Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In 1935–36, the 13th-century poem \"O Fortuna\" was set to music by the German composer Carl Orff for his twenty-four-movement cantata Carmina Burana. The composition appears in numerous films and television commercials and has become a staple in popular culture, setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations. For instance, it is used to portray the torment of Jim Morrison's drug addiction in the film The Doors. In 1983, Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek released his third solo album, Carmina Burana, which is an interpretation of the piece in a contemporary framework. \"O Fortuna\" has been called \"the most overused piece of music in film history\", and Harper's Magazine columnist Scott Horton has commented that \"Orff’s setting may have been spoiled by its popularization\" and its use \"in movies and commercials often as a jingle, detached in any meaningful way from its powerful message.\""@en }
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- Carl_Orffs_O_Fortuna_in_popular_culture abstract "In 1935–36, the 13th-century poem \"O Fortuna\" was set to music by the German composer Carl Orff for his twenty-four-movement cantata Carmina Burana. The composition appears in numerous films and television commercials and has become a staple in popular culture, setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations. For instance, it is used to portray the torment of Jim Morrison's drug addiction in the film The Doors. In 1983, Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek released his third solo album, Carmina Burana, which is an interpretation of the piece in a contemporary framework. \"O Fortuna\" has been called \"the most overused piece of music in film history\", and Harper's Magazine columnist Scott Horton has commented that \"Orff’s setting may have been spoiled by its popularization\" and its use \"in movies and commercials often as a jingle, detached in any meaningful way from its powerful message.\"".