Poll: Best use of classical music in film

Results of 1,882 votes:

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   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    

   Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra – Opening scene.
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   Apocalypse Now (1979)

    

   Richard Wagner’s The Ride of the Valkyrie – Helicopter attack.
3. 3.
   

   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    

   Johann Strauss II’s The Blue Danube – Spacecraft docking the station.
4. 4.
   

   V for Vendetta (2005)

    

   Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture - The destruction of the British Parliament building.
5. 5.
   

   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    

   Wolfgang Mozart’s Duettino Sull'aria – Andy using the warden’s office to play this piece to the entire prison.
6. 6.
   

   Fantasia (1940)

    

   Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Segment.
7. 7.
   

   The King's Speech (2010)

    

   Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony 7 – King George VI’s wartime speech.
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   The Godfather Part III (1990)

    

   Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo – Ending monologue.
9. 9.
   

   Shine (1996)

    

   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee – David playing this piece on the piano.
10. 10.
    

    The Ladykillers (1955)

     

    Luigi Boccherini’s Minuet in E major – Rehearsal of the musicians.
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    The Ruling Class (1972)

     

    Giuseppe Verdi’s Libiamo ne' lieti calici – Grace Shelley's grand entrance as the lady of the Camellias.