# The Music from Trinity and Beyond

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 14, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121 "2003-05-14T03:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121/1 "2003-05-14T03:20:02Z")

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Does anyone know the name of the piece used extensively in _Trinity and Beyond_? It’s operatic and sounds similar to O Fortuna. It was used typically during scenes of bomb tests.

I asked the same question in my X2 thread, but I’m hoping a reference to T&B will bring out more posters. (It was used in an X2 commercial here in Canada).

I do not believe its the piece “Thor Missiles” as was suggested in the other thread; this was more background incedental music used throughout the show.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121/2 "2003-05-14T04:14:35Z")

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Do you mean the one used over the Chinese tests at the end? Not that I know what it is, but it is very distinctive.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121/3 "2003-05-14T04:40:26Z")

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Apparently the soundtrack is OOP, and I no longer have the DVD, but IIRC, all of the music is an original composition for the film, and not a pre-existing work used in the film.

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**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121/4 "2003-05-14T16:56:57Z")

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Yes, it is the music used when showing the Chinese tests near the end, with the troops running towards the explosion.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-from-trinity-and-beyond/175121/5 "2003-05-14T18:32:04Z")

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William Stromberg, it seems:

[http://www.vce.com/music.html](http://www.vce.com/music.html)

Play “China Gets the Bomb.” Is that the song?