# Trading P Eidde Murphy/Dan Ackroyd)?aces music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569 "2002-12-13T18:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569/1 "2002-12-13T18:48:57Z")

</div>

Already tried a search, here’s the question. What was the classical piece of music in the opening of movie Trading Places?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569/2 "2002-12-13T18:50:11Z")

</div>

Jesus, was that garbled! Sorry. Hit post instead of preview.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569/3 "2002-12-13T19:03:19Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> The theme of Trading Places is Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Overture. The Marriage of Figaro is about a servant who turns the tables on his master, which mirrors the plot of Trading Places.

[http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0086465](http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0086465)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-p-eidde-murphy-dan-ackroyd-aces-music/142569/4 "2002-12-13T19:08:45Z")

</div>

Thank you, thank you. I knew I was in the right place.