Top 10 Classical Works Used in the Movies

In the latest mailing from Mid-America Piano, they included a fun list of Top 10 Classical Works Used in the Movies. I have no idea how they come up with the data for this list, but I thought it was pretty cool. I don’t recognize the titles of a couple of these, so I’m curious to look them up and see if I recognize the music!

1. Adagio by Samuel Barber
2. Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
3. Piano Concerto No 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
4. Flight of the Bumble Bee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
5. Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
6. Symphony No 5, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
7. Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo by Pietro Verdi
8. La forza del destino Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
9. Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
10. Canon by Johann Pachelbel

Check out the original post for quick links to live stream and/or download these pieces!