Orff: Carmina Burana
Yes, here it is folks--that irritatingly catchy chorus you first heard  in the filmExcalibur, or as the background music to the HBO Boxing  Specials, and in zillions of other places. What it's not is the music fromThe Omen, which it clearly inspired. All pieces of music that feature  choruses chanting in Latin are not the same (in fact, Stravinsky'sSymphony  of Psalmsis much closer toThe Omenthan this). Orff actually wrote  a lot more music, but here's a case where his reputation as a "one work"  composer really is justified, for nothing else comes close in musical or popular  appeal. This performance was authorized by the composer himself, and that's  recommendation enough.--David Hurwitz