List of films with overtures
- List of films with overtures
A chronological list of films which include a musical Overture at the beginning, against a blank screen or still pictures. Not included are films where an overture is used to present the credits, or underscored scenes that are already part of the plot.
This list documents the rise and fall of the Overture/Roadshow practice over film history.
In many cases, these overtures have been cut from TV and video releases and can only be found on "restored" DVD versions.
The "Golden Age" Era
*"Show Boat" (1929)
*"King Kong" (1933)
*"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935)
*"The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)
*"Marie Antoinette" (1938)
*"Gone with the Wind" (1939)
*"Since You Went Away" (1944)
*"Spellbound" (1945)
*"Duel in the Sun" (1946)
*"Joan of Arc" (1948)
1950-1970
*"How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953)
*"Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954)
*"East of Eden" (1955)
*"Oklahoma!" (1955)
*"High Society" (1956)
*"The Ten Commandments" (1956)
*"Raintree County" (1957)
*"South Pacific" (1958)
*"Ben-Hur" (1959)
*"Spartacus" (1960)
*"The Alamo" (1960)
*"West Side Story" (1961) (An additional overture, which is not present in the stage version)
*"The King and I" (1961 reissue)
*"Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961)
*"Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
*"How The West Was Won" (1963)
*"The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962)
*"Cleopatra" (1963)
*"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963)
*"My Fair Lady" (1964)
*"The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1964)
*"Doctor Zhivago" (1965)
*"Battle of the Bulge" (1965)
*"The Great Race" (1965) (with chorus)
*"The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965)
*"Grand Prix" (1966)
*"Doctor Dolittle" (1967)
*"The Happiest Millionaire" (1967)
*"Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967)
*"Ulysses" (1967)
*"" (1968)
*"Ice Station Zebra" (1968)
*"Star!" (1968)
*"Funny Girl" (1968)
*"Oliver!" (1968)
*"The Lion in Winter" (1968)
*"Sweet Charity" (1969)
*"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969)
*"Ryan's Daughter" (1970)
*"Darling Lili" (1970)
After 1970
*"1776" (1972) (laserdisc version only)
*"Jeremiah Johnson" (1972)
*"That's Entertainment!" (1974)
*"Pete's Dragon" (1977)
*"" (1979)
*Disney's "The Black Hole" (1979)
*"Nineteen Eighty-four" (1984)
*"Dancer in the Dark" (2000)
*"Kingdom of Heaven" (2005) (Roadshow and Director's Cut versions)
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