Kickassical Clips
Each month we feature a
Kickassical Clip - a video that showcases
Classical Music in pop culture. It's the top Classical music from movies, songs, commercials, cartoons, video games and ringtones.
www.kickassclassical.com. Rock out with your Bach out.
Kickassical Clip February 2010
We're pretty sure this is the first time we've seen Mozart's
"Symphony No. 40" beatboxed by creative Koreans. Wait... okay, yeah we're sure.
It's one of Mozart's
most famous symphonies, re-imagined and re-created in one of the
most unique ways we've heard yet!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip January 2010
An
opera singing dog? You have to see it to believe it! Denali the Husky performs to Mozart's
"Rondo Alla Turca."
It's the third movement from Mozart's "Piano Sonata No. 11 In A major," K. 331, and is also called the
"Turkish March."
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip December 2009
Silent Monks perform a Christmas time fave, the
"Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah."
Handel's "Messiah" was first performed during Lent (leading up to Easter), but it is now mostly performed during Advent (leading up to Christmas). This year marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death.
George Frideric Handel at Kickass Classical
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Get ready for
sex and violins!
23 year old
Tina Guo rocks the electric cello in her song "Queen Bee," a version of Rimsky-Korsakov's
"The Flight Of The Bumblebee."
[ Warning: Nudity ] If blurred-out gold-painted boobies aren't your thing, here's a
G-rated live version.
Rimsky-Korsakov at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip August 2009
Summer bugs! The insects unite to "open happiness" in a brand new ad from
Coca-Cola.
The mischief is underscored by the whimsical theme to
"Peter & The Wolf," by Sergei Prokofiev.
Prokofiev wrote the 35-minute musical story for his children. Each character in the story is represented by an instrument.
Sergei Prokofiev at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip July 2009
Summer time means sitting on the couch
watching cartoons!
The ultimate music for cartoons is
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, Franz Liszt.
Here it is played by Croatian pianist
Maksim Mrvica - the familiar part starts about
5:46.
Franz Liszt at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip June 2009
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Ah, springtime... May flowers, allergies and bumblebees!
This turbo accordionist's fingers of fire fly across the keys as he performs
Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Flight Of The Bumblebee" - a 90 second piece - in less than 60 seconds!
Rimsky-Korsakov at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip April 2009
How's this for a unique presentation of classical music? We're talking about
Mozart's "Symphony No. 40" played on glass bottles at high speed on roller blades!
This street performer gives Mozart mad props by doing just that. How do people think of thse things?
Mozart at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip March 2009
Guitar: Impossible! Filmmaker Joe Penna, a.k.a.
Mystery Guitar Man, does with the magic of video editing what one guitar could never do on its own!
His choice of music is the overture from Mozart's 1786 opera "Le Nozze Di Figaro," better known as
"The Marriage Of Figaro."
Mozart at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip February 2009
This one time... at band camp... Nah, you've never witnessed anything this unusual with a flute!
Experience
Prokofiev's "Peter And The Wolf" by beatboxing flute player Greg Pattillo. Greg throws down the dope beats while flauting the classics. Crazy, son!
Prokofiev at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip January 2009
Ah, the sublime, soft sounds of classical music... played by the soothing, unforgettable tones of the... hand fart?
Yes,
Pachelbel's "Canon In D" has never sounded quite as sweet as it does when played by manualist Gerry Phillips in this ad for Volleys, a popular brand of shoe from Australian shoemaker Dunlop.
Pachelbel at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip December 2008
Kickass Classical is kickin' it
old school this Christmas! In 1989 all we wanted from Santa was a Nintendo Entertainment System and a brand new game called
Tetris!
Our favorite music for the game is "Music 1," which happens to be the magical
"Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy" from Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker," a holiday favorite.
Tchaikovsky at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip November 2008
After
last month's beer clip, we gotta burp!
And nobody can do it quite like Animaniacs character Wakko Warner, a.k.a.
"The Great Wakkorotti" (a parody of famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti).
Wakko turns gastric distress into beautiful music to the tune of
"The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II.
Johann Strauss II at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip October 2008
October... Oktoberfest... Beer...
Beer Cannon! Milwaukee's Best shows us how to party, by shooting random objects out of a cannon... at random objects... in slow-mo!
It just doesn't get any better than this. Oh wait, yes it does.
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" scores the beautiful slow motion destruction. The "1812" is famous for mixing live cannon fire with classical music. Ka-boom!
Tchaikovsky at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip September 2008
How many Beakers does it take to perform one
classical Beethoven piece? Six apparently, as the Muppet Beaker attempts to perform
"Ode To Joy" from the 4th and final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Does hilarity ensue? We laughed our meeping meeps off!
Beethoven at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip August 2008
Who's excited for the 2008 Summer
Olympic Games in Beijing? We are! For two reasons... For the first time, BMX racing is an Olympic sport. And we'll get to hear the familiar opening of "
Bugler's Dream" by Léo Arnaud. Written 50 years ago in 1958, the piece has been used in Olympic TV coverage since 1968, making it synonymous with the Olympics.
Arnaud at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip July 2008
Announcing the launch of the
Kickass Classical YouTube Channel!
Since more and more of you crazy whippersnappers are discovering music - and Classical Music - through YouTube these days, we've made it easy for you to experience the Kickass Classical Top 100!
Press play for the
Kickass Classical Top 100 Playlist - we count 'em down from #100 to #1. It's a great way to see which pieces catch your ear - without all the clicking!
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Kickassical Clip April 2008
A Super Bowl ad with both
violins and... violence? Sounds like the epitome of Kickass Classical! This 2008 Doritos ad from Super Bowl XLII uses the saucy violins from Georges Bizet's "Habanera" (from his 1875 opera "Carmen") to underscore the interplay between cat and... mouse.
Bizet at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip March 2008
Witness the speed and precision of Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica (pronounced "Maravitsa") at the world premiere performance of his album "The Piano Player" in May 2003. To fully showcase his talents, he rocks Rimsky-Korsakov's manic masterpiece "
The Flight Of The Bumblebee."
Rimsky-Korsakov at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip February 2008
What's better than cats being funny? OMG nothing LOL! These mischievous feline shenanigans are underscored by the whimsical "
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)," by Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini. The 1817 piece makes the high jinks even more enjoyable!
Rossini at Kickass Classical
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Kickassical Clip January 2008
Kickassical Clip December 2007
"Ding Fries Are Done" is an internet classic. But the tune is 91 years old - older than your mom! "
Carol Of The Bells" was written by Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych in 1916. The tune lives on today as one of the most enduring Christmas melodies of all time.
Get "Carol Of The Bells" at
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This piece is also the basis for a popular modern Christmas tune - Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1996 instrumental "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" at
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Kickassical Clip November 2007
What happens when you give a
flamingo a yo-yo? This month's Kickassical Clip comes from Disney's animated film "Fantasia 2000," and explores just that question. The piece uses the grand finale of the "Carnival Of The Animals" suite by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
Saint-Saëns at Kickass Classical
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