musical BUT WAIT moment

[fox]

okay, first off, i admit, this is the very first time ever ever that i am listening to verdi's requiem.

with that confession out of the way:  where have i heard this "dies irae" before?  ... it's something lame like in a car commercial or similar, but damn, man ...

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[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

Well I know a snippet of it is used during La Vie Boheme in rent, and I believe that it was very much an influence on Sondheim in Sweeney Todd.