57 Movie Quotes about Composers (Sound Clips) - page 4

Last updated on: August 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about composers, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 Well, how about some music? -Fine. -Let's see. Let's see what we've got here. Debussy. Ravel. Stravinsky.

Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch (1952)

32 Maybe we better send Rachmaninoff to the showers. I'm afraid this wasn't such a good idea.

Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch (1952)

33 I understand the Krauts had a composer way back with a Johann Sebastian in it.

Quote from Stalag 17 (1953)

34 But I can tell you one thing: Schulz was no composer. He was a schweinehund. Was he ever a lousy schweinehund.

Quote from Stalag 17 (1953)

35 What do you want to hear, Price, Home on the Range? Or maybe a little Wagner?

William Holden as J.J. Sefton in Stalag 17 (1953)

36 So, he gets this piece of Pavarotti... -It was Paganini. -Whatever. -It was Paganini. -Look, this is my story, okay? -Then tell it right, Cob. Pavarotti is a tenor. Paganini was a composer.

Courtney B. Vance as Jonesy in The Hunt for Red October

37 Oh, uh, won't you... won't you say something else for the nice people, Beethoven?

Quote from Mister Ed

38 I had Mr. Mozart to keep me company.

Quote from The Shawshank Redemption

39 It was a bit from the glorious 9th by Ludwig van.

Quote from A Clockwork Orange

40 It was Ludwig van. Ninth Symphony. Fourth movement.