# Was this music used in a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160 "2010-01-23T20:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/1 "2010-01-23T20:36:11Z")
I’ve tried searching the IMDB and [soundtrack.net](http://soundtrack.net), but didn’t find anything. Of course, not all songs that are in a movie are always listed on the soundtrack. The piece in question is the second movement of Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 (BWV 1056). I recall it played on a piano. I know it’s pretty similar to the more-famous Sinfonia of BWV 156, but that’s not what I’m looking for. [Here’s a recording](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6iHHhKokn4), played a bit slower than I recall being used in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/2 "2010-01-23T22:42:15Z")
I know the song well, but cannot recall it having been used in a movie. FWLIW, Wiki doesn’t say anything about any cinematic use: [Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BWV_1056#Concerto_V_in_F_minor.2C_BWV_1056) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/3 "2010-01-23T23:12:51Z")
I remember [Slaughterhouse Five](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069280/soundtrack) runs the opening credits to it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/4 "2010-01-23T23:29:02Z")
It was in _Hannah and Her Sisters_, but I don’t think that was a piano version. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/5 "2010-01-23T23:32:40Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > [Here’s a recording](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6iHHhKokn4), played a bit slower than I recall being used in the movie. In this youtube video you’ve linked to, one of the comments below the video says that it is used in _Hannah and Her Sisters_. [Amazon listing for the Hannah and Her Sisters soundtrack.](http://www.amazon.com/Hannah-Her-Sisters-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000008GCZ) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/6 "2010-01-23T23:47:51Z")
Very pretty and a great selection, though I never saw Hanna And Her Sisters. I’m more of a Beethoven kinda-guy when it comes to the classics, but I admit I need to check out some Bach as well. Great post, btw! Q ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/7 "2010-01-24T06:35:03Z")
It sounds best played by a chamber orchestra . . . definitely not piano. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-music-used-in-a-movie/526160/8 "2010-01-24T07:45:37Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I remember [Slaughterhouse Five](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069280/soundtrack) runs the opening credits to it. That’s it! The Glenn Gould recording really seemed like the one I remembered, too. (Also should have noticed the Youtube comments; I was just looking for a way for people to identify it). On edit: I suppose I should have clarified that only the harpsichord part was played on piano, not the orchestra part as in the Youtube video I linked.