How Die Hard Uses Beethoven For Hans & Why It’s Amazing

HOW GROUNDHOG DAY WORKS MUSICALLY: 0:00 The Theme of John McClane’s BS Defined 3:13 The Meaning of Let It Snow 4:29 The Meaning of Run DMC’s Christmas in Hollis 6:01 The Antagonists: The Japanese Represented by a String Quartet 7:46 The Antagonists: The Terrorists Represented by Beethoven 8:17 Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Explained 10:50 Recitative of the Pacific Courier Truck 12:33 The Seed that Michael Kamen Plants 13:21 The Ode to Joy Around the World 14:53 Ode to Joy at the Nakatomi Party 16:15 Hans Sings the Ode to Joy 17:16 Why Not Wagner Instead? Answer: A Clockwork Orange 18:26 Theo Sings and Karl Dances 20:06 The Meaning of the Ode to Joy 22:54 Why Ode to Joy Represents Hans? Answer: Perverted Idealism 23:43 Ode to Freedom Concert 24:26 Winter Wonderland 24:59 Christmas Ending Setup 26:24 James Horner’s Magic 27:00 John McClane Deals with His BS Why is Beethoven used in Die Har