Friday, March 27, 2009

Ode to the Magnificent 7 plus One

These two videos are not really about my favorite persons, but about people I respect and admire: the Mercury 7 astronauts, the first astronauts in the American space program. Heroes, all of them.

And not only they but also the many men (and their wives) who sacrificed their lives in pursuing supersonic flight (which led to space flight). And let's not forget the many scientists who worked tirelessly night and day to make this dream of space flight come true.

One man in particular is featured and honored in the first video: Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the first human to go faster than the speed of sound. And he did it in the Bell X-1, "Glamorous Glennis", named after his wife.




Now, don't you love that gloriously soaring and moving music score by Bill Conti? Pity the poorly-done montage does not go well with such a magnificent theme. It might help to not look but only listen!
The next video is straight from the end (and in my opinion, the highlight) of the movie. Pity the soundtrack here is a little thin and weak. I wish I could post only one video with both good visuals and audio. In the theatre and on TV, of course, the music sounds great. And when the end credits rolled, they played the full music score similar to the one in the first video. Nothing beats listening to music like this through a proper sound system. Download it from YouTube and then listen to it through your PC's speakers and it is like eating turkey without gravy. Or like taking a shower without soap. You feel that something is missing. Well, enjoy it all the same.

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