Unraveling Classical Music in Modern Media

In summary, classical music is frequently used in commercials, tv series, movies, etc. Can we sort out what is what?
  • #36
Gokul43201 said:
I owned this on CD (but lost it during a move, I think :frown:). It is possibly the best recording of Beethoven I've heard.

I agree. It can certainly make me cry, and not for having lost the CD:smile:
 
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  • #37
neutrino said:
Could not find the ad, but the tune is available in this video. (3:40)


And yeah, the UEFA anthem is still unanswered.


Is this the one?
 
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  • #38
Andre said:
Edit Meanwhile, name this music: lover's Barcarole

A better version than the Gilligan's Island, Ginger/Ophelia one? :smile:
 
  • #39
Meanwhile, the harvest of sequels from classical tunes so far (after the openings thread). I'm about halfway. The story of the French Anthem appears to be a tad more complicated.

Original: Symphony #3 for Organ, Camille Saint-Saëns

Spin off: If I had words
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Original: "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner

Sequel: Apocalypse Now

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Original: Habarena from Carmen by Bizet

Sequels:
Hamlet from Gilligan’s island
The Three Musketeers, Goofy and Clarabella

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Original: Toreador from Carmen by Georges Bizet

Sequel: first movement of Mozart’s piano concerto no. 25

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Original: Duet from Genevieve de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach

Sequel: US Marines hymn
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Original: Final Choir “Ode an die Freude” in the 9th symphony by Ludwich von Beethoven

Sequels:
European anthem
Die hard
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Original:

Sequel: UEFA anthem
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Original: O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

Sequels:
Big ad
Old spice
 
  • #40
fi said:
Lover's barcarole

A better version than the Gilligan's Island, Ginger/Ophelia one? :smile:

No but it seems related, just look around on the page a bit.
 
  • #41
Great harvest Andre, sorry I added some ridiculous things!

There were three pieces in the Gilligans Island opera- The Habarena, the Barcarolle and The Toreador song, so three sequels there.

The first movement of Mozarts piano concerto no.25 was (seemingly) the original, with a fragment that foreshadowed the Marsaillies, and this had sequels and music that referred back, including Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and The Beatles' Love is all you need.
 
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  • #42
Yes but there are more sources for that, intertwined with the Russian anthem and Berlioz is named as composer as well as Rouget de Lisle but also Etienne Méhul.

Anyway, the second movement of Mozart 25th is definitely also one with sequels.
 
  • #43
Sure, I was just enjoying the influences, and explaining why the 1st movement of the piano concerto no.25 is there. You may want to edit your harvest, because it isn't there as any relation to the Toreador song. Also you may want to check the link with the Gendarmes' duet. I couldn't find one myself.
 
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  • #44
I was posting and editing at much the same time as Andre, and a bit at cross-purposes, I think, sorry. Certainly anything is better than Ginger’s singing.
How about this one?
a Sony ad. I like the Stones’ ‘Ruby Tuesday’ on the one that is playing at the moment, too.
Or this?
Halo 3
 
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  • #45
fi said:
How about this one?
a Sony ad


Great :approve: Rossini again

Back later, an urgent essay to write.
 
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