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posted 19 years ago by space_hog
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Can anyone give me the names of the songs used in this movie? I would love you if you could. Thanks.

[–] madato 18 years ago

I am also looking for that little piece of information. Will let you know as soon as I find something. IMDB has very little info on this movie. I think you can find the credits in google though.

[–] mcsmarties 18 years ago

As far as I can tell, most of the music is Tchaikovsky.

I recognized the "Dance of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
and several pieces from Swan Lake.

There is also an instrumental version of a traditional French song
("Au clair de la Lune").

[–] perelly 18 years ago

When the apes are running downhill (not too much into the movie, 1st quarter, I guess) it's Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5, the same song as played in the barber scene of "The Great Dictator".

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[–] pj_gentleheart 18 years ago

If I remember it well..

Running beetles:
Either "Ballet of the chicks in their shells" or "Marketplace at Limoges" from "Pictures at an exhibition" by Mussorgsky

Thunderstorm etc.:
"Les Preludes" by Liszt

And I'm pretty sure it uses "Morning" from "Peer Gynt" by Grieg somewhere.

Tonight I'm going to watch it again. I'll make a note if I recognize another one that wasn't mentioned yet. ;)

P.J.

[–] space_hog 17 years ago

Thanks for the help, this is really useful.

[–] Trampled_Under_Foot 16 years ago

translated from the german wikipedia: (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_lustige_Welt_der_Tiere#Einsatz_von_klassischer_Musik)

the dancing baboons: johannes brahms - hungarian dance no. 5

flying birds: Amilcare Ponchiellis - dance of the hours (from the opera "la gioconda")

the ostrich who are moving their heads up and down: johann sebastian bach - Well-Tempered Clavier (the fugue no. 2 in c-minor)

the flowers in the desert: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - the nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)

animals taking a bath in a oasis: Bedřich Smetana - The Moldau

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite (Morning Mood)

jumping antelopes: Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the dance

[–] nat-68 15 years ago

A funny thing is that many music pieces were already used in Fantasia (Dysney)

I don't know if this was deliberately done

[–] baeksu 13 years ago

Bedrich Smetana's "Die Moldau" is used quite a bit throughout the movie.