12 Most Effective Musical Moments In Film
1. The Blue Danube - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick's transcendental and often misunderstood 1968 space opus is a remarkable example of visuals meeting audio.
The director’s usage of music is artistic perfection. Kubrick relies on a range of classical pieces to complement the mood and the context of his odyssey, from Strauss's epic Thus Spoke Zarathustra to his lush The Blue Danube.
In order to depict humanity's progress within the grandeur of the universe, the filmmaker chooses the latter piece, which works as the audience's guide to a future where human potential is the ultimate prize.
As a Pan Am space plane gently floats toward a space station, the waltz takes us on its journey.
We watch without a gravity pull, without earthly constraints; it is us and the place beyond our wildest imagination.
The warm majesty of the piece enhances time standing still in space and reminds us that we are but one star in the vastness of the cosmos.