KK 3,307 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Agreed. Its really impressive how Rachmaninoff slowly reveals and hints at the Dies Irae theme throughout the entire piece, and then only at the very end does he allow the whole motif to play out in a full statement. I always loved how he did that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Anybody have a recommendation for the best recording of the Metropolis Symphony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Its been a long time since I last listened to John Debney's End of Days so I forgot that almost all of the score is based on the Dies Irae motif. The main theme is made up of the first four notes of the motif (even at the menacing choral chanting part).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESBWBd2i6MAnd that consistently shows up in the score, including its more positive renditions in the Redemption cue. Another case where the motif is used appropriately in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 IT'S EVERYWHERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Well, obviously, some of these examples are a bit of a stretch. But the fact is Dies Irae rears its ugly head quite often.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Did Angela Morley compose the Dies Irae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The original version, yes. Then the Gregorians stole it from her somewhere around 14th Century.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Composed it? Who do you think was behind every Dies Irae appearance in music? You think JW put Dies Irae in his scores?! Morley is the mastermind behind the inception and the continuing existence of Dies Irae! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Speaking of John Debney, he uses Dies Irae very subtly in the score to Bruce Almighty. In "The Seventh at Seven." I wish I knew what exactly is happening at that point in the film so I could confirm that it's an intentional usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 It is also all over Friday the 13th Part VI soundtrack, e.g. at 0:51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 There is a tendency to label mere instances of a minor mode 'cambiata' (a certain melodic shape; half step down, back to starting point, descend a third, or a reversal of this procedure) as overt "Dies Irae" references; many of the cited Williams examples are cases in point. A Williams example that is very deliberate, albeit a deconstruction of the Dies Irae motif, is in fact "Battle of the Heroes". And very fittingly, as it does indeed depict a "day of wrath". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Marcus, I've heard this said before and I've never understood it. I hear how the general shape of line is similar to Dies Irae, but could you explain how it is a specific reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Anybody have a recommendation for the best recording of the Metropolis Symphony?Oh, it's here too - I just answered this same question in the Quick Question Thread. But now I also see you've already bought the same version I have (Nashville Symphony), so I hope you'll be as happy with it as I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Great, thanks! I must have somehow missed your response in the Quick Questions thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 1:23 into this video. Dies Irae, Cab Calloway style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I don't think that's Dies Irae...same structure but the intervals aren't even close to Dies Irae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheMusician 0 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Michael Giacchino directly quotes the Dies Irae in Lost... in one of Kate's flashbacks during season 1, episode 22, "Born to Run". A lot of the music is very similar to the Dies Irae, but when Tom and Kate are underneath the tree, its a direct quote, if I remember correctly. Well, I knew who was going to be dead by the end of the episode... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Kate's theme is built out of the Dies Irae, with Bernard Herrmann stylings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I remember seeing my cousins watching a Smurfs Christmas special, and it featured a lot of the Dies Irae theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I heard Dies Irae was in "Saturn" from Holst's The Planets...is that true? I don't hear it, although I hear some similar phrases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 https://www.youtube....WkPaXBSl-U3qsv7Jerry Goldsmith - GREMLINS 2, one of the more inspired uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,379 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Gotta use http, not https if you want it to embed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Hard to miss this reference at 3:15, eh? Probably one of the most extreme examples next to Liszt's Totentanz. I know it has been mentioned before, but I heard it played last night (and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 3) and it's quite a spectacular piece of music.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,365 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Just curious, could 1:39 of Faking the Code be considered a variation of Dies Irae? or is it too different?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0CfjqnREBw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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