The Piano Concertos in Films
Mozart's piano concertos have also featured in the soundtracks to several films; again, the slow movement to No. 21 (KV. 467) is the most popular. Its extensive use in the 1967 film Elvira Madigan about a doomed love story between a Danish tightrope walker and a Swedish officer has led to the concerto often being referred to as "Elvira Madigan" even today, when the film itself is largely forgotten. A partial list of the concertos in recent films includes:
- Elvira Madigan (1967 - the Bo Widerberg version) – No. 21.
- Funeral in Berlin (1966) - No. 23.
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – No. 21.
- They All Laughed (1981) – No. 27.
- Amadeus (1984 – the fictionalised Mozart biopic) – Nos. 10 (for two pianos), 15, 20 & 22.
- Barfly (1987) – No. 25.
- Pacific Heights (1990) – No. 19.
- Regarding Henry (1991) – No. 21.
- Boxing Helena (1993) – No. 25.
- Silent Fall (1994) – No. 21.
- The Associate (1996) – No. 25.
- The Way of the Gun (2000) – No. 23.
- Le Goût des autres (2000) – No. 21.
- Spun (2002) – No. 23.
- The New World (2005) – No. 23.
- Superman Returns (2006) – No. 21.
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