Wagner in the Movies
Richard Wagner's music is often used in films and television. Internet Movie Database has more than 500 examples. Of course, the two pieces most often used are the Wedding March / Bridal Chorus (Treulich geführt) from Lohengrin, Act 3 and the Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre, Act 3.
Some popular films using Richard Wagner's music
- A Farewell to Arms (1932) (writer: "Tristan und Isolde")
- Apocalypse Now (1979) ("The Ride of the Valkyries") aka Apocalypse Now Redux
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) (Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus / Here Comes the Bride)
- Batman (1943) ("Rienzi- Overture") aka An Evening with Batman and Robin aka The Batman
- Birth (2004) ("Die Walküre: Prelude Act 1", "Bridal March from 'Lohengrin'"
- Corpse Bride (2005) ("Tannhäuser: Pilgrim's Chorus", "Treulich geführt" aka Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933) ("Die Walküre (The Valkyries)" aka Das Tagebuch des Dr. Mabuse aka Dr. Mabuses Testament aka The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse aka The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
- Excalibur (1981) ("Prelude to Parsifal", "Prelude to Tristan and Isolde", "Siegfried's Funeral March from The Ring")
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) ("Tannhäuser: Pilgrim's Chorus", "Tannhäuser: "O! Du mein holder Abendstern")
- Horse Feathers (1932) ("Bridal Chorus")
- Magic Fire (1955) ("Der Fliegende Hollander", "Excerpt from 'Lohengrin'", "Wintersturme", "Overture and Venusberg Ballet", "Sängerkrieg from Act 2, 'Tannhäuser'", "Preislied", "Der Ring des Nibelungen") aka Frauen um Richard Wagner
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ("Der Fliegende Holländer")
- Meeting Venus (1991) ("Tannhäuser")
- Murder by Numbers (2002) ("Entry of the Gods into Valhalla") aka Murd3r 8y Num8ers
- Murder! (Alfred Hitchcock, 1930) (Tristan und Isolde, Prelude)
- Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) ("Das Rheingold" (Prelude)) aka Nosferatu - fantôme de la nuit aka Nosferatu the Vampyre aka Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night
- Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) ("The Ride of the Valkyries")
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) ("Ride of the Valkyries")
- Reversal of Fortune (1990) ("Tristan und Isolde")
- The Great Dictator (1940) ("Prelude to 'Lohengrin'")
- The Philadelphia Story (1940) ("Bridal Chorus")
- Un chien andalou (1929) ("Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod") aka An Andalusian Dog
- Valkyrie (2008) ("Die Walküre: Ride Of The Valkyries") aka Walküre aka Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg-Attentat aka Walküre / Valkyrie
- Young Frankenstein (1974) (Lohengrin: "Bridal Chorus")