Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream)

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"Lux Aeterna"
Song by Kronos Quartet
Album	Requiem for a Dream
Length	3:54
Composer	Clint Mansell
Requiem for a Dream track listing
"Meltdown" (31) "Lux Aeterna" (32) "Coney Island Low" (33)

"Lux Aeterna" (Latin, Lux Æterna: "the eternal light") is a composition by Clint Mansell, the leitmotif of Requiem for a Dream, and the penultimate piece in the Requiem for a Dream score. The popularity of this piece led to its use in popular culture outside the film, mostly in film trailers. Ironically, the trailer for Requiem for a Dream itself used not this theme but the song "Porcelain" by Moby.

A version of the track was re-orchestrated with a choir and full orchestra for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer.^[1] The piece, named "Requiem for a Tower", was made exclusively for the trailer and was not featured in either Requiem for a Dream or the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson. Although never intended for release, after considerable demand by fans this piece was made available as part of the Requiem for a Tower album release from Corner Stone Cues.^[2]

A version of the song appears on the 2009 album Escala by Escala. A sample of the song is also included in Lil Jon's song "Throw it Up".

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Film trailers 1.2 Video game trailers 1.3 Video games 1.4 TV 1.5 Advertisements 1.6 Sports 1.7 Circus 2 References

[edit] Appearances

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Other films, trailers, and commercials which feature tracks, or re-mixes of tracks, from Requiem for a Dream include:

[edit] Film trailers

• 24: Redemption
• Babylon A.D.
• I Am Legend
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Requiem for a Tower
• The Da Vinci Code
• Sunshine
• Zathura
• SPIDER
• The Trials of Darryl Hunt (an independent film released by HBO)
• Valley of Flowers
• State of Play
• Man on Fire

[edit] Video game trailers

• Final Fantasy Agito XIII

[edit] Video games

• Assassin's Creed
• Empire Earth
• Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
• A variation of the song is used in one of the promotional trailers for Resident Evil 5
• Black Shark, air combat simulation (DCS)
• Halo 2
• Halo 3
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (IGN trailer)
• Meow Mix

[edit] TV

• The television adaptation to Liar Game featured the song in episodes 10 and 11.
• The UK TV series X-Factor uses "Requiem for a Tower" as background music regularly, along with other rousing tracks such as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" and Tomoyasu Hotei's "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" (from Kill Bill).
• The Australian action-comedy series Double The Fist used "Requiem For A Tower" as backing music for its official season two industry trailer, to be shown at the MIPCOM event in Cannes. Public trailers use original music from the series.
• The UK TV series Top Gear uses "Requiem for a Tower" as background music regularly. Perhaps most notably, the BBC hit show used parts of the song for a special episode where the presenters travel to the North Pole.
• SIC uses the song for both its cable news channel and for the Rebelde Way Portuguese version promotion.
• A version of this song is used as a theme song for professional wrestler Chris Hero.
• Lost Season 3 trailers used the song for the latter part of its season trailers.
• Britain's Got Talent: A remix is used as the Judges walk down the stairs to build tension. The show also uses the remix as Kalli Bjarni walks on the stage to perform a song.
• The show Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports News has this as its theme tune.
• An adapted version is also used on episodes of Scrubs ("My Super Ego" and "My Fifteen Minutes").
• The song is used in the the first episode of season 9 of CSI.
• Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe uses the song near the end of series 2, episode 1.
• The upcoming Flash Forward television series features the song in its promotional trailers on ABC.

[edit] Advertisements

• A version of "Lux Aeterna" by Fiachra Trench was featured in the Enda McCallion-directed advertisement "Epic" for the 2006 AIB Ryder Cup.
• A version of the song was used in a television ad for a Tata four-wheel drive (Safari Dicor).
• A version of the song was used in a television ad for Telus smartphones.
• A version of the song was used in a television ad for Canon PowerShot cameras.
• A small section of the song was used in a television ad in the Nationalist Party campaign for the 2008 Maltese General Election.
• Used for several EuroSport Live advertisements.

[edit] Sports

• Used in the 2009 NHL All-Stars skill competition.
• Used in the intro for the No. 1 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-Michigan game in 2006
• The Boston Celtics used a version of it in their entrance videos before games in their 2007-2008 championship season.
• 2006 - 2008 Reading FC used a version over a video of highlights from the last few games edited to the pace of the song, and also as pre-match music at their home games.
• 2008 Notre Dame Fightin' Irish Men's Basketball Intro Video Theme Song
• It is used in University of Maryland Home Games when the away team is on 3rd down.
• It is used in the UK for the theme to the Sky Sports News Channel.
• The England Rugby Union Team run out from the tunnel at Twickenham, with this in the background.
• The Missouri State University Bears basketball team uses a portion of the song in their entrance video.
• The Missouri Tigers basketball team uses a portion of the song in their entrance video.
• The VCU Rams basketball team uses a portion of the song in their entrance video.
• Used in the pre-game "Crimson Tradition" video played at the University of Alabama's Bryant-Denny stadium before home football games.
• The University of Kansas uses a version of the song for their intro video for the 2008/2009 season.
• Used by the University of Denver to promote all of the school's Division I sports.
• Played by Bowdoin College (2007 season) during kickoffs to the away team.
• Independent Pro Wrestler Chris Hero Uses a version as his entrance theme.
• Used by the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey club as part of their entrance music.
• Used by NC State Basketball team as part of entrance music.
• Used by Fulham Football Club before players walk onto pitch.
• The Memphis Grizzlies used a version of it before the game.
• The Orlando Magic used it during home games for the 2009 NBA Finals.

[edit] Circus

• The Moscow State Circus uses this song frequently in it's current tour, Legenda.

[edit] References