Classical Music in Movies

Johann Sebastian Bach#

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, II. Air#

An arrangement of the second movement of the suite by German violinist August Wilhelmj (1845–1908) became known as "Air on the G String".

• Se7en (1995)

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, I. Prelude#

• Antonia (1995)
• Intouchables (2011)
• Ex Machina (2014)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart#

Duettino - Sull'aria from opera "Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)"#

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 / 300i, III ("Turkish March")#

• 囍宴 (The Wedding Banquet) (1993)
• Long Vacation (1996) E3, E4, E6
• The Truman Show (1998)

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, I#

• My Girl (2005)

Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 (Sonata facile / Sonata semplice), I#

• Groundhog Day (1993)

Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525 ("A Little Night Music"), I#

• Alien (1979)
• The King's Speech (2010)

Ludwig van Beethoven#

Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2, I#

• The Pianist (2002)

Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 (Fate Symphony), I#

• Howards End (1992)

Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, IV. Finale ("Ode to Joy")#

• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)

Für Elise, WoO 59#

• Django Unchained (2012)

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 in C minor ("Pathétique"), II#

• Little Women (2019)

Frédéric Chopin#

Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2#

• Westworld (2016) S1E10

Erik Satie#

Gymnopédie No. 1 of Gymnopédies#

• Long Vacation (1996) E2, E6
• Man on Wire (2008)

Others#

Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel#

• Scent of a Woman (1992)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• True Lies (1994)

On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter#

• Shutter Island (2010)
• Arrival (2016)
• Hamnet (2025)