The conservative Academy likes to play it safe. To not nominate Fassbinder for Shame either is no surprise. Can’t believe they left Tilda Swinton of the Best Actress list. Speaking of hard to sit through I just watched We Need To Talk About Kevin. Yeah the film is kind of rough to sit through even for me. Do you have one? Please do share in the comments. So those are just some of my favorite Mozart’s music in movies. ![]() One of my favorite parts about this film is definitely the music, and naturally classical music is fitting for the subject matter. I was mesmerized by that music… and Jaws’ teeth □ It remains one of my all time favorites to this day.Īlexandre Desplat’s Oscar-nominated soundtrack for The King’s Speech also uses Mozart’s piece La Nozze di Figaro. I didn’t even know it was a Mozart piece until much later as I was only a wee kid at the time. 21 as his octopus-like hideout rises from the sea. My introduction to Mozart in movies is actually courtesy of an unlikely source, a James Bond film! Ahah, yes, it was The Spy Who Loved Me as it’s played in this scene where Bond’s arch nemesis Stromberg played Piano Concerto No. The film is told in flashback mode by Salieri who’s now confined to an insane asylum. Tom Hulce in the title role was also nominated for an Oscar. Murray Abraham for his superb performance as Antonio Salieri, Mozart’s main rival. It won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for F. Even if you’re not a fan of classical music, it’s still a fascinating story and the film was amazingly done. If you haven’t seen Amadeus, I highly recommend it. This piece called Eine kleine Nachtmusik ( A Little Night Music) is the most widely used, 13 times as of 2006, in movies ranging from Ace Ventura, Bonfire of the Vanities to Nikita, and of course it’s part of the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film about the musical genius, Amadeus (1984). And this site actually compiles a list of how many times Mozart’s work has been used in dozens of films. This forum from a few years ago compiled over 400 movie titles from all over the world that uses Mozart’s music. Whatever the genre, Mozart’s music seems to have a place in a variety of them. Whether you notice it or not, you’ve likely have heard Mozart’s music in all kinds of films. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers and his music will always remain timeless. ![]() Per Wikipedia, he composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. ![]() He only lived until the age of 35, but in such a short life he was incredibly prolific and influential. Just a bit of history on one of the greatest classical composers of all time… Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria and started composing from the age of five and already performed before European royalty at such a young age. Well, as my two of my all time favorite music genres are classical and soundtracks, I thought I’d sort of combine the two in today’s music break post. I listen to classical NPR to and from work a lot and they’re promoting a special program commemorating this event. Today, January 27th, marks the 256th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth.
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