Hi,

can anyone help me identifying the following Classical Music sample:

Sample

Thank You

Edit: It's Romance from The Gadfly - Shostakovich (thanks to hellspawn)

Jojo, which BBC documentary did this come from? That might help, since a number of such programmes already have documented musical sources.

- M.

The documentary is "Century of the Self" by Adam Curtis.

I recognise the piece, I just can't put a name to it....

In that case, according to the Wikipedia entry it's probably one of these (and I'm pretty sure it isn't Louis Armstrong...):

• Raymond Scott: "Portofino 2" (From Manhattan Research Inc.)
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, beginning of the third movement (poco allegretto)
• Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World
• Arvo Pärt: 'Für Alina'

- M.

Very good guess.
It actually is "The Trap" by Adam Curtis. I've already checked all the Wikipedia entries there, but didn't have any success.

Definitely NOT the beginning of that Brahms' piece.

It's not any of those four. Very frustrating to hear a familiar piece but forget what and by whom! Tchaikovsky perhaps?

Hmm... in that case, could it possibly be one of the "other movements" from the North by Northwest score?

- M.

Music featured in The Trap, by Adam Curtis:
[*] "Intermezzo" from The Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius (opening title, episode one; also in episode three)
[*] "Return To Hot Chicken", from the album I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One by Yo La Tengo
[*] "Nowhere Near" from the album Painful by Yo La Tengo
[*] "On Some Faraway Beach", from the album Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno
[*] "Age Of Consent", from the album Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
[*] "Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)" from the Assault On Precinct 13 soundtrack by John Carpenter
[*] "Interlude", "The Reunion", "The Match Box" and other movements from the North by Northwest score by Bernard Herrmann
[*] "Cosmonaute" from the album Monokini by Stereo Total
[*] "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee
[*] "Becalmed" from the album Another Green World by Brian Eno
[*] "Taking Tiger Mountain" from Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy by Brian Eno
[*] "The Thing (Main Title)" from The Thing score by Ennio Morricone
[*] "Contest Winners" from the Carrie score by Pino Donaggio
[*] "Great Release" from LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem
[*] "La Marseillaise" (end credits, episode three)

I've listened to the entire North by Northwest score and although I was recognizing some pieces featured in the documentary, the sample in question wasn't one of them

I'm not certain, but by a process of elimination, it'd have to be the Sibelius.

I don't think so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtIw5AkUEsE

It's definitely not North by Northwest - I own that soundtrack. It really sounds like Sibelius to me.

I don't know it, and I know a lot Sibelius, but not anything

You could try and ask at a dedicated forum -> "Name that tune" forum on GMG You do not have to register for this.

Definitely not the Intermezzo of the Karelia Suite, which is built around a brass theme which practically counts as an ear-worm; I've just checked, and I probably will have it in my head for the rest of this evening.

Does sound fairly Russian: as a SWAG, you could try Khachaturian (?sp) -- maybe summat from the Spartacus ballet music?

Good luck.

Romance from The Gadfly - Shostakovich.

great. that's it. thanks a lot and welcome to the forums