- Music written by
- Charles Gounod
- Publication date
- 1872
- Composition date
- 1872
- Comments
- This piece, also known as "Funeral March of a Marionette", was written in 1872 for solo piano and orchestrated in 1879 by the composer himself. It has been used to accompany several silent films and in radio programs. However, it is best known as the theme for the popular television series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", which originally aired from 1955 to 1965.
- Licensing
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Classical work
Versions
Marche funèbre d'une marionnette written by Charles Gounod instrumental
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Sousa's Band | 1903 | First recording on August 18, 1903 First release |
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| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Vienna Quartet | 1910 | ||
| i | Funeral March of the Marionette | Columbia Symphony Orchestra | 1918 | ||
| i | Funeral March of the Marionettes | Brunswick Concert Orchestra | 1928 | ||
| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Boston Pops Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler, Conductor | 1952 | ||
| i | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Franz Conde | July 1962 | ||
| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Mannheim Steamroller | September 23, 2003 | ||
| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | The Pyronauts | August 12, 2005 | ||
| i | Funeral March for a Marionette | Danny Elfman | November 27, 2012 | ||
| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Baby Rockstar | October 15, 2013 | ||
| i | (Theme from) Hitchcock Presents (The Funeral March of a Marionette) | The Charades [FI] | 2014 | ||
| i | Alfred Hitchcock | 8 Bit Arcade | October 2015 | ||
| i | Funeral March of a Marionette | Steve Hicks | December 2016 |