History Main / DeathlyDiesIrae

* ''Film/EvilDeadII'': Scored by Joseph [=LoDuca=]. The four notes play repeatedly when Ash realizes his undead severed hand has escaped containment.

** 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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'':

* ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' has [[https://youtu.be/pL6jG1A7M40?t=52 "Akogare no Dante"]], where the students of Sapienza University sing about how much they love Creator/DanteAlighieri.
** The "Cesare" motif to which the main character's name is sung several times and that, instrumentally, forms the last notes of the play, is the first three notes of Dies Irae.

* ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' has the students of Sapienza University singing about how much they love Creator/DanteAlighieri with these notes on a beat that's almost disco.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The "dies irae" is heard in several sequences involving the Orcs or every time a bad event takes place, foreshadowing the looming evil in Middle-earth. The final of Season One reveals it has been Sauron's leitmotif the whole time once Galadriel discovers Halbrand was just an identity he took.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': Score by Ludwig Göransson. Plays at the end of [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker's BigDamnHeroes entrance as he reveals his face]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'': The first eight notes of the Gregorian chant are heard on church bells after Quasimodo's mother is killed during the prologue. However, while the text of ''Dies Irae'' is heard throughout the film's score, these other instances are not set to the Gregorian chant melody and instead use original music inspired by Mozart's setting of the piece in his Requiem.

* ''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.

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic V'': Title theme uses opening lines of ''Dies Irae'' and the title theme builds upon those verses.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]," scored by Alf Clausen, an inverted version of the four ''dies irae'' notes are played as the Simpsons are stalked by the mysterious, hook-wielding figure who knows they ran over Flanders in the segment "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did."

* ''Series/TheOrville'': Score by Music/JoelMcNeely. In "[[Recap/TheOrvilleSeason3E08MidnightBlue Midnight Blue]]", he notes of ''dies irae'' play as Kelly and Bortus sneak inside the Moclan facility [[spoiler:where Topa is being tortured]].

* Creator/HectorBerlioz's "Dreams of a Witches' Sabbath", a rather sinister piece of music from his Symphonie Fantastique, features a prominent Dies Irae partway through.

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," leading into the next line "will dissolve the world in ashes."[[/labelnote]] The original ''[[https://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.

** "[[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'':

** "[[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:

** ''Film/Batman1989'': Composed by Music/DannyElfman; a fast-paced repeating ''dies irae, dies illa'' makes up much of the backing of the track "Descent in Mystery", which plays as Batman drives Vicki through the dark woods and into the hidden Batcave, creating a unsettling atmosphere around the location.

* ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'': Scored by Music/AlexandreDesplat. A drum-based ''dies irae'' is mixed in as Dmitri stalks Agatha down the halls of the hotel in the track "[[https://youtu.be/OE9Jq4DBci4?t=211 A Troops Barracks (Requiem for the Grand Budapest)]]".

* ''Film/{{Juon}}'': 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.

** ''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]].

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

* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' uses a variation of the melody in its opening theme, "[[https://youtu.be/qDKsAcy1Gmg O Verona]]". An early draft also used the actual "Dies irae" lyrics.

** ''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.]]

** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Begins softly playing as Anakin admits to Padme that he slaughtered the Tusken raiders that kidnapped his mother, eventually morphing into "The Imperial March" and "The Emperor's Theme".

* ''Series/SquidGame'' has "[[https://youtu.be/q7uTnxYFDSw Pink Soldiers]]", composed by 23 (Kim Sung-su), a recurring piece based on ''dies irae'' representing the faceless masked guards who administer "[[DeadlyEuphemism eliminations]]".

* In the intro of Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy", Jimmy Somerville sings a falsetto rendition of the first four notes.
* "Dead Elvis", a composition for solo bassoon (usually dressed as an ElvisImpersonator) and chamber ensemble, contains nods to "Dies Irae" as well as the King's hit "It's Now or Never".
* Guru Josh's SignatureSong [[https://youtu.be/xVJ7KQPoNMM "Infinity"]] uses a variation of this melody for its main riff.

* ''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.

%%* 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]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", after Stewie plays a poorly-written song Peter made on the piano and everyone laughed at it, an elderly Peter announces that it was God laughing, not Stewie. He dies of a heart attack as Dies Irae plays. (This was a parody of ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''.)

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E2TheCrystalEmpirePart2 The Crystal Empire -- Part 2]]", the four notes play as Twilight and Spike look down into Sombra's hidden staircase.

** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E8AHearthsWarmingTail A Hearth's Warming Tail]]" averts the "deathly" part of the trope by using a major-key version of the four ''dies irae'' notes as part of the musical base for the carol "Hearth's Warming Eve is Here Once Again".
** PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E3TheGiftOfTheMaudPie The Gift of the Maud Pie]]", where it plays as Rarity experiences some mild SanitySlippage watching Maud and Pinkie inspect each other's presents for a painfully long time. It later appears in a more serious context when Maud resolves to retrieve Pinkie's party cannon.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E8TheParentMap The Parent Map]]", ''dies irae'' plays as Starlight and Sunburst discover the iron gate in front of Sire's Hollow, hinting at the unhappy changes since their last visit to the town.
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E11MoltDown Molt Down]]", ''dies irae'' is heard when the roc releases Rarity and Zecora, sending them plummeting towards apparent doom.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X]]", scored by Alf Clausen, an inverted version of the four ''dies irae'' notes are played as the Simpsons are stalked by the mysterious, hook-wielding figure who knows they ran over Flanders in the segment "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did".

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Score by Music/RandyNewman. Appears twice in Buzz Lightyear's introductory scene, first when he begins inspecting the seemingly empty room and again (at a faster pace) during his death-defying "flying" stunt.

* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': In the 2nd game of the series, Dies Irae shows up in the track [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately titled]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T1Mpk0u8MA Fugue And Dies Iræ]], which plays when the duo are exploring Hell.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' 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 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' 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.