Movie Themes played on flute

Can you guess these 4 movie theme melodies played on the flute?

Movie Themes played on flute

Welcome to this episode of Guessing the Flute Melody. So these tunes are all from movies. I have four for you to guess, and I want to see if you know the movies that they come from.

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So join me there and you can see what I mean by learning the proper technique of flute playing. Okay, number one, this is from a very famous movie. Let's see if you know it.

Guess the flute tune

And I don't even need to play the chorus, I think for you to know this. If you know which movie this is from, put it in the comments below if you're on YouTube. If you're on the blog and watching this video on the flute school website, just scroll down to the bottom and it will tell you the answers.

But wait till you know all of the melodies first before you check the answers. If you write to us on YouTube, I'll let you know if you're correct as well.

Okay. The next one is so famous that I'm not even going to play you the famous bit. I'm gonna play you the slightly less famous bit to see if you can get it.

Famous music on flute

Do you know that I have a feeling you might be going, oh, I know what that is, so I'm not gonna play you the famous part. By that is my favourite film composer ever, and I don't think I'm alone when I say that.

Alright, number three. This is actually the same composer as the previous one, so let's see if you know this. Do you know it?

Alright, and number four. So this is a song that is from a movie, and I'd like to know if you know which movie it's from. However, that is not originally where this song came from.

I first heard this in the 90s by a singer called Jeff Buckley, and I thought it was written by him for probably 10 years until I learnt the original composer.

* For the answers, scroll to the bottom of this page!

Movie themes on flute

So if you are older than me, you probably will know this original songwriter. So if you know who it is, tell us that as well, because there are people that either you're like me, you thought it was written by Jeff Buckley, or two, you think it's from the movie that I want you to guess.

So if you do know the original songwriter, let us know. Do you know who that is?

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Here are the answers! The pieces in this video are:

1. My Heart Will Go On, Titanic, by James Horner, sung by Celine Dion
2. Star Wars, by John Williams
3. Indiana Jones, by John Williams
4. Hallelujah from Shrek, by Leonard Cohen, also recorded by Jeff Buckley in the 1990s.