Gustav Holst - Mars

Mars, from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite, being played by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

[NerdSoup]

My man Gustav Holst basically composed Star Wars 60 years before it came out. He was definitely ahead of his time. :)

[berkleypearl]

Fun fact! When they were making star wars in the 70’s they used this song to back a lot of their scenes when they were still putting it together. And Lucas liked it so much that he basically asked Williams to score a soundalike so that they could use it in their movie. That’s why it sounds so similar

[UmutKursawe]

-Imperial March
-Death mountain
-Bowser’s theme
are all based of this...

[mannymarotta]

I've listened to this hundreds of times but the sudden crescendo at 1:21 still sends chills down my spine

[cetologist]

John Williams: "Hey, can I copy your homework?"
Holst: "Yea sure, just change it a bit so it doesn't look like you copied mine"
John Williams:
*star wars songs*

[Milordvega]

"Where's my Oscar for Best Film Score, dammit?"

- Gustav Holst after he sees Star Wars: A New Hope

[justvibin]

6:36 when you find a synth keyboard and find one sound effect you really like

[netherwolves]

6:45 “great shot kid, that was one in a million!”

[jmp]

Composed in 1914 and it sounds no different than modern orchestral movie music. Times really don’t change as much as we like to think they do.

[stephenallen]

Musicians claim that MARS is a very difficult piece to perform. Well done to all of them. It was brilliant

[carrypotter]

Make this the official anthem of Mars when we have colonies there

[mikkovaltonen]

People: We need classical music that sounds badass.


Holst: Hold my beer.

[BomberJacknut]

I always use the sound at 4:16 to test out any new headphones I buy. Volume all the way up, of course; I don't want to just hear it - I want to FEEL it.

[kiefox]

Wow, composed in 1914, this music is like 70 years ahead of it's time.

[Nextolic]

Everyone is talking about John Williams and Star Wars when it comes to Holst's Mars. If John Williams was inspired by it, Hans Zimmer just changed a few notes and slapped Gladiator on it.

[Laureanus]

5:17 Gladiator
6:37 Destruction of the Death Star

[xxflamselkmusicxx]

4:20 I freaking loved playing this part in my orchestra group

[Hambrack]

That crescendo into absolute musical delicacy at 4:12 is delicious.

[TheDisarminghinkle]

4:17 Everyone's talking about Star Wars and shit. Can we please talk about how Nintendo straight ripped this part out of Mars and made it Bowser's theme?

[FutureAIDev]

6:35 "You may fire when ready..." *Alderaan explodes*