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
Le Roi Lune Le Roi Lune Le Roi Lune is a play by Belgian playwright Thierry Debroux. It was published in 2005 by Lansman and was performed the same year at the Théâtre du Méridien in Brussels. This piece evokes the character of Ludwig II of Bavaria, nicknamed the Mad King. Today, the whole world knows, visits and admires the fantastic castles he built, but throughout his life, he pursued an ideal of beauty, nobility and purity. The play tells of one of the famous suppers of Louis II, which he would spend alone, talking to himself. On the evening the play begins,