Using the general consensus of movies on the Naxos website, the films that included Mozart were grouped in form to reveal which of Mozart’s compositions are most popular in film. The largest portion, are his concertos although this includes compositions with featuring different instruments. They were grouped together mainly for simplicity in tallying purposes. In this case if we look at what is next popular is “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”. This piece is not only perceived to be his most popular composition but also that of which used in films. Identifying this song right away upon hearing it in a scene will make its listener come to the quick conclusion that the director meant to include classical music for a particular reason because he or she assumed the audience will recognize it. Because this song is very popular it would be unlikely for it to be used as background music in the scene but rather featured as it was in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
During 1787 the latter year in which most of the works looked at here by Mozart were composed was the time in which he wrote most of his famous works. Working with the information provided on the Naxos website, it is revealed that most of his works used in film are from this time period.
Citation
"Music in Movies." Naxos: The World's Leading Classical Music Group. Naxos Digital Services Limited, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2013. <http://www.naxos.com/musicinmovies.asp?letter=A>.
Written by: Arianna Benincasa
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