Many significant musical works have been directly inspired by the book of Revelation, and Fantasia Apocalypica was in turn directly inspired by them. Here is a list of places where such allusions occur: 01:05 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 1 01:08 Trice, Alpha and Omega 01:08 Stainer, Alpha and Omega 01:14 Burleigh, Ride on king Jesus 01:17 Trice, Alpha and Omega 01:17 Stainer, Alpha and Omega 02:07 Vaughan Williams, Song of the tree of life 02:09 Stainer, Alpha and Omega 02:10 Mendelssohn, Paulus 40 02:16 Manz, E'en so Lord Jesus, quickly come 02:25 Manz, E'en so Lord Jesus, quickly come 02:27 Burleigh, Ride on king Jesus 03:04 Den store hvide flok (Norwegian folk tune) 03:04 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 56 03:11 Telemann, Halt, was du hast 03:14 Mills, Thou art worthy 04:11 Proulx, Song to the Lamb 04:11 Pooler, Thou art worthy 04:11 Brahms, Deutsches Requiem 6 05:02 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 35 05:09 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 56 05:12 Pinkham, Revelation motet 2 06: 06:08 Springsteen, Dead man walking 06:12 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 116 06:13 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 129 06:16 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 136 07:13 Den store hvide flok (Norwegian folk tune) 07:14 Stanford, And I saw another angel 07:16 Stainer, What are these 08:10 Burleigh, My Lord, what a mornin' 10:06 Manz, E'en so Lord Jesus, quickly come 11:15 Handel, Messiah 44 14:13 Tomkins, I heard a voice 14:13 Schutz, Selig sind die Toten 14:13 Distler, Blessed are the dead 14:13 Brahms, Deutsches Requiem VII 15:03 Sacred Harp hymnal page 151: Morgan, Symphony 15:03 Sacred Harp hymnal page 225: Denson, Christmas anthem 15:04 Callahan, Revelation canticle 17:14 Brahms, Triumphlied 3D 18:02 Sacred Harp hymnal page 117: Chute, Babylon is fallen 18:09 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 235 18:11 Gray, Babylon 18:15 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 235 18:18 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 235 19:01 Handel, Messiah 44 19:01 Haleluya! Pelo tsa rona (South African folk tune) 19:03 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 236 19:06 Handel, Messiah 44 19:06 Haleluya! Pelo tsa rona (South African folk tune) 19:12 Burleigh, Ride on king Jesus 19:13 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 65 19:14 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 69 19:15 Burleigh, Ride on king Jesus 19:16 Brahms, Triumphlied 3D 19:21 Burleigh, Ride on king Jesus 20:13 Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 221 21:01 Gounod, Mors et vita, 3.1 21:03 Gounod, Mors et vita, 3.4 21:06 Trice, Alpha and Omega 21:06 Stainer, Alpha and Omega 22:05 Pinkham, Revelation motet 55-57 22:06 Ellingboe, Revelations II 22:10 Ellingboe, Revelations II 22:12 Ellingboe, Revelations II 22:13 Trice, Alpha and Omega 22:13 Stainer, Alpha and Omega 22:14 Stanford, And I saw another angel 22:17 Ellingboe, Revelations II 22:20 Manz, E'en so Lord Jesus, quickly come ... and also in the following motifs: Babylon: Walton, Belshazzar's feast 217 glory: Brahms, Triumphlied 1B island: Burleigh, John's gone down on de island judgment: Brahms, Triumphlied 1D magic: Schmidt, Buch mit sieben Siegeln 235 nations: Stanford, And I saw another angel purchase: Sokolov, I am Alpha and Omega < resurrection: Gounod, Mors et vita torment: Gounod, Mors et vita ---------------- Furthermore, many other sources of music had a nontrivial influences on the themes and/or rhythms and/or harmonies of Fantasia Apocalyptica. For example, in verses 02:02 and 18:20, the right-hand notes were inspired by section 2D of Rimsky-Korsakoff's Scheherazade, while the left-hand notes were inspired by section 4B of the same composition. Here is a list of such pieces that I had in the back of my mind as I was writing the music for particular verses of this musical translation: 01:00 MacDowell, To a wild rose 01:00 Bach, Toccata in d minor 01:01 Bakaleinikoff, Superman title theme 01:02 Faur\'e, Gavotte 01:02 Franck, Fantaisie 01:05 Faur\'e, Requiem, Introit 01:07 Debussy, Gigues 01:10 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 01:11 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 01:15 Borodin, Polovetsian II 01:17 Messaien, Quattour pour la fin du temps 01:18 Roman Missal, Easter Preface 01:19 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 02:02 Messaien, Desseins eternels 02:02 Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade 2D,4B 02:14 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 02:18 Luther, vom Himmel hoch 02:20 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 03:02 Nicolai, Wachet auf 03:07 Bach, Gavotte from cello suite 6 03:08 Franck, Prelude, fugue, and variations 03:12 Gershwin, Sure I'll get to heaven 03:12 Bernstein, We'll build our house 03:15 Knuth, I'm a nebbish 03:20 Eminem, Rap God 03:20 Sugarhill Gang, Rapper's delight 04:01 ring tone "Orion" 04:01 Kendrick, Feast is ready 04:05 Borodin, Symphony 2 04:09 Beethoven, Symphony 6 04:10 Messiaen, Le banquet celeste 05:01 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 05:07 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 05:13 Tchaikovsky, Symphony 2 06:01 Alain, Jardin suspendu 06:02 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 06:03 Alain, Jardin suspendu 06:04 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 06:05 Alain, Jardin suspendu 06:05 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 06:06 Borodin, Steppes of central Asia 06:07 Alain, Jardin suspendu 06:08 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 06:10 Bach, Matthew Passion (O dearest Jesus) 06:14 Hindemith, Echo 07:09 Caribbean folksong, Matilda 07:12 Beethoven, Symphony 6 07:12 Bach, Invention in F major 07:15 Gershwin, How are you this mornin' 07:16 Stainer, What are these? 08:03 Wertsch, Cantate domino 09:13 Borodin, Symphony 2 09:17 Gershwin, It ain't necessarily so 10:01 Beethoven, Symphony 5 10:01 Debussy, Claire de lune 10:02 Hindemith, Echo 10:03 Borodin, Symphony 2 10:04 Alain, Litanies 10:05 Penguins, Earth angel 10:06 Bach, Pastorale 10:06 Milhaud, Creation 10:07 Borodin, Symphony 1 10:08 Borodin, Symphony 1 10:08 Hindemith, Echo 10:11 Caribbean folksong, Matilda 11:01 Wertsch, Cantate domino 11:01 Gershwin, How are you dis very lovely mornin' 11:03 Faur\'e, Requiem, Agnus dei 11:06 Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over troubled waters 11:11 Faur\'e, Requiem, Agnus dei 11:12 Borodin, Symphony 2 11:12 Debussy, Claire de lune 11:15 Borodin, Symphony 2 11:18 Stravinsky, Petrouschka 95 11:19 Gerschwin, Porgy and Bess 3.112 12:11 Franck, Prelude Op18 12:11 Faur\'e, Requiem, Sanctus 12:12 P Oxy 1786 [the earliest known Christian hymn] 12:17 Faur\'e, Requiem, Pie Jesu 13:03 Stravinsky, Petrouschka 52 13:04 Messaien, Mode 4 13:08 Messaien, Quattour pour la fin du temps 14:02 Borodin, Symphony 1 14:14 Desmond, Take five 14:20 Battle Hymn of the Republic 15:03 Sacred Harp hymnal page 151: Morgan, Symphony 15:03 Sacred Harp hymnal page 225: Denson, Christmas anthem 15:05 Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, My man's gone now 15:05 Faur\'e, Requiem aeternum 16:17 Borodin, 2nd quartet, scherzo 16:17 Gershwin, Porgy and Bess 179.2r 16:17 Brubeck, Sweet meadowlark 16:18 Borodin, Symphony 2 17:01 Ravel, Bolero 17:02 Rose, The stripper 17:06 Faur\'e, Requiem, Sanctus 17:12 Whirlpool Cabrio, power on / power off 17:15 Ravel, Bolero 17:17 Franck, Chorale 3 18:01 Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade 18:03 Rodgers, A puzzlement 18:03 Marchall, Peter Pan 18:04 Borodin, 2nd quartet (D) 18:04 Borodin, Symphony 1 18:08 Stravinsky, Petrouchka 51 18:08 Beethoven, Symphony 5 18:10 Whirlpool Cabrio, power on / power off 18:13 Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade 18:20 Rimsky-Korsakoff, Scheherazade 2D/4B 18:22 The Orchestra Song 19:05 Borodin, 2nd quartet, 1st movement 19:06 Borodin, 2nd quartet, 4th movement 19:07 Bock, Fiddler on the Roof, Wedding dance 19:09 Franck, Pastorale 19:10 Messaien, Quattour pour la fin du temps 19:10 Faur\'e, Requiem, Agnus Dei 19:11 ring tone "Orion" 19:17 Borodin, Symphony 1 19:20 Messiaen, Le banquet celeste 21:01 Dvorak, New World Symphony 21:03 Borodin, Steppes of central Asia 21:04 Ellingboe, Revelations II 21:04 Stainer, What are these? 21:05 Franck, Chorale 1, m50 21:05 Bach, Fugue BWV564 21:10 Bernstein, Candide, We'll build our house 21:22 Gerschwin, Porgy and Bess 3.112 21:25 Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 22:01 Williams, Close encounters 22:05 Franck, Pastorale 22:06 Bach, Violin sonata 3 22:06 Franck, Chorale 1 22:07 Hindemith, Organ sonata II 22:08 Messaien, Quattour pour la fin du temps 22:16 Faur\'e, Requiem, Agnus Dei 22:21 Lutkin, Benediction ... and also in the following motifs: black: Arlen, That Old Black Magic bride: Bernstein, West Side Story, One hand, one heart cardinal: Smith, Hail, Stanford, hail city: Prokofiev, Ivan the Terrible, overture conquer: Tindley, We shall overcome cry: Glenn, Crying in the chapel deathblow: Stravinsky, Petrouschka 1.47 forehead: Prokofiev, Ivan the Terrible, song of oprichniki hear: Delphic hymn to Apollo (2nd century BC) holy: Tchaikovsky, Symphony 2 kill: de Paul, Li'l Abner, O happy day lampstands: Tchaikovsky, 1812 overture (triparion) lightning: Ruebke, Der 94ste Psalm love: Seguin, Un Flambeau man, human: Wagner, Tristan und Isolde red: Marks, Rudolph scarlet: Lehrer, Fight fiercely, Harvard sea: Menken, Under the sea sign: Rozsa, Double indemnity thanks: Schalk, Now wisdom: Bach, Invention in F major