Schubert Symphony
Movies that used Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony”?
Does anyone know which movies used “Unfinished Symphony” by Franz Schubert? I heard the song today and I know I have heard it in a movie before.
Thank you in advance for your help!
In response to the first answer I received: Yes, I know it has no words, I was referring to the symphony itself. A friend of mine was playing it on her iTunes today, I recognized it from a movie. Interestingly enough the album she had it on is called “The Most Essential Music from the Movies”
Malcolm is correct to point out that Schubert’s ‘Unfininshed’ Symphony is not a ‘song’. To be a song, a piece of music must be sung by a singer and have words. Schubert’s ‘piece’, ‘work’ or ‘composition’ is specifically a symphony and should not really be referred to in any other way, otherwise you risk making yourself look a little silly.
I have a database which tells me which films have used classical pieces. I can tell you that Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ has been used in the following:
Being There (1979)
The Black Cat (1934)
Break of Hearts (1935)
The Church Mouse (1934)
Counterpoint (1968)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dracula (1931)
Fight Club (1999)
Franz Schubert (1953)
The Golden Age (1930)
It’s a Date (1940)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Men of Steel (1938)
Minority Report (2002)
Narcotic (1933)
Naughty But Nice (1939)
The Roommate (1985)
Unfinished Symphony (1934)
Strange how popular it was in the 1930s!
Schubert : Symphony No.8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
