# Identify this music
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 11, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915 "2005-07-11T01:12:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915/1 "2005-07-11T01:12:42Z")
I’ve noticed a certain bit of music often used in trailers for “epic”-type movies, notably for LotR:Fellowship of the Ring, the War of the Worlds, and [this BSG video](http://video.google.com/videopreviewbig?q=battlestar+galactica&time=0&page=1&docid=4380142770515441972&urlcreated=1121045271&chan=Uploaded&prog=Battlestar+Galactica+Trailer&date=Sat+Apr+30+2005+at+8%3A39+PM+PDT). Anyone know what it is?
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915/2 "2005-07-11T01:23:13Z")
Carmina Burana. That’s my guess. I can’t play the link, but it gets used a lot, even for movies that have completely different music from their trailers.
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915/3 "2005-07-11T02:00:41Z")
The music to which you refer is from “Requiem for a Dream.” It has been used in various versions in many trailers.
More info is [here](http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=513219).
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### Author:  [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915/4 "2005-07-11T03:06:41Z")
btw, I just realized that the music in the link is _not_ the same as those in the trailers - I was confusing the FotR and TTT trailers. I meant to inquire about the music used in the two trailers. It’s still a cool link, though.
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-music/311915/5 "2005-07-11T20:27:01Z")
There were several trailers for “Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Two Towers.” Without a link to a specific trailer, I can’t imagine how we can guess which music you want.
You might browse through these titles to see if anything rings a bell:
[http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/?cid=L&id=733](http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/?cid=L&id=733)
[http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/?cid=L&id=1103](http://www.soundtrack.net/trailers/?cid=L&id=1103)