A Clockwork Orange (soundtrack) der St. Hedwigskathedrale – Ferenc Fricsay – Irmgard Seefried, Maureen Forrester, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Haefliger". In the novel, Alex is conditioned against all classical music, but in the film, only against L. v. Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony", the soundtrack of a violent Ludovico Technique film. The audience does not see every violent film Alex is forced to view during Ludovico conditioning, yet the symphony's fourth movement is heard. Later, using the symphony's second movement, Mr Alexander, and fellow plotters, impel Alex to attempt suicide. Although two excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" are heard during Alex's Biblical daydreams while reading the Bible in
A Clockwork Orange (film) was withdrawn from British release in 1973 by Warner Brothers at the request of Kubrick. In response to allegations that the film was responsible for copycat violence Kubrick stated: The Scala Cinema Club went into receivership in 1993 after losing a legal battle following an unauthorised screening of the film. In the same year, Channel 4 broadcast "Forbidden Fruit", a 27-minute documentary about the withdrawal of the film in Britain. It contains footage from "A Clockwork Orange". It was difficult to see "A Clockwork Orange" in the United Kingdom for 27 years. It was only after Kubrick died in 1999