RE: GG:GG music in movies

["fg" <861408@aloe1.ulima.edu.pe>]

I always wondered who was the one with the good taste, the director or the
writer.
Don't have the movie but I guess those GV were the '81.
Flavio

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Matthew Harding <ktlgroup@sprint.ca>
Para: pzumst@bluewin.ch <pzumst@bluewin.ch>
CC: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
Fecha: Sábado 25 de Julio de 1998 02:34 PM
Asunto: Re: GG:GG music in movies


>pzumst@bluewin.ch wrote:
>>
>> G'day f-minorers !
>> Last night I had an interesting conversation with the only other GG
>> afficionado I know in real life at the local pub.
>>
>> He believes that an excerpt from GG's "Well-Tempered Clavier" was used
>> in the movie "Silence of the Lambs" (in a scene that will definitely
>> ruin your appetite.....). I don't think this is the case and bet him a
>> sixpack.
>>
>> Now who's right and who's wrong ?
>
>Start drinking!
>
>Both the book and the movie refer to Hanibal the Cannibal's favourite
>piece of music as being the Goldberg Variations, recorded by GG. This
>is specifically mentioned in the book...... (that GG is the artist).
>Now there's a chilling thought!
>
>And now for the skill-testing question....... for anyone that has
>the movie - which recording, the '55 or '81?
>
>Please tell me that I'm not the only one who hears 3 bars on the radio
>(okay, maybe 2 1/2) of Goldberg Variations and instantly classifies it
>as '55, '81, or Other (you mean people other than GG recorded the GVs)?
>
>Cheers,
>Matthew
>
>
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