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What is the title of that song Gregorian chant that is used in movies to build suspense?

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What is the title of that song Gregorian chant that is used in movies to build suspense?

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“O Fortuna” from “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff Here’s a video that uses “O Fortuna”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTlz9hiFY… From Wikipedia: “Carmina Burana” is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection “Carmina Burana”. Its full Latin title is “Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis” (“Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magic images.”). “Carmina Burana” is part of “Trionfi”, the musical triptych that also includes the cantata “Catulli Carmina” and “Trionfo di Afrodite”. The best-known movement is “O Fortuna” that opens and closes the piece.

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