Orff's Carmina Burana's "O FORTUNA", overused, overcopied!

[Orion D.]

Anyone familiar with Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" which is a part of the Carmina Burana oratorio?

Well, if you have a copy of the Dawn Live album, that's the intro theme with the glorious chorus and orchestra.

That same piece was also used to open several Michael Jackson concerts. (And other concerts of other artists...)

Then again, other events and even movies and advertisements have used it so often, and have even gotten to the point of copying it and just modifying it a bit...

Example:
There's this Vitamin commercial featuring a naked running guy, was it Lecit E? Anyway, the background music isn't "O Fortuna," but is obviously based on it...

Another one was the chase-scene in Last of the Mohicans. That one also sounded like "O Fortuna."

The "entering the batcave" scene in Batman I also had an "O fortuna" sound-alike.

Then another one, which really copied it so much was the "Burning at the Stake" scene in "The Messanger: the story of Joan of Arc"...

Wow, this piece of music is really "overused" and "overcopied..." Anyone know of other examples that use that theme?

Basta, "O Fortuna" is that piece of music that has a "glorious" beginning with the orchestra and choir together.

[clawed_out]

eto rin po ba yung sa ad ng "rizal" yung background music nya?

if so, naku overused nga sya..pero favorite ko yan.... pati sa sports fest namin yan ang gamit!

[Orion D.]

Yup that's it... Grabe nga, overused na siya... But just like you, I like it too.

[The Rock]

The Rock says that it's pretty much like Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" or "Thus Spake Zarathustra" from "2001 Space Odyssey". Songs that have a classical, orchestral theme with a grand chorus. They pretty much use these songs to gain feelings of elation, excitement, or enjoyment in their listeners. The only different example seems to be in "The Messenger" where the emotions, though still strong, are to incite violent reaction as Joan is burned.

[clawed_out]

pero ang hirap maghanap ng cd na yan ha!
la akong makita nyan sa ordinary music store.... thank heavens merong tower records!

[Orion D.]

The Rock: Yeah, I'd agree as well that Beethoven's 9th symphony chorale finale has also become overused... I remember that in High School, I was the only one playing that! Today, everyone's using it. The EU, ABS-CBN's used it, everyone!

But then again, strictly speaking, the "Ode to Joy" is only the title of Friedrich Schiller's poem which was put into the music of Beethoven's 9th symphony finale.

As for the "O Fortuna" piece, there is a certain "demonic" flavor to it that makes you imagine a "flaming scene." That's probably why the guy who scored the Joan of Arc film used it as the basis and just shifted the notes a bit to change it. But still, the essence of the "O Fortuna" touch was still there, especially when the music climaxed at a certain scene change...

Between Beethoven's 9th and O Fortuna, the former has a more positive sound, while O Fortuna has a darkish mood with it.

[§ínned™]

cute nga yung apotheosis version eh lalo na kung naka-E ka.

§inned™

[The Rock]

Hey anyone remember "The Omen" where the boy Damien is supposed to be the son of the devil? The Rock got this CD with classial type of music for movies and one song from "The Omen", entitled "Ave Satani" is supposedly usually mistaken for "O Fortuna" from the movie "Excalibur". Spooky title, no?

Orion D., The Rock just wants to ask, when you were playing Beethoven's 9th, was that in Xavier or after you left for Cebu?

[Orion D.]

The Rock: That's when I was already in Cebu. Actually, back when I was in Xavier, I was already listening to that, but it was only in tape version. (conducted by Karl Boehm, Wiener Philharmoniker) But in High School, it was on CD, and done by Herbert von Karajan with the Berliner Philharmoniker)

I don't know what it is, but I couldn't find anyone else in Cebu who liked classical music. At least, no one among my peers and contemporaries...

[shox920]

i have a techno version of it... ok naman....

[Lauralei]

ganda ng o fortuna ng therion!!!!!!!!!!

[DiyosA]

Bonus track din ito ng Black Sabbath (i'm not sure which album). I do not find any new with that track (I doubt if they were part of the orchestra).

[Misa Hayase]

Originally posted by The Rock
Hey anyone remember "The Omen" where the boy Damien is supposed to be the son of the devil? The Rock got this CD with classial type of music for movies and one song from "The Omen", entitled "Ave Satani" is supposedly usually mistaken for "O Fortuna" from the movie "Excalibur". Spooky title, no?

Orion D., The Rock just wants to ask, when you were playing Beethoven's 9th, was that in Xavier or after you left for Cebu?

O Fortuna exactly reminds me of The Omen trilogy (with the freaky numbers on the head, ravens and the whole shebang)... pero wrong song pala! :P

Orion D: Hehehe, I figured you'd have a pet peeve like this. Makinig ka na lang ng Fanfare (as in sa Masterpiece Theater) and be reminded of the Cookie Monster (as in Monsterpiece Theater, hehehe). --- Binx