"Yes, I killed him. I killed him!
And I scattered his blood to the seas,
and I burnt his flesh, and I set his
soul upon the winds, and I buried
his bones within the bowels of the
earth, so that noone, no god or
demon e'er envisioned by the minds
of men could ever restore him to
his twice-damned and thrice-damnable life."

from 'The Wanderer's Tale' by Pete Meadows

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Originally posted by Timmer:
Harry 'POT'ter?!

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Yeah, that occured to me, too. Potter has already been banned by some extrem religious organisations (because they object to the positive portrayal of wizards and witches), who knows what's next...

I'm a catholic myself, and I love fantasy. What's wrong with magic?

NP: 13th Warrior, JG *****

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Question:
What is the name of the theme song? Who is the composer?

Is it Thus Sprak Zarathustra? Thanks

Answer:
I Could Be Wrong
This is open for debate, but I am fairly certain the main song is "Also Sprach Zarathustra", composed by Richard Strauss.

I believe the song is also known simply as "2001: A Space Odyssey".

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Ouch!

NP: Not 2001: A Space Odyssey by Richard Strauss
(NP: The Ninth Gate (Wojciech Kilar))

Shocked & stunned.

Stunned & shocked.

What is the world coming to?

For those of you who don't get the H's sense of humor, let me reduce it to boring data:

Excalibur was indeed made in 1981. The film was scored by Trevor Jones and included classical works by Richard Wagner and Carl Orff. The theme from the film was actually by Wagner (from his opera The Ring ), but Orff's 'O Fortuna' from Carmina Burana is the most recognized piece from the film. Since Orff was 86 at the time of the film's release, and died a year later, for him to score the film would have been...problematic.

Side note: on the Excalibur soundtrack release, 'O Fortuna' has been renamed 'The Siege of Camylarde.'

The low-down on Carmina Burana, the popular theme from which is called 'O Fortuna,' by Carl Orff:

The world premiere was presented in Frankfurt am Main by the Frankfurt Opera on June 8, 1937, with Bertil Wetzelsberger conducting.

Carmina Burana is the first part of a trilogy called 'Trinofi', the other works being 'Catulli Carmina' (on poems by Catullus) and the 'Triumph of Aphrodite' (based on verses by Catullus, Sappho and Euripides).

Carmina Burana (1936), Catulli carmina (1943) and Trionfo di Afrodite (1953) form the parts of a triptych, meant to be performed as "total stage works" where movement, dance, singing, music, speaking and other stage crafts were all combined to produce an overwhelming or thought provoking effect. Lyric latin poems of the middle ages and poems from Roman and Grecian antiquity, mixed with pieces in the vernacular (middle-high German, ancient Provencal and Italian) form the basis of these three works, rich in their diversity, under the title Trionfi since they were first performed in their entirety in Milano's La Scala. Originally Orff never conceived the works as an integral cycle.

The Trionfi is about love in different places, times and circumstances. If you can understand Latin and are easily offended, then care should be taken listening to Catulli Carmina as the lyrics are quite explicit. Most record liner notes just summarise the first section with "The girls and boys get more and more excited...".

Orff also wrote operas.

This concludes the boring data segment of my post. Any further questions may be directed to me, this board, or the nearest blue wall.

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From the sublime to the ridiculous.

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Ooooooh, that smarts.

The relevence, you may wonder?

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Originally posted by JJH (on page #1):
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Ahhh I see, it all makes sense now Probable, thanks...yawn.......

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Originally posted by Mark Olivarez:
C???????????

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WronnnnnnnnnnnnG!

if you have another alphabet, say Greek or Cyrillic, go for it.

C!

Speaking of the Carmina Burana, here is an excerpt of some of the lyrics:

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The road abounds with ample vice:
each will I sample twice.

Virtue's a chore I've no need for,
I'll pay damnation's price.

To self-indulgence do I turn,
salvation's promise spurn --

roast my soul, take Satan his toll,
the flesh is my only concern

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Originally posted by JJH:
only myself and Marian (grammar?) may post letters of the English alphabet at random.

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Actually, it's Latin.

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if you have another alphabet, say Greek or Cyrillic, go for it.

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What about Kanji? Too bad the image tag is disabled.

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C!

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D!

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Speaking of the Carmina Burana, here is an excerpt of some of the lyrics:

The road abounds with ample vice:
each will I sample twice.

Virtue's a chore I've no need for,
I'll pay damnation's price.

To self-indulgence do I turn,
salvation's promise spurn --

roast my soul, take Satan his toll,
the flesh is my only concern

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Hmm. Here's the translation of the same lyrics, taken from the booklet of Eugen Jochum's phenomenal recording:

I trave the broad path
as is the way of youth,
I give myself to vice,
unmindful of virtue,
I am eager for the pleasures of the flesh
more than for salvation,
my souls is dead,
so I shall look after the flesh.

Very different from your quote, but mine seems to be an exact translation of the Latin original:

Via lata gradior
more iuventutis,
implicor et vitiis
immemor virtutis,
voluptatis avidus
magis quam salutis,
mortuus in anima
curam gero cutis.

NP: Batman (Danny Elfman)

[Message edited by Marian Schedenig on 03-21-2001]

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
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WronnnnnnnnnnnnG!

NP: Batman (Danny Elfman)[/B]

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The Left Behind book is too simple for me. I despised it. Boring and unoriginal. BOO!

My translation came from the Robert Shaw recording, which I don't really like. The music is good, but Shaw, even with all his textual precision, declines to give the music any bite.

and now my translation is decidedly poor.

damn.

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Originally posted by JJH:
As you age, the mind goes and I just turned a year older today, so the effect are starting to take shape.

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H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! !

Where's Chris? I don't hear him sing!

and I almost forgot:

E !

¥

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Originally posted by JJH:
F!

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As that the best you can do?

€

Does the following work?
₪

how about the following character?