#ira music

[take-me-back-to-eden]

Movements // Third Degree

[banatostenger]

„Annyira emberen segítettem, hogy elfelejtettem magammal is ezt tenni…“

[waking-hell]

Movements // Suffer Through

[sillysally13]

//urinetown spoilers

something really really cool about the urinetown score is it's use of the dies irae to foreshadow that urinetown is death. after the overture, the very first line we hear someone sing IS THE FIRST FOUR NOTES OF THE DIES IRAE (better hope your pennies)!! And it's repeated multiple times throughout the number!!!

SO THE FIRST SONG (CALLED URINETOWN) IN THE SHOW (URINETOWN) USES PART OF THE DIES IRAE!! WHICH REPRESENTS DEATH!! AND DEATH IS URINETOWN!!!! THE ENTIRE SHOW IS SPOILED IN THE FIRST NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!

also it's really cool how they use that motif throughout the show, especially during why did i listen to that man (now we've finally got you, now you're in our claws, captured in our city of laws) when they're about to kill bobby. SO DEATH APPEARS WHILE THEY ARE ACTIVELY SENDING SOMEONE TO URINETOWN!!!

[certified-scoundrel]

IDK HOW IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO NOTICE THIS-

so this is the song that plays in episode two when Mrs. Young checks on Adam to make sure he didn't bring Dog into his room.

After the music shifts when Adam brings Dog out from under his bed, you hear those 4 higher bell sounding notes. the do-do-doo doo

wanna know what those notes are?

THE FUCKING DIES IRAE

it's not even hidden, it's crystal fucking clear and i LOVE IT.

IM NOW GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY MUSIC PIECE IN GOOD OMENS TO FIND THE DIES IRAE

(if you don't know) In modern music theory, the Dies Irae is a 4 note motif that symbolizes death, impending doom, the Final Judgement, and things of that sort. It's literally everywhere in musical pieces surrounding those themes. Think Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera, even things like The Nightmare Before Christmas. The Dies Irae originates from the opening line of the Latin sequence of the same name, which tells the story of the Final Judgement which Christians believe will happen during the Second Coming of Christ (With 'Dies Irae' translating to 'The Day of Wrath')

[davidhudson]

Ira Gershwin, December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983.

Al Hirschfeld, George and Ira Gershwin, 1990.

[doyouknowthismusical]

[cannibalkys]

Vulturius (Irae)

[binders-and-beanies]

Movements // Daylily

[take-me-back-to-eden]

Movements // Coeur D'Alene

[you-get-me-closer-to-god]

I watched Amadeus for the first time a couple days ago and I can’t stop thinking about Tom Hulce’s Mozart….his silly little voice mystifies and entrances me… His glass-breaking giggle echos in my head… I love him…

[waking-hell]

Movements // Full Circle

[pureanonofficial]

This is to highlight lyricists who pretty much solely did lyrics, not composer-lyricists! If there's another lyricist you love who isn't listed here, please leave that in the tags!