# Music from Schindler's List

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-from-schindlers-list/390511>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 2, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-from-schindlers-list/390511 "2007-02-02T05:37:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-from-schindlers-list/390511/1 "2007-02-02T05:37:27Z")

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My girlfriend was watching Schindler’s List recently, and recognized a piece of background music but couldn’t place it. She sang it to me over the phone, but I couldn’t recognize it, so I turn to the collective wisdom of the SDMB… The piece in question is playing around 5-6 minutes in, in the very first scene we see Schindler; it’s the background music in the cafe he’s at. Does anybody know what this piece is?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-from-schindlers-list/390511/2 "2007-02-02T06:40:31Z")

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If you mean the tango the orchestra in the restaurant is playing, its “De Una Cabeza.”  
IIRC, it was also used in _Scent of a Woman_, and maybe _True Lies_.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-from-schindlers-list/390511/3 "2007-02-02T06:42:43Z")

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My mistake, it’s “\*\*Por \*\* Una Cabeza.”