Carl Orff's O Fortuna in popular culture Carl Orff's O Fortuna in popular culture In 1935–36, the 13th-century poem "O Fortuna" was set to music by the German composer Carl Orff for his twenty-five-movement cantata "Carmina Burana". The composition appears in numerous films and television commercials and has become a staple in popular culture, setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations. For instance, it is used to portray the torment of Jim Morrison's drug addiction in the film "The Doors." In 1983, Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek released his third solo album, "Carmina Burana", which is an interpretation of the piece in a contemporary framework. "O Fortuna"
Cantus Buranus Cantus Buranus Cantus Buranus is an album by the German medieval revival band Corvus Corax that employs the medieval text "Carmina Burana". "Cantus Buranus" is a stage opera of eleven poems from "Carmina Burana" for orchestra, choir and medieval instruments, incorporating medieval, classical and modern musical idioms. It is not the first time Corvus Corax has worked with "Carmina Burana"; the band Tanzwut (which is another Corvus Corax project) used the poems "Fautue" and "Caupona" in their album "Ihr Wolltet Spass". The "Cantus Buranus" CD was released August 8, 2005 by Roadrunner Records. A live recording in Berlin spawned a