More musical association
Oct. 5th, 2004 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
murakoziAs usual, the radio in my office is tuned to WGMS, softly playing classical music all day while I'm here. I'm often not even aware of what's playing. Sometimes I'll catch a few notes of a piece I particularly like and turn the volume up a little and actually listen, but mostly it's just nice background music.
And every now and then, something else will happen, as it did a few minutes ago. I was typing away, composing an email message to ask about the needs for an upcoming trade show, when I started thinking of the movie Animal House. A moment or two later, I realized the reason was the radio. It was Brahms Academic Festival Overture, parts of which are in Animal House. It makes me wonder how many people only know classical pieces by their association with some commerical or movie. I also wonder how Beethoven would feel hearing the 9th symphony referred to as 'That music from Die Hard.' or Mozart hearing about 'That music from the Trading Places.'
And every now and then, something else will happen, as it did a few minutes ago. I was typing away, composing an email message to ask about the needs for an upcoming trade show, when I started thinking of the movie Animal House. A moment or two later, I realized the reason was the radio. It was Brahms Academic Festival Overture, parts of which are in Animal House. It makes me wonder how many people only know classical pieces by their association with some commerical or movie. I also wonder how Beethoven would feel hearing the 9th symphony referred to as 'That music from Die Hard.' or Mozart hearing about 'That music from the Trading Places.'