I tried to include all the suggestions given on the nominations thread. For those that did not make the poll, I either could not find the scene for the suggested piece of music or I could not determine the name of the piece of music or its composer. For thinning and seeding purposes there will be five preliminary pools with 15 scenes apiece in which you can select as many as you think deserve to move on the main event. In other words, if you believe all 15 scenes in a particular pool are deserving you'll be able to select all 15. You'll have approximately 24 hours to let your opinion be known for each preliminary pool.

Preliminary Pool A (Vote Here)
10 I like different music for different things - "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel


2001: A Space Odyssey Opening Scene - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss


2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvou with Space Station - "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II


20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Life aboard the Nautilus - "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach


Alien At Narcissus - Eine kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze by W.A. Mozart (Small cheat but the best I could find of the scene Cinco Ranch described)


Alien End Credits - Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic": by Howard Hanson (Also a bit of a cheat)


Amadeus Consigned to flames of woe - "Requiem in D Minor - Confutatis" by W.A. Mozart


Amadeus God forced to listen - "Requiem in D Minor - Introitus" by W.A. Mozart


Amadeus Like a rusty squeeze box - "Serenade For Winds 3rd Movement" by W.A. Mozart


Amadeus Mozart's Funeral - "Requiem in D Minor - Lacrimosa" by W.A. Mozart


Amadeus The very Voice of God - "Sinfonia Concertante in C major for Flute, Harp & Orchestra," "Symphony No.29 in A major," "Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra No.10 in E-flat major," "Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E major." and "Great Mass No.17 for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra in C minor, I. Kyrie" by W.A. Mozart


Apocalypse Now We'll come in low out of the rising sun - "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner (NSFW Language)


Arrival Opening and Final Scenes - "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter




Badlands This very moment - "Musica Poetica" by Carl Orff


The Bad News Bears Wait Until Next Year - "Toreador" from Carmen by Georges Bizet

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Amadeus is an all time fave but how about Excalibur and Carl Orff? O Furtuna/Carmina Burana. Perfect for the scenes and the movie.

It's a remixed version, but still.

The above is just the first Preliminary Pool, there are four more to follow. The pool containing "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff for its use in Excalibur will be in the next one up and will open around 8:00 tonight.

The Dog Lord said:

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It's a remixed version, but still.

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Past nomination time but since I liked the scene, I'll allow it. It will be included as part of Preliminary Pool E.

Less than 10 minutes left if you want to vote in the first Preliminary Pool

Preliminary Pool B (Vote Here) Reminder select any scenes you think deserves to move on to the main event

Barry Lyndon Game - "Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major" by Franz Schubert


Barry Lyndon Final Scene - "Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major" by Franz Schubert


Barry Lyndon Title sequence, intermission, epilogue & closing credits - "Sarabande" by Georg Friedrich Hndel


Breaking Away The Italians Are Coming! - "Symphony No. 4" (Italian Symphony) by Felix Mendelssohn


Carlito's Way Under the Rain - "Flower Duet" from Lakme by Leo Delibes (Music being considered starts at about 1:50 mark of the clip)



A Clockwork Orange As we walked along the flat block marina - "Overture" from La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by Gioachino Rossini


A Clockwork Orange It's a sin! That!... Using Ludwig van like that! - "Symphony No. 9 in D Mvt. 4" by Ludwig van Beethoven


Dead Poets Society Montage - "Ode to Joy" from "Symphony No.9 in D" by Ludwig van Beethoven


Die Hard: The Nakatomi Vault Opens - "Ode to Joy" from "Symphony No.9 in D" by Ludwig van Beethoven (NSFW Language)


The Dish We got a signal - "Classical Gas" by Mason William (unfortunately I am unable to determine the music in the second half of the scene)


Equilibrium Music for the first time - "Symphony No. 9 in D minor" by Ludwig van Beethoven


Excalibur King Arthur rides out - "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff


Fantasia Mickey at Hogwarts - "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas


Full scene via vimeo.com

Fantasia Witches' Sabbath vs Theotokos - "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky and "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert


Fearless Plane Crash - "Symphony No. 3" (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) by Henryk Gorecki

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Cool.

Preliminary Pool C (Vote Here) Reminder select any scene you think deserves to move on to the main event

Gallipoli As fast as a leopard - "Adagio in G minor" by Tomaso Albinoni (Music being considered starts at the 1:05 mark of the clip)


Green Book Don't tell me nuthin' Show me - "Etude Op. 25 No. 11" (Winter Wind) by Frederic Chopin


Groundhog Day Phil's Piano solo - "Eighteenth Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Sergei Rachmaninov


He Got Game Yo, yo yo, we got next - "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo by Aaron Copland (NSFW Language)


Immortal Beloved Feeling the Music - "Piano Sonata No. 14" (Moonlight Sonata) by Ludwig van Beethoven


Kill Bill Vol. 1 One ticket to Tokyo, please - "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov


The King's Speech Speaking Unto Nations - "7th Symphony, 2nd mvt" by by Ludwig van Beethoven


Life is Beautiful A Night at the Opera - "Barcarolle" from The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach


M Potential Victim - "In The Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg


Manhattan Opening - "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin


Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Man Overboard (at 2:30 approx) & Burial at Sea - "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams




Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World First Aubrey/Maturin duet - "Concerto No. 3 'Strassburg' 3rd Movement" by W.A. Mozart


Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Second Aubrey/Maturin duet - "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid" by Luigi Boccherini


Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Opera Scene - "Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini


National Lampoon's Animal House I see you've met D-Day - "Overture" from William Tell by Gioachino Rossini

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Step Brothers - Por Ti Volare

You'll get your chance to vote for it. It is one of the scenes in Preliminary Pool E which will open around 8:00 PM tomorrow.

Preliminary Pool D (Vote Here) Reminder select any scene you think deserves to move on to the main event

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Let there be light - "Hallelujah Chorus" from The Messiah by George Frideric Handel


The New World Opening Sequence - "Vorspiel" from Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner


Ocean's Eleven There is always someone watching (Final Scene) - "Clair de lune" by by Claude Debussy


Ordinary People Opening - "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel


The Pianist Do you work here? - "Nocturne in C-sharp minor" by Frederic Chopin


Philadelphia Do you like opera? - "La Mamma Morta" from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano


Platoon The Death of Sgt. Elia - "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber (NSFW Language)


Portrait of a Lady on Fire She did not see me - "Storm" from "Summer" of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi


Pretty Woman At the Opera - La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi


Pretty Woman Final Scene - "Dammi tu Forza, O Cielo" from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi


Rabbit of Seville What would you want with a wabbit? - Mostly from the "Overture" from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini but briefly uses Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"


A full video of Rabbit of Seville via dailymotion.com

Raging Bull LaMotta Dancing in the Ring (Opening Credits) - "Intermezzo" from Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni


The Right Stuff Fan Dance - "Clair de lune" by Claude Debussy (Possibly NSFW)


The Right Stuff Glen Launch/First Orbit - "Mars" and "Jupiter" from The Planets by Gustav Holst


Rollerball Intro - "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach

Dang, not sure how I missed the first three rounds.

Oh well. Finally voted.

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All of these are great, and the Strauss waltz to the space station would get my vote of these options, but we have to mention the unique zither-played "The Third Man Theme". Spoilers would include putting a specific scene with the tune.

Pool D may be the strongest pool to date.

Have until 8:00 to voice your opinion on Pool D.

I've never seen The New World but I really liked that opening

Preliminary Pool E (Vote here) Reminder select any scene you think deserves to move on to the main event

Scent Of A Woman Hold me down son (Tango scene) - "Por Una Cabeza" by Carlos Gardel


Schindler's List Bach? Nien, Mozart - "English Suite No. 2 in A minor" J.S. Bach (NSFW Language)


Se7en How's this for culture (Library scene) - "Suite No. 3 in D Major" by J.S. Bach


The Shawshank Redemption Every last man in Shawshank felt free - "Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto" from The Marriage of Figaro by W.A. Mozart


Shine Concert - "Piano Concerto no. 3 in D-minor" by Sergey Rachmaninov


Shine How about a tune - "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov


The Shining Come play with us - "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" by Bela Bartok.

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The Social Network Henley Royal Regatta - "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg


Star Trek Beyond Is that classical music? Yes Doctor it would seem to be - "Sabotage" by Adam Yauch, Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond


Step Brothers Climatic Scene - "Por ti Volar" (Con te partiro) by Francesco Sartori (NSFW Language)


The Sum Of All Fears Payback - "Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini


There Will Be Blood Final Scene - "Violin Concerto in D major" by Johannes Brahms


Trading Places Opening Credits - "Overture" from Marriage of Figaro by W.A. Mozart


The Truman Show Classical Clive - "Rondo Alla Turca" (Turkish March) by W.A. Mozart


V for Vendetta Do You Like Music Mr. Finch - "1812 Overture" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


What's Opera, Doc? Kill the Wabbit! - Borrows heavily from several operas by Richard Wagner


Full video of What's Opera, Doc? via dailymotion.com

Ag 11 said:

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I've never seen The New World but I really liked that opening

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Like you I haven't seen it but also liked the opening but paraphrasing Belton Ag who nominated the scene, the rest of the movie sucks.

Yeah a little late but if enough folks go through the trouble of giving your post a blue star, I'll consider having it be part of the main event. So start your "write in" campaign.

Yay!

So seriously, I saw Ode to Joy live in Houston and it was damn near a religious experience. Just stunningly beautiful and powerful in person,

I stumbled across this clip of a movie I've never seen and believe they perfectly recreate my concert experience. Even down to the shaking at the end of the clip as if God was right there with you. This clip is on on my regular playlist because it brings me so much, well... joy.

Yawn, too early morning bump.

In addition to the regular Pool E slate, if you want me to consider Hogiies late addition, blue star his 8:34 PM post,

This contest has made two things abundantly clear

1) I have not seen very many movies.
2) I don't know jack about classical music.

jkag89 said:

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Yawn, too early morning bump.

In addition to the regular Pool E slate, if you want me to consider Hogiies late addition, blue star his 8:34 PM post,

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I would argue in favor of including it. The scene is interesting, if fictional. (Sidenote: the performance in the clip seems to use the traditional score with modern instruments. In 1996, Jonathan Del Mar published a re-edited score that is closer to what the 9th really sounded like. John Eliot Gardner conducted a recording using Del Mar's score and time period correct instruments. Worth a listen if you're a fan of the 9th.)

Posting here mostly to add this thread to my watch list so I don't miss any more of these. What criteria are y'all using?

As I was watching these videos over lunch, I decided I generally prefer scenes where the music tells the story (like the Shawshank scene) over ones where the music complements the storytelling (V For Vendetta) over narrative montages (The Sum of All Fears) over montages that are basically just an excuse to play good music (The Social Network).

My musical preferences also influence my decisions; I can't help it, but I can admit it.

I've done a mix of both so far

The preliminaries are closed. Time for me to get to work and use the results for seeding the main event which will open probably Sunday evening, no later than Monday Morning.

Dang it, I missed Pool E. My phone committed suicide every time I tried to open this thread

Since you were barely late if you post your selections I'll add them to the results.