Editing Cimbalom (section)

=== Film and television ===
The cimbalom has occasionally been used in film scores, especially to introduce a "foreign" feel. The cimbalom appears in ''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]'' (1945) in a scene in Felix's ([[S. Z. Sakall]]) Hungarian restaurant in [[Manhattan]]. It was also featured in the films ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' (1935), ''[[The Divorce of Lady X]]'' (1938), and ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon]]'' (1943).

The cimbalom was used in the film score for the movie ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1967). Composer [[Carmine Coppola]] made heavy use of the cimbalom in his soundtrack for ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'' (1979) to accentuate the Arabian heritage of the majestic horse. [[Miklós Rózsa]] used the cimbalom in the main theme and throughout the score for the science-fiction thriller ''[[The Power (1968 film)|The Power]]'' (1968). [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] used it in the title theme for the film ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]'' (1965), as well as in the main theme of the [[ITC Entertainment|ITC]] TV series ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' (1971); in both examples the performer was [[John Leach (musician)|John Leach]].<ref>Jon Burlingame [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2014/071414.html "John Leach, English Cimbalom Player, Dead at 82"], Film Music Society, 14 July 2014</ref> [[James Horner]] made use of the instrument in his "Stealing the Enterprise" cue from ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984). In addition, [[John Williams]] has made less prominent use of the instrument in scores such as ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981). [[Howard Shore]] used the cimbalom as well to express Gollum's sneaky nature in [[Peter Jackson]]'s film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' (2002). The cimbalom is also featured prominently in [[Hans Zimmer]]'s scoring of ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (2009). [[Alexandre Desplat]] uses cimbalom in works such as ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' (2007), ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2008), and ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' (2014).

In television, composer [[Lalo Schifrin]] made use of the cimbalom in several scores he wrote for the original ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' television series, from which several cues were regularly recycled throughout the series' run.

Composer [[Debbie Wiseman]] used the cimbalom, played by Greg Knowles, in her score for the BBC television series 'Dickensian' (2015–16).

The cimbalom, played by [[John Leach (musician)|John Leach]], features prominently in the score of the BBC television drama serial from 1988, 'Babylon Bypassed' by [[Gareth Glyn]]. 

[[File:Cimbalom (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg|thumb|right|Schunda Cimbalom, late 1800s, E2-E6, + D2 string (from [[Emil Richards Collection]])]]