Joel Hill wrote: >The protagonists' favorite piece of music was the Mahler 10th. That would have made more chronological sense, as the Rachmaninov was written 22 years after the back-in-time action in the movie (and I presume in the book) takes place. Hollywood is seldom bothered by anachronisms. The Mahler would have been right on, though I doubt if anyone in 1912 would have been acquainted sufficiently with the adagio (the only completed movement) to the point of calling it a "favorite." >The music by John Barry is really beautiful It's a good score, and it didn't need beefing up with the 18th Variation, played in a kitschy manner by Universal Studio pianist Chet Swiatkowsky. I loved the movie (it was directed by a woman, you know), but found the Rachmaninov an offputting intrusion. The author of the screen play/book probably had no say in the matter. John Dalmas [log in to unmask]