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The Crow

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Apr 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/22/98
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What's the music playing in the Christopher Walken-Dennis Hopper
scene?

It starts quietly, and roses towards the end of the scene - kind of
classical music with a female singer. Any chance it's something from
"The Hunger"?


Terry

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Apr 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/22/98
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The song is called Viens Mllika Sous le Dome, Edais from Lakme. If you've
seen any TV in the UK, you'd recognise it as the music in the British
Airways adverts.


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The Crow

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Apr 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/22/98
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:14:16 +0100, "Terry" <ter...@usa.net> wrote:

>The Crow wrote in message <353dc6ca....@news.netvision.net.il>...
>>
>>What's the music playing in the Christopher Walken-Dennis Hopper
>>scene?
>>
>>It starts quietly, and roses towards the end of the scene - kind of
>>classical music with a female singer. Any chance it's something from
>>"The Hunger"?

>The song is called Viens Mllika Sous le Dome, Edais from Lakme. If you've
>seen any TV in the UK, you'd recognise it as the music in the British
>Airways adverts.

Got the name "Viens Mllika Sous le Dome", but what "Edais" and "Lakme"
mean (sorry if it sounds silly!)? Also - who wrote it and where can I
find it?

I think I've heard it on some commercial on BBC. It also appeared in
one of the latest rip-off's pop songs (LL Cool J., I think), too.


Karl Morton IV

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Apr 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/22/98
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In article <353df8a1....@news.netvision.net.il>,
nos...@mail.geocities.com (The Crow) wrote:

> Got the name "Viens Mllika Sous le Dome", but what "Edais" and "Lakme"
> mean (sorry if it sounds silly!)? Also - who wrote it and where can I
> find it?

The song in question is from the opera entitled "Lakme" by Leo Delibes.
It's fairly frequently represented on classical compilation CD's so you
should be able to find it without too much trouble.

--
Karl Morton IV km...@ix.netcom.com

Chris Caine (Yumbo)

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Apr 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/23/98
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hi,

great cue.
The full name is:

Viens mallika sous le dome edais (from lakme)

I believe Lakme is the name of the play/whatever.

Delibes is the composer. That particular version which is the 'original'
was arranged by Howard Blake, as used in The Hunger.
It was also used in Carlito's Way.

Malcolm Mclaren and Yanni re-recorded it for the British Airways
campaign (which was licensed for the Much Ado About Nothing trailer),
with Yanni using another version as his own.

There are a few 'opera' versions, but not as good as the 'movie'
versions.

The most accessible recording would be the True Romance soundtrack,
which in itself is very cool, esp. the score as produced by Hans Zimmer.

cheerio,
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Chris Caine =:)

Oscar-nominated As Good As It Gets, Zinfo-ed:
http://www.ifiji.com/yumbo/zagaig.htm

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