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After listening a couple times, I'm pretty sure they're not actually the same set of notes. And even if they were, it's more likely coincidence than not: the musical effect Glass is going for relies on a particular progression which just happens to partially overlap a phrase Mahler once used.

Meanwhile, if you want soundtracks which shamelessly quote classical music...

* That awesome sequence in "The Matrix" where Neo's distracted by the woman in the red dress? The soundtrack gives you Rob D's "Clubbed to Death", but that's just the theme from Elgar's "Enigma" variations with a bass line.

* Listen to the score from "Gladiator". Then listen to "Mars" from Holst's "The Planets". In fact, this works with almost any action/war movie.

* Disney does it too: "Once Upon a Dream" from "Sleeping Beauty" is... well, a melody from "Sleeping Beauty" the ballet, by Tchaikovsky.

* A 1950's musical produced a hit song, "Stranger in Paradise". It's a melody from Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor".

etc., etc.

mattmaroon• 17 years ago

Looking at that song list, it's pretty much the digital equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking.

Sam_Odio• 17 years ago

It's actually much more useful if you sort by popularity. There are about a dozen good Christmas songs in there: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1261763009/ref=sr_st?rs=33489701...

timdorr• 17 years ago

And on top of that, good stuff like Bibio is just a "sampler" song comprised of clips of their music: http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Avenue-Sampler/dp/B002BHW1...

Ambivalence Avenue is a truly stellar album, so it's kind of painful to see it chopped to bits like that.

bcl• 17 years ago

That's got to be the biggest collection of crap songs that I've seen since the last time I dug through the WalMart bargain bin.

Dauntless• 17 years ago

Also, you can check out \ http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads

messel3• 17 years ago

Sweet Dauntless, I'll add that to my search list. More free Xmas shwag

tkahn6• 17 years ago

The classical music selection is excellent. I just downloaded Moonlight Sonata movements I and III.

1290 Amazon mp3s free (most music)

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