The Love of St. Sebastian

You have probably never heard this song, unless you've heard it here before.  I have never seen the film to which it pertains.  The movie is so rare that a VHS copy runs over seventy dollars.  I wonder if it isn't the most beautiful piece that Ennio Morricone ever wrote.



It isn't one of his more famous pieces, but it is one of his odes to the love that a man bears a woman.  The closest competitor in beauty I can find is his song for the love man bears to God.



He wrote a great deal more, but I find nothing so fine as these two songs of love.  Even the Overture to this work with which we began is not so powerful as the love song -- though it has its moments.  But the chief moment is the premonition of the love theme:



Of course, he's most famous for this:



But that may have been a distraction from the true thing.

9 comments:

Dad29 said...

Ummmnnnhhhh....

Try Vaughan Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPteIR4Qaog

Not about love of women. Better than that.

bthun said...

"I have never seen the film to which it pertains. The movie is so rare that a VHS copy runs over seventy dollars."

This movie runs every now and again on the satellite feed. I can't recall off the top if it's on the Western Channel or one of the STARZ channels. I can safely say that I've not seen it on HBO or Cinemax. The Hun's are opposed to funding HBO.

Relaxing music for a Saturday morn...

Texan99 said...

GFSS sounds like a movie I'd enjoy. I'm sorry to hear it's so unavailable.

Grim said...

I've always wanted to see it. Perhaps someday!

bthun said...

"I've always wanted to see it. Perhaps someday!"


Are you interested in watching the movie online?

Texan99 said...

I have my fingers crossed. In a few weeks I may be in a position to jettison my despised provider, HughesNet, and replace it with a 20X-faster wireless service via a local repeater. The new guy is cutting a deal with the nuns who have the tallest building out on this peninsula (a big three stories, on an impressive 25 feet of elevation!). They'll get free internet out of the deal. I'm surprised they want it. Though they reliably vote, I've never persuaded any of them to use the new-fangled electronic machines.

Anyway, with a decent internet speed, I'll be able to join the modern age and stream video. Maybe we'll even get rid of the satellite TV.

Grim said...

Can you watch it online? I've never been able to find it.

bthun said...

I watched it, oh maybe a year ago on the tube, satellite feed, STARZ channels.

I've never watched it online. I just searched for a link to the movie on STARZ online. STARZ online looks like it requires you to sign up with one of their listed online providers/billing-conduits. I suppose the provider/conduit bills you on a pay per view or maybe a monthly charge basis similar to netflix.

I pay for the STARZ channels in my satellite monthly subscription service but I rarely watch the tube, save for those times when I'm laid up with the spine/nerves actin' up and I'm too tired to read.

Which reminds me to further investigate the Roku device. As I understand it, if I break down and buy that device, I can stop paying for a satellite service containing hundreds of channels of garbage that I never watch. And I can remove the Alabama state flower, aka the satellite dish, from the yard.

Texan99 said...

I read this week that if we install the new Mac operating system, Mountain Lion, and invest in a cheap Apple TV, we'll be able to stream video through the computer to the Apple TV and route it wirelessly to the regular TV. That might be a way to get out from under Dish TV altogether. We'd get rid of two big bills (Dish and HughesNet) and replace them with one small one for the internet WiFi.