Cue the faux-Latin...

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elora_c and I were talking this morning about "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, which led to a discussion of Ominous Latin Chanting in movies. (Warning: That's a link to TV Tropes; if you click the link, you assume responsibility for any lost productivity.) Which led, tangentially, to a discussion of how "Ride of the Valkyries," in a movie, now means "

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Wow, what a great idea. Several have been mentioned, altho how I'm the first to say Barber of Seville I have no idea.

Infernal Gallop, yep, Also Sprach Zarathustra, one of my faves.

Breakfast Machine is surprisingly well-used a la Bumble Bee.

Verdi's Anvil Chorus belongs right up there with O Fortuna almost.

Night on Bald Mtn = bad things!
Funiculi, Funicula got banned eventually by Hollywood I think.

Alla Hornpipe and prince of Denmark March is every ball/formal ever.

Colonel Bogey's March was theme for Bridge on the River Kwai and Bobby Fischer famously used to whistle it as he was constructing mating attacks, which is just hilarious even if you don't know squat about chess.

La Gazza Ladra = any funny, wacky, or even courtship scene.

Yeah, this is what happens when you go to school with like 50% music majors and live with a ton of film majors over the years. I got more:

Rondeau is the Entrance of Royalty Scene.

Rhapsody in Blue is the NYC Montage Scene. About 50x.

Figaro is the We're having an Argument music.

Les Toreadors means something going horribly right/shockingly wrong for a change, at least ever since Walter Mattheau.

Adagio for Strings [and Funeral March obvs] are the wake/death scenes.

Stars and Strips Forever = the good guys won!

Palladio is the Exciting! Music! so pay attention!
Fur Elise is the Going to Romantic Dinner Scene [or exeunt from]

Entry of the Gladiators has to be the most widely-remembered and used piece no one remembers the actual name of.

Moonlight Sonata = Loss.
Hungarian Rhapsody = Wackness about to ensue.

Sabre Dance is the Hurry Up music, and oft-parodied by now.
William Tell Overture is the real The Calvary is Coming imho. :)

Saent-Saens Aquarium means something totally unexpected is going to happen. Boy, should he be getting royalties for this one....

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Wow, that's impressive. Shoulda thought of Rhapsody in Blue myself.

[hells_satans]

I gotta give credit where due to Woody Allen for using that first in Manhattan. Pretty sharp of him.