Goethe's Faust - Later Derivative Works

Later Derivative Works

• Franz Schubert's first successful song Gretchen am Spinnrade is a setting of lines spoken by Gretchen in Faust Part I.
• Robert Schumann's secular oratorio Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1844 - 1853)
• Hector Berlioz's "legende dramatique" La damnation de Faust (1846)
• Charles Gounod's opera Faust (1859)
• Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele (1868; 1875)
• The second section of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 is a cantata for the last scene in part II of Goethe's Faust.

• Randy Newman's musical Faust (1993)
• Jan Švankmajer's film Faust (1994)
• Alexander Sokurov's film Faust (2011)

• The animated TV show Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Shaft is loosely based off the events of part I of the play.
• The film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), directed by Terry Gilliam is loosely based on the story.
• American band Kamelot's concept albums Epica and The Black Halo are loosely based around the play.
• American band Agalloch's Faustian Echoes EP is directly based on Goethe's work and contains direct quotations from it.