I mean, have you ever heard a Western begin with such a mellow, rousing theme song? It's prettier than "High Noon" and suggests a Western world of wonder, doesn't it? It's still playing over the opening shot of Robert Mitchum striding with determination and a rifle down a windblown Western street.
"So, ride, won't you ride, to the end of the rainbow...."
Beauty.
I truly agree about the theme song. That is how I found this sight hoping to find it on CD somewhere. I play the movie with surround sound just for the theme song-sometimes I play it several times as it makes me feel so good. Pretty weird huh!
shareYou moron the song goes:"So,ride,boldly ride,to the end of the rainbow
shareI have seen another western that started with a good rousing theme song like that, blazing saddles.
shareI am also looking for a CD with this song. The lyrics come from a poem from Edgar Allen Poe. The last verse of the poem "Over the mountains, Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride boldly ride, The shade replied, If you seek for Eldorado."
shareThis response comes almost ten months after your message so you may have already found a CD with the song on but the one I have is From Alamo to El Dorado, Vol. 2
Excellent song and the paintings by Olaf Wieghorst used for the opening credits while the song was playing complement the mood very well.
To the person who wanted the words. I may have them written down somewhere, if you still want them please let me know.
- Lonesome Ron
The lyricist for the main theme song of "El Dorado" is none other than John Gabriel, who plays bad guy Pedro in the movie.
shareYeah, I would have to say that this is my favorite western theme song. It's a great, rousing song, sung by a very good voice as well.
On top of that, the film kicks some heavy duty @$$. Ah yes, this is a great flick!
Come on Warner Bros, give us our Blade Runner Special Edition
If you like John Gabriel as Pedro in "El Dorado," look him up as Robert Mitchum's wingman, Corona, in the Korean War flying picture "The Hunters." He's great in that one, too.
shareThe "El Dorado" theme is excellent, I'll agree.
My personal favorite, as far as Wayne films are concerned, is the theme for "Chisum".
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy"
Can somebody type up the lyrics for me, please? Thank you much!
share>>>>Can somebody type up the lyrics for me, please? Thank you much!
Let's see...
"Through sunshine and shadow, from darkness 'till noon.
Over mountains that reach from the sky to the moon.
A man with a dream, that will never let go
keeps searchin' to find El Dorado.
chorus:
So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow,
ride boldly ride, 'till you find El Dorado.
The winds become bitter, the sky turns to grey,
his body grows weary, he can't find his way.
But he'll never turn back, though he's lost in the snow,
for he has to find El Dorado.
repeat chorus
My daddy once told me, what a man ought to be.
There's much more to life, than the things we can see
and the godliest mortal you ever will know
is the one with the dream of El Dorado.
repeat Chorus "
If you have the DVD, you should be able to "grab"/rip the song from the film's soundtrack quite easily. I don't think it's available on CD anywhere in its original form.
:)
I agree with you...however there is another piece of music in the movie that is a Mexican song called "The Deguayo" (I'm sure this is spelled incorrectly) does any one know how to spell this and is it on CD somewhere? I love John Wayne movies and this seems to go with allot of his themes. A slow Brass based Mexican song. Thank you for any help... :)
***I got it....Its on Rio Bravo...can't believe I messed that one up. Its the "De Guella" (The Mexican Death Song)
I think the De Guella is actually "The cutthroat" song. No prisoners, played for the Alamo defenders.
shareThanx again, sascha-17 .
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The theme song was.. So, ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow...." not
So, ride, won't you ride, to the end of the rainbow...." Same as the poem he recited to cole when they were riding back to El dorado..but nice try though!
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Checking in about two years later to say: sorry about that lyric. Oh, well. I was close...
And I still love the damn theme song.
It's very stirring, alright. I make the DVD player back up and play it a couple times at least when I watch the movie.
I collect Arizona Highways magazines, and not too long ago, I ran across a very old back issue that had a long article dedicated to Wieghorst. He's the artist of the paintings in the opening credits.
If I can find it again, I'll try to scan some of the text. It was quite detailed about how he came to leave Denmark, what he did when he got here to the US, and how he became a western artist.
I also love the theme song,together with the paintings it makes me want to go out and buy a horse,and ride the hills.I also love to play the beginning again and again.Did you notice that the artist WIEGHORST also plays a bit part in the movie?I have watched the opening cast and credits so many times,I noticed OLAF WEIGHORST as the last name .I think he plays the gun smith,that sells them the scatter gun.
shareThose who have the region 4 DVD of "El Dorado" can hear a French version of the theme song. (Just set the audio language from English to French then play the movie.) What's weird is that the Mellomen's chorus is still in English! The outcome at two points in the song where the two languages clash.
It gets weirder. Another of the languages on the region 4 DVD is Spanish. In that version there is no El Dorado song at all. Instead a largely instrumental version of "El Dorado" plays over the opening credits. I say "largely" because although George Alexander doesn't sing, the Mellomen do, chiming in from time to time, especially towards the end.
Would be a bug in the DVD release or was that how the Spanish version of the movie ran during its original release?
this one, and the theme song to 'The Seatchers'...cowboy classics
oh, and Tennessee Ernie Ford's theme to Randolph Scott's 'Man in the Saddle'--love that one, too
vaya con dios
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