From Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," the music in "The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick:
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Kubrick was so good at matching eerie and evocative classical music to his films. I especially loved his use of Gyorgy Ligeti's music in 2001, Space Odyssey.
Posted by: Emily Fragos | October 12, 2021 at 09:08 PM