Expert: Marbeth - 7/10/2007

Question
QUESTION: I am trying to figure out the composer and title of a classical piece that I've heard in two different places now.  It played in episode 11 of an anime I watch called "Kannazuki no Miko" and it plays during the movie trailer for "Black Sheep."  I have had no luck at all in finding out what it is, so I was wondering if you could help.  Here is a link to the trailer.  The piece starts about half-way in: http://www.ifilm.com/video/2810911

If that doesn't work, the trailer can be found on youtube.

Any information on the piece would be much appreciated.

ANSWER: take a listen to Carl Orff's CARMINA BURANA.  May be from that piece; you'll have to listen to, possibly, the whole thing before you find what you want (if it's there).  Sounds like CB! Beyond that, I don't know.  I'm sorry. mb

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QUESTION: Well, I know it sounds a whole lot like "O, Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, but it's not.  I doubt the rest of Carmina Burana would include another piece so similar to "O Fortuna", so I'm pretty sure it's not from that.  Also, that piece is mostly made up of secular Latin lyrics, while the few that I can make out in *this* song definitely sound as if they have something to do with the Church (ie, "gloria," "benedictus," "deus," etc.).  So is there any way you might be able to find it?

Answer
Carmina -is- in Latin.  It's a collection of Golliard poetry. (G were sort of itinerent monks who were kicked out of monk school.  They wanted to spend their lives in debauchery, and so they did, chronicling their activities in that collection of bawdy poetry called CB.  Orff saw potential in the text collection and set them.)

It's not "O, Fortuna," of that I am sure.  It doesn't have that same driving rhythm and "primitive" sound to it, but the piece might be later in the CB. Listen to the entire CB.

Try a site like Amazon, if you don't have the CD and can't borrow it, and search on CB until you find one with musical excerpts to which you can listen.  You might find it that way.

Or, look at UTube and see if it's there under CB. or "O, F" or your game title.

Another option is to contact the other gamers to see if any of them knows the answer.

Or......contact the game-maker and ask there.

Assume you already googled the title and other pertinent tags....

This is the best I can do for you. I am sorry!!  mb