Sessue Hayakawa Videos : My Choice 765 - Luis Cobos: Colonel Bogey March

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My Choice 765 - Luis Cobos: Colonel Bogey March

PLEASE rate our videos. Double click Thumbs Up. Thanks. El puente sobre el rio Kwai (Bridge on the River Kwai) arranged and played by the Spanish Maestro, Luis Cobos. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on the novel by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942--43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa. In 1997, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry. A memorable feature of the film is the tune that is whistled by the POWs—the "Colonel Bogey March"—when they enter the camp. The piece was originally written in 1914 by Kenneth Alford. It was accompanied by a counter-melody (known as "The River Kwai March") written by the film's composer, Malcolm Arnold, and played by the off-screen orchestra taking over from the whistlers. Mitch Miller had a hit with a recording of both marches. Luis Cobos' work is arrangements on existing songs, mostly classical music, traditional Spanish music, and some of his records are of the traditional music of Latin American, Central America, and Mexico. Luis Cobos (born in Ciudad Real ) is a musician, composer and Spanish conductor, with a high national and international recognition. He is currently chairman of the management entity ...

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