# Seeking ID for classical tune often used in historical scenes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693 "2010-09-05T16:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693/21 "2010-09-07T11:33:03Z")
> [@choie](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > I’m delighted that I was right with the Russian influence. > > Wait, how do you know it’s by Prokofiev if you don’t know what piece it is yet? As of his response, there was only one Prokofiev piece linked (Romeo and Juliet). I assume that that’s what he was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693/22 "2010-09-07T16:02:24Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Prokofiev was as Russian as they get. He’s probably most famous for [Peter and the Wolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpoizq-jjxs), although he wrote plenty of terrific stuff. Yes, Prokofiev is one of the two great 20th-century Soviet Russian composers (Shostakovich is the other). He wrote a lot of great stuff (ballet music, film music, symphonies, concertos, sonatas, etc.) that manages to sound both tuneful and accessible, and edgy and modern. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693/23 "2010-09-08T02:10:56Z")
ISTR one or more 50s history/war/news shows did use the march from Prokofiev’s “Love for Three Oranges”. I think the march really was his second most popular music after “Peter and the Wolf”. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0AkO2OTfjA#t=6m0s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0AkO2OTfjA#t=6m0s) The 50s SF series “Tales of Tomorrow” did use the very beginning of _Romeo and Juliet_ as its theme. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmqVWsIz6pc&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmqVWsIz6pc&feature=related) One of a few episodes here: [http://www.archive.org/details/TalesOfTomorrow-PastTensekarloff](http://www.archive.org/details/TalesOfTomorrow-PastTensekarloff) ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693/24 "2010-09-08T02:54:23Z")
So which Prokofiev piece was it? ---
**Author:** ![kim\_jung\_il](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kim\_jung\_il](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kim_jung_il)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693/25 "2010-09-08T07:28:18Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > So which Prokofiev piece was it? It was “Dance of the Knights” ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DUmq1cpcglQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/DUmq1cpcglQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-id-for-classical-tune-often-used-in-historical-scenes/552693.md?page=1)