14 Songs Based On Classical Music

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One of my favorite examples of this is "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen, based on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor

Billie eilish had said in “a love letter to Los Angeles”, that she was inspired to write goldwing from when she sang the song in a choir. She also had those girls that she was on the choir with sing the intro in the film. Not sure if they were on the original recording though.

These sampling videos are something else! I think it’s cool that musicians take from other artists because it can introduce the listeners to other works. I discovered the Samson and Delilah opera from Muse!

Serge Gainsbourg used a lot of classical music in his songs : - Initiales BB : Dvorak, symphony n°9 - Charlotte Forever : Khachaturian, andantino - Baby alone in Babylon : Brahms, symphony n°3 I could add : - Donna Summer, Could it be magic : Chopin, prelude in C minor - Tino Rossi, Tristesse : Chopin, etude op.10 n°3 - Muse, Space Dementia : Rachmaninov, piano concerto n°2 - Maurane, Sur un prélude de Bach : Bach, prelude in C major from WTC1

I like mutations in music. For example: “Apache”, written by Jerry Lordan in the mid 50s was recorded in 1960 by Bert Weedon. He showed it to The Shadows, that recorded their versions (there are other versions, there’s also a version by Hot Butter from 1972, for example). Then, in 1973, The Incredible Bongo Band made their version. The IBB version got sampled, and in 1981 The Sugarhill Gang released their version, made popular by the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Really interesting road, the one of this song.

Probably heard Ms Jackson a couple of hundred times in my life and never noticed the interpolation of the Wagner, amazing

I made my little cello player (she started playing it in 4th grade) learn that Bach #1 cello piece "That Cello Song" because I liked it despite knowing how huge a cliche it is for cello players. It was wonderful having her learn it, and hearing her practice it and perfect it over time. She's now a cello performance and music education major at a small school, and hopes to teach more kids how to play strings.

I know that you mainly have a Love for The Beatles or Radiohead but Bands like Queen or Pink Floyd have some amazing songs in their Discography.

"American Tune" by Paul Simon - based on Bach's St. Matthew Passion. "A Lover's Concerto" by The Toys - based on the minuet in G from Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.

Wow so Outkast wanted to portray their visions of being together with someone but then that all changed. the music and words really do have the same theme and work so well together

The song by Procol Harum ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ is based on JS Bach’s ‘Air on G String.’ It has an awesome keyboard intro and bridge.

Muse’s “Collateral Damage” is Nocturne Op 9 No 2 by Chopin 😄

Billy Joel actually credited Beethoven for his chorus in "This Night," but I've always wondered if the opening verse of "Through the Long Night" wasn't lifted from some classical piece. BTW, I think the fabulous bridge in that song is all Billy's.

And don't forget "Lover's Concerto". "A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, based on the 18th century composition by Christian Petzold, "Minuet in G major", and recorded in 1965 by the Toys. This is mentioned in the Film "Mr. Holland's Opus" When Richard Dretfuss' character is teaching a high school music class.

"Somewhere" by Sondheim and Bernstein. Bernstein ,who wrote the music, used several measures of pieces from Beethoven, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky in the verses of the song. The bridge, however, is all Bernstein. The motifs he pocketed are from Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5, Strauss's Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, "Song of the Swan."

Another excellent video, thank you. Well done for including Genesis. We need more of that! There was of course Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry, also based on his fifth symphony, later successfully covered by ELO.

Rina Sawayama’s “Snakeskin” samples Beethoven and it adds so much to the song, you should include it in your next video

After including Minecraft, I think it would be awesome to see your style of musical analysis done with video game music, particularly the 8/16-bit era. There are a lot of really incredible compositions that were pulled off on pretty simple hardware. A few less well known examples I can think of include Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis), Bucky O'Hare (NES), and Solstice/Pictionary (NES, both by Tim Follin).

The funeral march was used in early 1980s video games (8 bit stuff) to denote when you died. I guess it's been carried on ever since.