Contemporary Classical Meets Pop Culture

[GioCar]

Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010) is one of the most effective examples of using modern classical music in films.

Here's the soundtrack (Wiki)

1."Fog Tropes" (Ingram Marshall) – (Orchestra of St. Lukes & John Adams)
2."Symphony No. 3: Passacaglia – Allegro Moderato" (Krzysztof Penderecki) – (National Polish Radio Symphony & Antoni Wit)
3."Music for Marcel Duchamp" (John Cage) – (Philipp Vandré)
4."Hommage à John Cage" – (Nam June Paik)
5."Lontano" (György Ligeti) – (Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado)
6."Rothko Chapel 2" (Morton Feldman) – (UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus)
7."Cry" – (Johnnie Ray)
8."On the Nature of Daylight" – (Max Richter)
9."Uaxuctum: The Legend of the Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed for Religious Reasons – 3rd Movement" (Giacinto Scelsi) – (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra)
10."Quartet for Strings and Piano in A Minor" (Gustav Mahler) – (Prazak Quartet)
1."Christian Zeal and Activity" (John Adams) – (The San Francisco Symphony & Edo de Waart)
2."Suite for Symphonic Strings: Nocturne" (Lou Harrison) – (The New Professionals Orchestra & Rebecca Miller)
3."Lizard Point" – (Brian Eno)
4."Four Hymns: II for Cello and Double Bass" (Alfred Schnittke) – (Torleif Thedéen & Entcho Radoukanov)
5."Root of an Unfocus" (John Cage) – (Boris Berman)
6."Prelude – The Bay" – (Ingram Marshall)
7."Wheel of Fortune" – (Kay Starr)
8."Tomorrow Night" – (Lonnie Johnson)
9."This Bitter Earth"/"On the Nature of Daylight" – (Dinah Washington & Max Richter; Arrangement by Robbie Robertson)

I believe this is the main reason for the acquired popularity of Scelsi's Uaxuctum and for Scelsi's works in general.