# Classical piece ID please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-piece-id-please/203820>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-piece-id-please/203820 "2003-09-25T19:41:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-piece-id-please/203820/1 "2003-09-25T19:41:16Z")

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The other day my brother was watching Minority Report. I was in the other room doing something else, and I heard the following little number:

[http://www.geocities.com/lifesizepotato/SDMB.MID](http://www.geocities.com/lifesizepotato/SDMB.MID)

I used to be real big into classical, and I still enjoy it, so I know that I’ve heard this one somewhere before. I probably even have it on a CD, but there are just too many for me to go through. This is as good as I can recall the main theme, the very opening part of it. For some reason the names that first come to mind are Schubert and Mozart, but I don’t know. Anyone recognize it? I don’t remember it being too obscure. The treble part is played by a clarinet or maybe an oboe with a french horn (I think) under it, and the bass is the strings.

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-piece-id-please/203820/2 "2003-09-25T19:54:55Z")

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I can’t access the link in your post, but the classical piece used prominently in _Minority Report_ was the first movement of Schubert’s _Symphony No. 8 in B minor_. It’s often called the _Unifinished Symphony_ because it only has three movements, and the standard symphonic form has four.

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**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-piece-id-please/203820/3 "2003-09-25T20:04:28Z")

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Yep, that’s it! Thanks! I can’t believe I didn’t know that.