Lacrymosa (song)
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| Song by Evanescence | ||
| from the album The Open Door | ||
| Released | September 25, 2006 | |
| Recorded | September 2005 - March 2006 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 3:37 | |
| Label | Wind-Up Records | |
| Composer(s) | Amy Lee Terry Balsamo |
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| Producer(s) | Dave Fortman | |
| The Open Door track listing | ||
| Snow White Queen (6) |
"Lacrymosa" (7) |
Like You (8) |
Lacrymosa is the seventh track from Evanescence's sophomore studio album The Open Door. The song incorporates the Lacrimosa sequence from Mozart's Requiem throughout the song. Lacrymosa was originally written for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but it wasn't included by the director.[1]
| “ | I thought it would be awesome for the opening scene, but they wanted something original. | ” |
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—Amy Lee, Metal Edge magazine[1] |
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A 22-piece orchestra led by Dave Campbell (with whom Evanescence had already worked for their performance at the Billboard Awards 2004), along with The Millennium Choir, serves as backup for Amy’s vocals on the track. It was recorded in a chapel near Seattle.[2]
[edit] Story behind the song
| “ | I saw Amadeus when I was nine years old and fell in love with Mozart. The part of Mozart's Requiem called "Lacyrmosa" [sic] is my favorite piece of music ever. I always wished we could cover it, but with programming and guitars and make it cool. It's our moment to try all the things I wanted to and couldn't, so I started messing with it in Protools. Terry wrote some riffs and turned it into this awesome metal epic. | ” |
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—Amy Lee, VH1 News[3] |
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[edit] Trivia
- A 30 second clip of this song along with The Open Door trailer was featured on music.aol.com's page for Evanescence.
- The unreleased demo "Anything for You" also features part of Mozart's Lacrimosa.
- Lacrymosa appears as the backdrop for the promotional clips to the new Showtime Original Series: The Tudors.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Reesman, Bryan (November 2006). "The Essence of Evanescence". Metal Edge. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Listen To Two New Tracks From Evanescence's Album 'The Open Door'", SonyBMG.com.au, Sony BMG News. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
- ^ Bottomley, C. "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs", VH1.com, VH1 News, 2006-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
- ^ (2007). Showtime Original Series: The Tudors trailer. Showtime. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
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| Amy Lee • Terry Balsamo • Rocky Gray • John LeCompt • Tim McCord |
| Former members: Will Boyd • David Hodges • Ben Moody |
| Discography |
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| Commercial albums: Fallen • Anywhere but Home • The Open Door |
| Private releases: Evanescence EP • Sound Asleep EP • Origin • Mystary EP |
| Singles: "Bring Me to Life" • "Going Under" • "My Immortal" • "Everybody's Fool" • "Call Me When You're Sober" • "Lithium" • "Sweet Sacrifice" |
| Related content |
| Evanescence songs • Evanescence albums
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