Anyone know what that sort of operatic song they use in one of the X2 commercials is? It was also used extensively in the nuclear weapons documentary “Trinity and Beyond”. It sounds a bit like “O Fortuna” but that’s not what it is.
C’mon, someone must have an idea.
I’m not sure about the commercial, but during the movie itself, they made excellent use of Dies Irae from the Mozart Requiem.
The music used in the first trailer is the Mars: Bringer of War segment from Gustav Holst’s The Planets. I didn’t notice any operatic singing (or any music that strongly projected itself at all) in the second trailer.
Nope, its not Mars.
Perhaps this music was only used in the Canadian commercials. I’ll look into Dies Irae but I’m very suspicious about it being anything by Mozart.
Hm. Well, then, I went and looked up Trinity and Beyond (warning: bandwidth-intensive site), and the music used in its trailer – which does have a bit of the “O Fortuna” feel to it – is Thor Missles (link is to an .MP3). If that’s the same music used in your X2 commercial, then it’s new material originally composed for Trinity.
This is driving me nuts. That’s not it either! The piece I’m thinking of is operatic in nature.
Hmm, maybe I should start a thread specifically regarding its use in Trinity and Beyond.
Well, bummer. According to IMDB, Holst’s Planets was played without credit in Trinity and Beyond, but since we’ve already established that to be incorrect for your X2 commercial, I don’t suppose we should pursue that path any further.
Anyway, since I have no idea what commercial you’ve seen (and the ones I’ve dug up don’t match), we’re left with guessing. Wagner’s music would be plausible candidates, and I’m thinking specifically of “Siegfried’s Funeral March” from Götterdämmerung. Another popular piece to accompany belligerant action is, of course, “Ride of the Valkyries.” Other than that, I’m at a loss for now.