C'mon and r-r-r-r-rock me, Amadeus!
References to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture: parodies, shout-outs, homages, cameos...
Examples related to Eine kleine Nachtmusik go on the page for that song.
- Requiem forms of Stands, introduced in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, get their namesake from Mozart's famous Requiem composition. So far, the Requiem forms seen in action are Chariot Requiem and Gold Experience Requiem, with Chariot Requiem in particular being inspired by the story of the mysterious visitor who randomly visited Mozart one night to provide him with the final pieces to finish the composition of Requiem.
- Suske en Wiske: Suske, Wiske, Lambik and Tante Sidonia meet young Mozart in the album "Het Wondere Wolfje" ("The Wonderful Wolfie").
- In Bill & Ted Face the Music, Mozart is one of the musicians picked up by Bill and Ted's daughters to help write the song that will revolutionize the world.
- In Busting, a Mozart piece plays on the radio in an adult bookstore.
- Aneurin Barnard stars as Mozart in the 2017 British-Czech film Interlude In Prague, which is a wholly fictional account of his passionate affair with a young soprano named Zuzanna Lubtak in the eponymous city, who's betrothed to Baron Saloka, a serial rapist and murderer who inspires Mozart to compose Don Giovanni.
- In Liberal Arts, protagonists Jesse and Zibby describe listening to Soave sia il vento as "making everyone they glanced upon beautiful".
- Nigel from This is Spın̈al Tap says that he's influenced by both Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach, and refers to "Lick My Love Pump" as a Mach piece.
- In Turning Red, he is one of the composers Mei compares 4*Town to in her presentation.
- Lacrimosa is played in the climax of Venom: Let There Be Carnage as the wedding between Cletus and Frances ensues.
- In X2: X-Men United, Magneto is seen listening to Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in his prison cell.
- Trueman Bradley listens to Symphony #41 in C Major on repeat while he works because the consistent pattern of notes helps him concentrate.
- Eye of a Fly:
- Ernest plays Mozart in his head as he leaves his apartment.
- Annie's laughter reminds Ernest of the New York World's Fair's carillon playing Mozart's Magic Flute.
- Early from Navigating Early listens to Mozart on most Sundays.
- David from What to Say Next listens to Mozart on his headphones while he navigates the school hallways.
- In Orange Clouds, Blue Sky, Skye plays Mozart on the radio because that's what Starr likes, even though she prefers hip-hop.
- In When My Heart Joins the Thousand, Alvie listens to a Mozart CD in the car after failing to get a job. She remembers listening to "Lech mich im Arsch
" in detention as a kid and not getting in trouble because the teacher didn't speak German. - Noa from Afrotistic loves Mozart, and listens to his music to calm down. She first became a fan when she noticed that the cool kids at her former school all liked "throwback" music, so she decided to start listening to old music.
- He Is Your Brother: When Orry turns out to have a talent for playing the recorder, Mr Lewis wants to buy him a clarinet. Mrs Lewis points out that Orry is only six, but Mr Lewis replies that Mozart was even younger when his career began.
- In A Mango-Shaped Space, Mia listens to Mozart while she paints because the music makes her see colors.
- The Magic Treehouse: Moonlight on the Magic Flute has Jack and Annie travel to 18th century Austria and meet up with a young Mozart, nicknamed "Wolfie", whose antics will eventually inspire him to write The Magic Flute.
- John Cleese portrays Mozart in Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch "Famous Deaths", where he is the host of the show.
- Probe's "Computer Logic": Austin tells his Smart House to play Mozart's symphony #35, in D major while Michelle is introducing herself to him.
- In The Good Doctor episode "Islands, Part One," Jenny complains about hearing her conjoined twin Katie incessantly practice Mozart songs. Katie answers, "They're not songs, they're concertos."
- The Americans: The season two episode "A Little Night Music" is named after one of Mozart's compositions (it's the English translation).
- A young Mozart is see playing the piano for Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom and her ladies in waiting in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.
- "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco was a 1986 pop hit, inspired by the film "Amadeus". It calls Mozart a superstar and names various facts from his life during the intro.
- Play with Me by Extreme features riffs from various classical pieces including Mozart's Rondo Alla turca and Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
- Evanescence's Lacrymosa samples the opening of the "Lacrimosa" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Requiem" throughout the whole song.
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Requiem samples the famous intro to Beethoven's 5th. Requiem is part a rock opera titled Beethoven's Last Night. It also includes snippets of Mozart and Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
- Megadeth's Symphony Of Destruction has a piece of Mozart's Requiem (K. 626) - Domine Jesu Christe at the start.
- God Diva from the Japanese Duo Ali Project samples The Magic Flute Queen of the Night Aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Symphony X: Interspersed within the album V-The New Mythology Suite are excerpts of both Verdi's and Mozart's Requiems.
- "Falling Down" by David Meece is based on a Mozart sonata.
- A trademark of The Piano Guys, who combine classical motifs with the contemporary. Their version of "Mission Impossible" with Lindsey Stirling features a bit of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 (performed in 5/4 time in a minor key).
- He is mentioned as being dead in the song "Decomposing Composers" by Michael Palin sang on Monty Python's Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album.
- Folk singer Tom Chapin, famous for taking classical pieces and making children's music out of it, wrote a piece called "A Mozart Duet", which is the story of a young pianist learning to play Mozart's famous "Sonata in C" — set to the melody of "Sonata in C" — with Mozart's help.This second part is much too difficult
For any kid to play.
Fingers just weren’t meant to move this fast,
Who wrote this turkey anyway?
"I did. It’s not difficult, a simple scale in C.
I’m Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
And I could have played this at age 3.
Try it again..."
- Amadeus is a play about Mozart's life, which was made into the 1984 Oscar winning film Amadeus. It's the only and most famous film about Mozart in existence, yet despite that it's not always a very accurate depiction of his life. The rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri has been exaggerated for dramatization, for instance. The depiction of Mozart as an infantile Manchild and some sort of robotic being who just composed without thinking it over twice has also been contested. And let's not get into the fact that many actors in this period piece have very notable American accents.
- Rudebrat's "Amadeus (Mozart Dubstep Remix)" is Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Cosi is about a group of mental patients who take up amateur theatre as a form of occupational therapy. Over the protests of the facilitator, who'd been planning something less ambitious, one of them persuades the group to do Così Fan Tutte, which he associates with the happy memories of his childhood.
- Da Ponte is a musical about the titular poet's collaboration with Mozart on three operas.
- Mozart L'Opera Rock is a 2009 Rock Opera about Mozart.
- Mozart!, a musical covering Mozart's life from childhood to death.
- Pump It Up also uses "Rondo All Turca".
- Wolfgang Krauser von Stroheim, of Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters fame, not only shares Mozart's given name but also has Mozart's requiem as his leitmotif.
- Super Solvers: Outnumbered! uses the first and fourth movements of Symphony 40.
- Fate/Grand Order:
- Mozart is a Caster-class Servant. He has Magic Music abilities, and his Noble Phantasm, Requiem for Death, is a Brown Note attack. They often mention the feelings he had for Marie-Antoinette, who is also a Servant. In this verse, he is of a magical bloodline that destines him to become a vessel for one of the Demon Pillars, but he manages to reject that role, which he believes is due to either his feelings for Marie or his dedication to music. In alternate universes where he doesn't meet Marie, he succumbs to despair and lets himself get possessed by the Demon Pillar Amdusias.
- Antonio Salieri is an Avenger-class Servant. In this verse, Mozart and Salieri were in real life, best friends. Unfortunately, since Servants are partially shaped by legends and belief, his personality becomes twisted so that he hates Mozart, based on the rumors that Salieri was jealous of Mozart and murdered him. He's also dressed like "Man in Grey", a Reaper-like figure who is tied to Mozart's work on composing Requiem and his death. He also has Magic Music abilities, and his Noble Phantasm, Dio Santissimo Misericordia de mi, is a Brown Note attack said to be a form of music he was not able to achieve in his lifetime.
- Steins;Gate 0: Directly referenced as Maho's feelings towards the late Kurisu, with Maho explicitly calling herself "the Salieri to Kurisu's Motzart" (not to mention the Amadeus system itself - Maho's login is Salieri there too).
- However, despite this, the reference is played with - Maho frames her relationship much like the Theater adaptation of Mozart's life (being resentful over Kurisu's prodigy status, as well as having to deal with her death). But what ultimately gets her out of this funk is affirming that the real Salieri and Motzart had a great deal of respect for each-other.
- Epic Rap Battles of History: He battled against Skrillex in one episode.
- The Simpsons: The episode "Margical History Tour" has a segment based on "Amadeus", with Bart as Mozart and Lisa as Salieri.
- The Total Drama World Tour episode "Slap Slap Revolution" has the Total Drama contestants sing a With Lyrics version of "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik".
