Dies Irae in the Movies

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Brian LaGuardia

11 жыл бұрын

Not a comprehensive list for sure...only what happened to be in my collection at the time.

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@timcox5373 8 жыл бұрын

Dies Irae is the Wilhelm Scream of film music

@TallGlassOfLemonade 8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Cox and also "the lick" of classical music

@verycoolpersonguy 7 жыл бұрын

Tim Cox Same with the Blue Danube Waltz

@HIPEOPLE1887 6 жыл бұрын

Tim Cox but less annoying

@master106 5 жыл бұрын

It actually signifies death

@josephalvarez5315 4 жыл бұрын

Someone on reddit just posted this

@benhaushalter5067 4 жыл бұрын

What I expected: hear a lot of dies irae What actually happened: I got a lot of spoilers.

@julito13tv 4 жыл бұрын

That's not the end of Groundhog day, so ho watch it.

@benhaushalter5067 4 жыл бұрын

I love ground hog day lol watched it last night

@stpidstuff 3 жыл бұрын

@@julito13tv that isn't how it ends? (I mean it seems like he's still alive because his eyes are closed when the blanket is lifted off his face but then they're open when it's put back over)

@CaptOrbit 3 жыл бұрын

Ovo no- that's not even close to end of the movie but to explain it any would be definitely venturing into spoiler territory.

@stpidstuff 3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptOrbit I don't know what I was replying to there. But yeah you can't explain that movie

@cumcrete716 4 жыл бұрын

Dies Irae is just the predecessor to pressing F Edit: not a cringe redditor, I refuse to acknowledge all the likes and thank all of you

@sebastiansandoval4861 4 жыл бұрын

*Coffin Dance meme

@rebecca8525 4 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@rebecca8525 3 жыл бұрын

@@tehcks Ah, thanks!

@firepuppies4086 3 жыл бұрын

Well, it's part of Requiem. Guess what a requiem is used for

@mikaroni_and_cheez 3 жыл бұрын

@@firepuppies4086 a requiem is a death mask!

@bobbbbEE 3 жыл бұрын

That Lord of the Rings scene is so well done. I feel like without any context or ever having seen the movie, you can tell exactly what's going on for the characters. I love how heavy the ring sounds when it hits the ground. That series can never be appreciated enough.

@Ramoreira86 3 жыл бұрын

Man thank you for that comment. I was thinking exactly the same thing few seconds ago!

@0rurin 2 жыл бұрын

and it doesn't bounce, like a ring would, showing the extreme weight of it, like with frodo's scar on the back of his neck way later on they actually used a magnet to keep it from rolling after it fell

@2008Toyota_Kluger 2 жыл бұрын

@@0rurin legendary cinematography

@atlas_of_prescottia 2 жыл бұрын

We know the ring can change sizes, so is beyond reason that it could also alter its density? I think it became heavier so as keep from bouncing and rolling under a chair or something, giving Bilbo every chance to change his mind.

@liannapfister8255 Жыл бұрын

As someone who has neither read the books nor seen the movies…I could definitely feel what was happening with the characters.

@joshwelshofficial 7 жыл бұрын

The Shining?? The entire opening sequence is Dies Irae

@jangoisbaddest 7 жыл бұрын

As I stated before, I only used the DVD collection I had at the time (which didn't include the shining), and also that's the one everyone knows about. I'm a huge fan of Wendy Carlos and her Shining score, not to mention Tron!

@markatkins8807 6 жыл бұрын

"The entire opening *_sequence_* is Dies Irae..." I see what you did there.

@patrickwalsh8191 6 жыл бұрын

Josh Welsh no way! i gotta listen to both

@charleschouinard2562 6 жыл бұрын

Josh Welsh and friday the 13th 6

@robolinoschmidt8676 4 жыл бұрын

@@markatkins8807 I don't see what he did..lol

@bioweapon4627 4 жыл бұрын

Frozen 2 should be added to the list now...

@beckysawyer-walls9076 4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who noticed. My music teacher flipped out when I told them. Like, seriously, the main motif is Dies Irae? In all the comments for the music, only mine mentioned it. How can we not notice it? It's literally right there!!

@noodle8224 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching a sideways video after I watched the movie and when he mentioned the dies irae for the nth time, it just occured to me that that tone from frozen 2 was the dies irae. Then i felt extremely disappointed in myself that i didnt pick that up earlier

@JJ-uh7jh 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣so true

@gnatscrafts 4 жыл бұрын

BIOWP RIGHT?

@timmason3988 4 жыл бұрын

The whole reason I'm here

@Brambleshadow11 3 жыл бұрын

So I realized the entirety of "Making Christmas" from Nightmare Before Christmas is just Dies Irae.

@barretthoven 3 жыл бұрын

Not a movie (originally) but Sweeney Todd is the KING of Dies Irae. It’s in like... nearly every character’s theme, either the original or inverted. It’s there to symbolize that the main/titular character is surrounded by and fascinated by death.

@obscure.reference 6 ай бұрын

it’s a funeral song.

@josieloserloren3063 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to include all of Sweeney Todd

@TheStOne1 4 жыл бұрын

and Into The Woods

@Sara-tv3dr 4 жыл бұрын

He should've included the whole movie

@tevvytevvy2672 4 жыл бұрын

ATTEND THE TALE OF SWEENEY TODD

@bec3581 3 жыл бұрын

Just play the entire movie 😂

@Nik-ny9ue 3 жыл бұрын

@@tevvytevvy2672 SWING YOUR RAZORS HIGH

@DCdabest 7 жыл бұрын

In the Lord of the Rings it's quite appropriate given the sitution and the themes.

@rowanmiller7062 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect for the Nàzgul

@wesleygrove9635 5 жыл бұрын

@@rowanmiller7062 the One Ring in general really

@jangoisbaddest 4 жыл бұрын

@@wesleygrove9635 Yeah, it's actually one of several themes representing the darkness in LOTR, there's one for Mordor/minions, one for the ring itself and its allure and timelessness, but this one is straight up death and the will of Sauron to dominate the world.

@myboy_ 3 жыл бұрын

I mean... I'd say it's pretty thematically appropriate in all these

@roboticus9518 2 жыл бұрын

Especially considering Tolkien was catholic

@mackenzie_ish 5 жыл бұрын

1:54 heaviest ring in the world

@LordDagron 5 жыл бұрын

Man, I really want to re watch lord of the rings now.

@mortman200 4 жыл бұрын

They put a strong magnet under the floorboards to get that shot

@xyoungdipsetx 4 жыл бұрын

John Cole Lol stop lying

@Ryuga-2015 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph it seems like they did. Even the way the ring looked like it was falling from his hands looked like it was being pulled and the ring didn’t seem to bounce.

@marmar6_688 4 жыл бұрын

I am wheezing help

@ChrisPriceMusicSamples 7 жыл бұрын

It's so common and easy to write because it's just a minor scale going down in thirds.

@digitig 5 жыл бұрын

Yes - it's so basic one needs more than just the notes to claim is the Dies Irae; there needs to be some doom in the context (otherwise Carol of the Bells would sound like a horror score - it would be to much of a stretch to claim it's prefiguring the crucifixion).

@laurenwallace8204 5 жыл бұрын

Not to say it can't be used ironically or in humor. Home Alone uses it this way when introducing old man Marley. It's played in a loud and exaggerated fashion. There is a context of doom in the scene although you learn it is unfounded by the end of the movie. To the average person it sounds like exaggerated creepy music but to a musician it has an extra layer of meaning, an inside joke. Typically, dies irae often precedes death (is the musical "word" or "phrase" for death) so when used in this way comes off as over dramatic and less serious. This is on purpose.

@sweiland75 4 жыл бұрын

right?

@jangoisbaddest 4 жыл бұрын

@@sweiland75 Indeed, though to be pedantic, it's not just a minor scale going down in thirds, it's a specific pattern: 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, tonic, 2nd, 7th, tonic. As I say in the video not all of the patterns after "direct quotations" match exactly but it's so close that one could claim it was a source of inspiration. It's much harder to come up with that pattern than a descending minor scale in thirds when writing original music, unless you are deliberately quoting the melody, which is one of the biggest musical in-jokes in history.

@seanbernard4212 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it C A# C G#?

@AureliaDShizuka 10 жыл бұрын

Can't stop finding this melody in so many different movie soundtracks since we listened to the original greogorian one in music lesson. It's kind of annoying and fascinating at the same time :D

@sircuffington 4 жыл бұрын

May as well rename Sweeney Todd to Dies Irae

@whitewineflavouredtoffee9157 4 жыл бұрын

Sir Cuffington fr tho, the entire soundtrack is just rephrasing the dies irae in billions of different ways! i loved the way sondheim regenerated from the musical!!

@ukilazarev8342 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason the way that the lord of the rings portrayed sounded so epic

@Toybinging 5 жыл бұрын

Also the beginning of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame

@TheBigBlueBugofJustice 3 жыл бұрын

Especially considering it's of the very few examples in film that actually has the full original Latin vocals, rather than just an instrumental rendition.

@Madcapredcap 7 жыл бұрын

now I can't un-hear it

@arinaa195 4 жыл бұрын

It's not bad

@brandonrobnett6014 2 жыл бұрын

It appears in Home Alone whenever Kevin sees Old Man Marley. But after Kevin talks to him in the church, the music changes to the less-scary Carol of the Bells, which uses the same four-note motif. Genius scoring by John Williams!

@ElBrillante4 4 ай бұрын

John Williams the 🐐

@robfab5204 Ай бұрын

Agreed @@ElBrillante4

@grandamecthulhua6496 7 жыл бұрын

Berlioz's Symphonie Fantasique has my favorite Dies Irae movement.

@jitkalacmanova760 4 жыл бұрын

Or Second Ysaye sonata

@doodullz600 7 ай бұрын

ig technically the fnaf movie theme counts now lol

@GlidingChiller 2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the scene where Bilbo drops the ring. First it seems to stick, almost cling to his hand. Landing, it seems much heavier than it should.

@robfab5204 Ай бұрын

Agreed

@johnjoyce5598 5 жыл бұрын

The track "The Trio" in the duel scene at the end of "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" has Dies Irae played on the Spanish guitar that's also played throughout the whole movie. It's really prominent and speeds up so you don't recognize it at first. Plus Lord Blackwood from the Sherlock Holmes movie is always accompanied by death, so you hear a plain and clear Dies Irae that pays before someone dies.

@chloec6529 8 жыл бұрын

Also in Clockwork Orange's Funeral of Queen Mary and "Making Christmas" in The Nightmare Before Christmas".

@tristanmoore9265 5 жыл бұрын

Chloe C the Nightmare Before Christmas melody is actually pretty symbolic because it suggests they are actually killing Christmas

@dorian1761 7 жыл бұрын

Nightmare before christmas?! Making christmas making christmas making christmas.

@madeleynecarat3368 4 жыл бұрын

Don't get it

@Javier-mp2vg 4 жыл бұрын

What don’t you get? Some context clue this video is about the melody in movies and making Christmas is song in the nightmare before Christmas connect the dots.

@madeleynecarat3368 4 жыл бұрын

@@Javier-mp2vg Oooook

@affan3481 3 жыл бұрын

101th like

@NathanRichan 9 жыл бұрын

Great find in It's a Wonderful Life, never noticed that before!

@bennygoodmanisgod 6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Richan . q3ykdaaq3ykdaafhw5lu 777

@JD867 7 жыл бұрын

X Men 2 was the big one I remember. Dies Irae makes good fight scene music when you pair it with Nightcrawler.

@jangoisbaddest 7 жыл бұрын

I will have to watch it again. Don't remember catching it, but it was probably before I even knew what the Dies Irae was.

@lavendermagic84 6 жыл бұрын

Every time my family watches Home Alone during the holidays, and the church bells ring out whenever something ominous happens, I belt out, "DI-ES I-RAE!!!" or "MAK-ING CHRIST-MAS!!!" My family hates it. lol The movie, Open Grave, has a beautiful piano rendition of Dies Irae playing during the end credits, as well. It was completely worth sitting through the movie just to hear the music. I believe the piece was performed by the wife or sister of the director, María López-Gallego.

@MarioSonic2010 2 жыл бұрын

Dies Irae is also heard quite a bit in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

@DistractedGlobeGuy 9 жыл бұрын

I suppose the *It's a Wonderful Life* one wouldn't be too surprising--divinity is, after all, the centre of the story.

@jaytamayo4694 4 жыл бұрын

From this day forward I will hunt this music at movies.

@jangoisbaddest 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Though it should be noted that the melody was originally composed well before Mozart in the 13th century as a Gregorian Chant. It's actually one of the oldest Europian melodies there is. I'll have to check out Home Alone again and see if I can spot it. :P

@grimm5354 4 жыл бұрын

the entirety of sweeney todd, making christmas in the nightmare before christmas, and now frozen 2 entire melody. the dies ire notes are everywhere man

@jackdonohue7893 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I will NEVER un-hear these now!!! But that’s a good thing!

@enricorigon1925 4 жыл бұрын

The main theme from "The Shining" was inspired by Dies Irae...

@altairaquilus5704 2 жыл бұрын

The main theme from "The Shining" IS Dies Irae.

@markdaniels7174 6 жыл бұрын

As others said, there's the opening of The Shining. Also in Sleeping with the Enemy, Julia Robert's villainous husband keeps playing the Dies Irae section of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

@christinahamilton7676 4 жыл бұрын

It's also been used in Frozen 2 many times (mainly in Into the Unknown).

@imjohnnydebt 2 жыл бұрын

I'm here because before Star Wars Episode 9 was released, my friend found a theory that the last few notes of the teaser trailer held the clue to Kylo Ren's fate. The first two notes give the impression we're hearing his theme as "Rise of Skywalker" appears on the screen, then the notes change. A handful of people ran to reddit to share their discovery and confirm its Dies Irae they heard, then the rest is history. (Trying to make this as spoiler free as I can) The internet can be an amazing place.

@marielefler5063 6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's in Mulan, too, like every time the Huns show up.

@madseskildsen3915 3 жыл бұрын

I remember learning about this when my band teacher taught me about it when it showed in a piece we played called vesuvius.

@briang.2218 4 жыл бұрын

Sweeney Todd uses it for its opening ballad, though I think they nixed the lyrics and made it an instrumental in the film version. A particularly powerful rendition, beautifully terrifying.

@Nibblenephim 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair to Sweeney Todd, the majority of the musical score is based around the Dies Irae. It's featured in almost all of the leitmotifs.

@ArcherWillows 3 жыл бұрын

It's more than just that, i think it was that out of 15 songs, 13 of them were based mainly around the dies irae, just with different variations. That literal musical and movie are literally just Dies Irae: The adaptation

@Ilpisellogodzilla 4 жыл бұрын

Who's Herr After the video of Vox?

@outragequitter5027 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, god. VOX is the absolute worst

@kirin1230 4 жыл бұрын

*here

@echoproductions2308 4 жыл бұрын

@alensday2974 4 жыл бұрын

@emiliohernandez6005 3 жыл бұрын

Just spotted it while watching Rouge One. Masterful implementation in that movie.

@grt002 5 жыл бұрын

HBO’s Game of Thrones uses it in season 8 episode 3 “The Long Night” for the Night King’s theme as well as season 8 episode 4 “The Last of the Starks” during the funeral pyre scene at the beginning of the episode.

@crazyorganist1609 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting as an organist I've improvised on this simple little theme

@johnnycashe4533 8 жыл бұрын

There's a great Dies Irae quotation in Huppertz' original score for 1927 Metropolis, too. Couldn't find it here on KZfaq though…

@jangoisbaddest 7 жыл бұрын

Nice! That's on my to-watch list. :)

@evanilledelarge 6 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cashe That's one great movie!

@hijonathan 4 жыл бұрын

Hildur Guonadottir's "Call Me Joker" must be added.

@kasanhammond5379 4 ай бұрын

I honestly can't believe Dead By Daylight made a whole theme out of this basic motif the way they did, its kind of genius 💯

@discordlexia2429 2 жыл бұрын

The song Elsa follows in Frozen 2 that it turns out she was right to follow against the advice of her moral core (Anna) was literally the Dies Irae.

@andrewm.7389 6 жыл бұрын

Well done! I never noticed the theme hidden in Star Wars.

@silentwatcher4883 4 жыл бұрын

I never realized that this was used in so many movies

@Happy_HIbiscus 4 жыл бұрын

dude, this is cool, i just learned this today ! thanx !

@Ryuuuuuk 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this made me realize how familiar I am with this theme but til now unconciously. Today I recognized it while listening to Symphonie Fantastique where it's parodied.

@adamnomdeplum3 5 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget this was used in Hunchback of Notre Dame (the Disney version)

@Danbero 8 жыл бұрын

its a wonderful live oh man i saw that movie Years ago!

@andrewmoeller5560 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was very helpful

@inplaid 5 жыл бұрын

Whoa! I've always associated that with Lord of the Rings, not even thinking about its original form!

@lukegraham8012 Ай бұрын

It is the Dies Irae. Or Day of Wrath. Used in almost every movie to show death. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lion King, Sweeney Todd, It’s a Beautiful Life, The Shining. It’s great

@st.a_rS 2 жыл бұрын

When you hear the Fies Irae you'll hear it everywhere

@elijahanderson3288 7 жыл бұрын

The Road to El Dorado directly quotes the Dies Irae chant in its soundtrack.

@XxCastlegirl_07xX Жыл бұрын

For anyone who knows or cares, the organ in the background of The Jetset Life is Going to Kill You by MCR is this as well.

@lukashainerkjr6013 7 жыл бұрын

Also in "The Mission", right before the monk cuts the rope with all the armour, that he carried.

@soulknight5330 4 жыл бұрын

It’s awesome that one of the leitmotifs of Sauron is based on dies irae

@meginmd 4 жыл бұрын

Once you recognize it, yeah, it's super obvious.

@hannahb6411 6 жыл бұрын

It's also used in both Mal's and Fischer's themes from Inception.

@sarahwestcott240 4 жыл бұрын

it's also in beauty and the beast a couple of times. watched a great video on sweeney todd and the dies irae and now whenever I hear it I noitce!

@DoggoBro1 2 жыл бұрын

These movies will never be the same..

@Thejigholeman 4 жыл бұрын

don't forget the nightmare before christmas. the first bit of "making christmas" is the dies irae

@jonte6107 2 жыл бұрын

The shining dawg

@tfmaster9363 3 жыл бұрын

Also “Battle of the Heroes” from Star Wars Ep.3 is completely based on Dies Irae

@ghendry7925 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't even know this was a thing...well you do learn something new everyday 😂

@rolotomasi99 3 жыл бұрын

It also used in the beginning of a good WWII film called Between Heaven & Hell (1956).

@rowanmiller7062 5 жыл бұрын

Howard Shore in LotR nails it as usual

@DrLipkin Ай бұрын

Nightmare Before Christmas "Making Christmas! Making Christmas!"

@Alexander.0671 3 жыл бұрын

_when you realize "Dies Iraes" is in "This is Halloween" as a main part of the melody_

@acauntis4271 4 жыл бұрын

Godzilla vs Destoroyah also used Des Iraes during the end of the film when Godzilla goes through a nuclear meltdown.

@leofluffstar 2 жыл бұрын

I was listening to A Nightmare Before Christmas and could not stop hearing it!

@twilightzoneseinfeld 5 жыл бұрын

It’s in Road to El Dorado as well

@niydfass1060 4 жыл бұрын

I think I remember it in the Cats movie when the main character meets the cat that ends up dying. It's the only thing I had any positive reaction to the entire time watching it besides seeing the credits.

@humbertojimmy 2 ай бұрын

No movie made the Dies Irae sound as epic as The End of Days.

@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl 4 жыл бұрын

Home Alone - Old Man Marley

@13Kr4zYAzN13 4 жыл бұрын

That, and Carol of the Bells. Unless Carol of the Bells is _also_ based on Dies Irae lol

@adityavikramsinha408 3 жыл бұрын

no one could handle DIES IRAE in its full power , the song just gives off *f* vibes

@edfelstein3891 6 жыл бұрын

It's also in Crimson Tide. Gotta listen for it, though.

@chryco4 8 жыл бұрын

I never noticed this before!

@RengL86 10 жыл бұрын

u forgot Shining by Kubrick

@jangoisbaddest 10 жыл бұрын

I didn't forget about it, I just skipped that one cause I figured that's the one everyone knows about. That's the whole main title of the movie, so it's not exactly hidden in the incidental score. I tried to focus on movies people haven't posted on youtube about yet. See these for an example: Dies Irae in the Movies Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) - Dies Irae reference

@baguettegott3409 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that LotR theme had some external connection to anything else! I just always thought it was one of the Mordor/Sauron themes and that's it.

@CaioMGA 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea it was used this much

@SFisher1993 4 жыл бұрын

Alabama (Crimson Tide by Hans Zimmer). Pick It Up (Star Trek V by Jerry Goldsmith). The Master Switch (Rogue One by Michael Giacchino). To name a few others!

@YeOldenImbecile 2 жыл бұрын

there is a ton of it in Sweeny Todd, it is in the intro song, Ms.Lovett's song etc

@alduin69 6 жыл бұрын

Fam you missed Hunchback of Notre Dame, right after Esmeralda spits in Frollo's face

@notexactlybatman 3 жыл бұрын

Comments: *Exist* Commenters: "fRozEN tWo?"

@MrMittens1974 5 жыл бұрын

Several horror movies produced by Amicus in the early-mid 70's use Dies Irae as the title music.

@dannybrezelhorner2715 6 ай бұрын

I'm not a huge fan of dead by daylight, but it's theme is all I can think of when I hear the Dies Irae

@JamesThomasJeans 4 жыл бұрын

Harry Manfredini uses Dies Irae heavily in Friday the 13th part V and VI.

@elchatismiquin6445 3 жыл бұрын

Great!

@askaboutRudyV 4 жыл бұрын

Good ear my friend. I like to chant this song sometimes. I do it with deep voice , and sometimes deep and high female sounding tones. Haha. For reals. Today I got the idea of wanting find the translated lyric video on here (YT) and write it down and chant/sing it in English so I really get what I'm singing. Instead of like

@mhomho1979 Жыл бұрын

Aside from 'The Shinning' the movie 'Sleeping with the enemy' is the next movie that is rememberable with this tune

@AnorexicPandas 4 жыл бұрын

What about the order 66 sequence in Star Wars III? Can someone smarter than me confirm?

@Ekcyboo 3 жыл бұрын

@Will Hampson Which part? Anakin’s Betrayal? Or the jedi temple march? Somewhere else?

@50percentGrey 10 жыл бұрын

Nice compilation. Didn't think the first 4 notes of Mozart's classic "Day of Wrath" was used so often in movie scores. Also, I recall those notes being used in Home Alone to cue the creepy guy next door with the shovel.