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Kronos Quartet — Lux Aeterna
Album: Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack
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Released: 2001
Length: 3:53
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 Ipse_Dixit wrote:

This movie is an important reminder to avoid the three Ps,:  NO pills, potions, or powder. Stay natural!




And, you forgot no PSD buttons!  LOL!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
this soundtrack is so haunting
Posted 2 years ago by krae    [ Reply ]
This movie is an important reminder to avoid the three Ps,:  NO pills, potions, or powder. Stay natural!
Posted 2 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:

pretty sure you cannot appreciate this unless you have seen the movie.



I'm pretty sure I've never seen the movie, but I find the melody instantly likable.  Haunting, precise, baroque.
Posted 2 years ago by DReader    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
If Requiem For A Dream was made nowadays, the old lady wouldn't be addicted to Tappy Tibbons but to the 24/7 news cycle.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 jmassoglia wrote:

Lord, yes, I hate that I loved this film...
I just read the Wiki on it. Quite the little feel-good flick, huh?
c.

Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
This music and movie helped me quit smoking pot.
Posted 2 years ago by noharm    [ Reply ]
 maalik wrote:

One of the best films I have ever seen that I never want to see again.



Lord, yes, I hate that I loved this film...
Posted 3 years ago by jmassoglia    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:

pretty sure you cannot appreciate this unless you have seen the movie.


I have seen the movie, but I appreciate this on its own merits.
Posted 3 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
One of the best films I have ever seen that I never want to see again.
Posted 3 years ago by maalik    [ Reply ]
this music is as unpleasant as the movie, one of the most depressing films i've ever seen. 
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
check out "Pieces of Africa"
amazing album!
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 Cueburned wrote:
 the sound track of self abuse
 You got  THAT part right. See the movie.

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
8> 9. Got me at the right time...
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I've always liked this one. Solid 8.
Posted 5 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
just the first few bars of this tune gives me anxiety from thinking about the movie!  Classic film but pretty damn disturbing. I think the music suits the content of the film very well. 
Posted 5 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
Cello abuse.
Posted 6 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
A little too dramatic for early AM
Posted 6 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

 
{#Roflol}

Thanks for the humor. This music was scaring me!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Thought for one very excited moment this was going to be Juice by Growling Mad Scientists. Not to be, sadly.
Posted 6 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
Drags on forever with no point. Awful.
Posted 6 years ago by Chimpmeister    [ Reply ]
Every 2nd rate escapology act or illusionist uses this music. Awful.   
Posted 6 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
This bombastic ... should not be filed under 'Kronos Quartet' .
Posted 6 years ago by palatin8    [ Reply ]
Geez. Repetitive some?  

{#Boohoo}{#Boohoo}{#Boohoo}{#Boohoo} 
{#Beat}
Posted 6 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]
 Dazzerb wrote:
pretty sure you cannot appreciate this unless you have seen the movie.

 
Wow, turned on RP and this was playing...it instantly sounded familiar, I felt it was from a movie. It's been so long since I've seen this movie, I've forgotten so much of it, but this music apparently was burned into my memory. Now I want to watch the movie again!
Posted 6 years ago by wilcogirl11    [ Reply ]
pretty sure you cannot appreciate this unless you have seen the movie.
Posted 7 years ago by Dazzerb    [ Reply ]
Ugghh... Make it stop. Same stuff over and over and over... {#Frustrated}    {#Frustrated}   {#Frustrated}   
Posted 7 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]
This is either the sound track of self abuse for people who love Wagner ... or the episodic music for whatever new cooking show Gordon Ramsey comes up with.  
Posted 7 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
more like this please!
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
Well thats blown the mood
 
Posted 7 years ago by gazcon73    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

I'd give my left arm not to have to sit through that again… {#Doh}

 
I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This has been played to death with all those "inspirational" videos on Facebook!
Posted 7 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Somebody give those violins more than three notes!
Posted 7 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 kellipeter05 wrote:
This should be the music played at Bernie Sanders' Inauguration!!

 
Good one!

Dream on..... 
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
This should be the music played at Bernie Sanders' Inauguration!!
Posted 8 years ago by kellipeter05    [ Reply ]
This throws me back to the most disturbing scenes of this movie. Chilling.
Posted 8 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
Serious music here, hiphop transposed into a serious classical work:
Composer Clint Mansell  also worked on Aronofsky's first film Pi. 
Both Pi and Requium are noted for their off notes and range of dark, shadowy and obscure emotions, perfectly describing the whirld of opiate delirium.{#Laughing}
Working with Mansell for the first time, the Kronos guys showed up with their simple four- piece band...
In the opening credits (before the title of the movie appears) we can hear the quartet tuning their instruments, before hearing a conductor tap on his music stand to ready the quartet for a performance. The maestro bringing them to attention is Darren!
Both Aronofsky and Mansell grew up listening to Hiphop, and that influenced a lot of their aesthetic decisions both on a musical level and in the rhythm of the editing.
So very cool! Think about this next time you see the movie!
Posted 8 years ago by jackie0    [ Reply ]
 ttilley wrote:
I don't know why, but I get goosebumps during the violin part. Love this piece.

 
One of most disturbing movies as well.
Posted 8 years ago by Oh_Humans    [ Reply ]
ANGSTY
Posted 8 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
Rated this a 7 some time ago {#Shifty} … I must have been very drunk.

 
Maybe you're very drunk now.
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
I don't know why, but I get goosebumps during the violin part. Love this piece.
Posted 8 years ago by ttilley    [ Reply ]
Rated this a 7 some time ago {#Shifty} … I must have been very drunk.
Posted 8 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
 Karhu wrote:
Sounds a bit like Garbage to me... which I like.

 
Not Garbage, just garbage...
Posted 8 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
Probably works well as part of a soundtrack to a gut-wrenching movie but it's just not all that on its own. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Ick.
Posted 9 years ago by fiddler    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like Garbage to me... which I like.
Posted 9 years ago by Karhu    [ Reply ]
 orko wrote:
so happy to hear this song after a very long time. Another great surprise from Paradise... Many thanks! 

 
Wow... so close to an exciting soccer match that just took place!!!
Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Sort of sounds like the instrumental version of "Seven Man Army"
Posted 9 years ago by marklaw    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

I'd give my left arm not to have to sit through that again… {#Doh}

 
I see what you did there
Posted 9 years ago by divis    [ Reply ]
so happy to hear this song after a very long time. Another great surprise from Paradise... Many thanks! 
Posted 10 years ago by orko    [ Reply ]
Nice song on this, the day of an exciting soccer match!
Posted 10 years ago by FamilyMan    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song. Soul crushing movie.
Posted 10 years ago by schitfitz    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:

It is an anxiety inducing movie. I'm glad I watched it. I'll never watch it again.

 
I'd give my left arm not to have to sit through that again… {#Doh}
Posted 10 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 80poundsOfFury wrote:
part of my inner child died from watching "Requiem".

{#Sorry} 

 

Yep... this song gives me a wonderful sense of dread.
Posted 10 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
part of my inner child died from watching "Requiem".

{#Sorry} 
Posted 10 years ago by 80poundsOfFury    [ Reply ]
 schayler wrote:
I can no longer watch the movie because it is just too sad to watch Ellen Burstyn's descent into madness, but darn is the music excellent! It always takes me right back to the intensity of this movie.

 
Yes, and I'd rather not relive it on a Sunday morning when listening to Radio Paradise.  Go back to The Kinks! 
Posted 11 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
This will be on my eartrax for a cold (sub 40 degrees) m/cycle ride of 400 miles tomorrow.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
they should call Blizzard and submit this for next WOW expansion soundtrack
Posted 11 years ago by marsall    [ Reply ]
I can no longer watch the movie because it is just too sad to watch Ellen Burstyn's descent into madness, but darn is the music excellent! It always takes me right back to the intensity of this movie.
Posted 11 years ago by schayler    [ Reply ]
Want your teenagers to stay off drugs?
Have them watch this movie.
Posted 11 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
This would make a fine addition to the soundtrack of Guillermo del Toro's masterful film Cronos. It has the right atmosphere of building dread and foreboding, plus a touch of Goth. 8 from the spooked Nottingham jury.

Edit: I'm listening to this now with a pair of decent 'phones, and the deep drum and bass are really coming through and giving me the willies. Seriously disturbing. 9 from the fearful Nottingham jury.
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
  hasajitjacob wrote:
Soundtrack for the coming Zombie Apocalypse. {#Bananajumprope}
 
ha ha!
Posted 11 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
The comments on this song had me laughing out loud to the point where others around me wanted to know what was so funny.

Gawd, I love RP!
Posted 11 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
As others have pointed out, its a phenomenal film, but not one I would want to see again for health reasons.   In fact Ill just stick to "Finding Nemo", RFAD was more engaging than SE7EN.  or at least that's the memory I have of it.
Posted 11 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
Not bad...followed really nicely from 'Garbage - The trick is to keep breathing'
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
Soundtrack for the coming Zombie Apocalypse. {#Bananajumprope}
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
While this is not what I'm in the mood for something like this, I appreciate that WP plays "non-rock" tracks and artists like this....
Posted 12 years ago by silby    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:
This song makes me anxious. Haven't seen the movie; is that intentional?
 
It is an anxiety inducing movie. I'm glad I watched it. I'll never watch it again.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Oh fer cryinoutloud.  What a load of crap.
Posted 12 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
Fantastic track from a great film.
Posted 12 years ago by martinw    [ Reply ]
Restraint, restraint boys.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 t00lur wrote:
requiem for a dream is empty dorky movie
 
90% of your ratings are "sucko barfo". No one cares what a troll thinks.
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This song makes me anxious. Haven't seen the movie; is that intentional?
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
 audiophelia wrote:
They also used this in the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the Return of the King. The nerd in me sees the final battle in my brain when I hear this. :?
 
Perhaps your nerd ears are confusing the strings in this song with those in Howard Shore's "Hope Fails?"

I'm intrigued by this song. I'll have to add Requiem for a Dream to my Netflix queue.
Posted 12 years ago by eruwenolorien    [ Reply ]
 
On_The_Beach wrote:
My picks for the Top 10 Movies of the 2000s:
10 - No Country For Old Men
9 - Training Day
8 - The Ring
7 - 21 Grams
6 - Northfork
5 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4 - Pan's Labyrinth
3 - There Will Be Blood
2 - Half Nelson
1 - Requiem For A Dream*
* The biggest travesty in Academy Awards history? Julia Roberts winning best actress for Erin Brockovich over Ellen Burstyn for RFAD.
 
requiem for a dream is empty dorky movie
Posted 12 years ago by t00lur    [ Reply ]
 audiophelia wrote:
They also used this in the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the Return of the King. The nerd in me sees the final battle in my brain when I hear this. :?
 
It's been used in a few trailers (including an early one for RotK).  It most certainly wasn't in the LotR movies though.
Posted 12 years ago by ritingon    [ Reply ]
 xprovince wrote:
i think watching requiem would help those who didn't like the song...relive the red dress!
 
Well said!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Theme tune to X factor? Britains got Talent?
Posted 12 years ago by thespratt    [ Reply ]
 Blastcat900 wrote:
this is the second sappy pseudo emotional pompous crap from the same album I've heard in two days. Still YUK
The music is totally pretentious and forgettable. Good movie, though.
 
Funny, I think the same about the movie as well. Well, not forgettable, but definitely one of the most pompous and pretentious movies I ever saw. 1/10 for both the movie and the track from me. :(
Posted 12 years ago by jablan    [ Reply ]
I'm no music expert, but this sounds pretty tedious to my ears.
Posted 12 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
This song slams me back into the darkest, most disturbing film I know (except maybe for Clockwork Orange). I used to love to watch it, but I can't anymore.  I love the music, and this song, yet it gives me chills to hear it. 
Posted 12 years ago by schayler    [ Reply ]
What is RP and Kronos... this is the second sappy pseudo emotional pompous crap from the same album I've heard in two days. Still YUK
The music is totally pretentious and forgettable. Good movie, though. Maybe the music is better with the movie, I haven't watched it but the one time... and I love great orchestral sound track music. This ain't it. Going for a one on this.
Posted 12 years ago by Blastcat900    [ Reply ]
 crap
Posted 12 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Definitely not Kronos' best. 
Posted 12 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
 FeydBaron wrote:
Trite.  Ponderous.  Bombastic.  Repetitive.  All of the above and more.

And I still really love this song... Similarly, I find Arvo Part's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten to be a very emotional piece.
 
{#Clap} This number gives me the willies, on account of the near-subsonic bass notes and portentious choruses. 8 from the disturbed Nottingham jury.

I don't want to be picky, but is this really a quartet? I can surely hear an awful lot of instruments.

Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 cpw wrote:
Shit just got epic, yo.
 
For shizzle. 
Posted 12 years ago by Jahgal    [ Reply ]
This does absolutely nothing for me.  My point is mute, or is it moot?

Just wanted you all to know.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
How cool would it be if these guys did a Christmas album?!  Would certainly blow those Mannheim Steamrollers outta the water....!

Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
 cpw wrote:
Shit just got epic, yo.
 
+1
Posted 12 years ago by prairiedogj    [ Reply ]
 cpw wrote:
Shit just got epic, yo.
 
word
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
This is a great piece of music - not afraid to pull out all the stops and be unashamed of its bombast. Perhaps it's not cool to not have an ironic smirk and distance, but I'm a big fan nonetheless.

Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
Mario is running...

https://youtu.be/oPYlXMhQ-Aw
 

{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Shit just got epic, yo.
Posted 13 years ago by cpw    [ Reply ]
Maybe it was good movie music, but after careful consideration, I think this is close to the worst thing on RP ever.
Posted 13 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Mario is running...

https://youtu.be/oPYlXMhQ-Aw
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Great song for an amazing intense movie!
Posted 13 years ago by flapser    [ Reply ]
Trite.  Ponderous.  Bombastic.  Repetitive.  All of the above and more.

And I still really love this song... Similarly, I find Arvo Part's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten to be a very emotional piece.
Posted 13 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
i think watching requiem would help those who didn't like the song...relive the red dress!
Posted 13 years ago by xprovince    [ Reply ]
i appreciate a lot of rp's playlist, but stuff like this makes it difficult not to change the station.  really really repetitive in the most difficult way.
Posted 13 years ago by sdeboo    [ Reply ]
That just went on and on without really going anywhere. 
Posted 13 years ago by tobyontour    [ Reply ]
Rather ponderous, I think.
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:

Music that I consider too creepy to listen to (and yes, I've SEEN the movie) automatic 10.


pharmaceutical drugs are dangerous, kids. DANGEROUS and can destroy your life.
 

As soon as I hear this, I picture her running down the street in her nightgown, looking absolutely gone. 

Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Maybe you received the orchestral version by Clint Mansell.  Even though its the same arrangement, the Kronos version does have a slightly different climax (different EQ levels I think).  But I don't know why you would order one and get another.


No_Where_Man wrote:
Need Help here. Just went to Amazon and bought this song. Downloaded it and its not the same version that's played on RP?

Its not as intense at the end. Any idea why?

Thanx
 


Posted 13 years ago by johkir    [ Reply ]
Carmina Burana anyone?
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 AcesUp wrote:

Or an out of control reactor in Japan
 

You nailed it. This is a creepily beautiful soundtrack.
Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
They also used this in the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the Return of the King. The nerd in me sees the final battle in my brain when I hear this. :?
Posted 13 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
 evenflower wrote:
epic, perfect background music for the beheading of a 12th century monarch.
 
Or an out of control reactor in Japan
Posted 13 years ago by AcesUp    [ Reply ]
Went with the film, disturbing 
Posted 13 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
epic, perfect background music for the beheading of a 12th century monarch.
Posted 13 years ago by evenflower    [ Reply ]
Good stuff...reminds me of the end of the movie, sort of like that Sigur Ros song in "127 Hours" (which had quite the opposite ending as "Requiem for a Dream"). Both great films.
Posted 13 years ago by jtdiver    [ Reply ]
 No_Where_Man wrote:
Need Help here. Just went to Amazon and bought this song. Downloaded it and its not the same version that's played on RP?

Its not as intense at the end. Any idea why?

Thanx
 
Answer below, comment around 8/23 I think.
Posted 13 years ago by cvandoren    [ Reply ]
Dull
Posted 13 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
Need Help here. Just went to Amazon and bought this song. Downloaded it and its not the same version that's played on RP?

Its not as intense at the end. Any idea why?

Thanx

Posted 14 years ago by No_Where_Man    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
The biggest travesty in Academy Awards history? Julia Roberts winning best actress for Erin Brockovich over Ellen Burstyn for RFAD.
 
By Hollywood politics, Roberts was due.  The voters were just waiting for her to do a "serious" movie to justify voting for her.
Posted 14 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
whew!  powerful song — love it — 9
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Eerie,but awesome just like the movie!
Posted 14 years ago by fast_eddie    [ Reply ]
My picks for the Top 10 Movies of the 2000s:
10 - No Country For Old Men
9 - Training Day
8 - The Ring
7 - 21 Grams
6 - Northfork
5 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4 - Pan's Labyrinth
3 - There Will Be Blood
2 - Half Nelson
1 - Requiem For A Dream*
* The biggest travesty in Academy Awards history? Julia Roberts winning best actress for Erin Brockovich over Ellen Burstyn for RFAD.
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 tnt_thomas wrote:


Bone-brain. The earth is ROUND... People now have different time zones. New since the InterWeb was invented.

 

Well said tnt   {#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by hopelandish    [ Reply ]
 avidfan wrote:
This was the most disturbing film I've ever seen.   Merely hearing this song creeps me out because of the movie....however, both are truly excellent and very powerful.  

The film (about drug addiction) is a must-see (after you've seen it yourself) for anyone who has kids heading into high-school.  
 

The film destroyed me - it was so emotionally exhausting to watch - but I agree that it is an excellent work. A must-see not only for parents, but also teachers, and even older, mature teens (despite the graphic sexuality towards the end of the film).
Posted 14 years ago by tapatia1072    [ Reply ]