Spartacus (ballet)

Spartak, or Spartacus, is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian, probably his second most widely known ballet after his work Gayane. The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War.

Part of the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from this ballet was used as the opening theme for the UK television series The Onedin Line, and in the Joel and Ethan Coen movie "The Hudsucker Proxy."