Scandalous, right? Either way, you’ve probably heard this piece at the movies more than you think: it’s been used to provide a dark setting for moody works such as “Rollerball” and “Welcome to Sarajevo.” Strangely enough, it also appeared in “Flashdance. Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) It’s a new. The 20th century musicologist Remo Giozatto claimed to have transcribed the “Adagio” from a manuscript of the Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni, but as it turns out, Giozatto wrote it all along. If you haven’t heard of this piece, think of it as the Gov 1310 final take-home exam of classical music. “Adagio in G Minor” by Tomaso Albinoni/Remo Giozatto: It was also used by the Marx Brothers in their films and Robert Zemeckis in his classic “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Whether played by Bugs Bunny in “ Rhapsody Rabbit” or Tom and Jerry in “ The Cat Concerto,” this bouncy piano piece has accompanied more animated acts of violence than any other. 2” by Franz LisztĬartoon lovers just can’t get a break from the Hungarian virtuoso’s best-known work. However, the song is brilliantly utilized in the form of a Nigel Tufnel guitar solo at the end of “Heavy Duty” in “This Is Spinal Tap,” the first (and last) time Boccherini gets turned up to 11. Allegro con brio Richard Wagner The Valkyrie of the Valkyries Edvard Grieg Peer. When he wrote “The Celebrated Minuet” back in 1771, how could he have known that it would turn in to the go-to piece for directors looking to make fun of classical music? You can hear the Minuet all over the place-as Ferris Bueller walks into a snooty Chicago restaurant, in “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,” and in both adaptations of “The Ladykillers.” It’s even in “D3: The Mighty Ducks,” for God’s sake. Track list Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. Griffith used it in the climactic scene of his strongly pro-KKK 1915 film “ Birth of a Nation.” His compositional output is known worldwide, his music is frequently used and referenced in other genres of art, and his music is still played in concert halls today. Ever since Colonel Kilgore blasted it during a napalm raid in “ Apocalypse Now,” directors have been using this intro to Act III of Wagner’s “Die Valküre” whenever they want to say “Hey, what you’re about to see is violent, but it’s also kinda goofy if you think about it!” As a side note, Coppola wasn’t the first to use “Ride of the Valkyries”-D.W. Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most influential composers of classical music. You can blame Francis Ford Coppola for this one. “Ride of the Valkyries” by Richard Wagner Watch out for five of the most overused classical pieces in film: Of course, with thousands of directors mining the classical archives for score material, some pieces are bound to pop up more than occasionally. Even during classical's present decline in popularity, you'll rarely make it through a modern movie without hearing something Thomas Jefferson would've considered an oldie. Directors have been relying on classical music since the invention of the silver screen. What do "Dead Poets Society," "Die Hard," and "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" all have in common? Answer: you can hear Beethoven’s " Ode to Joy" in all of them.
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