# K-19 The Widowmaker trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160 "2002-07-16T02:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/1 "2002-07-16T02:15:11Z")
The new Harrison Ford flick that’s coming out this Friday. Why do they use the _Gladiator_ music in the trailer? Hmmmmmmmmmm??? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/2 "2002-07-16T03:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*The new Harrison Ford flick that’s coming out this Friday. > > Why do they use the _Gladiator_ music in the trailer? > Hmmmmmmmmmm??? > 😕 \*\* Maybe the same reason they seem to use music from _The Omen_ in every scary movie trailer. It’s too tell the audience, “oooh, this movie’s scary!!”, just in case they don’t get it from the trailer. And it sounds cool. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/3 "2002-07-16T03:53:32Z")
Oh! Well, it just sounds very Roman, is all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/4 "2002-07-16T04:14:15Z")
It’s okay, in one of _The Gladiator_ trailers, they used music from _Conan The Barbarian_! ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/5 "2002-07-16T04:15:20Z")
Oh, _that’s_ where I heard it before! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/6 "2002-07-16T12:16:47Z")
I’m guessing that the trailer was cut before they finished the final scoring of the film, so they used something they had available. I’ve noticed the theme of _Edward Scissorhands_ being used on some other trailers a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/7 "2002-07-16T14:57:24Z")
Did anybody else think this was a spoof trailer for the new Austin Powers movie when they first saw it? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-19-the-widowmaker-trailer/119160/8 "2002-07-16T16:08:11Z")
They also use the theme for Crimson Tide in some of the trailers. Presumably to also tell you its a submarine movie. Its fairly common to use the theme songs from one movie in the trailer of another in order to achieve a desired emotional response that you might not get from brand new music. Commonly used movie theme music used in trailers: Stargate - Fun action adventure films Waterworld - Swashbuckling adventure films Rudy - Stiring epics Aliens - Intense action dramas Gladiator - Intense action war dramas Crimson Tide - Intense action war dramas Conan - Midevil action movies It’s music that’s generally recognizable enough to be familiar while being obscure enough that most people aren’t like “that’s the Star Wars theme!”. And some commonly used classical music Carmina Burana (often confused with Conan music) Bethovan’s Ode to Joy (Die Hard x-mas music)