The beginning of this special and the phase of the "Barclay House" illusion with three blindfolded people on the stage make a really wide use of the original motion pictures score composed by Philip Glass and conducted by Michael Riesman for the documentary short Anima Mundi (1991).
"Vanishing Egg" is an illusion made up first by a gag, and to perform it David Copperfield jokingly tells the audience: «I need a girl... [silence], young... [silence], beautiful... [silence], single... [silence], and rich».
The "Floating Table" and the "Barclay House" illusions make a really wide use of the original motion pictures score composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann for North by Northwest (1959).
The introduction of the "Grandpa's Four Aces" illusion and the "Snow" illusion make a really wide use of the original motion pictures score composed and conducted by James Newton Howard for The Prince of Tides (1991).
The "Grandpa's Four Aces" illusion makes a really wide use of the original motion pictures score composed and conducted by Angelo Badalamenti for Cousins (1989).