Film adaptation Swan both listen to Debussy's "Clair de lune" and Edward composes the piece "Bella's Lullaby" for Bella. While "Clair de lune" was a pre-existing piece of music, "Bella's Lullaby" was not and required original music to be composed for the 2008 movie adaptation. In the 2016 sci-fi film "" adapted from the story by Kurt Vonnegut, the film-makers decided to abandon Vonnegut's choice of music. They stated that they felt that it worked in his prose only because it was not actually heard. Filmmakers' test screenings found that Vonnegut's style of music confused audiences and detracted from narrative comprehension. The
Clair de Lune (poem) opportune Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau, Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres. Your soul is a well-chosen landscape Where roam charming masks and bergamasques Playing the lute and dancing and seeming almost Sad under their whimsical disguises. While singing in a minor key Of victorious love and good life They don't seem to believe in their own happiness And their song mingles with