# What's the music called in Only Fools and Horses?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 14, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-called-in-only-fools-and-horses/269204 "2004-10-14T15:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-called-in-only-fools-and-horses/269204/1 "2004-10-14T15:49:58Z")

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The piece they play whenever Rodney looks at Damien. It’s kind of, I dunno, Satanic?

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-called-in-only-fools-and-horses/269204/2 "2004-10-14T16:02:27Z")

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I believe it’s _[O Fortuna](http://www.auburn.edu/~bertocr/Fortuna.html)_, the opening (and closing) piece from _Carmina Burana_ by Carl Orff. Not sure if it was actually used in _The Omen_ or whether they just used music like it. It’s not satanic at all.

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**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-called-in-only-fools-and-horses/269204/3 "2004-10-14T16:14:35Z")

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Brilliant! Thanks jjimm. 🙂