Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream)

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"Lux Aeterna"

Song by Kronos Quartet
from the album Requiem for a Dream
Length	3:54
Composer(s)	Clint Mansell
Requiem for a Dream track listing
"Meltdown" (31)	"Lux Aeterna" (32)	"Coney Island Low" (33)

"Lux Aeterna" (Latin, Lux Æterna: "eternal light") is a composition by Clint Mansell, the theme song and leitmotif of Requiem for a Dream, and the penultimate piece in the Requiem for a Dream score. The popularity of this piece lead to uses in popular culture outside the film, mostly in film trailers. All three overtures (Summer, Hope, and Winter) are (calmer) derivatives. The piece "Marion Barfs", from the "Fall" section of the movie and soundtrack, is also a much-closer derivative.

A version of the track was re-orchestrated with a choir and full orchestra for The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers trailer.^[1] The piece, named "Requiem for a Tower", was made just for the trailer and was not featured in either Requiem for a Dream or any of The Lord of the Rings films. It was arranged by Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson. Although never intended for release, after considerable demand by fans this piece was made available on iTunes in October 2006, as part of the Requiem for a Tower album release from Corner Stone Cues.

1 Appearances
2 References

[edit] Appearances

Other films, trailers, and commercials which feature tracks, or re-mixes of tracks, from Requiem for a Dream include:

[edit] Film trailers

[edit] Advertisements

A version of "Lux Aeterna" by Fiachra Trench was featured in an Enda McCallion-directed advert for the 2006 AIB Ryder Cup.
Used by CBS in their preview of Super Bowl XLI, during a American football montage.^{[citation needed]}
The film's haunting ending string portion has been used by NASCAR when depicting the two events at Talladega Superspeedway.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Other uses

Used by Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz in their Kings of Crunk album on the song "Throw It Up" ft. Pastor Troy.^{[citation needed]}
The documentary Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West uses a remixed version of the theme song throughout the film.^{[citation needed]}
Paul Oakenfold extensively samples "Lux Aeterna" for his the track "Zoo York" on his album Bunkka.
The music was used to back an extended rant against aspirational television delivered by Charlie Brooker during the first episode of the second season of his show, Screenwipe.