Margaret Murray

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The great composer Carl Orff is mostly known today for his thundering "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" from Carmena Burana (1935/6). This piece of music is used in films as shorthand for "epic" (see: Conan and countless other movies). My love of Orff's work began in earnest when I heard it used in the the 1973 Terrence Malick classic film Badlands.

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