He Will Be Restrained

composed by Handel, adapted and arranged for "The Madness of King George" by George Fenton

I watched this film not too long ago and being the huge fan I am of the actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne and Handel's music I loved it. The following is from one of my favorite scenes and Handel's music from "Zadok the Priest" fits perfectly.

Here is the scene from the film:

Beggar's Prayer

by Emiliana Torrini

My sister recently got me addicted to the TV show Castle and while desperately trying to watch all of seasons 1 & 2 before season 3 starts I came across several musical gems. I was already familiar with some of Torrini's songs but somehow I managed to miss this one, I'm eternally grateful to the person that decide to use this in "Castle"

Here is Torrini singing live:

Tevye's Dream

from the film "Fiddler on the Roof"

"What woman is this by righteous anger shaken?"

Fruma Sarah going nutty over her pearls is classic ^_^

Last Holiday Suite: I. Main Titles

composed by Francis Chagrin

Another film soundtrack from another favorite (Alec Guinness is in it, what's not to love?!). One of the many things I love about old films is how they can get away with deus ex machina endings and not-so-happily-ever-after endings even in "comedies" [I will not reveal what kind of ending Last Holiday has ;-)] we let them slide because we think "Oh well, they didn't know any better, it's an old movie and the industry was in it's infancy" but I beg to differ sometimes the endings are absolutely perfect and most of these films wouldn't be the same without their odd endings. So here's my salute to classic British dramedy and the endings we can see coming but hope to goodness we're wrong about:

Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio

composed by J.S. Bach, performed by Aaron Rosand

As I'm sure everyone has noticed from the small sample of my music library that I've posted so far I have A LOT of classical music. On one occasion I decided that for a month I wouldn't download any new classical music, a few minutes after making this decision I purchased an entire album of music performed by violinist Aaron Rosand, I just couldn't help myself.

The Ugly Bug Ball

Sung by Burl Ives

This sing-along from a compilation video of Disney songs was my introduction to the multi-talented Burl Ives. Ives's voice was embedded in my mind at a young age and several years later when I was watching the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" I instantly recognized his distinctive voice. While watching his powerful performance as "Big Daddy" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" I saw a side of Burl Ives I never would have expected after only seeing him sing with a fuzzy caterpillar on his finger.

Fugue in g-minor (BWV 542)

composed by J.S. Bach and performed on the piano by Vladimir Viardo

I may have mentioned this already but in case I haven't on Sunday's I only listen to classical music and LDS hymns which is my little way of keeping the Sabbath holy and special and what better way to keep it "holy" than with Bach's heavenly music.

and here is the same piece played beautifully on the powerful and majestic organ. (Oh and careful with the sound in the beginning it's a tad on the loud side so you might want to have the volume down at first and then adjust it)