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** ''Film/AnUnexpectedJourney'': A statement is heard during Balin's telling of the failed attempt to retake Moria, right as Azog the Defiler takes the head of Thrór.
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* While ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' mostly references Mozart's and Verdi's versions of the eponymous part of the Requiem, it perhaps unsurprisingly sneaks in a musical nod to it's namesake original with the opening segment of the theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YhW033nGrs Kadenz]]".
* While ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' mostly references Mozart's and Verdi's versions of the eponymous part of the Requiem, it perhaps unsurprisingly sneaks in a musical nod to it's namesake original with the opening segment of the theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YhW033nGrs Kadenz]]".
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* Actually forms an in-universe plot point in a ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'' storyline. The music forms the opening text of the novel ''The Borgia Cantus''. When Pibgorn finally reads the book and sings the first two lines aloud, [[spoiler:the vast numbers of demons Drusilla had trapped inside the book escape, threatening to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
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* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': The iconic ThreateningShark motif by Music/JohnWilliams sometimes gains an additional note to become "dies irae," prominently heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr6GzgmvNU The Pier Incident]], usually when the shark is closing in on its intended victims. Death is coming.
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* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': The iconic ThreateningShark motif by Music/JohnWilliams sometimes gains an additional note to become "dies irae," prominently heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr6GzgmvNU com/watch?v=Z4vYIjrwSfc The Pier Incident]], usually when the shark is closing in on its intended victims. Death is coming.
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* Creator/StephenSondheim quotes the melody in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in the opening number "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" in the section "Swing your razor wide, Sweeney, hold it to the skies." It remains prevalent throughout the rest of the play. In fact, the only character with a leitmotif that does not contain a reference to the ''dies irae'' is Anthony, since he is the only character with a leitmotif who neither kills nor is killed, or both, by the end.
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* Creator/StephenSondheim quotes the melody in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in the opening number "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" in the section "Swing your razor wide, Sweeney, hold it to the skies." It remains prevalent throughout the rest of the play. In fact, the only character with a leitmotif that does not contain a reference to the ''dies irae'' ''Dies Irae'' is Anthony, since Anthony Hope, because he is the only character with a leitmotif who neither kills nor is killed, or both, by the end.
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* In the intro of Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy", Jimmy Somerville sings a falsetto rendition of the first four notes.
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* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': Heard in the vocals of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJX_AJFdww The Poem For Everyone's Souls]], the theme for the Velvet Room, a place where the personas are created and changed, which draws inspiration from Edgar Allen Poe's ''Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath''. Though the appearance and mechanics of the room change over the course of the series, death and doom are always somehow connected to it.
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* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' uses a variation of the melody in its opening theme, "O Verona". An early draft also used the actual "Dies irae" lyrics.
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* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' uses a variation of the melody in its opening theme, "O Verona"."[[https://youtu.be/qDKsAcy1Gmg O Verona]]". An early draft also used the actual "Dies irae" lyrics.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' (the Gregorian chant, not the Mozart or Verdi versions). This StandardSnippet has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from SilentMovie soundtracks to modern media medleys, and in centuries of ClassicalMusic compositions. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' (the Gregorian chant, not the Mozart or Verdi versions). This StandardSnippet has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from SilentMovie soundtracks to modern media medleys, and in centuries of ClassicalMusic compositions.
The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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Need someone with more musically adept ears double check this one. From what I can tell though it seems to be played in a slightly different key.
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%% Unless the visual novel of the same name uses or * While ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' mostly references the Mozart's and Verdi's versions, it perhaps unsurprisingly sneaks in a musical nod to it's namesake original music, it is not this trope. Please do not add it unless it includes with the music that defines this trope.opening segment of the theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YhW033nGrs Kadenz]]".
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from SilentMovie soundtracks to modern media medleys, and in centuries of ClassicalMusic compositions. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' Illa'' (the Gregorian chant, not the Mozart or Verdi versions). This StandardSnippet has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from SilentMovie soundtracks to modern media medleys, and in centuries of ClassicalMusic compositions. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s soundtracks to modern media medleys. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s SilentMovie soundtracks to modern media medleys.medleys, and in centuries of ClassicalMusic compositions. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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%% The Hunchback of Notre Dame uses Mozart's Requiem, not the Gregorian chant. Please do not re-add.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Can be heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ZG3jwY4L8 music for Ipsen's castle]], one of the deadlier dungeons in the game. The track is made even creepier by squeaky, octave-jumping woodwinds playing a variation of one of the game's major leitmotifs.
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Not An Example; A different melody is used (or it isn't recognisably similar to my ears). Lyrics are not enough to qualify.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', scored by Music/AlanMenken, ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' plays twice:
** When Frollo chases down Quasimodo's mother, four lines of the lyrics play right after the audience is informed he's a judge, then he kills Quasimodo's mother and almost drowns him.
** "Dies Irae" plays again as Frollo hunts Quasimodo and Esmerelda.
** When Frollo chases down Quasimodo's mother, four lines of the lyrics play right after the audience is informed he's a judge, then he kills Quasimodo's mother and almost drowns him.
** "Dies Irae" plays again as Frollo hunts Quasimodo and Esmerelda.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dies_irae_dies_illa.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:"Dies irae, dies illa" from the original Gregorian chant, with three variations from animation, theatre, and film]]
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--->''Oh, some-where deep''
--->in-side of these bones
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-gan to grow''
--->in-side of these bones
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-gan to grow''
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--->''Oh, some-where deep''
--->in-sidedeep''\\
in-side of thesebones
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-ganbones\\
''an emp-ti-ness''\\
''be-gan to grow''
--->in-side
in-side of these
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-gan
''an emp-ti-ness''\\
''be-gan to grow''
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--->As a-ny-one could see
--->We're sim-ply meant to be
--->We're sim-ply meant to be
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--->As a-ny-one could see
--->We'resee\\
We're sim-ply meant to be
--->We're
We're sim-ply meant to be
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* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8 opening credits]] of ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick hired Music/WendyCarlos to electronicize Music/HectorBerlioz's "Dies irae" to set the grim mood of the film and foreshadow the doom to come.
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* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8 com/watch?v=LIHll86NbYk opening credits]] theme]] of ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick hired Music/WendyCarlos to electronicize Music/HectorBerlioz's "Dies irae" to set the grim mood of the film and foreshadow the doom to come.
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* Actually forms an in-universe plot point in a ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'' storyline. The music forms the opening text of the novel ''The Borgia Cantus''. When Pibgorn finally reads the book and sings the first two lines aloud, [[spoiler:the vast numbers of demons Drusilla had trapped inside the book escape, threatening to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
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* Actually forms an in-universe plot point in a ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'' storyline. The music forms the opening text of the novel ''The Borgia Cantus''. When Pibgorn finally reads the book and sings the first two lines aloud, [[spoiler:the vast numbers of demons Drusilla had trapped inside the book escape, threatening to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
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Misuse; the trope is not about having the name "Dies Irae" or using the same text sequence that inspired the original music. It's a specific piece of music. If it doesn't use the music, it's something else.
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting a shortened version of the poem]].
-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven the Judge descendeth,\\
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,\\
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting a shortened version of the poem]].
-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven the Judge descendeth,\\
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,\\
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
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* As %% Unless the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting a shortened version visual novel of the poem]].
-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heavensame name uses or references the Judge descendeth,\\
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous soundoriginal music, it is not this trope. Please do not add it unless it includes the trumpet flingeth, through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,\\
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
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-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous sound
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
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Composers such as [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and [[Music/GiuseppeVerdi Verdi]] have set their own tunes to the ''"dies irae"'' text sequence or used the same name, but they don't count for this trope. This trope is for deliberate references to the original melody, either as exact matches or variations. Similar tunes need evidence that the composers were intentionally inspired by ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa''.
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting the poem]].
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting a shortened version of the poem]].poem]].
-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven the Judge descendeth,\\
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,\\
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
-->''Day of wrath and doom Impending,\\
David's words with Sibyl's blending, Heaven and Earth in ashes ending.\\
Oh what fear man's bosom rendeth, when from heaven the Judge descendeth,\\
on whose sentence all dependeth.\\
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, through earth's sepulchers it ringeth,\\
All before the Throne in bringeth.\\
From the dust of earth returning: man for judgement must prepare him.\\
Spare O God, in mercy spare him.\\
Lord all-pitying, Jesus blest, Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen''\\
'''Atziluth''' (Emanation)\\
'''Du-Sollst - Dies Irae''' (Pour forth from the chaos - Day of Wrath)
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting the poem]].
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* As the title implies, ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' takes quite a bit of inspiration from the poem with the main villain Reinhard's plan being to bring about his Day of Wrath. And fittingly his {{Leitmotif}}'s, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WivfUd08Gw Götterdämmerung]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCK_v9n2O_0 Mephistopheles]], are arrangements of of Verdi's and Mozart's tunes respectively. And finally, [[MagicalIncantation the chant he uses in order to invoke the Day of Wrath]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSNMT-5qgPA is him reciting the poem]].
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s soundtracks to modern media medleys. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, whole step down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s soundtracks to modern media medleys. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, whole step one-and-a-half-steps down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
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* Actually forms an in-universe plot point in a ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'' storyline. The music forms the opening text of the novel ''The Borgia Cantus''. When Pibgorn finally reads the book and sings the first two lines aloud, [[spoiler:the vast numbers of demons Drusilla had trapped inside the book escape, threatening to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
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* Actually forms an in-universe plot point in a ''Webcomic/{{Pibgorn}}'' storyline. The music forms the opening text of the novel ''The Borgia Cantus''. When Pibgorn finally reads the book and sings the first two lines aloud, [[spoiler:the vast numbers of demons Drusilla had trapped inside the book escape, threatening to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].
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* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=rr4vSxWYxK0&feature=emb_logo The opening]] by Garry Schyman references ''dies irae'', complete with OminousLatinChanting, perfect for setting the mood for a journey through Hell.
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->''This Easter egg of a melody has been used by multiple composers over the years as a musical shorthand, or word, for death, doom and gloom, the creeps.''
-->--'''David W. Collins''', ''The Soundtrack Show'', "[[https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-soundtrack-show-29021108/episode/doom-and-gloom-music-has-a-29082533/ Doom and Gloom: Music has a word for 'Death']]"
-->--'''David W. Collins''', ''The Soundtrack Show'', "[[https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-soundtrack-show-29021108/episode/doom-and-gloom-music-has-a-29082533/ Doom and Gloom: Music has a word for 'Death']]"
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->''This Easter egg of a melody has been used by multiple composers over the years as a musical shorthand, or word, for death, doom and gloom, the creeps.''
-->--'''David W. Collins''', ''The Soundtrack Show'', "[[https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-soundtrack-show-29021108/episode/doom-and-gloom-music-has-a-29082533/ Doom and Gloom: Music has a word for 'Death']]"
When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s soundtracks to modern media medleys. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, whole step down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' quotes and references can create a sad, gloomy, or dark atmosphere. Overt, bombastic quotes may signal that characters are in a life-or-death situation or reveal that someone has met their end. Subtle references may shift the key, change the timing, play it backwards, or bury the notes underneath a happy-seeming bright melody to hint at unseen danger. The four notes of "dies irae" are most frequently quoted, and are sometimes followed by "dies illa" to create an eight note quote. The use of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' in the requiem mass for funerals gave it a lasting association with death, further cemented by repeated quotes throughout the centuries.
The Latin phrase ''"dies irae, dies illa"'' means "day of wrath and doom impending" in the Vatican-approved adaptation. [[labelnote:literal]]The lesser known and less poetic [[TranslationStyleChoices formal equivalence]] translation is "the day of wrath, that day."[[/labelnote]] The original ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0 Dies Irae, Dies Illa]]'' is a Gregorian chant about the Last Judgment set to the words of a 13th century Latin sequence. [[Music/HectorBerlioz Berlioz's]] ''Music/SymphonieFantastique'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7qfRNzS3s&feature=youtu.be&t=3m29s version]] brought it to the forefront of musical thought and is what most later references are based on.
Composers such as [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and [[Music/GiuseppeVerdi Verdi]] have set their own tunes to the ''"dies irae"'' text sequence or used the same name, but they don't count for this trope. This trope is for deliberate references to the original melody, either as exact matches or variations. Similar tunes need evidence that the composers were intentionally inspired by ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa''.
Subtrope of StandardSnippet and MoodMotif; may be used as a {{Leitmotif}}. Compare PachelbelsCanonProgression and Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra.
The Latin ''"dies"'' is two syllables and not to be confused with the single syllable English "dies," even though its use here is deadly. Also not to be confused with the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''.
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!!Examples
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* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Four wordless notes of "dies irae" are a {{leitmotif}} throughout the film, scored by Music/ChristopheBeck, songs by [[Music/RobertLopez Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez]]. Elsa is the [[HearingVoices only one who hears]] a mysterious voice [[CompellingVoice singing the notes to her]], hinting it could be a lure into danger or death. It's heard throughout "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uoTMkhUiE Into the Unknown]]" when she [[SongOfManyEmotions sings about her conflicted feelings]] and the temptation to follow the voice to learn truths about herself. It recurs in "Show Yourself" when she goes to Ahtohallan and joins in singing the notes back to the voice. When Elsa goes deeper into a cavern to gain further understanding of the voice and the past, [[spoiler:she sees betrayal and death, and it's so cold that she's temporarily killed when she's frozen solid.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', scored by Music/AlanMenken, ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' plays twice:
** When Frollo chases down Quasimodo's mother, four lines of the lyrics play right after the audience is informed he's a judge, then he kills Quasimodo's mother and almost drowns him.
** "Dies irae" plays again as Frollo hunts Quasimodo and Esmerelda.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': Score by Music/HansZimmer. After Scar orders the hyenas to kill Simba, Simba tries to flee for his life, but immediately runs into a dead end. The brass section blasts the four notes of "dies irae" to indicate Simba is facing possible death.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' is quoted and referenced throughout Music/DannyElfman's score, given that most of the inhabitants of Halloween Town are, well, [[MonsterMash dead and undead]].
--> '''[[https://erikhare.com/2017/10/13/dies-irae-nightmare-before-christmas/ Erik Hare]]:''' The "Day of Wrath" was never more fun and uplifting!
** When Oogie Boogie realizes Sally used her [[ShowSomeLeg "sexy" detached leg]] to distract him while freeing the kidnapped Santa Claus, Oogie Boogie's wrath is highlighted by the bombastic four note "dies irae."
** "[[https://youtu.be/ouAt_5UO83s Jack's Lament]]" adapts the tune into a waltz as Jack [[IWantSong sings]] about no longer taking pleasure in Halloween hijinks. With italics for the variations on ''dies irae'':
--->''Oh, some-where deep''
--->in-side of these bones
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-gan to grow''
** "[[https://youtu.be/8rivTGBzBMM Sally's Song]]" inverts the reference to rise instead of fall as she [[SimpleScoreOfSadness despairs in song]] over her unspoken love for [[ObliviousToLove Jack]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/Uqr6GzgmvNU Making Christmas]]," uses the ''Dies Irae'' melody to signal impending doom as the residents [[TheSongBeforeTheStorm sing as they prepare]] to unleash a nightmarish version of Christmas.
** "[[https://youtu.be/2Bmec1VVYxw Jack and Sally's Song]]," the FinalLoveDuet between [[DemBones Jack]] and [[CuteMonsterGirl Sally]], has a six-note variation:
--->As a-ny-one could see
--->We're sim-ply meant to be
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Scored by Henry Jackman. As Ralph reaches the top of the tower in the game "Hero's Duty" to receive the Medal of Heroes, a triumphant fanfare begins playing with ''dies irae'' repeating underneath it, a reminder that Ralph is still surrounded by the eggs of vicious Cybugs, one of which he's about to step on...
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* ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'': Composer Music/BearMcCreary opens the horror movie with an understated chunk of "dies irae," creating a deathly mood.
* ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'': In Music/JohnWilliams's score, "Dies irae" sounds when bright lights are seen clearly approaching the encampment to give the scene an eerie tension as people start screaming.
* ''Film/CrimsonPeak'': A soft echoing use of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa,'' which was originally a funeral requiem, plays in Fernando Velazquez's score beneath Edith discussing her mother's funeral.
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Music/JohnWilliams. Heard as Harry and Ron are desperately trying to escape the Forbidden Forest while Aragog's spider children are closing in on them.
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': Music/JohnWilliams. As Kevin and his brother are watching Old Man Marley, who they think killed his family years ago, he looks up at them, and ''dies irae'' plays as they duck into hiding.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Score by Music/DimitriTiomkin. A quiet instrumental "dies irae" plays as George goes to the snowy bridge, [[DrivenToSuicide preparing to throw himself off of it]].
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': The iconic ThreateningShark motif by Music/JohnWilliams sometimes gains an additional note to become "dies irae," prominently heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr6GzgmvNU The Pier Incident]], usually when the shark is closing in on its intended victims. Death is coming.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'': Score by Music/JohnWilliams. The cue "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTgzA9_SnQ High Wire Stunts]]" has a repeated ''dies irae'' as Grant and the kids are scrambling over the perimeter fence just as Ellie starts powering them back up, nearly killing Tim as the power surge catches him still on the fence. And then Ellie finds herself confronting a Velociraptor.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': All scores by Music/HowardShore.
** ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'':
*** "Dies irae" appears in the score as Bilbo's ring tempts him one last time before he leaves the Shire. It weighs heavily on him as he slowly tips his hand to let it fall to the floor, right after it has been made clear that there is something dangerous about it and it is likely the One Ring.
*** Heard again as the Ringwraiths corner the hobbits at Weathertop.
*** Also reoccurs as part of the motif for the forces of Isengard.
** ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'': Heard as Gollum is leading Sam and Frodo up the cliffs near Minas Morgul and the armies of Mordor begin marching forth against Gondor.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/IronMan3'': Score: Music/BrianTyler. ''Dies Irae'' is heard as Happy Hogan is spying on one of the Manchurian's agents making a drop at the Chinese Theatre, right before there's a massive explosion that nearly kills him there.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Score: Music/AlanSilvestri. As Thor is explaining to the Guardians of the Galaxy how many Stones Thanos has and where he needs to go for the rest of them. As he mentions the Soul Stone, ''dies irae'' plays as the camera cuts to Gamora, [[spoiler: foreshadowing her death, sacrificed by Thanos to gain the Stone]].
* ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'': Gottfried Huppertz's original score for the SilentMovie included a daunting rendition of ''Dies Irae'' to accompany the master of Metropolis's order to have his son followed and reported on.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', Music/HansZimmer uses the notes "dies irae" during [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNeCg_9OXxA the scene]] where the Spaniards arrive to the fountain of youth, shooting the British officer holding up the Union Jack dead.
* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Score by Music/BernardHerrmann. A repeating, backwards variation on ''dies irae'' plays as Marion is looking around her room in the Bates Motel, exploring the place where she will meet her end.
* For the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8 opening credits]] of ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick hired Music/WendyCarlos to electronicize Music/HectorBerlioz's "Dies irae" to set the grim mood of the film and foreshadow the doom to come.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Composer Music/JohnWilliams references ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' throughout his scores for the trilogy films, and non-trilogy film composers reference it as well.
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Begins softly playing as Anakin admits to Padme that he slaughtered the Tusken raiders that kidnapped his mother.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Heard repeatedly during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2p-im7cxa4 Anakin's Betrayal]], the execution of Order 66 and the slaying of the Jedi.
** ''Film/RogueOneAStarWarsStory'', scored by composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino instead of Williams:
*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w42CTq5QZtI Jyn's Theme]]" is based on it, fitting for the daughter of the man who designed the Death Star.
*** Referenced in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qemb3iBlp1o Your Father Would Be Proud]]" after Jyn and Cassian have transmitted the Death Star plans to the Alliance and are watching the shock wave from the Death Star's superlaser strike bear down on them.
** ''Film/ANewHope'':
*** The song during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolFdVti3nY burning homestead]] cue, where Luke realizes his home is in danger, includes a subtle reversed repetition of "dies irae," followed by a pronounced brass statement as he sees his aunt and uncle's smoking skeletons.
*** A subtle statement is heard as Grand Moff Tarkin interrogates Leia while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxkK2bA-Niw aiming the Death Star's superlaser at her home planet Alderaan]].
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'':
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65As1V0vQDM Rey's Theme]] incorporates it in the part played with chimes, along with additional allusions to [[spoiler:The Imperial March and the Emperor's Theme]].
*** The scene where Rey calls the Skywalker lightsaber to her uses the same "burning homestead" cue as Luke discovering his home destroyed in ''Film/ANewHope,'' with "dies irae" marking the moment she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWF0f183tSA ignites the lightsaber]].
* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'': (Music/JohnWilliams) A backwards ''dies irae'' begins playing as Jor-El walks out of the Council after they reject his findings on Krypton's fate, thus dooming their people and their planet to destruction and death.
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Score by Music/RaminDjawadi. In the season 5 episode [[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome The Wars to Come]], the "dies irae" plays beneath and foreshadows the result of Stannis's warning to Jon that if he can't convince Mance to bend knee to Stannis, he will have Mance burnt to death.
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* Creator/StephenSondheim quotes the melody in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in the opening number "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" in the section "Swing your razor wide, Sweeney, hold it to the skies." It remains prevalent throughout the rest of the play. In fact, the only character with a leitmotif that does not contain a reference to the ''dies irae'' is Anthony, since he is the only character with a leitmotif who neither kills nor is killed, or both, by the end.
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* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=rr4vSxWYxK0&feature=emb_logo The opening]] by Garry Schyman references ''dies irae'', complete with OminousLatinChanting, perfect for setting the mood for a journey through Hell.
* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' uses "dies irae" in a couple places deep in Atlantis. It's first heard in an Atlantean tomb containing hideously deformed skeletons, and later when arriving to the godhood machine, hinting that it's actually a machine of death.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'': Prominently heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=f0zFlxMC-wk&feature=emb_logo soundtrack]] for this game about zombies.
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->''This Easter egg of a melody has been used by multiple composers over the years as a musical shorthand, or word, for death, doom and gloom, the creeps.''
-->--'''David W. Collins''', ''The Soundtrack Show'', "[[https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-soundtrack-show-29021108/episode/doom-and-gloom-music-has-a-29082533/ Doom and Gloom: Music has a word for 'Death']]"
When composers want to create the impression of impending death and doom in their score, they often quote or reference the first four to eight notes of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa.'' This StandardSnippet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLGa6vfDTIM used across decades of scores]] ranging from {{Silent Movie}}s soundtracks to modern media medleys. The four note phrase "dies irae" starts on one note (usually F), then half-step down, half-step up to the first note, whole step down. The descending notes and minor key create a somber, ominous feel. It can be instrumental or vocal, with or without the OminousLatinChanting, but it always sounds like something isn't right.
''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' quotes and references can create a sad, gloomy, or dark atmosphere. Overt, bombastic quotes may signal that characters are in a life-or-death situation or reveal that someone has met their end. Subtle references may shift the key, change the timing, play it backwards, or bury the notes underneath a happy-seeming bright melody to hint at unseen danger. The four notes of "dies irae" are most frequently quoted, and are sometimes followed by "dies illa" to create an eight note quote. The use of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' in the requiem mass for funerals gave it a lasting association with death, further cemented by repeated quotes throughout the centuries.
The Latin phrase ''"dies irae, dies illa"'' means "day of wrath and doom impending" in the Vatican-approved adaptation. [[labelnote:literal]]The lesser known and less poetic [[TranslationStyleChoices formal equivalence]] translation is "the day of wrath, that day."[[/labelnote]] The original ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0 Dies Irae, Dies Illa]]'' is a Gregorian chant about the Last Judgment set to the words of a 13th century Latin sequence. [[Music/HectorBerlioz Berlioz's]] ''Music/SymphonieFantastique'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7qfRNzS3s&feature=youtu.be&t=3m29s version]] brought it to the forefront of musical thought and is what most later references are based on.
Composers such as [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and [[Music/GiuseppeVerdi Verdi]] have set their own tunes to the ''"dies irae"'' text sequence or used the same name, but they don't count for this trope. This trope is for deliberate references to the original melody, either as exact matches or variations. Similar tunes need evidence that the composers were intentionally inspired by ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa''.
Subtrope of StandardSnippet and MoodMotif; may be used as a {{Leitmotif}}. Compare PachelbelsCanonProgression and Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra.
The Latin ''"dies"'' is two syllables and not to be confused with the single syllable English "dies," even though its use here is deadly. Also not to be confused with the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''.
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!!Examples
[[AC:Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Four wordless notes of "dies irae" are a {{leitmotif}} throughout the film, scored by Music/ChristopheBeck, songs by [[Music/RobertLopez Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez]]. Elsa is the [[HearingVoices only one who hears]] a mysterious voice [[CompellingVoice singing the notes to her]], hinting it could be a lure into danger or death. It's heard throughout "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uoTMkhUiE Into the Unknown]]" when she [[SongOfManyEmotions sings about her conflicted feelings]] and the temptation to follow the voice to learn truths about herself. It recurs in "Show Yourself" when she goes to Ahtohallan and joins in singing the notes back to the voice. When Elsa goes deeper into a cavern to gain further understanding of the voice and the past, [[spoiler:she sees betrayal and death, and it's so cold that she's temporarily killed when she's frozen solid.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', scored by Music/AlanMenken, ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' plays twice:
** When Frollo chases down Quasimodo's mother, four lines of the lyrics play right after the audience is informed he's a judge, then he kills Quasimodo's mother and almost drowns him.
** "Dies irae" plays again as Frollo hunts Quasimodo and Esmerelda.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': Score by Music/HansZimmer. After Scar orders the hyenas to kill Simba, Simba tries to flee for his life, but immediately runs into a dead end. The brass section blasts the four notes of "dies irae" to indicate Simba is facing possible death.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' is quoted and referenced throughout Music/DannyElfman's score, given that most of the inhabitants of Halloween Town are, well, [[MonsterMash dead and undead]].
--> '''[[https://erikhare.com/2017/10/13/dies-irae-nightmare-before-christmas/ Erik Hare]]:''' The "Day of Wrath" was never more fun and uplifting!
** When Oogie Boogie realizes Sally used her [[ShowSomeLeg "sexy" detached leg]] to distract him while freeing the kidnapped Santa Claus, Oogie Boogie's wrath is highlighted by the bombastic four note "dies irae."
** "[[https://youtu.be/ouAt_5UO83s Jack's Lament]]" adapts the tune into a waltz as Jack [[IWantSong sings]] about no longer taking pleasure in Halloween hijinks. With italics for the variations on ''dies irae'':
--->''Oh, some-where deep''
--->in-side of these bones
--->''an emp-ti-ness''
--->''be-gan to grow''
** "[[https://youtu.be/8rivTGBzBMM Sally's Song]]" inverts the reference to rise instead of fall as she [[SimpleScoreOfSadness despairs in song]] over her unspoken love for [[ObliviousToLove Jack]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/Uqr6GzgmvNU Making Christmas]]," uses the ''Dies Irae'' melody to signal impending doom as the residents [[TheSongBeforeTheStorm sing as they prepare]] to unleash a nightmarish version of Christmas.
** "[[https://youtu.be/2Bmec1VVYxw Jack and Sally's Song]]," the FinalLoveDuet between [[DemBones Jack]] and [[CuteMonsterGirl Sally]], has a six-note variation:
--->As a-ny-one could see
--->We're sim-ply meant to be
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Scored by Henry Jackman. As Ralph reaches the top of the tower in the game "Hero's Duty" to receive the Medal of Heroes, a triumphant fanfare begins playing with ''dies irae'' repeating underneath it, a reminder that Ralph is still surrounded by the eggs of vicious Cybugs, one of which he's about to step on...
[[AC:Film - Live Action]]
* ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'': Composer Music/BearMcCreary opens the horror movie with an understated chunk of "dies irae," creating a deathly mood.
* ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'': In Music/JohnWilliams's score, "Dies irae" sounds when bright lights are seen clearly approaching the encampment to give the scene an eerie tension as people start screaming.
* ''Film/CrimsonPeak'': A soft echoing use of ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa,'' which was originally a funeral requiem, plays in Fernando Velazquez's score beneath Edith discussing her mother's funeral.
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Music/JohnWilliams. Heard as Harry and Ron are desperately trying to escape the Forbidden Forest while Aragog's spider children are closing in on them.
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': Music/JohnWilliams. As Kevin and his brother are watching Old Man Marley, who they think killed his family years ago, he looks up at them, and ''dies irae'' plays as they duck into hiding.
* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Score by Music/DimitriTiomkin. A quiet instrumental "dies irae" plays as George goes to the snowy bridge, [[DrivenToSuicide preparing to throw himself off of it]].
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': The iconic ThreateningShark motif by Music/JohnWilliams sometimes gains an additional note to become "dies irae," prominently heard in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr6GzgmvNU The Pier Incident]], usually when the shark is closing in on its intended victims. Death is coming.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'': Score by Music/JohnWilliams. The cue "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsTgzA9_SnQ High Wire Stunts]]" has a repeated ''dies irae'' as Grant and the kids are scrambling over the perimeter fence just as Ellie starts powering them back up, nearly killing Tim as the power surge catches him still on the fence. And then Ellie finds herself confronting a Velociraptor.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': All scores by Music/HowardShore.
** ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'':
*** "Dies irae" appears in the score as Bilbo's ring tempts him one last time before he leaves the Shire. It weighs heavily on him as he slowly tips his hand to let it fall to the floor, right after it has been made clear that there is something dangerous about it and it is likely the One Ring.
*** Heard again as the Ringwraiths corner the hobbits at Weathertop.
*** Also reoccurs as part of the motif for the forces of Isengard.
** ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'': Heard as Gollum is leading Sam and Frodo up the cliffs near Minas Morgul and the armies of Mordor begin marching forth against Gondor.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/IronMan3'': Score: Music/BrianTyler. ''Dies Irae'' is heard as Happy Hogan is spying on one of the Manchurian's agents making a drop at the Chinese Theatre, right before there's a massive explosion that nearly kills him there.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Score: Music/AlanSilvestri. As Thor is explaining to the Guardians of the Galaxy how many Stones Thanos has and where he needs to go for the rest of them. As he mentions the Soul Stone, ''dies irae'' plays as the camera cuts to Gamora, [[spoiler: foreshadowing her death, sacrificed by Thanos to gain the Stone]].
* ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'': Gottfried Huppertz's original score for the SilentMovie included a daunting rendition of ''Dies Irae'' to accompany the master of Metropolis's order to have his son followed and reported on.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', Music/HansZimmer uses the notes "dies irae" during [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNeCg_9OXxA the scene]] where the Spaniards arrive to the fountain of youth, shooting the British officer holding up the Union Jack dead.
* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Score by Music/BernardHerrmann. A repeating, backwards variation on ''dies irae'' plays as Marion is looking around her room in the Bates Motel, exploring the place where she will meet her end.
* For the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8 opening credits]] of ''Film/TheShining'', Creator/StanleyKubrick hired Music/WendyCarlos to electronicize Music/HectorBerlioz's "Dies irae" to set the grim mood of the film and foreshadow the doom to come.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Composer Music/JohnWilliams references ''Dies Irae, Dies Illa'' throughout his scores for the trilogy films, and non-trilogy film composers reference it as well.
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Begins softly playing as Anakin admits to Padme that he slaughtered the Tusken raiders that kidnapped his mother.
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Heard repeatedly during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2p-im7cxa4 Anakin's Betrayal]], the execution of Order 66 and the slaying of the Jedi.
** ''Film/RogueOneAStarWarsStory'', scored by composer Creator/MichaelGiacchino instead of Williams:
*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w42CTq5QZtI Jyn's Theme]]" is based on it, fitting for the daughter of the man who designed the Death Star.
*** Referenced in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qemb3iBlp1o Your Father Would Be Proud]]" after Jyn and Cassian have transmitted the Death Star plans to the Alliance and are watching the shock wave from the Death Star's superlaser strike bear down on them.
** ''Film/ANewHope'':
*** The song during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolFdVti3nY burning homestead]] cue, where Luke realizes his home is in danger, includes a subtle reversed repetition of "dies irae," followed by a pronounced brass statement as he sees his aunt and uncle's smoking skeletons.
*** A subtle statement is heard as Grand Moff Tarkin interrogates Leia while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxkK2bA-Niw aiming the Death Star's superlaser at her home planet Alderaan]].
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'':
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65As1V0vQDM Rey's Theme]] incorporates it in the part played with chimes, along with additional allusions to [[spoiler:The Imperial March and the Emperor's Theme]].
*** The scene where Rey calls the Skywalker lightsaber to her uses the same "burning homestead" cue as Luke discovering his home destroyed in ''Film/ANewHope,'' with "dies irae" marking the moment she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWF0f183tSA ignites the lightsaber]].
* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'': (Music/JohnWilliams) A backwards ''dies irae'' begins playing as Jor-El walks out of the Council after they reject his findings on Krypton's fate, thus dooming their people and their planet to destruction and death.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Score by Music/RaminDjawadi. In the season 5 episode [[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome The Wars to Come]], the "dies irae" plays beneath and foreshadows the result of Stannis's warning to Jon that if he can't convince Mance to bend knee to Stannis, he will have Mance burnt to death.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* Creator/StephenSondheim quotes the melody in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in the opening number "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" in the section "Swing your razor wide, Sweeney, hold it to the skies." It remains prevalent throughout the rest of the play. In fact, the only character with a leitmotif that does not contain a reference to the ''dies irae'' is Anthony, since he is the only character with a leitmotif who neither kills nor is killed, or both, by the end.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=rr4vSxWYxK0&feature=emb_logo The opening]] by Garry Schyman references ''dies irae'', complete with OminousLatinChanting, perfect for setting the mood for a journey through Hell.
* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' uses "dies irae" in a couple places deep in Atlantis. It's first heard in an Atlantean tomb containing hideously deformed skeletons, and later when arriving to the godhood machine, hinting that it's actually a machine of death.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'': Prominently heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=f0zFlxMC-wk&feature=emb_logo soundtrack]] for this game about zombies.
