I just finished listening to both of these, and they are delightful! 
I Googled the sleigh ride prints, BTW, and confirmed they were all from Currier and Ives!
Yes, I know. I write it that way because I always use the German pronunciation and seldom feel like searching for and inserting an umlaut.
I’m glad I started this thread. I’m learning way more than just what that piece of music was. 
Always happy to be of service! 
Believe it or not, for me it was the kid practicing his guitar around the campfire in John Wayne’s The Cowboys.
My God, this is a beautiful piece! It literally just moved me to tears! :oIf you want a really haunting tune, listen to this piece from Haendel. It was used in a BBC documentary on Auschwitz, and it gave me the chills!
Now that you're thoroughly depressed, listen to this tune of his that I've always wanted played at my wedding, if I ever have one:
Wonderful! :o
Speaking of documentaries, this one is fascinating (well, it is to me, anyway):
Enjoy! :)You’ve probably all heard this, but this is what first made me really stop and listen to a piece of classical music and think, “My god, this is awesome…”
Second movement, starting at 3:58. (At first I thought it was from the Double Violin Concerto, and was going mad trying to find it…!)
terentii, I love that piece from The Cowboys. And the young cowboy who rides up alongside John Wayne at about 1:45 looks a LOT like Tom Nardini from Cat Ballou, though I don’t think it’s him.
For comparison, here’s Nardini, first seen at :40. Cat Ballou - YouTube (Along with a rather delectable Jane Fonda, plus Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye and Lee Marvin.)
Oh my gosh. That’s incredible. Not depressing on its own, though – just very powerful and poignant. Thanks for that.
I asked about that here in 2008. One of my favourites.
Used to more pleasant effect in Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon.
(Sometimes you can’t win: Frederick the Great’s “Hohenfriedberger March,” also used in Barry Lyndon, was a favorite march of the Nazi regime. Bummer, because it’s such a jolly fun bit of militaria!)
(“Nazis. I hate these guys.” Indiana Jones.)
[Voice of Radar O’Reilly]: Ahhh, Bach! :o
Wasn’t that after his son died and he got his leg shot off? :dubious: 
It’s this guy. He was in a lot of movies and TV shows back in the late '60s (well, that’s when I remember him from, anyway).
I used to play in a fife and drum corps, many years ago. Hohenfriedberger was one of my favorite tunes too (and not because of the Nazi connection).
As well as his cello concertos (e.g. the Cello Concerto in B minor, RV 424) or his bassoon concertos (e.g. the Bassoon Concerto in D minor, RV 481 or, for a more programmatic work, the Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, RV 501 “La Notte”, just listen to the bassoon pyrotechnics starting around 2:10. And the ending “Sorge l’Aurora” at 6:27 is so picturesque).
He wrote hundreds of concertos (check the list on wikipedia, it’s astonishning). I can’t listen to his music too often because I end up finding a bit samey after a while but it’s good from time to time and some pieces do stand out, like these three.
I thought it was his son who shot his leg off…
(By the way, the movie is better than the book…)
Anyway, I was thinking of the opening credits.
His stepson, IIRC. His natural son was killed riding his new horse.
I think “Sarabande” is played toward the end of the movie as well, after he’s hit rock-bottom. But the last time I saw it was back around 1984, so I could be mistaken.
Aye, it’s been a while. I saw it only once, in the theater.
It’s a beautiful film, visually. Just pretty as anything, with all those lovely candlelit salons, and then the battle scene… A visual treat. And the music is a true delight.
The plot, characters, and drama…maybe not so much. Still, c’mon, is any one of us ever gonna make a move half as good?
re music, my personal trajectory was backward into time, to an enjoyment of Elizabethan/Shakespearean music, then Renaissance music. Some of you may be David Munrow fans: he was really starting to make a name for himself with Renaissance music for films.