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In_The_Wind

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33. It's not always bad ...

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 06:55 AM

Aug 2014

Watch the scene, we dare you not to shudder. Every bit of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is frightening, but providing your own epic soundtrack while bombing an entire Vietnamese village is something else. In Die Walküre, the theme accompanies the Valkyrie sisters riding flying horses as they search for fallen heroes and ever since that it has become synonymous with battle imagery. “The Ride of the Valkyrie” appears in D.W. Griffith’s silent film The Birth of a Nation, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, and even provides the tunes for one of Elmer Fudd’s many hunts for Bugs Bunny.

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Annoying film cliche: only evil people listen to classical music. [View all] Aristus Aug 2014 OP

They edited the scene out of Silence of the Lambs where Hannibal dances around to NightWatcher Aug 2014 #1

Kinda hard to do your evil scheming to "99 Love Balloons" Throd Aug 2014 #2

The Wiggles wouldn't work so well either lame54 Aug 2014 #23

Throbbing Gristle makes for good "evil" music kentauros Aug 2014 #41

We still have Five Easy Pieces pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #3

All That Jazz. Scheider's character Joe Gideon starts every day with Vivaldi CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #4

Master & Commander Ino Aug 2014 #5

Yeah. My favorite exception. Aristus Aug 2014 #6

Me too. I had to teach it to myself on guitar. panader0 Aug 2014 #13

I love that movie! nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #39

A pity they never tapped the other books Mike Daniels Aug 2014 #42

In the PBS "Inspector Morse" series, Morse was an opera buff. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #7

Was just thinking of him, Ocelot! elleng Aug 2014 #16

good music is like needing AIR to me. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #8

Did you miss Philadelphia? gratuitous Aug 2014 #9

Nope. Forgot. Aristus Aug 2014 #10

yeah, that's a good one fishwax Aug 2014 #17

that just proves what I already knew Enrique Aug 2014 #19

Dang! gratuitous Aug 2014 #21

How about this one? jcboon Aug 2014 #11

Okay, in this case, the people who made that movie were evil... Aristus Aug 2014 #12

I lived in Morocco when I was 6 and 7, in '56 and '57. (Air Force dad) panader0 Aug 2014 #14

Unless you're Patrick Bateman Hong Kong Cavalier Aug 2014 #15

Agreed. geardaddy Aug 2014 #18

the hero in "Serpico" was an opera fan Enrique Aug 2014 #20

Moonstruck sarge43 Aug 2014 #22

What about Inspector Morse? ailsagirl Aug 2014 #24

There's also Star Trek: First Contact jrandom421 Aug 2014 #25

Thank you for all the examples of good guy classical music enthusiasts. Aristus Aug 2014 #26

Maybe an appreciation of the more difficult musical forms like classical and jazz sarge43 Aug 2014 #36

My annoying film cliche: Even downtown in the city there is always parking right in front LynneSin Aug 2014 #27

In fairness, you're not Charlize Theron. Yavin4 Aug 2014 #31

Hey I am pretty darn awesome LynneSin Aug 2014 #34

My other annoying film cliche - it is always raining at funerals LynneSin Aug 2014 #28

There's a technical reason for that actually. Chan790 Aug 2014 #29

I notice this every time, and it's cringe-worthy. chrisa Aug 2014 #30

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World. Recursion Aug 2014 #32

It's not always bad ... In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #33

The evil/mad genius playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, usually on an organ n/t sarge43 Aug 2014 #35

Something Like This? CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #37

Yeah. That's the one. sarge43 Aug 2014 #38

Despite the sterling exceptions listed above, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #40

In the TV series Hannibal The Second Stone Aug 2014 #43