CLINT MANSELL – LUX AETERNA from Viktor Weber on Vimeo.
Commenter Tim was pointing out that we’re not responsible for the songs that get lodged in our heads. Lux Aeterna is a great example. It has become, against all odds, the “go to” soundtrack for countless movie trailers.
I believe copyright wars are still raging because of its promiscuous use and popularity. Originally composed for a Lord of the Rings trailer for “The Two Towers,” which never used the music in the movie, Lux Aeterna has been used in the same throwaway fashion by multiple other movies, including one of my favorites, Hitman. Youtube seems to have a universal ban on every video clip that employs it.
So what’s the big deal? You hear it. Then you can’t get it out of your head. It’s music as crack cocaine. Why the video above, as loathsome as it is, is probably the truest representation of the sum of the notes.
What gets stuck in your head, me hearties? I don’t have the guts to give examples, because then they’d be stuck in my head again. Try very hard not to think of an elephant.
Have I ruined your day yet? Or your whole weekend? Sorry.
Not to split hairs, but wasn’t Lux Aeterna composed by Mansell for Requiem For A Dream (as you linked above) originally and later re-orchestrated for Lord of the Rings? I only know this because I’ve followed Mansell’s work since his scoring of Aronofsky’s crazy and interesting movie Pi. It’s where I first heard of Massive Attack and their song Angel, which led me to Inertia Creeps (on my list) and Teardrop, the theme song of the TV show House.
I’m not really an electronica guy, but yes, these are songs that get stuck in my head.
I don’t understand your point. I credit the composer and go on to make the point that a copyright-afflicted piece nevertheless becomes something stuck in everyone’s head. That relates to your comment how?