How many movies use 'Also sprach Zarathustra' as film music?

IMDB is a good source of information: Richard Strauss - Almost all of the listings on his page are for Also sprach Zarathustra - There are 155 occurrences of the words on the page. Not all of the listings are films, some are TV appearances. If you're so inclined, you can go through and see which is which. read more

Richard Strauss - Almost all of the listings on his page are for Also sprach Zarathustra - There are 155 occurrences of the words on the page. Not all of the listings are films, some are TV appearances. read more

Richard Strauss was a German composer best known for symphonic poem 'Also sprach Zarathustra' (Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1896) used as the music score in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by director Stanley Kubrik. He was born Richard Georg Strauss on June 11, 1864, in Munich, Bavaria (now Germany). read more

The first 22 bars of 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' became a classical hit because of Kubrick's masterpiece. But Alex North got there first. The use of Strauss's ‘Sunrise’ theme in 2001: A Space Odyssey made it one of the most popular pieces of classical music. read more