tynor@uiucuxc.UUCP (12/16/83)
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uiucuxc!tynor Dec 15 21:06:00 1983
My roomate has been bugging me about this for months...
Can you name the theme music from the movie "Breaking Away"?
It's a very italian sounding tune, and I've heard it in other contexts,
so I think it may be Rossini, of Puccinni...
Any help would be much appreciated.
steveeich@uiuccsb.UUCP (12/17/83)
#R:uiucuxc:30800004:uiuccsb:10200016:000:200 uiuccsb!eich Dec 16 10:47:00 1983 Theme music? Aback of various bicycle races were rearrangements of overtures from La Gazza Ladra and The Barber of Seville (sorry, no Italian skills), by Rossini. Brendan Eich uiucdcs!uiuccsb!eich
jw@cornell.UUCP (Jennifer Widom) (12/17/83)
As an alumnus of the Indiana University School of Music (yes, that's in
Bloomington, Indiana where "Breaking Away" takes place), I consider
myself well-suited to answer the question regarding the music in Breaking
Away!!
The theme tune is the Overture to "The Barber of Seville" by Giaccomo
(I hope I spelled that right) Rossini.
Jennifer at Cornell U.
(jw@cornell ...decvax!cornell)ags@pucc-k (Seaman) (12/19/83)
I believe Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony" was used during the scene when Dave Stoler was racing with the truck driver. -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags