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Song Question

posted 18 years ago by keyboardplaya
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There is a classical/romantic piece (one or the other) that a pianist plays in one scene (I know that it's after the nude scene). Anyone know what it's called?

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[–] tihocan182 18 years ago

Do you mean the song that Coalhouse plays in the scene directly after the nude scene? If so, I've got the soundtrack and that song is on there. It's titled: Coalhouse and Sarah.

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[–] wvanderburg 18 years ago

It is an Etude by Frederic Chopin. Randy Newman incorporated it into his song as a way to show Coalhouse's ability to play classical and ragtime, and thereby mixing the two together.

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[–] androphile 17 years ago

Actually it's Chopin's Prelude in A Major (about half of it).

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