History Main / DeathlyDiesIrae

** ''WesternAnimation/The HunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' has a chorus sing the text of ''Dies Irae'' as Frollo chases Quasimodo's mother in the prologue, but not to the Gregorian chant melody, instead using original music inspired by [[Creator/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart's]] setting of the piece in his Requiem. The first eight notes of the Gregorian chant are heard [[spoiler: after Quasimodo's mother is killed]], however.

%% The Hunchback of Notre Dame uses Mozart's Requiem, not the Gregorian chant. Please do not re-add.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ninjago'': The four ''dies irae'' notes can be heard throughout the season 11 soundtrack around the Ice Emperor.

* ''Ninjago'' : The four ''dies irae'' notes can be heard throughout the season 11 soundtrack around the Ice Emperor.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ninjago'' : The four ''dies irae'' notes can be heard throughout the season 11 soundtrack around the Ice Emperor.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ninjago'': The four ''dies irae'' notes can be heard throughout the season 11 soundtrack around the Ice Emperor.

Subtrope of StandardSnippet and MoodMotif; may be used as a {{Leitmotif}}. Compare PachelbelsCanonProgression and Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra.

** ''4'': The four notes play repeatedly as bell chimes as [[spoiler:the Orderly reveals himself as Victor Creel and explains his reasons for murdering both his family and the children at the lab]].

* ''Series/StrangerThings 3'': Score by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon. ''Dies irae'' is quoted several times consecutively when the Mind Flayer's avatar approaches Eleven.

* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHll86NbYk opening 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. It gets an [[DarkReprise even darker reprise]] in the sequel, ''Film/DoctorSleep''. Carlos had electronicized "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" for Kubrick's ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Score by Creator/AlanSilvestri. The four notes are played several times in succession, each time by a different instrument, as Judge Doom [[spoiler:reinflates his newly revealed toon form]], just before he then [[spoiler:reveals his identity as the killer of Eddie’s brother and tries to murder Eddie too]].

* In [[https://youtu.be/pt81CJcWZy8 the trailer]] for Creator/AlexGarland's ''Men'', Harper's voice echoing through a tunnel is used to create the four notes of ''dies irae'', which echo through the rest of the trailer.

* Many of Attack on Titan's opening themes (openings 1,2, 3, and 5) are based on the Dies Irae, with descending thirds and ascending seconds. As the series goes on and the themes switch from death and hell, to war and monstrosity, the Dies Irae is no longer in the openers.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'': Score by [[Music/JunkieXL Tom Holkenborg]]. The four notes are played as Robotnik devises a means to get himself back to Earth and continue his villainous scheme.

** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 The first film]]: The four notes play repeatedly at a fast pace as Princess Twilight and her friends chase after Snips and Snails, who have just abducted Spike and are taking him to Sunset Shimmer. Ironically, it's then revealed Sunset had no intention of hurting Spike and was just using him as bait, releasing him upon request.

** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': Composed by Creator/MichaelGiacchino. The four notes play as bell chimes during the Green Goblin's apartment attack, [[spoiler:which ultimately leads to Aunt May's death]].

* ''Film/Ju-on'': The main theme consists the first several notes of Dies Irae, appropriate for a film about a vengeful ghost and her curse inflicted on those entering the house.

** The four notes appear in "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]" when Trixie first mentions the monstrous ''ursa major''.

[[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]]

** ''Film/Scream3'': A soft ''dies irae'' plays as Sidney enters the ''Stab 3'' set modeled after her Woodsboro neighborhood, where the [[Film/Scream1996 first film’s murders]] took place.

** ''Film/Scream2022'': The four notes can be heard in the opening when Tara answers Ghostface’s question on the actress who played Casey in ''Stab'', referencing that Tara’s about to take Casey’s role in the story. [[spoiler:Until she ends up survivng the attack, that is.]] It plays again when Wes is going about his routine to hint at Ghostface’s possible presence. [[spoiler:After a lengthy buildup, Ghostface indeed arrives and kills him.]]

* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHll86NbYk opening 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. It gets an [[DarkReprise even darker reprise]] in the sequel, ''Film/DoctorSleep''. Carlos had electronicized "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" for Kubrick's ''Film/AClockworkOrange''

* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHll86NbYk opening 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. It gets an [[DarkReprise even darker reprise]] in the sequel, ''Film/DoctorSleep''.