Dracula and Darth Vader read Poe's The Raven
8 years ago
For quite a while now I've been raiding, er, browsing YouTube for soundtracks. In turning up Basil (Robocop, Conan the Barbarian) Poledouris' score for Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, I clicked on a link to a Jungle Book audiobook since I was interested in the original book after seeing Jon Favreau's movie last summer. Little did I know what else I could uncover by clicking that link. How about:
Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven read by Sir Christoper Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BefliMlEzZ8
Read by James Earl Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqPQXqQXzI
Read by Christopher Walken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7G_fZYv8Mg
This is like having Dracula, Darth Vader and, well, Christopher Walken (you know, because he's Christopher Walken) all reading what is perhaps Poe's single most remembered work. If it could turn up a reading by Vincent Price, it'd be like having the poem read by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
HAH! Found it! The Raven read by Vincent Price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7zR3IDEHrM
After finding those, I found a few other Poe short stories with the added thrill of Christopher Lee's voice.
Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmS8t0F4To
Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_utA6j3Oc8
Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pic4PS8o41M
Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontillado read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtEGQ99J8o
Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and The Pendulum read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8evwxMR5U0
And a song! I had trouble listening to this and NOT imagining Dracula out on karaoke night.
Ghost Riders in the Sky sung by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWuvHPGsjI
And a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's The Gold Bug by Vincent Price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1sQ56c9qGk
And as bonus stuff, I found the original How to Train Your Dragon book read by Doctor Who
How to Train Your Dragon read by David Tennant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmd3BLfmzQ
And Sherlock Holmes read by Sherlock Holmes (or Doctor Strange for those more familiar with the recent movie). Too bad I cant turn up a copy of The Hobbit read in his Smaug voice.
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sherlock Holmes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRxmLf5fKs
EDIT 1: And if Sherlock reading Sherlock isn't meta enough for you, here's Dracula (AKA Christopher Lee) reading Bram Stoker's Dracula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgIblQXwm2g
Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven read by Sir Christoper Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BefliMlEzZ8
Read by James Earl Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqPQXqQXzI
Read by Christopher Walken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7G_fZYv8Mg
This is like having Dracula, Darth Vader and, well, Christopher Walken (you know, because he's Christopher Walken) all reading what is perhaps Poe's single most remembered work. If it could turn up a reading by Vincent Price, it'd be like having the poem read by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
HAH! Found it! The Raven read by Vincent Price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7zR3IDEHrM
After finding those, I found a few other Poe short stories with the added thrill of Christopher Lee's voice.
Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmS8t0F4To
Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_utA6j3Oc8
Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pic4PS8o41M
Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of Amontillado read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtEGQ99J8o
Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and The Pendulum read by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8evwxMR5U0
And a song! I had trouble listening to this and NOT imagining Dracula out on karaoke night.
Ghost Riders in the Sky sung by Sir Christopher Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWuvHPGsjI
And a reading of Edgar Allen Poe's The Gold Bug by Vincent Price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1sQ56c9qGk
And as bonus stuff, I found the original How to Train Your Dragon book read by Doctor Who
How to Train Your Dragon read by David Tennant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmd3BLfmzQ
And Sherlock Holmes read by Sherlock Holmes (or Doctor Strange for those more familiar with the recent movie). Too bad I cant turn up a copy of The Hobbit read in his Smaug voice.
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sherlock Holmes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRxmLf5fKs
EDIT 1: And if Sherlock reading Sherlock isn't meta enough for you, here's Dracula (AKA Christopher Lee) reading Bram Stoker's Dracula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgIblQXwm2g

TRAIN
~train
Interesting.

Drako
!drako
Too bad there isn't one by Alan Rickman.

Dharken
~dharken
OP
I checked. YouTube has a couple of videos where he's reciting a couple of Shakespeare's sonnets and another where he's singing in French but none where he's reading Edgar Allan Poe.

drivernjax
~drivernjax
If you hadn't found it, I was going to let you know that I had heard Vincent Price reading "The Raven" a long, LONG time ago. That's the great thing about YouTube, if you're looking for something and it's ever been recorded, it's on YouTube somewhere. LOL.