Why does this short melody keep showing up in so many films?
It turns out it all started with some medieval monks.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Tue 17 Sep 2019, 5:51,
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Interesting
But not entirely convinced - isn't it possible it's just a common sequence of notes? It took me a few seconds to come up with Carol of the Bells which I think is supposed to be Christmassy, not sinister. That said, it might explain why I find it fucking depressing....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0uGnm3dGvc
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Tue 17 Sep 2019, 18:20,
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Almost certainly not. Every composer for film is a composer and as familiar with the origins of Dies Irae as the Picardy third. The Dies Irae is obscure because of its antiquity, but it would have been immediately recognizable in a Church saturated culture. It is comparable to the ease with which Americans can easily discern fragments of "Dixie" or the "Star Spangled Banner". For the UK, maybe "Rule Brittania" or "God Save the Queen".
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tromboner cherophobia is my kind of fun, Tue 17 Sep 2019, 18:38,
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I thought the motif appeared in the rollercoaster video below.
So I'm probably going to hear it everywhere now.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Tue 17 Sep 2019, 21:30,
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also:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSHalUwk6cE
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 17 Sep 2019, 22:24,
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