You Damn right it is!" 3:24. Go, Hot Dog, go!"Up we go into the wild blue yonder."Thirty seconds and fuel is go,oxygen is go...cabin pressure on the top peg.Altimeter is working.Have a good ride, buddy. Go!The sun is coming through the window.Oh, Lord, what a heavenly light.The Mercury program was over.Four years later,Astronaut Gus Grissom was killed...along with Astronauts White and Chaffee...when fire swept throughtheir Apollo capsule.But on that glorious day in May, 1963...Gordo Cooper went higher, farther...and faster than any other American.Twenty-two complete orbitsaround the world.He was the last Americanever to go into space alone.And for a brief moment...Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilotanyone had ever seen this movie should be required viewing for all students in high school!
This is fantastic I love it this is a fitting tribute to the Space program I love it very much I am getting chills just listening to it. This is a fantastic job well done by the United Air Force Orchestra ☺thumbs up all the way
I was listening to this, it gave gave me goosebumps watching the history of the few and proud of the Right Stuff. The music itself is inspirational, but video with it is awesome. Bill Conte put theme together nicely, he truly has the Right Stuff.
@@abbaszaidi8371 The music and editing of the first 30 seconds and last 30 seconds of that film still has not overplayed in my mind. Others that also have dual meaning are... Clare de lune Texas state anthem Eternal father strong to save (Airforce) The Planets (Gustav Holtz) Only have eyes for you Handel (hallelujah) Tennessee waltz Every time I hear any of that I'm back in fron of my Betamax and RCA color tv.
Carl Blaskowitz yeah, I think I first heard Clair De Lune while watching that film. Still think of a dancer on stage, only covered with feathers and the Seven nodding and acknowledging each other
Must’ve bumped my head......I am a bonafide soundtrack guy...from tv commercials-think”Hymne” by Vangelis for the old Gallo wine commercials to anything by Keith Mansfield for KPM to epic blockbusters like Jerry Goldsmith’s “The RussiaHouse’ or Contis own “Going the Distance’ from Rocky I LOVE me some soundtracks....Hans Zimmers “Gladiator Waltz’? Danm near perfect! But “TheRight Stuff’ is as good as it gets,...powerful...amazing.
Great score. By coincidence, my boot camp coincided with the 4th of July. As you can imagine, there was a quite of ceremony. The MC band actually played this tune as part of the celebration. Might appear weird, but this felt perfectly natural and fitting even at Parris Island.
En Perú la vi por televisión en octubre de 1988, por Latina de televisión, y tuve la suerte de grabarla en VHS, pero estoy buscándola con audio en español latino. Gran película, la vehia una u otra vez y no me aburría. Saludos desde Callao Perú.
This song hurts me a little. Not because I don't love The Right Stuff and its soundtrack, but because it brings out the little nationalist in me who still believes in liberty and the American way and has pride for his nation and salutes his flag. The Space Race was one of the high points in human history and in national pride. Things have changed, but that patriotic ten year old in me still has a voice. He's just very quiet most of the time.
Yes. The Army Band at Fort Eustice often augments the band when they need an extra player or two. The Air Force Band does the same for them too, when needed.
It is from the movie "The Right Stuff." Bill Conti wrote the music. This particular piece is called "Breaking the Sound Barrier." And it was used in the movie when the B-29 carrying the Bell X-1 was taxiing and taking off. You can listen to the movie version here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R7MMYg6piIw.html
Conti based much of the movie score on Gustav Holst's "The Planets" and there are many videos of orchestras around the world performing The Planets. If you enjoyed the score of The Right Stuff, be sure to search for some performances of The Planets. 🎵🎶🎵
Not only that but the entire Star Wars sound track was heavily influenced by "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. First album I ever bought was the Star Wars sound track (probably around 1979).
@@WoodworkerDon Actually it was more heavily influenced by (some would say pretty much ripped off from) Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto 1st Movement. Very very heavily. You should listen to the two side by side. It's unmistakable. There's also some Chopin's Military Polonaise in there. Quite a bit actually.
FYI: The film was a b.o. bomb and helped cause the bankruptcy of the Ladd Film Corporation. Despite that it was a damn good film and even got good reviews at the time.
