Synopsis:

This is Conan the Barbarian, shortened and with the original (amazing) music replaced by Manowar’s songs and intrumentals. 90% of the time the new music is playing without voices nor sound effect, so it looks like a big music video with some dialogue parts from time to time.

Intentions:

Conan the Barbarian is one of my all time favorit movies. To me it’s a “complete movie”. Both action packed and contemplative, serious but fun to watch, 80?s cheese but shot with such a sens of realism that even the now outdated special effects still look great IMO (can’t say the same about the Destroyer sequel that, well, destroyed the franchise somehow). But one of the most memorable things about Conan is the amazing music by Basil Poldouris. Perhaps my favorit score ever recorded for a movie. Now, my goal with this edit is trying to remove that amazing score and replace it by music by heavy metal band Manowar. This band is a strange phenomenon. It’s a band I found quite silly and ridiculous the first time I heard their songs but, in the end, they have some great catchy songs and very nice feeling for anything sounding “bigger than life”. Simple and direct lyrics about heroes, gods, courage, swords blood and fight. Some of their lastest albums have symphony music that blend nicely with the sound of the guitare and amazing vocal performance by Eric Adams.

Change List:

The new music is playing 90% of the time without voices nor sound effect, so it looks like a big music video with some dialogue parts from time to time.

Additional Notes:

Too much cuts to list. See the overall description. Some new special effects are added here and there.

Other Sources:

Conan The Destroyer, The Vikings (1958)

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