# I.D. on orchestral movie trailer music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843 "2001-09-11T08:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/1 "2001-09-11T08:09:52Z")
Sorry to post, but this question has been weighing on my mind for a while… Every so often, In a movie trailer, I heard a short piece of music, sung by a choir, that goes something like: "dum…DAH…dum…DAH…dum DAH DAH DAH DAH dum DAH DAH DAH DAH dum DAH dum DAH dum DAH DAH DAH DAH dum DAH DAH DAH DAH-"etc. (Please forgive my use of technical terminology) All I know about this “song” is that it’s not from “Conan the barbarian”, and it’s not from “Plunkett & Macleane” (At least, it’s not from the “Hanging Scene” in Plunkett & Macleane)…Can anyone help me out with identifying this music? If it’s any help, I think one of the trailers included on the video release of the “X-Men” movie included this music. Thanks in advance, Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/2 "2001-09-11T08:18:29Z")
Gee - those DUM DA DUMs are so descriptive! 😃 I can only guess, but maybe Carmina Burana by Carl Orff? [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B00000I7W9001001/103-1119392-0943010](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B00000I7W9001001/103-1119392-0943010) There is this one very dramatic, strong choral selection in that piece that is used A LOT, all over the place. It might also be a choral section from the score to “First Knight” by Jerry Goldsmith, since his music is used a lot in movie trailers. Is there a way to download a trailer with the music on there? That would probably help us pinpoint it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/3 "2001-09-11T09:24:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yosemitebabe \* > **I can only guess, but maybe Carmina Burana by Carl Orff?** That’s more like DAH DAH DAH DAH, DAH DAH DAH DAH, DAH DAH dum DAH dum DAH DAH. (Not to be confused with Trio’s “Da Da Da”, which goes DAH DAH DAH, DAH DAH DAH…) Ranchoth, is the choir singing vocalizations (literally something like “dah dah dah”) or is it actual words? Your description does sounds a little familiar. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/4 "2001-09-12T23:55:09Z")
Was it also used in the trailers for “Shining Through” and “A Few Good Men?” (I think maybe "Clear and Present Danger as well.) I notice that’s used quite a bit. Real “string heavy.” ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/5 "2001-09-13T00:22:12Z")
Oh, duh…I didn’t see your bit about the choir. Well the music _I’M_ thinking of can be heard in the last third of the “Few Good Men” trailer here: [http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0104257&3797&56](http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0104257&3797&56) Any idea what THAT is? They use it for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/6 "2001-09-13T02:32:43Z")
Without more information I would have to agree with _O Fortuna_ from **Carmina Burana**. That piece was used extensively in **Excalibur** , especially in the final battle scene where King Arthur and his followers charge full steam into the enemy. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/7 "2001-09-13T04:03:39Z")
Listen to the Romeo + Juliet score … not the soundtrack, with Garbage and the Butthole Surfers and the rest, but the score, which is a separate CD. I’m pretty sure that piece is on there. I can’t tell you where or what it’s called, because I don’t have the liner notes. Oh, and it’s not O Fortuna. That has been used far less recently than it was for a while. I think the OP is talking about a similarly styled piece, however. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/8 "2001-09-13T07:34:44Z")
\<\\> You’re right. I’ve listened to Carmina Burana a few times, and the mystery music is definately not there. Sorry for not responding earlier, BTW. Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![shylight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@shylight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shylight)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/9 "2011-01-24T21:58:25Z")
is it the song used in this trailer for “Of Gods and Men”? and i mean the song im talking about starts at 1:05 of the trailer. very important. its not the song at the beginning, its the song in the middle. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cPDXEdG4NyM/hqdefault.jpg "Of Gods and Men / Des Hommes et des Dieux (2010) - Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDXEdG4NyM) I REALLY want to know what this song is called. does anyone know it’s name???😕 ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/10 "2011-01-24T22:06:30Z")
> [@shylight](#): > > is it the song used in this trailer for “Of Gods and Men”? and i mean the song im talking about starts at 1:05 of the trailer. very important. its not the song at the beginning, its the song in the middle. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDXEdG4NyM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDXEdG4NyM) > > I REALLY want to know what this song is called. does anyone know it’s name???😕 **shylight** , that’s the Second Movement of Beethoven’s 7th (slightly edited, but that’s what it is). [Full version here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/11 "2011-01-24T22:55:34Z")
Hard for my tin ear to tell if it fits the pattern, but one really common piece I hear a lot in trailers is “Charging Fort Wagner” from the **Glory** soundtrack. [Have a listen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-G4xAijMq4). The bit I’m thinking of starts about 30 seconds in. Edit: And I just realized I replied to a zombie. Ergh. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/12 "2011-01-25T01:00:00Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Was it also used in the trailers for “Shining Through” and “A Few Good Men?” (I think maybe "Clear and Present Danger as well.) I notice that’s used quite a bit. Real “string heavy.” > [@voguevixen](#): > > Oh, duh…I didn’t see your bit about the choir. Well the music _I’M_ thinking of can be heard in the last third of the “Few Good Men” trailer here: [http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0104257&3797&56](http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0104257&3797&56) > > Any idea what THAT is? They use it for everything. Those are from Randy Edelman’s score of “Come See the Paradise.” Sigh. And this thread is almost 10 years old. Well, I hope that wasn’t bugging you for too long! Oh crap, and what a zombie it is! Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/13 "2011-04-30T11:54:03Z")
(Boy, this took me back…) Believe it or not, after several years (and a reminder zombie), I actually managed to find a clip of the music I was looking for, completely by accident: [here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DoxBG5zdxg#t=17s), as used in “20th Century Battlefields.” I’m guessing it’s use there means it’s from a stock music company, not a movie soundtrack, but someone here might still be able to place it. We figured out the [Monty Python “Lancelot Attack” music on these very boards, after all!](http://www.dewolfe.co.uk/musicsearch/track_detail.php?primaryid=18572) ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/14 "2011-04-30T15:22:03Z")
Well, I can hardly believe this myself, but my phone told me it’s actually made by Iron Maiden, so there you go. No wonder you couldn’t find it, it’s certainly the last place I would look. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXgoozpR5HE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXgoozpR5HE) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/15 "2011-04-30T20:11:10Z")
Hmmm…maybe not; that classical bit doesn’t seem to be on the album version of that song. They may have just plugged in stock music just for the stage show. ☹ I’m much obliged for the check, though! ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/16 "2011-04-30T22:45:29Z")
Oh, alright. I did some more research for you (Although I’ll have to charge double since tonight is Walpurgis.) and apparently it’s the intro to the composition Declamation by Chris Payne. Iron Maiden seems to have done the only recording of it however, so that’s why I thought that was where it was from. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXImZdrrm-I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXImZdrrm-I) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-on-orchestral-movie-trailer-music/80843/17 "2011-05-01T04:09:10Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > Oh, alright. I did some more research for you (Although I’ll have to charge double since tonight is Walpurgis.) and apparently it’s the intro to the composition Declamation by Chris Payne. Iron Maiden seems to have done the only recording of it however, so that’s why I thought that was where it was from. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXImZdrrm-I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXImZdrrm-I) I shall make arrangements for the ritual sacrifices, and for the Imperial Senate to declare you a _divus_ immediately. 🙂 At long last, the question is answered, and I am in your debt. _Thank you!_