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 Posted:   Dec 12, 2014 - 5:50 PM   
 By:   Hank V   (Member)

Thinking further about this I feel the Rózsa 'Fantasy on themes from Young Bess' could be included on this list as separate from the film itself. It includes a complete piece composed by Rózsa based on the Dies Irae as part of the fantasy. It's a totally different treatment from the film and composed for Organ and Brass for the American Guild of Organists.
Listen and decide www.enzed.nl/diesirae-Rozsa.wma

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 12, 2014 - 10:41 PM   
 By:   .   (Member)

The thread made me wonder if there is anyone with the name Dies Irae.

Desiré is pretty close of course, but a google search shows there is actually someone out there who has the name... Des E. Ray.

Thought I'd share that useless piece of information.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 13, 2014 - 6:32 AM   
 By:   fmfan1   (Member)

Keep up the suggestions. I'm still researching many of these.

Bird on a Wire: I put this on the list a long time ago when watching the film. Having just listened to the soundtrack, a major motif in "In the Zoo" seems to include the Dies Irae, but because it's not exact, I'll have to watch the film and see the context. It's a "maybe" for now.

Star Wars: I think the first 4 notes of Dies Irae sounding over corpses is a reference.

Angel on My Shoulder: Thanks for identifying the scene. I found it quickly.

Rozsa's Fantasy on Themes of Young Bess: It is different from the film score, so I added it. Never heard this work before. Thanks!

Can't find any people named "Dies Irae" though. I keep randomly stopping strangers at the mall and asking them their name. Fortunately, the local police station provides free Wi-Fi so I can keep up to date with FSM.

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 5, 2015 - 1:59 PM   
 By:   fmfan1   (Member)

Thanks, Apple Music. We are now up to 156 definite/probable examples of the Dies Irae!

I know that there will be some different interpretations as to what constitutes a reference. Some may think a 4 note example is a coincidence while others may think it's a definite reference.

However, I think the 156 are pretty solid.

Any help is appreciated!

 
 Posted:   Jul 5, 2015 - 8:00 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

unknown: Dracula's Widow (being researched)

Jim Fox. He told me he did.

I have no idea if the replacement composer did as well.

 
 Posted:   Jul 26, 2015 - 1:30 AM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Richard Peaslee incorporates the Dies Irae into his chamber music score for Martha Clarke's musical theater production of The Garden of Earthly Delights (1984). I discovered this CD today at a local brick-and-mortar shop and it was a blind buy of the most fortunate kind. If you're lucky enough to come across a copy of the CD, don't hesitate to grab it:

 
 
 Posted:   Jul 26, 2015 - 10:12 AM   
 By:   Rozsaphile   (Member)

This won't be news to anyone familiar with an earlier thread on the subject, but I can't resist posing the same question that stumped folks for many months at that time: What is the longest sustained use of the Dies Irae (both tune and text) in a movie? (Yes, it is listed in the present thread.)

 
 Posted:   Aug 9, 2015 - 12:41 AM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Just heard another example in Scott Glasgow's LO (2009).

Check out track 6 ("Gift of the Magi-c Book") at 4:43: http://www.scottglasgowmusic.com/music/lo-album/ (it's followed by an excerpt from the Christmas staple "'Tis the Season")

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 9, 2015 - 6:03 AM   
 By:   fmfan1   (Member)

Just heard another example in Scott Glasgow's LO (2009).

Check out track 6 ("Gift of the Magi-c Book") at 4:43: http://www.scottglasgowmusic.com/music/lo-album/ (it's followed by an excerpt from the Christmas staple "'Tis the Season")


Along with the Peaslee, another good example!

 
 Posted:   Aug 9, 2015 - 6:42 AM   
 By:   SBD   (Member)

The first four notes can be heard in the opening of Joel Goldsmith's MANIAC COP 3.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 9, 2015 - 7:41 AM   
 By:   fmfan1   (Member)

The first four notes can be heard in the opening of Joel Goldsmith's MANIAC COP 3.

Yup! Probably a reference as (1) The Dies Irae shows up in Maniac Cop 2, and (2) This quote is immediately followed by a chant.

New Thread: Scores That Don't Quote the Dies Irae.

 
 Posted:   Sep 15, 2015 - 7:20 PM   
 By:   SBD   (Member)

4:30 into "Cedric" in Maurice Jarre's TOP SECRET. (Twice.)

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 31, 2015 - 2:13 PM   
 By:   SafeUnderHill   (Member)

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 Posted:   Nov 1, 2015 - 12:58 AM   
 By:   TerraEpon   (Member)

Here's an obscure one brought to light by a recent CD --
Charles Martin Loeffler, final movement of the Divertissement in A for Violin and Orchestra, is a set of variations on this theme.

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 1, 2015 - 3:17 PM   
 By:   fmfan1   (Member)

Here's an obscure one brought to light by a recent CD --
Charles Martin Loeffler, final movement of the Divertissement in A for Violin and Orchestra, is a set of variations on this theme.


Recent posts have been added to the list. How did we not have Top Secret! to this point? The Loeffler is a real surprise that seemed to come out of Loeffler field. (sorry)

 
 
 Posted:   Nov 1, 2015 - 3:50 PM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

Interesting list, how big a quote do you need to get into the main list? I still think Close Encounters should be there, esp. after listening to that clip, & the slow harmonica lead in to Midnight Cowboy does it for me.

 
 Posted:   Nov 8, 2015 - 1:16 AM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Another Dies Irae sighting in track 4 of the Intrada release of Les Baxter's score for Cervantes: The Young Rebel From LaMancha. I'm listening to the CD, but in case you don't have it, Intrada provided a sample:

http://www.intrada.net/sound/LesBCERVantes_04.m3u

 
 Posted:   Nov 14, 2015 - 11:51 AM   
 By:   TheSeeker   (Member)

Has Shore's Return of the King been mentioned yet? (At 0:42...)

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 10, 2016 - 9:00 PM   
 By:   TomD   (Member)

Burn, Witch, Burn / Night of the Eagle (1962)
William Alwyn uses the tune several times, about an hour into the film, during the chase/rescue.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 12, 2016 - 1:20 AM   
 By:   Laurent78   (Member)

There are indeed countless examples throughout the history of music tout court and music for the cinema. A few weeks ago, I spotted this famous medieval cell in several tracks from Michal Lorenc's PROWOKATOR, for instance in the opening bars of Niebieska Turnia.

Also, I located it in two French movies from the 50's scored by Georges van Parys, namely LE MOUTON A 5 PATTES and UN CHEVEU SUR LA SOUPE, both soundtracks being unreleased as far I can tell. In the latter one, the tragic tune is heard in the beginning of the movie when the main character played by Louis de Funès (who's portraying a composer, by the way) is about to commit suicide.

As for Morricone, needless to say that he's particularly fond of that quote. Apart from the examples already mentioned, I would add these ones (sorry if there are any repetitions):
- GLI AMANTI D'OLTRE TOMBA
- GALILEO
- MADDALENA (variations)
- TRE NEL MILLE
- GIORDANO BRUNO
- IL GATTO (in the very lightheartened Mariangela e la seduzione - alt. version!)
- NOI LAZZARONI
- LA MIGLIORE OFFERTA

Hoping it was helpful.
Laurent

 
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