Classical Music 101: Fast, Frenetic, Chase Scene Music

Thirty to Sixty second clips of the twelve most popular classical music pieces used in film for fast action sequences.
Contents

1. William Tell Overture
The overture to the opera William Tell, its high-energy finale Theme song for The Lone Ranger.
Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Italy
1792 - 1868

2. Flight of the Bumblebee
"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 18991900.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russia
1844 - 1908

3. Sabre Dance
The Sabre Dance is a movement in the final act of the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane, completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres.
Aram Khachaturian
Soviet-Armenian
1903-1978

4. Hungarian Dance No. 5
Johannes Brahms
Germany
1833 - 1897

5. The Rite of Spring
Dances of the Young Girls
The Rite of Spring, commonly referred to by its original French title, Le Sacre du Printemps is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
Igor Stravinsky
Russia
1882 1971

6. Egmont
Egmont, opus 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Ludwig van Beethoven


7. Dance of the Hours
from La Giaconda
Dance of the Hours is a ballet from the opera La Gioconda composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
(Used in Disneys Fantasia)
Amilcare Ponchielli
Italy
1834 1886

8. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 arranged for orchestra
Franz Liszt
Hungary
1811 - 1886

9. Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 - Act 1 - 6/7. The fight - The duke's command
From Sergei Prokofievs Ballet
Sergei Prokofiev
Russia
1891 - 1953

10. The Overture to The Barber of Seville
by Gioachino Rossini
(Used in Many Cartoons)
Gioachino Rossini
Italy
1792 - 1868

11. Overture to the Thieving Magpie
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giovanni Gherardini after La pie voleuse by JMT Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. The opera is best known for its overture, which is notable for its use of snare drums.

by Gioachino Rossini
(Used in Many Cartoons)
Gioachino Rossini
Italy
1792 - 1868

12. Alla Turca - Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 (300i) is a sonata in three movements:
1.Andante grazioso - a theme with six variations
2.Menuetto - a minuet and trio
3.Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor

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Music

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• Classical
• music
• fast
• frenetic
• film
• score
• chase
• scene
• tempo

[redsmartie4life]

all of these remind me of the bugs bunny and tweetie show :P

[LovesSims2]

These songs are awesome! But a lot of TV shows...seem to wipe away their meaning?

Anyway, thank you!

[sunhatdude]

I love these songs! I know most of them too, I couldn't believe how many I didn't know the names of though! All these songs make me want to put my point shoes on, drive to the nearest theatre and dance and dance and dance to my hearts content! they are so pretty! thx for this wonderful video! :-)

[JNelson03]

What is the very first piece called before William Tell?

[magnanimous12]

The more I listen very familiar classical tunes, I get jealous that I don't have it. Even if more than half of the songs in my iPod (which is a lot) are classical music. I don't even have one-tenth of the whole classical music genre. Grrrr!!!!

[ELGABRIELRAMIREZ]

Sabre Dance should play in between classes. All the students are moving all over the place and the hallways become chaotic

[NeverAloneForever]

How did I know Rossini would get on here not once, not twice, but three times?

[sagamark19]

I love it! thank you, for uploading this!

[Phersephoie]

you just saved my life...(a little late but you did) thankyou soooo much for this collection!!

[zeron82411]

What is the intro's song name?

[TechnicalNovice]

@PlushieClock MEE TOO!!!! :) I'm SOOOOO Glad! lol i remember it in one of the scenes in the movie Hocus Pocus. The Disney movie. :) Gotta love Sabre Dance!

[TheDirectorofFoo]

This music will forever be played. There will never be a time where people aren't listening to the greatest time of music.