Classics from the Silver Screen

Welcome to Classics from the Silver Screen, an index of classical and opera music used in feature films. Entries are sorted by movie title and composer, and the navigation index is in the left-hand margin. Now in its eleventh year, Classics from the Silver Screen currently contains over 170 composers, 930 movie titles and 1700 individual classical and opera entries.
As I cannot watch all the movies ever made or identify all the music, there will be pieces which I have missed. I have thus concentrated on listing more recent or well-known films.
 
     Some entries have icons next to them, which you can click to buy the book book , movie dvd video or soundtrack music. The classical works listed under each entry do not always appear on the soundtrack, so check carefully before you buy.
 
    
All references are checked against The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (M Kennedy) and The Da Capo Catalog of Classical Music Compositions (J Chwialkowski). For more classical music resources, you can visit ClassicalNet. If you are searching for obscure or non-English films, you can also try the Internet Movie Database.
 
     I am always open to suggestions and contributions for anything that I might have missed. Just drop me a line at benjamin@inkpot.com. Do read the FAQ first, though, if you have a question.
 

Thanks to our Contributors

A special mention to the following for contributions "above and beyond":

A Ang, K Kun, Jeannie L, D Rees, P Schowb

as well as a big thank you to those who have sent in suggestions, additions and corrections :

R Aloysius, C Beck, C Brandão, J van Broekhoven, K Bronislawski, G Brown, J Chan, P Dodd, J Dunphy, J Farley, J Freedman, S Grathwohl, J Kielb, E J Koops, M Kuiper, D Mok, K C Liu, D Phelka, T Plebuch, S Shellman, J Smith, S Soeteman, H Stephen Wright, B Yoon.

 
Feedback, remarks, comments, suggestions ? Write me at benjamin@inkpot.com.
 

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