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Title : "Requiem"
"Dies Irae"
Composer (year) : Mozart (1791)
Number : 75
Notable uses : The basic melody was used in so many movies, including from the Top 250, that it really is the star of the list. Indeed, Mozart "Day of Wrath" has become the announcer of an impending doom on many protagonists from Luke Skywalker discovering that his Aunt and Dad have been killed in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) to John Bailey imploring God to be alive again in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), from Mufasa's death in The Lion King (1994) to Phil Connors attempting suicide in Groundhog Day (1993).
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