We tweaked famous composer portraits so they’re all smiling

22 October 2019, 16:46

We put great composers’ portraits through the ‘smile’ function on FaceApp, because the world needs more joy.

Why so serious, lads? We took a selection of the most famous classical composer portraits and put them through the ‘smile’ function on FaceApp.

All much improved, we reckon.

1. That’s the look of a man who wrote an entire overture on the day of the premiere

   (See: the story of Mozart’s Don Giovanni)

   

2. Beethoven -> BAEthoven

   

3. Puccini is just Freddie Mercury, right?

   

4. Looks like Brahms has been hanging around the vampire section of the fancy dress shop

   

5. When Brahms smiles, Clara smiles too...

   [insert side-eye emoji]

   

6. Bach is the friendly old uncle you only see at Christmas

   

7. A slightly cheerier, but still world-weary Bruckner

   

8. Smile, Chopin – your nocturnes are gorgeous

   

9. Bit of an awkward, toothy grin from Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev

   

10. Fixed that RBF for you, Handel...

    

11. A serene, contemplative Ethel Smyth, thinking about her next glorious string work

    

12. Nice falsies you’ve got there, Johann Strauss II

    

13. “What’s the matter with me, baby, what’s the matter with you?”

    

14. Mahler, you melt our minds and our hearts.