Does anyone know the title of any dramatic music?

Question

I'm trying to put together a soundtrack for a documentary drama I'm producing, and I have some music in mind, but don't know the lyrics, and don't know the artists nor titles.

Everyone has heard the music before, but no one seems to know what it is called. It sounds like opera, and church music put together and is very dramatic like a choir singing gothic stuff in another language, but it sounds.. - umm..something like (please try not to laugh, I'm being serious and don't know any other way to describe it)

"hee huh huh hee [big drum sound] hee huh huh hee [big drum sound] hee huh huh huuuuuhhh huuuuuhhh huh heeeeeee [doo doot] (voices raise in tone) hee huh huh hee [doot doot] hee huh huh hee [doot doot] hee huh huh huuuuuuuuuuuh huuuuuuuh huh heeeeeeeee (lower tone) heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Does anyone know what it is (if you can decipher it)?

Answer 1

I think the feel and phrasing of your description really fits Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana.

Listen here:
http://www.amazon.com/Orff-Carmina-Burana-Bernd-Weikl/dp/B000001G5X

And/Or here:
http://www.albany.edu/music/chorale/listen.html

Musician,composer, teacher.

Answer 2

Haha... Nice one... Yeah, it's definitely "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Unfortunately, the rest of the suite isn't nearly as memorable, and the opening song only lasts 2.5 minutes.

You can hear this opening song here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=80Bx9bBFBsA

Answer 3

That's a brave attempt at musical 'phonetic' script. Your 'heehuh' and the percussion only evoke Verdi's Requiem to me, the Dies Irae specifically (the 'heehuh' would be the woodwind parts), so here's a sample for you to check:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000003CUH001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/102-4811261-3032122

Thanks, Bearcat, neat catch: Orff's much the better fit. :-)

Answer 4

I am in agreement with Bearcat -- sorry CubCur -- that this is "O Fortuna"

Never thought about it before, but it does sound pretty gothic.