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= August 22 =

Beethoven - Clockwork Orange
Can someone identify the section of Beethoven playing in |this clip from Clockwork orange. I assume it's the 9th, as that's what's written on the box he removes the cassette from, but can anyone get more specific please.91.111.91.46 (talk) 17:55, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The clip didn't come up, but I know that film pretty well, so if you can describe the scene a little bit, I can tell you. In general, the second movement, the scherzo, is played when Alex is alone in his room. The opening sets of notes (which are also the theme tune for Keith Olbermann's TV show) are played when the camera zooms in on an illustration of Beethoven. The scherzo is also played (electronically) when the old man drives Alex to dive out the window. Parts of the fourth movement, the choral, are played when Alex is in the record shop picking up a couple of babes; in the segment where Alex is being "programmed"; and at the very end when Alex has recovered from his programmed aversion to Beethoven. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 18:15, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me fix that link for you: click me :D --SelfQ (talk) 19:02, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the first scene I described above. The second movement, the scherzo, from The Ninth. The initial notes, where they zoom in on Beethoven's face, are the theme tune for the Keith Olbermann program, or at least it was - I haven't seen the show for awhile. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 19:10, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and sorry for the duff link, no pipe needed for external links!!91.111.91.46 (talk) 19:48, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You should get the CD of the soundtrack. It's still in print, as far as I know. It's maybe worth mentioning that that clip actually begins with the fade-out of a number called "Beethovania", which is actually a variant on Henry Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary", the main theme music of the film. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 19:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

The opening notes of the scherzo were also the opening music of the long-running Huntley-Brinkley Report—probably the reason Olbermann uses it. Deor (talk) 22:32, 22 August 2009 (UTC)