Favorite Use of A Classical Pieces in Films

By: Andhika Eka Buana

“Siciliana – Sonata BWV n. 1031” Johann Sebastian Bach -Breaking the Waves.
“Jazz Suite, Waltz 2” Dmitri Shostakovich -Eyes Wide Shut.
“Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto” Ludwig van Beethoven -The Fall.
“Piano Sonata No.20” Franz Schubert -Au Hasard Balthazar.
“The Blue Danube” Johann Strauss -2001: A Space Oddyssey.
“Lacrimosa” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Come and See.
“Die Walküre” Richard Wagner -Apocalypse Now.
“G Major Suite for Solo Cello” Johann Sebastian Bach -You Can Count on Me.
“Dies Irae from Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, K.626” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -X2: X-Men United.
“Air Ouverture Nr. 3 in D” Johann Sebastian Bach -After Hours.
“Winter” Antonio Vivaldi -Oldboy.
“Caprice No.24 in A minor” Nicolo Paganini -Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
“Violin Concerto in D Major Op.77:3. Vivace Non Troppo” Johannes Brahms -There Will Be Blood.
“Sarabande” Georg Friedrich Händel -Barry Lyndon.
“Piano Concerto No. 23 Adagio” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -The New World.
“Casta diva” Vincenzo Bellini -2046.
“Symphony Nr. 7 h-Moll, D.759” Franz Schubert -Minority Report.
“Claire de Lune” Claude Debussy -Tokyo Sonata.
“‘Lascia ch’io pianga’ from ‘Rinaldo’” Georg Friedrich Händel -Antichrist.
“Adagio for Strings” Samuel Barber -Platoon.
“Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” Johann Sebastian Bach -Solyaris.
“Die Zauberflöte, K620” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Amadeus.
“Carnival of the Animals – The Aquarium” Camille Saint-Saëns -Days of Heaven.
“Nocturne in C# Minor, Posthumous” Frédéric Chopin -The Pianist.
“William Tell Overture” Gioacchino Rossini -A Clockwork Orange.
“Bolero” Maurice Ravel -Love Exposure.
“Habanera” Georges Bizet -Magnolia.
" Swan Lake Act. II No.10" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -A Woman Under the Influence.
“Mélodie antique française Op.39-16” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -Russian Ark.
“Canon in D” Johann Pachelbel -My Sassy Girl.
“Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo” Pietro Mascagni -Raging Bull.
“Vivaldi Concert in G Major” Antonio Vivaldi -Dogville.
“Johannes’s Passion” Johann Sebastian Bach -The Mirror.
“Erbarme dich, mein Gott” Johann Sebastian Bach -The Sacrifice.
“Great Mass in Do Minor, No.16 (K.427) – Kyrie” Wofgang Amadeus Mozart -A Man Escaped.
“Quartet For Strings And Piano In A Minor” Gustav Mahler -Shutter Island.
“Má Vlast: Vltava” Bedrich Smetana -The Tree of Life.