In Popular Culture
- Part of the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (the opening piece in Suite No. 2) was used as the opening theme for the UK television series The Onedin Line.
- Part of the "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia" was also used in the film Caligula (1979). A disco version of this theme with lyrics by the artist Lydia was also released as a single from the soundtrack. (http://www.caligulathemovie.com/music.html)
- This segment was also used as the main love theme in the film Mayerling; and in The Hudsucker Proxy.
- It was also featured in the 2006 animated film Ice Age: The Meltdown, and again in the film's sequel, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
- Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance competition with their free dance to the music.
- In 2004, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Anna Bessonova performed her bronze medal ball routine at the Athens Olympics to an excerpt of the adagio.
- In 1984, with words by Tony Hiller and Nicky Graham, it became a popular song, Journey's End, recorded by Andy Williams on Capitol.
- Portions of the ballet were performed by the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in 1981, 1982, and 2008.
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