SHERLOCK HOLMES
Director: Guy Ritchie
Music editor: Peter Oso Snell
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The 2009 movie Sherlock Holmes uses a piece of music by Haydn. A string quartet piece, specifically Adagio from String Quartet Opus 1 No. 3 in D major, was played during a scene where Watson and Mary, his fiancé, are having dinner with Holmes at a restaurant called “The Royal.” During this part of the film, Sherlock Holmes is using his deductive talents to describe both Mary and Watson. Haydn’s musical piece is used as non-diagetic sound. While the history of the piece and story of the scene do not relate to one another, the fact that Haydn’s works are used in film demonstrates that his music is still relevant today.
Written by: Trisha Elegino
Loved this movie, and this is one of the most important scenes in the movie which makes it very interesting that Haydn's music was chosen to represent a pinnacle part.
ReplyDeleteThat is so interesting! I didn't realize that Haydn's music was used in this film. In the second film, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Schubert's Die Forelle is used in the film as diagetic music and is on the soundtrack, but this piece by Haydn is not on the soundtrack. It is interesting that they are using Classical/early Romantic music for these films, as opposed to what would be more "modern" music for the time periods the films are set, such as music by Dvorak or Mahler.
ReplyDeleteOh, and of course, one of the key scenes in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is the opera scene, which features Mozart's Don Giovanni! This piece of music is on the soundtrack called "To The Opera!" and it "incorporates elements from "Ultima Prova", "Ah, Signor Per Carita" and "Don Giovanni a Cenar Teco"" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_A_Game_of_Shadows_(soundtrack)]
DeleteYou can watch the opera scene in these videos (the second is a continuation of the first):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_nHeThpfLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKAbAS_KlM0
Thanks for sharing Kyra! There is actually numerous movies that have integrated Classical music in them that we wouldn't even have realized. When doing my research, I actually had a hard time figuring out which piece by Haydn was in this movie and which scene it was because it isn't in the soundtrack as you had said. A lot of movies that Haydn is featured in is not on the movie's soundtrack making it much harder to identify.
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- Trisha E.