Music
- A Clockwork Orange, like other dystopian science-fiction novels, had an important influence on industrial and cyberpunk music. The film version influenced bands' fashion styles.
- The 1991 single release of U2's The Fly had a piece of music entitled Alex Descends into Hell for a *Bottle of Milk/Korova 1 from the score of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of A *Clockwork Orange. The performance was scored by Bono and The Edge.
- Polish band Myslovitz's album Korova Milky Bar refers to the film, comparing it to present situation in Poland.
- German punk band Die Toten Hosen recorded a concept album titled Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau (A little bit of horrorshow). Parts of it were performed live during a theatrical production of A Clockwork Orange in Schauspielhaus Bonn.
- Anglo-Irish band Moloko took their name from the slang term for Milk. (itself from the Russian word for milk, молоко)
- Heaven 17, also from Sheffield, England, named themselves after a fictional pop group in the book and film.
Read more about this topic: List Of Cultural References To A Clockwork Orange
Famous quotes containing the word music:
“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
—Thomas Beecham (1879–1961)
“Good music is very close to primitive language.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“I defied the machinery to make me its slave. Its incessant discords could not drown the music of my thoughts if I would let them fly high enough.”
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