sentences:  This association of a musical theme with a particular character or situation, a technique borrowed from opera, became a staple in film.The theme song of the 1983 animated TV series "Inspector Gadget" strongly resembles the melody of "In the Hall of the Mountain King".In the 1993 film "Needful Things", based on the novel by Stephen King, the song is used when Nettie Cobb (Amanda Plummer) breaks into the home of Danforth Keeton (J.T.