Adagio in D Minor: Music that has far outlived the movie it was written for

Adagio in D Minor is one of the main tracks from the score for Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” (2007), yet those who have never seen the movie have almost certainly heard it. The track has appeared in:

A trailer for Ready Player One (2017)

A trailer for The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

A trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

A trailer for X-men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

The pilot episode of the television series Fringe.

Multiple episodes of the television series The Walking Dead

NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Kick Ass (2010)

A trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

A TV spot for Gravity (2013)

A trailer for Unbroken (2014)

Announcement trailer for the PC game Civilization VI

An episode of the ESPN/Netflix docuseries The Last Dance (2020)

And many more commercials and trailers

And if that isn’t enough Hans Zimmer opted to use the track in the just released Wonder Woman 1984 rather than one he composed himself.

Are there any other tracks from movie scores that have outlived their origins in this fashion?

Submitted December 27, 2020 at 04:10AM by MothBeast https://ift.tt/3aJbgwJ