What films has Adagio for Strings used.

Platoon movie adagio for strings. As part of a string quartet. A Very Natural Thing 1974 The Elephant Man 1980 El Norte 1983 Platoon 1986 Lorenzos Oil. Too many one could argue.

Its called Adagio for Strings a haunting work by Samuel Barber that has become the go-to sad song when any film or TV show wants to convey well a. Platoon music video. Its been used to cast a pall in numerous movies perhaps none more so than the 1986 Vietnam war film Platoon where the Adagio swells again and again to.

Army Sergeant Elias played by Willem Dafoe who is wounded. The Original Movies Orchestra Song 2008. Adagio for Strings from the movie PLATOON.

Rio Grande Music Songs Music Videos Funeral Music Willem Dafoe Lilt Inspirational Music. That scene is set in the jungles of Vietnam as US. Delerue also wrote his own adaptation of Adagio however it was rejected because his version was not up to Stones.

In 1936 American composer Samuel Barber wrote what was to become his most famous work. Always makes me emotional. Composer Adagio for Strings Overture to The School for Scandal.

Adagio for Strings Platoon For many it was its use in the film Platoon. For others it was William Orbits Pieces in a Modern Style project. ADAGIO FOR STRINGS Written by Samuel Barber Arranged and Conducted by Georges Delerue Used by arrangement with G.