Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) of the symphony have been made by many of the world's leading orchestras and singers, mostly during live performances. Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer
The Hero with a Thousand Faces and film-making. Jenova Chen, lead designer at thatgamecompany, also cites "The Hero's Journey" as the primary inspiration for the PlayStation 3 game "Journey" (2012). Mark Rosewater, head designer of the "" trading card game, cites "The Hero's Journey" as a major inspiration for , an epic story arc that went from 1997 to 2001, and spanned multiple card sets, comic books, and novels. Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood film producer and writer, wrote a memo for Disney Studios on the use of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" as a guide for scriptwriters; this memo influenced the creation of such films