# Nova "Andes Child" music - Dead Can Dance?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-andes-child-music-dead-can-dance/388440 "2007-01-18T13:24:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nova-andes-child-music-dead-can-dance/388440/1 "2007-01-18T13:24:18Z")

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I saw a rerun of The Nova program that ran about a year ago about the child sacrifices.

One of the background musics they played sounded almost exactly like “Yulunga - Spirit Dance” by Dead Can Dance off _Into The Labyrinth_. Not as in they both evoke vaguely native Latin American rhythms, but I mean same exact drums and singing.

So, did they just use the Dead Can Dance track _per se_? I don’t have the program recorded so I can’t go back and check.

Alternatively, did DCD use a traditional Andean song in writing Yulunga?