So far I've heard the same song on:
FGCtU
Das Boot (When the propaganda announcement comes on over the loudspeaker, with this music as an opener, before the Chief screams "turn it off.")
And, today, again whilst listening to an old Lone Ranger OTR program. It seems to have been used as an alternative to The William Tell Overture for theme music.
So: what is that opening music? I feel as though I should know it, (Wagner, perhaps?) but I don't.
Can anyone help?
The name of the opening piece to Flash Gordon Conqueres the Universe is Franz Lizt's "Les Prelude".
shareI have loved Flash Gordon since I was a kid. And it was Flash Gordon that got me started loving classical music. The music you hear is Franz Liszt, "Les Preludes."
sharePardon me for not typing that correctly. He's quite correct. The name of the opening piece is "Les Preludes". I just love that piece and it fits perfectly as a Flash Gordon theme. What's funny was that about a month after I saw this serial a few years ago, I was at my grandmother's house and the radio happened to be tuned to the local classical music station. Well, heaven be, I heard this playing and I scrambled to get a piece of paper and a pen to write down the name of the piece when the announcer chimed in again. The next thing I knew, I was at Tower of Records buying a copy of the piece. Funny how things simply work out like that isn't it?
shareAs one fan stated, it was the opening theme to this serial that started their interest in classical music. It was the music of another Universal serial ,RIDERS OF DEATH VALLEY that did the same for me. In this case it was the FINGALS CAVE OVERTURE which was used thru much of the serial. I saw many of these serials as a kid in the theater. I'm 73 now but many of these serials,now in my collection,still entertain me to this day.
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kenwal73The opening theme to FGCTU is The Preludes.
The music used for many of the Flash Gordon episodes was Les Preludes composed by Franz List.
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