Classical Music in Films

[JenWo]

Hey,

does anyone know films that use classical music in their scores?

[Gurn Blanston]

I guess you could have asked a more general question to start off, but I can't think what it might be!

In any case, welcome, and I hope one of our members can help you out with that.

[karlhenning]

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[MishaK]

Gee...

Let's see...

2001 (R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra; J. Strauss Jr. Blue Danube Waltz)
Eyes Wide Shut (Ligeti Musica ricercata)
Death in Venice (Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No.5 in C# minor)
Elvira Madigan (Mozart Piano Concerto No.21)
Apocalypse Now (Wagner Ride of the Valkyries from die Walküre)

etc.

etc.

I'm sure the rest of the members can fill in the less obvious ones...

[Opus106]

Does the Star Wars soundtrack count as classical music? 0:)

[Gurn Blanston]

Does the Star Wars soundtrack count as classical music? 0:)

Navneeth!!!     

[Opus106]

Navneeth!!!     

Anything to keep my good-hearted, moderator friend occupied during the weekend.

[MishaK]

Who googleth shall findeth:

http://www.allegro-c.de/formate/cmm.htm

[bhodges]

Does the Star Wars soundtrack count as classical music? 0:)

Navneeth!!!     

--Bruce

[Grazioso]

Does the Star Wars soundtrack count as classical music? 0:)

[Grazioso]

Baz Luhrman's version of Romeo and Juliet: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Peter Weir's Master and Commander: Mozart, Boccherini, Corelli, Bach, Ralph Vaughan Williams (i.e., the perfect soundtrack)
Oliver Stone's Platoon: Barber's Adagio for Strings (with extra Charlie Sheen--winning!)

[westknife]

Barry Lyndon is, musically, probably my favorite film of all time. The drama is intensified with carefully selected and very beautiful music, particularly 2 recurring themes by Händel and Schubert.

Also, I think Amadeus goes without saying. A terrific film in every way.

Oh and, more recently, The King's Speech used the slow movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony to great effect in a climactic scene.

[MishaK]

Did you guys even look at the link I posted? 

[mc ukrneal]

Did you guys even look at the link I posted? 

Quite a remarkable list actually. Must have taken lots of time and effort by the author! Thanks for linking it here! Very useful.

[vandermolen]

Master and Commander uses the Tallis Fantasia by Vaughan Williams

Brief Encounter (original version) famously uses Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

[Grazioso]

Did you guys even look at the link I posted? 

Yes, but where's the fun in that?  Plus, there are omissions, such as Get Smart, where a performance of the finale of LvB's 9th plays an major part in the plot. Bits of Khatchaturian's Gayane in Aliens.

film composers just cop & nick the masters and paint in their styles in a cheap and voiceless pastiche.

There's not much left of that dead horse you keep beating. Whence all the antipathy? Did a gang of teenage wannabe film composers corner you outside the gym in high school and make you listen to the Indiana Jones theme until you cried?

[karlhenning]

Yes, but where's the fun in that?  Plus, there are omissions, such as Get Smart, where a performance of the finale of LvB's 9th plays an major part in the plot.

The movie? I haven't seen it.

The (b&w) pilot of the orginal TV series opens with Agent 86 attending a concert, and his shoe phone starts ringing during the Beethoven Seventh.

[Grazioso]

Brief Encounter (original version) famously uses Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

An excellent David Lean movie that can get lost in the shuffle of his later Technicolor epics. Btw, for a use of that piece of music in a comedic setting, watch Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch with Marylin Monroe, which is also, interestingly, about infidelity.

The movie? I haven't seen it.

The (b&w) pilot of the orginal TV series opens with Agent 86 attending a concert, and his shoe phone starts ringing during the Beethoven Seventh.

Yes, the recent movie starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. Quite amusing. Carell was born for deadpan humor.

[eyeresist]

There's not much left of that dead horse you keep beating. Whence all the antipathy? Did a gang of teenage wannabe film composers corner you outside the gym in high school and make you listen to the Indiana Jones theme until you cried?

During the 1980s, Jerry Goldsmith and Basil Poledouris used to egg his house on a regular basis while blaring 'Theme from a Summer Place' on a boombox. True story. That would screw anybody up.

[karlhenning]

During the 1980s, Jerry Goldsmith and Basil Poledouris used to egg his house on a regular basis while blaring 'Theme from a Summer Place' on a boombox. True story. That would screw anybody up.

Nice!