Works based on Faust

Faust has inspired artistic and cultural works for over four centuries. The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent works that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog.Lorna Fitzsimmons (ed.), Charles McKnight (ed.). [https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28297 The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music] (2019)

Ballets

Faust by Jules Perrot (1848)
Faust ballets

Classical music

Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song – Aus Goethes Faust: "Es war einmal ein König"
Franz Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade (1814)
Giuseppe Verdi's Perduta ho la pace (1838)
Richard Wagner's Faust Overture (1840)
Felix Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht (1843)
Hector Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust (1845–46) (sometimes performed in staged opera versions)
Charles-Valentin Alkan's Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', Op. 33: 2nd Movement "Quasi-Faust" (1847)
Robert Schumann's Scenes from Goethe's Faust (completed 1853)
Franz Liszt's Faust Symphony (1854–57) and Mephisto Waltzes
Henryk Wieniawski's Fantaise brillante on themes from Gounod's Faust, Op. 20. (1865)
Jean-Delphin Alard's Fantaisie de concert sur Faust, Op. 47 (c. 1868)
Henri Vieuxtemps's Fantasie sur "Faust" de Ch. Gounod (c. 1869)
Pablo de Sarasate's "Nouvelle fantaisie sur 'Faust'", Op. 13 (1874)
Modest Mussorgsky: "Mephistopheles' song of the flea" (1879) is a version of the song that Mephistopheles sings in the tavern scene of Goethe's Faust, pt. 1, also previously set by Beethoven.
Emilie Mayer's Faust Overture (1880)
Jean Roger-Ducasse's Au jardin de Marguerite, symphonic poem with chorus (1905)
Gustav Mahler's Part II of Symphony No. 8 (1906–07)
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No.1 (1908)
Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène (1913)
Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony (1919–27) and opera Faust
Julius Röntgen's Aus Goethes Faust (1931)
Hans Werner Henze's Chor gefangener Trojer (1948)
Alexander Lokshin's Three Scenes from Goethe's Faust (for soprano and orchestra) (1980)
Alfred Schnittke's Faust Cantata (1982–83)

=Operas=

Louis Spohr's Faust (1816)
Louise Bertin's Fausto (1831)
Hector Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust (1846)
Charles Gounod's Faust (1859)
Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele (1868)
Meyer Lutz's romantic opera Faust and Marguerite and his burlesque Faust up to date (1888)
Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust (1916–25)
Sergei Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel (1927; first performed 1954)
Hermann Reutter's
Doktor Johannes Faust, Op. 47 (1936, revised 1955)
Don Juan und Faust, Op. 75 (1950)
Douglas Moore's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1938)
Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938 libretto)
Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (1951)
Hanns Eisler's Johann Faustus (1952 libretto)
Havergal Brian's Faust (1955–56)
Henri Pousseur (music) and Michel Butor (libretto), Votre Faust (1960–68), and related "satellite" works
Konrad Boehmer's Doktor Faustus (1983), libretto by Hugo Claus
Alfred Schnittke's Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1994)
Rudolf Volz's Rock Opera Faust with original lyrics by Goethe (1997)
John Coolidge Adams' Doctor Atomic (2005)
Pascal Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night (2006)

Comics and animation

Classics Illustrated #167
Hellblazer, storyline Dangerous Habits
Ghost Rider
Faust, a series of graphic novels
The Adventures of Nero
Spawn
Defoe
Faust, Der Tragödie erster Teil by German artist Flix
Felix Faust
Sebastian Faust
Treehouse of Horror IV

=Manga and anime=

Osamu Tezuka's Faust (1950)
Shaman King (1998)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2001)
Black Butler (2006)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
Frau Faust (2014)
Black Clover (2015)

Popular music

Blues guitarist Tommy Johnson claimed to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar mastery. Tommy Johnson's claim precedes that of Robert Johnson's.
Blues guitarist Robert Johnson fancifully said to have acquired his playing skill from the devil at a deserted crossroads. Songs such as "Cross Road Blues" (1936) and "Me and the Devil Blues" (1937) allude to his pact with the devil.
Faun's song "König von Thule" is a cover of Gretchen's song in the first part of Goethe's Faust (lines 2759-82). Goethe wrote this particular song in 1774.
Poet JB Goodenough's "Children of Michael" which tells the story of a man named Michael who makes a deal with the year (the devil or fate), to have many children but the year has to "choose one for himself". The story features a chorus throughout, and was recorded by Irish folk singer Tommy Makem on his album Ancient Pulsing.
The Band's "Daniel and the Sacred Harp" (from the album Stage Fright, 1970)
Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from the album A Night at the Opera, 1975)
Frank Zappa's "Titties & Beer" (from the album Zappa in New York, 1977)
The Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (from the album Million Mile Reflections, 1979)
Blue Öyster Cult's "Burnin' for You" (from the album Fire of Unknown Origin, 1981)
The Police's "Wrapped Around Your Finger" single (from the album Synchroncity, 1983) refers to Mephistopheles by way of analogy
Konrad Boehmer Apocalipsis cum figuris (electronic, instrumental, vocal, 1984)
The Fall's "Dktr Faustus" (from the album Bend Sinister, 1986)
Sabbat's "A Cautionary Tale" (from the album History of a Time to Come, 1988)
Randy Newman's Faust (1995)
Moonspell's "Mephisto" (from the album Irreligious, 1996)
Akercocke's "Marguerite & Gretchen" (from the album Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, 1999); the band's name is taken from the talking Capuchin monkey in Robert Nye's Faust.
Current 93's album Faust (2000), based on a story by Count Eric Stenbock
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
Secret Sphere's "Dr. Faustus" (from the album A Time Never Come, 2001)
Dimmu Borgir's "The Maelstrom Mephisto" (from the album Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, 2001)
Gorillaz' "Faust" (from the album G-Sides, 2001)
Septic Flesh's "Faust" (from the album Sumerian Daemons, 2003)
Muse's "The Small Print" (from the album Absolution, 2003; originally titled "Action Faust")
Kamelot's Epica Saga (Epica, 2003, and The Black Halo, 2005)
Cradle of Filth's "Absinthe with Faust" (from the album Nymphetamine, 2004)
Immortal Technique's "Dance With The Devil" (from the album Revolutionary Vol. 1, 2006)
Konrad Boehmer Doktor Fausti Höllenfahrt (orchestra, 2006)
Tom Waits's "Lucinda" (from the album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, 2006)
Enigma "Dancing With Mephisto" (from the album A Posteriori, 2006)
Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Little Tragedies' New Faust (2006)
Switchfoot's "Faust, Midas and Myself" (2006)
Streetlight Manifesto's "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe" (from the album Somewhere in the Between, 2007)
Radiohead's "Faust Arp" and "Videotape" (from the album In Rainbows, 2007){{Citation |title=S11E11 - Videotape by Radiohead (Season Finale) |date=2023-12-05 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ujkEjesi2Da0QVFoJLGbV |access-date=2024-01-28 |language=en}}
Ihsahn's "Alchemist" (from the album angL, 2008) quotes two passages from Goethe's Faust. The songs "Malediction" and "Elevator" likewise allude to Faustian themes
Dark Moor's "Faustus" (from the album Autumnal, 2009)
The Human Abstract's "Faust" (2011)
Agalloch's Faustian Echoes (2012)
SicKtanicK's "Faust" (from the album Chapter 3: Awake (The Ministry of Hate), 2012)
Marilyn Manson's "The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles" (from the album The Pale Emperor, 2015)
Halsey's "Hold Me Down" (from the album Badlands, 2016) makes a number of sexualized Faustian allusions
Iron Mask's "Doctor Faust" (from the album Diabolica, 2016)
Faust is the stage name of black metal musician Bård Eithun.
Faust, a German Krautrock band
Ghost's "Call Me Little Sunshine" (From the album Imperia, 2022). Mephistophles is the main protagonist of the song, trying to steal "little sunshines" body.