You've always been the caretaker, Mr Torrance

It’s been 100 years since the ballroom party today.

Here is a strange thought. People in 2121 will call the time we are living in the 20's

*"A man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, and then the drink takes the man... Ain't it so, Dad?"*

"I'm the kind of man that likes to know who's buying their drinks Lloyd"

Amazing how the echo enhances the mood of this music.....

I work in the hotel industry. I thought it would be cool and creepy to play this in the public spaces every night from 3:33am to 4:03am.

I love the aesthetic of empty hotels. It’s totally relaxing to me.

I know this was always supposed to sound creepy, but this is genuinely so relaxing

I want to be in the Overlook, listening to this

The Shining is one of the few horror films that actually unsettles me every time I watch it. I think maybe because even if there are supernatural elements to the movie, the plot of it feels so real. Watching Jack slowly go mad while Wendy is trying so hard to protect her son and herself gets under my skin like nothing else can.

These songs were just sweet love songs for the people of their time. It’s amazing how context can totally transform something innocent and pure into something deeply unsettling.

Honestly, in its own weird, haunting-even terrifying way, The Shining is a beautiful film ❤️

When I die and become a ghost, I want this to play every night at midnight in the location I'm haunting.

Everything about this really fits the mood of "The Shining". Imagine if you are alone by yourself and you hear this music. I would get chills. The echo effect on the music really adds to the ghostly feel and it lives up to the line by James Joyce Ulysses that was mentioned in "Room 237"; "History is a nightmare from which we cannot awake". That's what ghosts are; reminders of brutal bloody history.

Kubrick's Shining truly manages to mix cabin fever, mental issues, alchoholism and the paranormal perfectly. Personally, besides the music and the artistic derection aswell as the story, this is why I love it.

i love it in movies when a song is playing creepily on a speaker like this. there's just something so ominous about it. that's one of the reasons i love the ending of the shining, it's that kind of aesthetic.

“You have always been the caretaker sir. I should know, I have always been here. “I am not kidding that is one of the only lines in a movie I have heard that actually shook me. The whole movie feels almost like a dream like how this music piece sounds like. So familiar and close yet so far and strange. The hotel is indeed alive.

The greatest horror film ever made. Nothing comes close. Such a chilling atmosphere and intensity.

Fun fact: The man who wrote the first and second songs also made Heartaches/It's just a burning memory from "Everywhere at the End of Time," and many other samples from the album. He died in 1940 due to his door being launched at his skull by a bomb.

Despite its creepy reputation, this old music makes me happy

“I love you, Danny. I love you more than anything else in the whole world. And I’d never do anything to hurt you, never. You know that, don’t you?”

Imagine being in an empty hotel for a few months in the dead of winter, not seeing anything out of the ordinary, and all the sudden you walk to the gold room hallway, hearing the music echoing over the high ceilings of the overlook. It probably means you’re in trouble.

As of this moment, it's the 100th anniversary of the July 4th, 1921 ball shown in the movie.

THE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS THIS GIVES ME IS INSANE

I used to work in a huge hotel and whenever there was a big party in the event room the music would eerily drone throughout the entire hotel and it would always remind me of The Shining

The fact that Delbert Grady started as a fine gentleman only to turn into a dark force while Jack seemed like a wild beast looking for a direction and Delbert Grady set him in the directions of a dark force is the most unsettling thing ever

in a terrifying way, this is strangely relaxing, i love the shining. imagine dancing with the love of your life in a ballroom to this sound track.

ngl whenever Al Bowlly drops a new album its lit as hell

Imagine being all alone here, walking through those corridors, not knowing where the music is coming from... ...Right after all the music finishes, you would then be treated to the entire six and a half hours of ‘Everywhere At The End Of Time’

It's All Forgotten Now..... Al Bowly, Ray Noble & His Orchestra . A kind song with melodoius music, which cut through your heart and melts your mind and makes you realize how beautiful is Love...

Great party, isn’t it?

Great party, isn't it?

This is what I listen to whenever I feel like someone I know needs to be “corrected”

I was taking care of an old friend with Alzheimer's for a few months. A couple of decades earlier, she was a friend of mine who was an intelligent and seemingly, very Christian woman, but, by now, had no short-term memory. As a matter of fact, she made a goldfish seem like Rain Man. You'd think this might be hard to deal with, but I found ways to entertain her for hours by playing the same songs she loved, many times over, like "Dancing Cheek To Cheek", each time seeming like a new experience for her that might have taken her back to a more meaningful time. Unfortunately for her, she kept on thinking her house she lived in for over 50 years was MY house, and, if I didn't watch her, she'd be out the door looking for the that non-existent house. Since she had no short term memory, I felt that, if I didn't stop her, she MIGHT have ended up in the Pacific, for she was ALWAYS heading West when she got out the door. Anyway, because she kept on thinking her house my house, taking the "mi casa, su casa" to an extreme, I couldn't help but think of that scene in the movie, "The Shining", where the Jack Nicholson character was told by the character, Grady, that he was ALWAYS the caretaker, something the Nicholson character had no memory of. Because of that, I'd think of this song played at the very end of "The Shining", and, I'd play it for my old friend. She loved it, and, I'd play it over and over for her. As the song played, if she wasn't saying, "I'm thinking about this house", she'd ask me about MY house, which, again, was hers, and, I'd say with a with a British accent as I impersonated the Grady character from "The Shining", "You're the caretaker of this house, Miss Potter. You've ALWAYS been the caretaker, if I may be so bold." When I asked her where she thought her "REAL" house was, she would always point West. Believe it or not, there was a graveyard just some yards WEST of her house, and, she'd point to it. Looking back on it all, I'm thinking she might have been right... all that time.

“Perhaps they need a good talking, if you don’t mind my saying so. Perhaps a bit more. My girls, sir, they didn’t care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches and tried to burn it down. But I ‘corrected’ them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I ‘corrected’ her.”

I love how the song echoes in the background as Jack is talking to Lloyd the bartender, adds to the spooky and manic atmosphere since it is a song about someone reminiscing about romance and that is a big contrast with the fact that Jack is going deeper and deeper into insanity. It captures the isolation of his character.

Perhaps the cleanest sound of the ballroom music I’ve ever heard. Thanks for the upload.

“Now I’m awfully glad you asked me that, Lloyd.”

Played this in the middle of the night at my grandpas house, lemme tell you it’s the greatest thing ever

Kubrick was such a genius at picking the right music for his films

It's creepy how ghostly it sounds.

I was friends with Joe Turkel for six years till his passing. Talked to him on the phone once a month. Met him for lunch when I was in Santa Monica. What a nice generous man. Signed a bottle of Jack Daniels and some pictures for me. He said the best picture he ever did was Paths of Glory. It’s a masterpiece and they paid tribute to it on an episode of Tales from the Crypt. Go check it out.

The environment in The Shining is just perfectly set up to make you feel like your there.

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams...

Man. Listening to this, I get a feeling like I'm actually there at the hotel in 1921. It feels otherworldly.

We're making it out of the garden maze with this one 🔥🔥🔥

i cannot express how much i love the shining

The echo for It's all forgotten now is my personal favorite, this is sheer splendor!

"Drink up, Mr. Torrance." -Lloyd

Lloyd : No charge to you, Mr Torrance. Jack Torrance : No charge? Lloyd : Your money is no good here. Orders from the house. Jack Torrance : Orders from the house? Lloyd : Drink up, Mr Torrance.

This film is a masterpiece, it's just legendary.

A hotel in a city near me has a ballroom. I want to someday rent that ballroom and play this soundtrack in it, fully furnished, yet empty.

I’ve never watched The Shining, I’m only here because Im a fan of Al Bowlly haha. I love the echoing, it makes me feel like i’m in a 1930s dance hall or something

This collection of songs kinds gives me a somber mood because its music from a world that no longer exists when they had no internet barely any T.V etc and so few people of those generations are left alive today.

Was always my mom's favorite song when she lived Now I can't get it out of my head RIP Mom missing you every day

This is oddly beautiful, like you are descending into the depths of madness but you can't stop it.

I'm getting The Caretaker vibes

there's just something about the shining that i can't explain. maybe my favorite movie of all time.

6:17 i was so prepared for the flooding of blood and because that didn't happen makes this even more haunting

Back when ghosts had class...

I worked in a semi-remote lodge in the 90s. One winter we got stuck there for 3 days because of snow. I was on night maintenance with a lot of down time and tried to get the girl at the front desk to watch this film as we had it in stock for guest rental. She said she'd never watch it...good times!

I love the echo, it makes you feel you're really hearing it live, like the music is happening someplace, but you don't know where its coming from, its very calming, it makes me daydream and zone out, it feels nice.

This movie always helps me escape from reality whenever I watch it by myself. Shows how absurd the real world really is these days. Good to have a friend like Jack who also hates his family and just wants an escape from the real world and some sweet soothing isolation.

"Midnight the stars and you", a recording from 1934 was playing as they zoomed in on a photo dated 1921.

Incredible. I mean WOW. It sounds magical.

The Shining 1980 movie will always have such great music for being a horror. 😊

Been listening to this for about a year now and it’s still magic of the overlook hotel

Am I the only one that really really REALLY wants to go to the Overlook and play this Soundtrack like this and have a Ball?

Al Bowlly's two songs used in this, It's All Forgotten Now and Midnight, the Stars and You are his best in my opinion. Simply magical masterpieces.

I love this so much. It’s like your quietly going insane, and this music is what grounds you to the real world.

There’s something so calming about listening to this while working on random stuff.

A little slow tonight, innit Lloyd?

makes me feel old, I love this melody transports me to that damn glow bar

This is beautifully haunting.

Imagine being in the overlook hotel and hearing this playing randomly in a different room, shit gives me chills

The last song sounded very haunting to me.

KUBRICK ASKED HIS SOUND ENGINEER TO ADD THE REVERBERATION, AND AMBIENCE, TO THE ORIGINAL RECORDING, THAT LARGE HALLS WOULD ADD, TO BANDS PLAYING LIVE.. I PREFER THAT TO THE STUDIO ORIGINAL.

I personally think that this movie is the proof that cinema is the art that makes us grown. It's a movie that, when you think about, you love, and when you don't, you still love.

Superb use of liminal spaces and "sounds from a disdant room " feel to this movie gave it a large scale claustrophobic ambience

How have I only just found this video? I found 'Midnight the Stars and You' last year in around June. The second I heard it I realised that it was one of the most beautiful songs ever created! Yes, it is creepy when used in The Shining, but the song itself is heavenly in its melody. Ray Noble's orchestra glide through the song like they're in orbit round the moon, while Al Bowlly graciously sings the simple but elegant words that mean so much. A beautiful song. Not only that one, but all of these songs on this video. If that's what music was back then then what a time it was to live.

Sounds exactly like it does in the movie. Excellent.

Why did I fall asleep to this, it’s terrifyingly comforting and soothing

I'm about to start my new job as a night porter for a 28 bedroom lodge. I might lowkey play this on loop in reception at 3am.

I swear i was born in a different time..Im enchanted by this magical beautiful music.

And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I CORRECTED her.

Am I the only one who finds this soothing?

Hear this in my dreams all the time... Al Bowlly and Jack Nicholson...perfection.

Was playing Bioshock Infinite, one of the Rapture DLC and heard this playing in the background. Stopped and made some cereal and enjoy the music.

None of your bisness whats in room 237! You understand?

This Film is more depressing the more I think about it. I mean a Man succumbs to insanity cause of a haunted hotel and in the end he just becomes a part of it, happy even, probably the only time where I saw Jack happy and at peace at the same time. Almost as if he is a new person and ok with it. Very sad.

9:31 makes me feel very emotional

I lost my grandfather d January 2, 2020 every time I hear this song I think of him in the old days. who's with me? do you think about youre past when you hear this song ?

Out of all of Stephen King's stories (yes, I'm aware the movie is extraordinarily different from the book) this one stands alone to me. Just the concept of being alone for months on end in such a vast place meant for hundreds of people and as the months go by you begin to hear and see things that may or may not be real...

A haunting movie about a haunted hotel. Only Kubrick could come up with a masterpiece like 'The Shining' from a cliche!

"WENDY?!?!?!?!?!?!? I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jack Torrance

Kubrick CORRECTED this with echo and reverb. If he we're still alive, he would have recollection of it, it's not something to Overlook.

"That's strange, Sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all."

"I'm sorry to differ with you sir, but you are the caretaker." "You've always been the caretaker."

Look at the beautiful estethics Mr. Kubrick built.... just for seconds of a movie.