# Classical Music in Woody Allen's "Love and Death" DVD

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**Created:** [March 3, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-in-woody-allens-love-and-death-dvd/158842 "2003-03-03T21:16:44Z")
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#### Post date: [March 3, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-in-woody-allens-love-and-death-dvd/158842/1 "2003-03-03T21:16:44Z")

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What is the music that is played in the menu of the _Love and Death_ DVD?

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### Author: ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-in-woody-allens-love-and-death-dvd/158842/2 "2003-03-03T21:25:59Z")

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I’ve not seen the DVD, but all the music from the film is by Prokofiev, so it’s probably by him – there are sections of his “Alexander Nevsky” and “Lt. Kije” (sometimes spelled Kizhe or Kizheh in english) in the film.

–Cliffy