Evanescence - Lacrymosa (Remix)

Evanescence - Lacrymosa (Remix) By Alan Faria. Uploaded by LifeExit.

Recorded in a chapel near Seattle, the song was originally written for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, but was scrapped by the director. "I thought it would be awesome for the opening scene, but they wanted something original," says Lee of the Mozart cover.However, the producers of the movie later stated that neither Lee nor Evanescence were approached to compose music for Narnia.


It features elements of W.A. Mozart's "Lacrimosa" from his 'Requiem in D Minor.' Terry's guitar solo in the middle of the song adds to its sheer epic sound before the choir closes with a stunning decrescendo. The name of the song comes from the latin word "Lacrimosa", which means 'tearful', 'mournful'. This word is also the scientific name for a species of moth, Catocala Lacrymosa, also known as the 'Tearful Underwing'. This species of moth features on the cover of The Open Door's booklet and on the cover for the Sweet Sacrifice radio promo CD.

A 22-cord orchestra led by David Campbell (with whom Evanescence had already worked for their performance at the Billboard Awards 2004) starts off the song in order to introduce a choir, which serves as back up for Amy's vocals. Dave Campbell is an enormous inspiration source for me. He's so talented. The way he arranges orchestral parts is remarkable. It's the element of our music that makes me cry!




Amy's description of the song:

"I saw Amadeus when I was nine years old and fell in love with Mozart. The part of Mozart's Requiem called "Lacrimosa" is my favorite piece of music ever. I always wished we could cover it, but with programming and guitars and make it cool. It's our moment to try all the things I wanted to and couldn't, so I started messing with it in Protools. Terry wrote some riffs and turned it into this awesome metal epic."

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[lera980]

I can honestly say this is my favourite re-mix of an Evanescence song.

[FireflyFanatic3]

And besides, who are you to decide what Mozart would and wouldn't like??!!! For all you know he could be damn happy someone so far in his future was still loving and using his music

btw fantastic remix! I prefer the original, but it's still a good remix and I really like the beginning ;)

[browniesmakemesmile]

badass <3

[ZER0RISING]

holy epic!

[Shmook1]

@assassin6637 Haha,

[assassin6637]

@Shmook1 working on that right now lol ^_-

[sonricssss]

@linkinetherlands11 i didn't said u dont like it ;D

[richskis]

This is good. It is very dark. I think it fits to the piece.

[kittygirl660]

omg STOP!!!