The "Beethoven" series of films, for one.
Fantasia
You can get a classical CD set including the greatest hits of Strauss online at any classical music website or you could go to any classical music store and purchase the best of Strauss over the counter.
Western musics in general, including classical music, usually use the diatonic scale system in equal temperament, with standard pitch set at A = 440 Hz.
An opera is a dramatic work set to music. It is a genre of classical music. Some synonyms for opera are magnum opus, music, production, and composition.
there's not a set number of instruments in any musical
Saptak means "gamut" or "the series of seven notes". It denotes the set of swaras, Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni which comprise a musical scale in Indian classical music.
the classical era of music ended when the baroque era began, often arbitrarily set at 1825 "Classical" music itself as a genré of music has never ended and most likely will continue indefinitely. +++ Other way round: Baroque predated Classical, which in turn gave way to the Romantic then Modern styles. I believe there was also a short late-Baroque fashion called "Rococco" [sp?] in ornamental work as well as music, but you rarely hear the term in its musical context.
Depending on the genre of film you are watching, the soundtrack/background music will vary. For example: The lovely bones has a sound track which is the original workings of Brian Eno, if you watch the movie the music is fitting and sets the scene because it is slow, melodramatic and haunting, it gives the idea of ghosts and magic, of that link with the other world. Classical music would just not fit with this piece of film. However, if you take another film such as pride and prejudice, the version with Keira knightely, you will hear at the beginning especially Mozarts work, because it fits the time line of the movie. The movie is set in relatively old England, and because classical music was the type of music alike both peasants and the rich would dance to and listen to, it is played to show that equal bond between the two worlds, it is showing that both worlds are equal to the other in their own aspect. It is used in some films, in order to locate a specific time, as is the language, the language and the music are a huge clue as to what era the film is set in, the music also sets the mood.
Tarzan and Lion King [when in the jungle singing Hukana Matata]
china
Let the students chose the music they want to play from a list of songs, but set some requirements; like there must be one classical piece for a string orchestra.
The music video the kill is much like in the horror movie "The Shinning". The movie is set in an abandon hotel.