Lisztomania (film) Lisztomania (film) Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell about the nineteenth century composer Franz Liszt. The screenplay is derived, in part, from a "kiss-and-tell" book, "Nélida" by Marie d'Agoult (1848), about her affair with Liszt. Depicting the flamboyant Liszt as the first classical pop star, "Lisztomania" features contemporary rock star Roger Daltrey (of The Who) as Franz Liszt. The film was released the same year as "Tommy", which also starred Daltrey and was directed by Russell. Rick Wakeman, from the progressive rock band Yes, composed the "Lisztomania" soundtrack, which included synthesiser arrangements of works by Liszt and Wagner.
Lisztomania (song) was also featured in the season 6 finale of the HBO series "Entourage" and in episodes of "The Inbetweeners". A classical rendition of "Lisztomania", performed and arranged by Roger Neill, is featured as the opening theme to the Amazon Original Series "Mozart in the Jungle", and also appears in the end credits to the program's third episode, "Silent Symphony". "Lisztomania" is used in the 2018 video game Life is Strange 2. In August 2013, Lawrence Lessig brought suit against Liberation Music PTY Ltd., after Liberation issued a takedown notice of one of Lessig's lectures on YouTube which had used the