Help!,ID this piece of music.

Hello Group. Can anybody identify the backing music that is played during the Playstation 2 game promo commercial.(the game itself features Hockey,Basketball and Stockcar Racing) Any help to name this specific piece and artist is much appreciated. Thank You,Kenji

I saw this commercial today. The music is 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff.

I have seen this music used in all manner of commercials lately.

Obviously, it can be used to heighten the dramatic level of many different scenarios.

It is one of the most powerful and inspiring pieces of the 20th Century.

Glad to help,

It's (presumably) 'O fortuna' from *Carmina Burana*.

I keep imagining all these queriers running out for a recording

It is weird in some spots, I agree, containing some 20th Century clicks and wheezes. 'O Fortuna', however, is not the only high point of the work. It has great power in many parts, and some long vocal sections. At certain points, it reminds me of a Christmas choir. It is a very varied work. I think it is superb.

Can't imagine what '20th Century clicks and wheezes' refers to; I'm talking about people who expect 45 minutes of 'O fortuna,' which they most definitely don't get.

'Some long vocal sections'?? There are just three brief non-vocal