Editing Dies irae (section)

==== Musical quotations ====
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The traditional Gregorian melody gained widespread recognition through its use in [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]]'s ''[[Symphonie fantastique]]''. Since then, it has become associated with themes of death and terror, especially during the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/1109413253 |title=The Oxford handbook of music and Medievalism |date=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-065844-1 |editor-last=Meyer |editor-first=Stephen C. |series=Oxford handbooks |location=New York |oclc=1109413253 |editor-last2=Yri |editor-first2=Kirsten}}</ref> After Berlioz, it was used as a [[theme (music)|theme]] or [[musical quotation]] in many classical compositions, including:
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* [[Thomas Adès]] – ''[[Totentanz (Adès)|Totentanz]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cadagin |first=Joe |date=August 2020 |title=ADÈS: Totentanz |url=https://www.metguild.org/Opera_News_Magazine/2020/8/Recordings/AD%C3%88S__Totentanz.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[Opera News]] |location=[[New York City]] |publisher=[[Metropolitan Opera Guild]] |volume=85 |issue=2 |issn=1938-1506 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316035027/https://www.metguild.org/Opera_News_Magazine/2020/8/Recordings/AD%C3%88S__Totentanz.html |archive-date=2022-03-16 |access-date=2022-03-16 |lang=en}}</ref> (2013)
* [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]] – ''Souvenirs'': {{lang|fr|[[Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique]]}}, Op. 15 (No. 3: {{lang|fr|Morte}}) (1837)
* [[Eric Ball (composer)|Eric Ball]] – "Resurgam"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pontins Championship 2003 – Test Piece Reviews: Resurgam |url=https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2003/art343g.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526060344/https://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2003/art343g.asp |archive-date=2021-05-26 |access-date=2021-05-26 |website=4barsrest.com |language=en}}</ref> (1950)
* [[Ernest Bloch]] – {{lang|fr|Suite Symphonique}}<ref>{{Citation |last=Simmons |first=Walter |title=Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-romantic Composers |url={{GBurl|7nLdveK1n7gC}} |year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow |isbn=0-8108-4884-8 |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> (1944)
* [[Johannes Brahms]] – [[Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms)|Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118]], No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor<ref>{{AllMusic |class=composition |id=mc0002665730 |label=Intermezzo for piano in E-flat minor, Op. 118/6 |first=Robert |last=Cummings |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref> (1893)
* [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]] – {{lang|es|24 [[Caprichos]] de Goya}}, Op. 195: "XII. {{lang|es|No hubo remedio}}" (plate 24)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Graham |title=Tedesco: ''24 Caprichos de Goya'', Op. 195 |url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572252-53&catNum=572252&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180342/https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572252-53&catNum=572252&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |archive-date=2018-08-06 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=[[Naxos (company)|Naxos]] |language=en}}</ref> (1961)
* [[Frédéric Chopin]] - Prelude No. 2 in A Minor, Opus 28 (1839), sometimes referred to as "Presentiment to Death" (or "Prelude to Death").<ref>[https://therenaissanceofficial.org/categories/review/a-prelude-to-death/ ''A Prelude to Death: An analysis of Prelude op.28, No. 2 (Prelude in A-Minor): Frederic Chopin''. Sreemani, Swapnil. March 10, 2021. The Renaissance Voice of Change.]</ref> 
* [[George Crumb]] – ''[[Black Angels (Crumb)|Black Angels]]'' (1970)
* [[Luigi Dallapiccola]] – ''[[Canti di prigionia]]''
* [[Michael Daugherty]] – ''[[Metropolis Symphony]]'' 5th movement, "Red Cape Tango";<ref>{{Citation |title=About this Recording – 8.559635 – Daugherty, M.: Metropolis Symphony / Deus ex Machina (T. Wilson, Nashville Symphony, Guerrero) |url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559635&catNum=559635&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |work=[[Naxos (company)|Naxos]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180608/https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559635&catNum=559635&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |access-date=2022-03-16 |archive-date=2018-08-06 |lang=en |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Dead Elvis (composition)|Dead Elvis]]'' for bassoon and chamber ensemble{{cn|date=August 2022}} (1993)
* [[Ernő Dohnányi]] – no. 4 (E-flat minor) of "Four Rhapsodies" for Piano, op. 11
* [[Alberto Ginastera]] – ''[[Bomarzo (opera)|Bomarzo]]'', Op. 34 (1967)<ref>{{Cite web |title=El renacimiento |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-777-2003-06-08.html |date=2003-06-08 |last=Fischerman |first=Diego |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Glazunov]] – [[Symphony No. 5 (Glazunov)|Symphony No. 5]] (4th movement), Op. 55 (1885), ''From the Middle Ages'' Suite, No. 2 "Scherzo", Op. 79 (1902)
* [[Benjamin Godard]] – ''Dante'' opera, act 4, No. 35 Suite du Finale "Partons !" (1890)
* [[Charles Gounod]] – ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' opera, act 4 (1859), ''[[Mors et vita]]'', part II, oratorio (1886)
* [[Kirk Hammet]] – ''The Incantation'' (5:57-6:35) on the EP ''[[Portals (EP)|Portals]]'' (2022)
* [[Gustav Holst]] – ''[[The Planets]]'', movement 5, "Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenberg |first=Robert |url={{GBurl|stN2MAEACAAJ}} |title=The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works |date=2011 |publisher=The Teaching Company |isbn=9781598037708 |series=[[The Great Courses]] |oclc=1285468511 |ol=28263230M |author-link=Robert Greenberg}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Honegger]] – {{lang|fr|La Danse des Morts}}, H. 131<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spratt |first=Geoffrey K. |url={{GBurl|f7okJL8HJRsC}} |title=The Music of Arthur Honegger |date=1987 |publisher=[[Cork University Press]] |isbn=9780902561342 |page=640 |oclc=16754628 |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> (1938)
* [[Hans Huber (composer)|Hans Huber]] quotes the melody in the second movement ("Funeral March") of his Symphony No. 3 in C major,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnett |first=Rob |title=Hans Huber |url=https://www.rodoni.ch/busoni/amicicoevi/huber.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031232455/https://www.rodoni.ch/busoni/amicicoevi/huber.html |archive-date=2021-10-31 |access-date=2022-03-16 |language=en |type=review}}</ref> Op. 118 (''Heroic'', 1908).
* [[Alexander Kastalsky]] – Requiem for Fallen Brothers, movements 3 and 4 (1917) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kastalsky, A.: Requiem for Fallen Brothers (Dennis, Beutel, Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Orchestra of St.{{nbsp}}Luke's, Slatkin) |url=https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574245 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809204446/https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574245 |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=[[Naxos (company)|Naxos]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Aram Khachaturian]] – [[Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)|Piano Concerto]] Op. 38 (1936), Symphony No. 1 (1934), ''[[Symphony No. 2 (Khachaturian)|Symphony No. 2]]'' (1944), Concerto-Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, [[Cello Concerto (Khachaturian)|Cello Concerto]] in E minor, Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, Violin Concerto in D minor
* {{ill|Teofil Klonowski|pl}} – ''Preludes on Polish Church Hymns: Dies Irae'' <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Quotes – Musical Quotations of the Dies Irae plainchant melody |date=24 April 2022 |url=https://diquotes.victoryvinny.com/quotes/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>(1867)
* [[György Ligeti]] – ''[[Le Grand Macabre]]'' (1974–77)
* [[Franz Liszt]] – ''[[Totentanz (Liszt)|Totentanz]]'' (1849)
* [[Gustav Mahler]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]], movements 1 and 5 (1888–94)
* [[Jules Massenet]] – [[Ève (Massenet)|Eve]]<ref name=":0" /> (1874)
* [[Nikolai Medtner]] – Piano Quintet in C, movement 2 (Op.posth)
* [[Modest Mussorgsky]] – [[Songs and Dances of Death]], No. 3 "Trepak" (1875)
* [[Edvard Mirzoyan]] – Introduction and Perpetuum Mobile (1957)
* [[Nikolai Myaskovsky]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 4]] (first movement), [[Symphony No. 6 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 6]], Op. 23 (1921–23); Piano Sonata No.2, Op.13, Symphony No. 26, Op. 79 (halfway into first movement), [[Symphony No. 8 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 8]] Op. 26 (fourth movement), [[Symphony No. 9 (Myaskovsky)|Symphony No. 9]] Op. 28 (third movement)
* [[Vítězslav Novák]] – used the theme near the end of his ''May Symphony''
* [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 1]], Op. 1 (1891); [[Symphony No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 1]], Op. 13 (1895); [[Six moments musicaux (Rachmaninoff)|Six moments musicaux]], Op. 16 No. 3 (1896); [[Suite No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Suite No. 2]], Op. 17 (1901); [[Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 2]], Op. 27 (1906–07); [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano sonata No. 1]] (1908); ''[[Isle of the Dead (Rachmaninoff)|Isle of the Dead]]'', Op. 29 (1908); ''[[The Bells (symphony)|The Bells]]'' choral symphony, Op. 35 (1913); {{lang|fr|[[Études-Tableaux, Op. 39|Études-Tableaux]]}}, Op. 39 No. 2, 5, 7 (1916); [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 4]], Op. 40 (1926); ''[[Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini]]'', Op. 43 (1934); [[Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 3]], Op. 44 (1935–36); ''[[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]]'', Op. 45 (1940)
* [[Ottorino Respighi]] – quoted near the end of the second movement of {{lang|it|Impressioni Brasiliane}} (''Brazilian Impressions'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Edward |date=May 1984 |title=Respighi – Church Windows / Brazilian Impressions, CHAN 8317 |url=https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/CH8317.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316021118/https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/CH8317.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-16 |access-date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Chandos Records]] |language=en |type=Media notes}}</ref> (1927)
* [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] – {{lang|fr|[[Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns)|Danse Macabre]]}}; [[Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Symphony No. 3 (''Organ Symphony'')]], [[Requiem (Saint-Saëns)|Requiem]] (1878)
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 14]]; ''Aphorisms'', Op. 13 – No. 7, "Dance of Death" (1969)
* [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]] – {{lang|la|[[Sequentia cyclica|Sequentia cyclica super "Dies iræ" ex Missa pro defunctis]]}} (1948–49) and nine other works<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberge |first=Marc-André |title=Citations of the Dies irae |url=http://www.mus.ulaval.ca/roberge/srs/05-diesi.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027191548/https://roberge.mus.ulaval.ca/srs/05-diesi.htm |archive-date=2021-10-27 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Sorabji Resource Site |publisher=[[Université Laval]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] – Modern Greek Song (In Dark Hell) Op. 16 No. 6<ref name=":0" /> (1872); 6 Pieces on a Single Theme op 21<ref name=":0" /> (1873); [[Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)|Orchestral Suite No. 3]]<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=w132203|tab=review|label=Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3; Stravinsky: Divertimento|first=James|last=Leonard|access-date=2011-10-15}}</ref> (1884); ''[[Manfred Symphony]]'' <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lintgen |first=Arthur |title=Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony |url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=138023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806145701/https://arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=138023 |archive-date=2018-08-06 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=[[Fanfare (magazine)|Fanfare]] |language=en |type=review}}</ref> (1885)
* [[Frank Ticheli]] – Vesuvius (1999) for wind band
* [[Eugène Ysaÿe]] – [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Ysaÿe)|Solo Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Obsession"]]{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Henken |first=John |title=Sonata in A minor for Solo Violin ("Obsession"), Op. 27, No. 2 (Eugène Ysaÿe) |url=https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3446/sonata-in-a-minor-for-solo-violin-obsession-op-27-no-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512053151/https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3446/sonata-in-a-minor-for-solo-violin-obsession-op-27-no-2 |url-status=live |archive-date=2021-05-12 |access-date=2020-12-04 |website=[[LA Phil]] |language=en}}}} (1923)
* [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]] – ''Musique pour les soupers du roi Ubu''
* [[Antonio Estévez]] - ''Cantata Criolla'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Cantata Criolla |url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/1146/cantata-criolla |website=Hollywood Bowl |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>(1954)

It has also been used in many film scores and popular works, such as:

* [[Led Zeppelin]] – ''Stairway to Heaven'' on the album ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' (1971)

* [[Michel F. April]] – main theme of [[Dead by Daylight]] soundtrack

* [[Francis Monkman]] – additional track ''"Dies Irae"'' on ''[[Sky (Sky album)|Sky (1979 studio album by Sky)]]' (1979)''

*[[Hugo Friedhofer]] – opening scene of ''[[Between Heaven and Hell (film)]]' ' (1956)
* [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] – on album ''[[Blood Fire Death]]'' (1988)
* [[Wendy Carlos]] and [[Rachel Elkind]] – Opening theme for ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gengaro |first=Christine Lee |url={{GBurl|_S2AyYfGiaQC|pg=PA190}} |title=Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films |date=2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-8564-6 |pages=189–190 |via=[[Google Books]] |lang=en}}</ref> (1980)
* [[The Newton Brothers]] - ''[[Doctor Sleep (2019 film)|Doctor Sleep]]'', the sequel to ''The Shining'' (2019)<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/doctor-sleep-soundtrack-906341/ | title='Doctor Sleep' Soundtrack Revisits 'The Shining,' Introduces Us to New Villains | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=31 October 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Danny Elfman]] – "Making Christmas" from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993)
* [[Gerald Fried]] – Opening theme for ''[[The Return of Dracula]]'', 1958
* [[Diamanda Galás]] – ''Masque of the Red Death'': Part I – ''[[The Divine Punishment]]''
* [[Jerry Goldsmith]] – ''[[The Mephisto Waltz]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-13 |title=Supernatural Reality: The Sound of New Hollywood Horror in Count Yorga, The Mephisto Waltz, The Exorcist and The Omen |url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/supernatural-reality-the-sound-of-new-hollywood-horror-in-count-yorga-the-mephisto-waltz-the-exorcist-and-the-omen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928012506/https://diaboliquemagazine.com/supernatural-reality-the-sound-of-new-hollywood-horror-in-count-yorga-the-mephisto-waltz-the-exorcist-and-the-omen/ |archive-date=2020-09-28 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Diabolique Magazine |language=en}}</ref> (1971), ''[[Poltergeist (1982 film)|Poltergeist]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Reeves |first=Rachel |title=Terror on the Turntable: Step Into the Light of Jerry Goldsmith’s Classic Poltergeist Score |work=[[Dread Central]] |date=October 13, 2021 |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/415699/terror-on-the-turntable-step-into-the-light-of-jerry-goldsmiths-classic-poltergeist-score/ |access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> (1982)
* [[Donald Grantham]] – ''Baron Cimetiére's Mambo''<ref>{{Citation |last=Grantham |first=Donald |title=Composers on Composing for Band |chapter-url={{GBurl|_JwIAQAAMAAJ}} |volume=2 |pages=100–101 |year=2004 |editor-last=Camphouse |editor-first=Mark |chapter=Donald Grantham |place=[[Chicago]] |publisher=GIA |isbn=9781579993856 |access-date=2022-03-16 |author-link=Donald Grantham |lang=en}}</ref> (2004)
* [[Bernard Herrmann]] quoted in the main theme for ''[[Citizen Kane]]''{{cn|date=August 2022}} (1941)
* [[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)|Jason and the Argonauts]]'' (1963) (quoted during the scene of the scattering of the hydra's teeth)
* [[Gottfried Huppertz]] – Score for ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927)
* [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] – The instrumental track "Elegy" featured on the band's 12th studio album ''[[Stormwatch (album)|Stormwatch]]'' is based on the melody.<ref name="Force10Edition">{{Cite AV media notes |last=Webb |first=Martin |title=And the Stormwatch Brews… |work=Stormwatch: The 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition |publisher=Chrysalis Records |year=2019 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14280346-Jethro-Tull-Stormwatch-The-40th-Anniversary-Force-10-Edition |access-date=2022-03-16 |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316030610/https://www.discogs.com/release/14280346-Jethro-Tull-Stormwatch-The-40th-Anniversary-Force-10-Edition |archive-date=2022-03-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Robert Lopez]] and [[Kristen Anderson-Lopez]] – [[Frozen II (soundtrack)|''Frozen II'' (soundtrack)]], "[[Into the Unknown (Disney song)|Into the Unknown]]"<ref name="Cohn">{{Cite news |last=Cohn |first=Gabe |date=2019-12-04 |orig-date=2019-11-29 |title=How to Follow Up 'Frozen'? With Melancholy and a Power Ballad |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York City]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/movies/frozen-2-songs.html |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202082519/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/movies/frozen-2-songs.html |archive-date=2022-02-02 |issn=1553-8095 |lang=en}}</ref> (2019)
* [[Harry Manfredini]] – main title theme for ''[[Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives]]'' (1986)
* [[The Melvins]] – on their album "[[Nude with Boots]]" (2008)
* [[Alan Menken]], [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] – [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'']] (1996) [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (soundtrack)|soundtrack]]; "[[The Bells of Notre Dame]]" features passages from the first and second stanzas as lyrics.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chorus, David Ogden Stiers, Paul Kandel & Tony Jay – The Bells of Notre Dame |url=https://genius.com/Chorus-david-ogden-stiers-paul-kandel-and-tony-jay-the-bells-of-notre-dame-lyrics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016031838/https://genius.com/Chorus-david-ogden-stiers-paul-kandel-tony-jay-and-mary-kay-bergman-the-bells-of-notre-dame-lyrics |access-date=2021-05-12 |archive-date=2021-10-16 |lang=en,la |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ennio Morricone]] – "Penance" from his [[The Mission (soundtrack)|score]] for ''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tagg |first=Philip |title=Musemes from Morricone's music for The Mission |url=https://www.tagg.org/xpdfs/MissionMusemes.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112043441/https://www.tagg.org/xpdfs/MissionMusemes.pdf |archive-date=2021-11-12 |access-date=2022-03-16 |language=en |type=analysis}}</ref> (1986)
* [[Lionel Newman]] – ''[[Compulsion (1959 film)|Compulsion]]''
* [[Leonard Rosenman]] – the main theme of ''[[The Car (1977 film)|The Car]]'' (1977)
* [[Stephen Sondheim]] – ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweeney Todd]]'' – quoted in "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" and the accompaniment to "Epiphany"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zadan |first=Craig |url=https://archive.org/details/sondheimco0000zada |title=Sondheim & Co |publisher=Perennial Library |year=1989 |isbn=9780060156497 |edition=2nd |page=248 |lccn=86045165 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> (1979)
* [[John Williams]] – "Old Man Marley" [[leitmotif]] from his [[Home Alone (soundtrack)|score]] for ''[[Home Alone]]''<ref>{{Citation |last=Hoyt |first=Alia |title=Why Sountracks love the Day of Wrath Theme |date=2018-03-22 |url=https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/why-soundtracks-love-day-wrath.htm |type=analysis}}</ref> (1990) and quoted in ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind (soundtrack)|Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' (1977) and ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]]'' (1977) when Luke discovers that Imperial Stormtroopers have killed his uncle and aunt.
* [[Hans Zimmer]] – "The Rightful King" from [[The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)|''The Lion King'' soundtrack]], "Rock House Jail" from ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'' soundtrack, and "House Atreides" from [[Dune (2021 film)|the 2021 Dune adaptation]].
* [[Guy Gross]] – "Salve me Lacrimosa" from the American-Australian television series ''[[Farscape]]''
* [[Cristobal Tapia de Veer]] – ''[[The White Lotus]]'' opening credits
* [[Symphony X]] – Their album [[V – The New Mythology Suite]] references this work multiple times, such as in the song "A Fool's Paradise".
* [[Jeff Russo]] – Mullen's entrance to the Joint Session of Congress from the television series ''[[Zero Day (American TV series)|Zero Day]]'' score (unknown if included on the 2025 soundtrack).
* [[Lorien Testard]] - "Spring Meadows - Beaneath the Blue Tree" from the 2025 [[role-playing video game]] [[Clair Obscur: Expedition 33]].
 
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