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To all you music specialists

posted 18 years ago by mynthonn
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There's a song called Adagio--- something in the movie. Does anyone know the real name of the song? I'd really appreciate it.

[–] zacharymansell 18 years ago

the song is called Adagio for Strings, and is very popular. The true song is from Samuel Barber's string quartet 2nd movement. Absolutely amazing.

[–] ray.orourke 18 years ago

I believe you're referring to Barber's Adagio for Strings. Its a pretty well known piece of music and has been used in other film scores as well so it probably sounds rather familiar to you - it has a rather haunting melody I think. Here's a link to more info about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_for_Strings