# That depressing funeral march you hear in movies and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230 "2013-03-29T01:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/21 "2013-03-30T02:42:13Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > [Here’s another funeral march](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7nXgzKpM0), but I wouldn’t describe it as slow and depressing. Especially the middle sections, which are more on the order of sprightly and celebratory. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/22 "2013-03-30T07:00:28Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [The best one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_XOVh-cDtk) _Ohhhhhhhhhhh, yesssssssssssssssssssssssss!_ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/23 "2013-03-30T08:28:00Z")
I have a theory that the [Imperial March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8) is based on Chopin’s Funeral March. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/24 "2013-04-01T02:57:07Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I have that same lyric go through my head every time I hear this. Where did it come from? I’m certain that Chopin didn’t write lyrics for it. I think it was the same guy who wrote “The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out” and “Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts.” Him or Karl Jung … ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/25 "2013-04-01T19:04:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have a theory that the [Imperial March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8) is based on Chopin’s Funeral March. Williams is a talented composer, but he does borrow an awful lot… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/26 "2017-02-03T13:56:26Z")
> [@NotBob13](#): > > Is it Chopin’s Funeral March? It was the first sugestion from gooling looney tunes funeral. > > [http://youtu.be/kyFyAqLtHq8](http://youtu.be/kyFyAqLtHq8) The correct words for the Chopin Funeral March (at least as I learned them as a kid) are\* “Pray for the dead, and the dead will pray for you…”\* ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/27 "2017-02-03T14:01:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > The correct words for the Chopin Funeral March (at least as I learned them as a kid) are\* “Pray for the dead, and the dead will pray for you…”\* Post #8, four years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/28 "2017-02-03T14:57:33Z")
I was not very familiar with it but Chopin’s funeral march is one depressing piece of music. I was in perfectly good spirits before I clicked the link but now it is probably for the best that I don’t have a loaded shotgun handy. Brilliant! Does anyone know what qualities make that particular piece so sad? Most slow piano pieces don’t have that quality. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/29 "2017-02-03T14:57:36Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Post #8, four years ago. :smack: I thought I was replying in the new thread, but it linked to this one. Urg. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230/30 "2017-02-03T15:49:50Z")
[Moderating] Since there’s a [new thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818092) and this one was bumped accidentally, I’m going to close this one so it can rest in peace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230.md?page=1)