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DonnachaOne
09-09-04, 12:00 PM
There's tons of famous musical movements in my head, but I don't know the names of them or the composers. You know, stuff you'll hear in ads, recognize, and spend pointless time wondering who did it.

Is there a site that can help? Something that might have an interface like MIDI files of famous classical tunes and where I might have heard them? Movie credits and IMDb have been helpful, as have some preview sound files on Amazon, but I'm mostly in the dark. Amazon's previews are incomplete; the first thirty seconds might be nothing at all before it breaks into the more familiar music from "Ode To Joy", you know?

Looking for something like this:

"Thus Spake Zarathustra"

Play MIDI (This is only an example, not a real song file, sorry)

Where you probably heard it: 2001

Hollowgen
09-09-04, 12:57 PM
www.allmusic.com recently integrated classical to their system. never checked it out. just an idea.

uli2000
09-11-04, 12:09 PM
Thus Spake Zarathustra"

that one was written by Richard Strauss if memory serves me correct.