Alexander Nevsky the score for the film Alexander Nevsky, written by Sergei Prokofiev. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra, and it has remained one of the most reknowned cantatas of the 20th century. A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Alexander Nevsky is a film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev released in 1938, during the Stalin era, with Nikolai Cherkasov in the title role. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofev, 15/April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was a Ukrainian-born Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Cantata (Italian for a song or story set to music), a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ...

The cantata is in seven movements, lasting around 40 minutes:

1. Russia under the Mongol Yoke
2. Song about Alexander Nevsky
3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. Arise, ye Russian People
5. The Battle on the Ice
6. The Field of the Dead
7. Alexander's Entry into Pskov

The cantata is sung in Russian, but Prokofiev incorporated Latin texts in a few places.