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* Played with in ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' in which a CorruptCorporateExecutive (though to be fair, the entire organization was corrupt too) played this chanting on a personal CD player in his office whenever he was on the job. The situation didn't matter; he could be planning world domination or just relaxing after a hard hour's work, but the Chanting would still be belting out at full volume. Thanks to the show having a serious tone 99% of the time, this came off as more creepy than humorous.
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* Played with in ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' ''Series/KamenRider555'' in which a CorruptCorporateExecutive (though to be fair, the entire organization was corrupt too) played this chanting on a personal CD player in his office whenever he was on the job. The situation didn't matter; he could be planning world domination or just relaxing after a hard hour's work, but the Chanting would still be belting out at full volume. Thanks to the show having a serious tone 99% of the time, this came off as more creepy than humorous.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'': Zein's {{leitmotif}} is that of a haunting Gregorian requiem chorale chanting which is played whenever the A.I. makes a physical appearance. This is meant to instill dread and eerie on the villains, just to show its impending threat to humanity is [[KnightOfCerebus no laughing matter]].
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* ''Hannity's America'' on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} has been known to use ''Carmina Burana'' as a cold opening sometimes, usually to a montage of "sinister" goings-on amongst (usually) Democratic political figures in Washington, D.C. Apparently it's supposed to be funny, although ''Hannity's America'' is generally serious.
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* ''Hannity's America'' on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} Fox News has been known to use ''Carmina Burana'' as a cold opening sometimes, usually to a montage of "sinister" goings-on amongst (usually) Democratic political figures in Washington, D.C. Apparently it's supposed to be funny, although ''Hannity's America'' is generally serious.
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* In ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'''s soundtrack, the choir in many themes is sang in Sindarin and Quenya for the Elves, Black Speech for the Orcs, Khuzdûl for the Dwarves, and Adûnaic for Númenóreans.
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* ''Series/SweetHome'' has ominous Korean chanting when the situation looks especially grim for the survivors, including when [[spoiler: Hyun]] turns into a monster.
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* ''Series/SweetHome'' ''Series/SweetHome2020'' has ominous Korean chanting when the situation looks especially grim for the survivors, including when [[spoiler: Hyun]] turns into a monster.
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* ''Series/MyCountryTheNewAge'' has ominous Korean chanting, especially in episode nine when Nam Jeon barges into Bang-won's house.
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* In the 2010 season of Series/BritainsGotTalent that year's winner Spellbound, a group of teenage gymnasts, perform in their audition a death defying group gymnastics routine set to the music of O Fortuna that has the judges and the audience on the edge of their seats, as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cU7gtPIzM.
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* ''Series/Mouse2021'' has ominous Korean chanting show up occasionally.
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* ''Series/PsychopathDiary'' has ominous Korean chanting at especially dramatic moments.
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* ''Series/StrangersFromHell'': Eerie Korean chanting is heard on the soundtrack several times, usually when someone's about to be horribly murdered.
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** As much mournful as ominous, the words in the opening credits (in all TV airings on UK television, and from season 2 onwards in the U.S.) are actually a Sanskrit prayer known as the Gayatri Mantra, considered to be the holiest verse in the Vedas, the founding texts of Hinduism. Roughly translated into English it reads:
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** As much mournful as ominous, the words in the opening credits (in all TV airings on UK television, and from season Season 2 onwards in the U.S.) are actually a Sanskrit prayer known as the Gayatri Mantra, considered to be the holiest verse in the Vedas, the founding texts of Hinduism. Roughly translated into English it reads:
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** "Kobol's Last Gleaming" from the season 1 soundtrack contains proper Latin chanting, using the words "Ita Dicimus Omnes", "[[{{Catchphrase}} So Say We All]]".
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** In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion one particular case]] in Season Two, it was ominous Italian opera when [[spoiler: Giles discovered that Angelus had killed Jenny Calender. The moment is also another Whedon example of AnyoneCanDie]]
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** In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion one particular case]] in Season Two, 2, it was ominous Italian opera when [[spoiler: Giles discovered that Angelus had killed Jenny Calender. The moment is also another Whedon example of AnyoneCanDie]]
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** Ominous Latin Chanting is used in the 3rd season episode "Demons". However, that episode was about a group of Middle Ages humans being threatened by [[{{Satan}} Sokar]], so it's rather appropriate.
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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': When the Zhat Vash initiates prepare to face the Admonition, chanting in a mysterious language (possibly Romulan) can be heard. On the soundtrack, the music is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzTgbkXinI&t=1m44s Tal Shiar Admonisher]]".
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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': When In "Broken Pieces", when the Zhat Vash initiates prepare to face the Admonition, chanting in a mysterious language (possibly Romulan) can be heard. On the soundtrack, the music is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzTgbkXinI&t=1m44s Tal Shiar Admonisher]]".
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* The Borg's first appearance in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]" episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is accompanied by an awesome sounding synthesized choir (appropriate for the Borg's artificial nature).
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The Borg's first appearance in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]" episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is accompanied by an awesome sounding synthesized choir (appropriate for the Borg's artificial nature).nature).
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': When the Zhat Vash initiates prepare to face the Admonition, chanting in a mysterious language (possibly Romulan) can be heard. On the soundtrack, the music is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzTgbkXinI&t=1m44s Tal Shiar Admonisher]]".
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': When the Zhat Vash initiates prepare to face the Admonition, chanting in a mysterious language (possibly Romulan) can be heard. On the soundtrack, the music is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzTgbkXinI&t=1m44s Tal Shiar Admonisher]]".
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* The mini-series ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' concludes with a montage, explaining the fates of the people depicted in the show to the track, [[https://youtu.be/dLZPfMHWPWk Vichnaya Pamyat]], or "Memory Eternal"; a Catholic funeral rite.
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* The mini-series ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' concludes with a montage, explaining the fates of the people depicted in the show to the track, [[https://youtu.be/dLZPfMHWPWk Vichnaya Pamyat]], or "Memory Eternal"; a Catholic an Eastern Orthodox funeral rite.hymn.
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* The mini-series ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' concludes with a montage, explaining the fates of the people depicted in the show to the track, [[https://youtu.be/dLZPfMHWPWk Vichnaya Pamyat]]; a Catholic funeral rite.
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* The mini-series ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'' concludes with a montage, explaining the fates of the people depicted in the show to the track, [[https://youtu.be/dLZPfMHWPWk Vichnaya Pamyat]]; Pamyat]], or "Memory Eternal"; a Catholic funeral rite.
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-->''"In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servants and make their memory to be eternal."''
-->''"In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servants and make their memory to be eternal."''
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* The theme for S2 of ''Series/{{Fleabag}}''. In a bit of BilingualBonus, the Latin is made up of words for the genitalia and sexual congress.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks "Evolution of the Daleks"]] uses a slower version of the "Mah Mah Koreh" mentioned above during the Daleks' attack on Hooverville.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The Ood sing [[spoiler: "Vale Decem" (Farewell, Ten) as Ten regenerates]].
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** The Atlantean cult in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]" chant ominously in a gibberish language ("waa-aa-tuu-aah waa-aa-tuu-aah Wah! Wah! Wah!") while performing religious rituals (like chaining the Doctor and his companions on top of a shark pit). It is combined on the soundtrack with dissonant electronic hits and a creepy organ.
** Ominous Buddhist chanting ("Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ!") is used to summon the giant spiders in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", the first appearance of a massive Dalek army is accompanied by Ominous ''Hebrew'' Chanting. (The words are reported to be a translation of "What is happening?", which apart from being an appropriate response to the situation is also a Dalek CatchPhrase.) The words are "Mah Koreh, Mah Mah Koreh" (what's happening, what, what's happening) repeated over and over again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7vO7QGSxg&feature=related Here is the theme]].
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]", the bald monks chant "Lupus Deus est" — "the wolf is god" — as the Moon rises.
** A moment in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]", featuring [[spoiler:the use of the Daleks' Genesis Ark — sending millions of Daleks against the 5 million Cybermen that have already taken over the world]] winds up using the prerequisite chanting as well.
** Ominous Buddhist chanting ("Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ!") is used to summon the giant spiders in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", the first appearance of a massive Dalek army is accompanied by Ominous ''Hebrew'' Chanting. (The words are reported to be a translation of "What is happening?", which apart from being an appropriate response to the situation is also a Dalek CatchPhrase.) The words are "Mah Koreh, Mah Mah Koreh" (what's happening, what, what's happening) repeated over and over again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7vO7QGSxg&feature=related Here is the theme]].
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]", the bald monks chant "Lupus Deus est" — "the wolf is god" — as the Moon rises.
** A moment in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]", featuring [[spoiler:the use of the Daleks' Genesis Ark — sending millions of Daleks against the 5 million Cybermen that have already taken over the world]] winds up using the prerequisite chanting as well.
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** The Atlantean cult in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace "The Underwater Menace]]" Menace"]] chant ominously in a gibberish language ("waa-aa-tuu-aah waa-aa-tuu-aah Wah! Wah! Wah!") while performing religious rituals (like chaining the Doctor and his companions on top of a shark pit). It is combined on the soundtrack with dissonant electronic hits and a creepy organ.
** Ominous Buddhist chanting ("Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ!") is used to summon the giant spiders in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders "Planet of the Spiders]]".
Spiders"]].
**In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]: The first appearance of a massive Dalek army is accompanied by Ominous ''Hebrew'' Chanting. (The words are reported to be a translation of "What is happening?", which apart from being an appropriate response to the situation is also a Dalek CatchPhrase.) The words are "Mah Koreh, Mah Mah Koreh" (what's happening, what, what's happening) repeated over and over again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7vO7QGSxg&feature=related Here is the theme]].
**In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw "Tooth and Claw]]", the Claw"]]: The bald monks chant "Lupus Deus est" — "the wolf is god" — as the Moon rises.
** A moment in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]", [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]], featuring [[spoiler:the use of the Daleks' Genesis Ark — sending millions of Daleks against the 5 million Cybermen that have already taken over the world]] winds up using the prerequisite chanting as well.
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** And in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", the Ood sing [[spoiler: "Vale Decem" (Farewell, Ten) as Ten regenerates]].
** The Headless Monks of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]" have a decidedly unsettling chant/song they perform before they attack. How they manage to chant, given that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they lack heads]], is anyone's guess.
** The Headless Monks of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]" have a decidedly unsettling chant/song they perform before they attack. How they manage to chant, given that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they lack heads]], is anyone's guess.
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** And in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time]]", the Time"]]: The Ood sing [[spoiler: "Vale Decem" (Farewell, Ten) as Ten regenerates]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]]: The Headless Monksof "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]" have a decidedly unsettling chant/song they perform before they attack. How they manage to chant, given that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they lack heads]], is anyone's guess.
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* For the most part in ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', practitioners of Good Magic cast spells in English Rhyme, whereas Dark Magic was done in Latin.
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* "O Fortuna" was also used during the series finale of the cult favourite TV show, ''Series/AmericanGothic1995''.
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* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''
** As much mournful as ominous, the words in the opening credits (in all TV airings on UK television, and from season 2 onwards in the U.S.) are actually a Sanskrit prayer known as the Gayatri Mantra, considered to be the holiest verse in the Vedas, the founding texts of Hinduism. Roughly translated into English it reads:
--->''Oh God! Giver of life, earth and sky\\
That heavenly light which must be worshipped\\
Let us attain the radiance of God\\
May our thoughts bring us ever forward into light''
** Gaius Baltar's new theme is in Old English. Translated, it's a [[CrystalDragonJesus prayer to Gaius Christ, divine savior of mankind]]. Okay. then...
** Baltar also listens to a hilarious Italian opera way back in the first season:
--->''Woe upon your Cylon heart.\\
There's a toaster in your head.\\
And it wears high heels.\\
Number Six calls to you.\\
The Cylon Detector beckons.\\
Your girlfriend is a toaster.''
** "Kobol's Last Gleaming" from the season 1 soundtrack contains proper Latin chanting, using the words "Ita Dicimus Omnes", "[[{{Catchphrase}} So Say We All]]".
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has this. Usually, though, it isn't so much chanting as speaking it to perform spells and/or do rituals.
** In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion one particular case]] in Season Two, it was ominous Italian opera when [[spoiler: Giles discovered that Angelus had killed Jenny Calender. The moment is also another Whedon example of AnyoneCanDie]]
** While good characters are shown to use magic in the show, as a rule the good guys (okay, 'girls') cast spells in what is actually intentionally-badly-pronounced Italian (so it sounds ancient), whereas the bad guys [[spoiler: e.g. Warren]] use Latin chants.
** The straightest example of this comes in a flashback when the still human Drusilla enters a church for confession, and is encountered by Angelus who just ate the priest. The background chorus sings [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pange_Lingua_Gloriosi_Corporis_Mysterium ''Pange Lingua'']], an old eucharist hymn, presumably from TheHighMiddleAges, with some variations.
** Gaelic is a rare variation.
* Parodied in an episode of ''Bullshit'', which opens with a chant of "[[PigLatin Ethay Aticanvay isyay Ullshitbay...]]"
* The Japanese gameshow subtly titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0svxGhClI Cat Weightlifting]]'' includes hints of Ominous (probably Japanese) Chanting when the scientists are placing the final fish on the ground. The show also features unnecessarily awesome music when the cats manage to escape with the increasingly larger fish, and some Metal when each cat gets knocked out in the final round. If you've no idea what it's about, go watch the video already.
* For the most part in ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', practitioners of Good Magic cast spells in English Rhyme, whereas Dark Magic was done in Latin.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' used ''Ave Satani'' for the "[[MundaneMadeAwesome horrors]]" that were:
** Starbucks being closed for three hours.
** [[PerpetualFrowner Dick Cheney]] smiling more than ten times during the State of the Union address.
** Jon Stewart revealing his true identity as the Antichrist [[spoiler: or possibly Conrad Bain]].
** They also used "O Fortuna" to accompany footage of [[spoiler: Jesus [[MundaneMadeAwesome on a spring.]]]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Atlantean cult in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]" chant ominously in a gibberish language ("waa-aa-tuu-aah waa-aa-tuu-aah Wah! Wah! Wah!") while performing religious rituals (like chaining the Doctor and his companions on top of a shark pit). It is combined on the soundtrack with dissonant electronic hits and a creepy organ.
** Ominous Buddhist chanting ("Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ!") is used to summon the giant spiders in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", the first appearance of a massive Dalek army is accompanied by Ominous ''Hebrew'' Chanting. (The words are reported to be a translation of "What is happening?", which apart from being an appropriate response to the situation is also a Dalek CatchPhrase.) The words are "Mah Koreh, Mah Mah Koreh" (what's happening, what, what's happening) repeated over and over again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7vO7QGSxg&feature=related Here is the theme]].
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]", the bald monks chant "Lupus Deus est" — "the wolf is god" — as the Moon rises.
** A moment in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]", featuring [[spoiler:the use of the Daleks' Genesis Ark — sending millions of Daleks against the 5 million Cybermen that have already taken over the world]] winds up using the prerequisite chanting as well.
** And then of course, there's "The Dark and Endless Dalek Night", which contains a mixture of Ominous Latin and Terrifying Hebrew Chanting.
** And in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", the Ood sing [[spoiler: "Vale Decem" (Farewell, Ten) as Ten regenerates]].
** The Headless Monks of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]" have a decidedly unsettling chant/song they perform before they attack. How they manage to chant, given that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they lack heads]], is anyone's guess.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "Into The Lion's Den", the climax (if not the [[SeasonFinale finale]]) of the third season, had two original tracks of this chanting, "Salve Me" and "Lacrimosa". Both are available at [[http://www.scifi.com/farscape/journeylogs/season3/lionsdenpt2.html the official website]], and both are SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
* A LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn variation when ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' goes to Bebe's hotel room and there's a choir singing outside the window. While she tries to seduce him, he throws open the window to get some air just as the choir hits a particularly ominous crescendo, accompanied by sweeping red floodlights.
* ''Hannity's America'' on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} has been known to use ''Carmina Burana'' as a cold opening sometimes, usually to a montage of "sinister" goings-on amongst (usually) Democratic political figures in Washington, D.C. Apparently it's supposed to be funny, although ''Hannity's America'' is generally serious.
* Ominous ''Nonsense'' Chanting found its way into ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' in the Dahak story arc. Actual Latin found its way into the story with the Four Horsemen.
* The [[VanityPlate logo]] for Creator/RenaissancePictures (which appears on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'') uses this as music, accompanying visuals of lightning bolts and a Mona Lisa-like picture being ripped in half.
* Another "hard to tell if it's Latin or not" but the ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'' episode "The Immortal Cimmoli".
* Parodied on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. When Barney pressures Ted to swear an oath to him as his bro (a "bro oath" or "broath"), he lends the ceremony some extra solemnity by playing a recording of some chanting monks. It takes Ted a couple minutes to realize the monks are actually just chanting the word "bro" over and over; [[SeriousBusiness Barney had them record it just for the occasion]].
* Happens on the original Japanese ''Series/IronChef'', whenever the Iron Chefs rise to the stage.
* Played with in ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' in which a CorruptCorporateExecutive (though to be fair, the entire organization was corrupt too) played this chanting on a personal CD player in his office whenever he was on the job. The situation didn't matter; he could be planning world domination or just relaxing after a hard hour's work, but the Chanting would still be belting out at full volume. Thanks to the show having a serious tone 99% of the time, this came off as more creepy than humorous.
* The soundtrack for ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' includes a fair amount of random choral chanting (although a lot of it is just oohs and aahs).
* The miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' has Ominous Latin Chanting out the wazoo, with a few "abracadabra"s thrown in for good measure. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Tm8zV8FlA "Woland's Hymn"]] is the most prominent example.
-->''Sator arepo tenet opera rotas\\
Igni natura renovatur integra\\
INRI, INRI, abracadabra...''
* Ominous Chanting is quite common on ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', though it's so indistinct that it's hard to tell whether or not it's Latin. Or what they're saying. It's very old English according to the DVD extras.
* In ''Series/TheMiddleman'', when Sensei Ping does the Wu-han Thumb of Death, it's accompanied by the "Dies Irae" from the Mozart ''Requiem'' (along with stock footage of StuffBlowingUp).
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': Done by the evil Satanic cult in "The Devils".
* The opening credits to ''Series/MrBean'' had a real church choir singing the Latin for "Behold the man who is a bean", "End of part one", "Part two", and "Farewell, man who is a bean".
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
** In addition to the above, also mocked on [[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7haWNZvE0 this episode]]. "Featuring the Bulgarian Women's Choir edition of 'Jingle Bells'!"
** And again with ''Werewolf'', where they take the Ominous Native American Chanting sung over the credits and sing [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Bit904.html anything that fits with the beat]].
** Done by the characters themselves in ''Gamera'' when [[CreepyChild Kenny]] gives a KubrickStare [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext to a bully who threw his rocks into the river.]]
* A RunningGag in the game show ''Series/{{Pointless}}'' is that the hosts will imitate Ominous Latin Chanting whenever a round goes to a tie-break.
* The theme to the darkly humorous Danish television series ''Series/{{Riget}}'' (of which Creator/StephenKing's ''Series/KingdomHospital'' is a remake) mixed genuine Latin phrases with gibberish, counting to seven in English and slow spelling of the word "rectum" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwt1O27LLUY&feature=PlayList&p=FC1E3F51A746DE8A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1]]. Even the legitimate Latin is nonsense ("speculum et cetera"; "mirror and so forth").
* The titular Hopi chant from the movie ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}'' plays every time [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] gives someone the DeathGlare in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. May God have mercy on the one who receives it.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Done by a secret society meeting in a desanctified church in [[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride "The Abominable Bride"]].
* Used in the KoreanSeries ''Series/{{Sign}}'' whenever the dramatic moment needs a extra kick.
* The theme for ''Series/SilentWitness'' is sung in Latin.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' features apocalyptic Latin chanting to reveal a cute dog lying with bamboo on Tim's bed, as he has a fear of both.
* ''Series/StargateSG1''
** Ominous Latin Chanting is used in the 3rd season episode "Demons". However, that episode was about a group of Middle Ages humans being threatened by [[{{Satan}} Sokar]], so it's rather appropriate.
** In later seasons, there's plenty of Ominous Latin Chanting related to the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Ori]], as well as in the direct-to-DVD movies.
* The Borg's first appearance in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]" episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is accompanied by an awesome sounding synthesized choir (appropriate for the Borg's artificial nature).
* Same goes for ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' with its various exorcisms and rituals, not only in Latin, but sometimes even in Enochian.
* Even ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' (yes, the reality show) has done this with a generally unliked contestant (somewhere between quirky, insane, and power-hungry) doing yoga in the rain (complete with ominous lightning and thunder) as "O Fortuna" plays in the background.
* In the ''Series/TeenWolf'' episode "The Girl Who Knew Too Much", both Ominous Latin Chanting and PsychoStrings appear as the season's villain takes another sacrifice and attempts to kill a main character. This is amplified by the fact that the intense scene takes place in the school classroom while a recital takes place elsewhere in the school, and the Psycho Strings and Ominous Chanting are actually real in the universe, with the performers in the recital doing both. It is implied that the villain was able to possess the choir and orchestra to do this, simply because she has a flair for the dramatic. This supposed possession is actually the cause of death for the villain's victim--the pianist pounds on the piano keys so hard that one cord snaps and slashes her throat.
* Invoked on ''Series/TopGear'' -- for when things like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3i62CAjK0k#t=9m a race to London City Airport between a boat and a bicycle]] just aren't epic enough.
* Spoofed in ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'' III, where the sacrifice cult is accompanied by this kind of music, but the lyrics are just inane things like video game titles, brand names and politicians ("ESTEÉ LAUDER!" "SUPER MARIO!" "DAVID MILIBAND!")
* ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' has ominous chanting, only it is in Old Norse.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' 's pilot had Ominous Medieval Italian Chanting.
* Once a player goes to the third level ($50,000 and beyond) on the game show ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', the background thinking music starts to sounds more and more dramatic, with a choir chant playing over top of the music. However, the background music for the $1,000,000 question is a complete subversion, instead consisting of just a low, deep bass note, a drum hit, and a heartbeat.
* In the Discovery Channel series ''Wild Tropics'', whenever the sharks or other dangerous predators show up the music shifts to Ominous Polynesian Chanting.
* Lampshaded in the ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Flood", where a group of monks walk by chanting "Dominus ad nauseam, dominus ad nauseam..."
%%* [[AC:Licat volare si super tergum Literature/{{Aquila}} volat]] - ''A man can fly where he will, if he rides on the back of [[CoolStarship an eagle.]]''
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''
** As much mournful as ominous, the words in the opening credits (in all TV airings on UK television, and from season 2 onwards in the U.S.) are actually a Sanskrit prayer known as the Gayatri Mantra, considered to be the holiest verse in the Vedas, the founding texts of Hinduism. Roughly translated into English it reads:
--->''Oh God! Giver of life, earth and sky\\
That heavenly light which must be worshipped\\
Let us attain the radiance of God\\
May our thoughts bring us ever forward into light''
** Gaius Baltar's new theme is in Old English. Translated, it's a [[CrystalDragonJesus prayer to Gaius Christ, divine savior of mankind]]. Okay. then...
** Baltar also listens to a hilarious Italian opera way back in the first season:
--->''Woe upon your Cylon heart.\\
There's a toaster in your head.\\
And it wears high heels.\\
Number Six calls to you.\\
The Cylon Detector beckons.\\
Your girlfriend is a toaster.''
** "Kobol's Last Gleaming" from the season 1 soundtrack contains proper Latin chanting, using the words "Ita Dicimus Omnes", "[[{{Catchphrase}} So Say We All]]".
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has this. Usually, though, it isn't so much chanting as speaking it to perform spells and/or do rituals.
** In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion one particular case]] in Season Two, it was ominous Italian opera when [[spoiler: Giles discovered that Angelus had killed Jenny Calender. The moment is also another Whedon example of AnyoneCanDie]]
** While good characters are shown to use magic in the show, as a rule the good guys (okay, 'girls') cast spells in what is actually intentionally-badly-pronounced Italian (so it sounds ancient), whereas the bad guys [[spoiler: e.g. Warren]] use Latin chants.
** The straightest example of this comes in a flashback when the still human Drusilla enters a church for confession, and is encountered by Angelus who just ate the priest. The background chorus sings [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pange_Lingua_Gloriosi_Corporis_Mysterium ''Pange Lingua'']], an old eucharist hymn, presumably from TheHighMiddleAges, with some variations.
** Gaelic is a rare variation.
* Parodied in an episode of ''Bullshit'', which opens with a chant of "[[PigLatin Ethay Aticanvay isyay Ullshitbay...]]"
* The Japanese gameshow subtly titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF0svxGhClI Cat Weightlifting]]'' includes hints of Ominous (probably Japanese) Chanting when the scientists are placing the final fish on the ground. The show also features unnecessarily awesome music when the cats manage to escape with the increasingly larger fish, and some Metal when each cat gets knocked out in the final round. If you've no idea what it's about, go watch the video already.
* For the most part in ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', practitioners of Good Magic cast spells in English Rhyme, whereas Dark Magic was done in Latin.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' used ''Ave Satani'' for the "[[MundaneMadeAwesome horrors]]" that were:
** Starbucks being closed for three hours.
** [[PerpetualFrowner Dick Cheney]] smiling more than ten times during the State of the Union address.
** Jon Stewart revealing his true identity as the Antichrist [[spoiler: or possibly Conrad Bain]].
** They also used "O Fortuna" to accompany footage of [[spoiler: Jesus [[MundaneMadeAwesome on a spring.]]]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Atlantean cult in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]" chant ominously in a gibberish language ("waa-aa-tuu-aah waa-aa-tuu-aah Wah! Wah! Wah!") while performing religious rituals (like chaining the Doctor and his companions on top of a shark pit). It is combined on the soundtrack with dissonant electronic hits and a creepy organ.
** Ominous Buddhist chanting ("Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ!") is used to summon the giant spiders in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]".
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]", the first appearance of a massive Dalek army is accompanied by Ominous ''Hebrew'' Chanting. (The words are reported to be a translation of "What is happening?", which apart from being an appropriate response to the situation is also a Dalek CatchPhrase.) The words are "Mah Koreh, Mah Mah Koreh" (what's happening, what, what's happening) repeated over and over again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7vO7QGSxg&feature=related Here is the theme]].
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]", the bald monks chant "Lupus Deus est" — "the wolf is god" — as the Moon rises.
** A moment in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]", featuring [[spoiler:the use of the Daleks' Genesis Ark — sending millions of Daleks against the 5 million Cybermen that have already taken over the world]] winds up using the prerequisite chanting as well.
** And then of course, there's "The Dark and Endless Dalek Night", which contains a mixture of Ominous Latin and Terrifying Hebrew Chanting.
** And in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", the Ood sing [[spoiler: "Vale Decem" (Farewell, Ten) as Ten regenerates]].
** The Headless Monks of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]" have a decidedly unsettling chant/song they perform before they attack. How they manage to chant, given that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they lack heads]], is anyone's guess.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "Into The Lion's Den", the climax (if not the [[SeasonFinale finale]]) of the third season, had two original tracks of this chanting, "Salve Me" and "Lacrimosa". Both are available at [[http://www.scifi.com/farscape/journeylogs/season3/lionsdenpt2.html the official website]], and both are SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
* A LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn variation when ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' goes to Bebe's hotel room and there's a choir singing outside the window. While she tries to seduce him, he throws open the window to get some air just as the choir hits a particularly ominous crescendo, accompanied by sweeping red floodlights.
* ''Hannity's America'' on Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} has been known to use ''Carmina Burana'' as a cold opening sometimes, usually to a montage of "sinister" goings-on amongst (usually) Democratic political figures in Washington, D.C. Apparently it's supposed to be funny, although ''Hannity's America'' is generally serious.
* Ominous ''Nonsense'' Chanting found its way into ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' in the Dahak story arc. Actual Latin found its way into the story with the Four Horsemen.
* The [[VanityPlate logo]] for Creator/RenaissancePictures (which appears on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'') uses this as music, accompanying visuals of lightning bolts and a Mona Lisa-like picture being ripped in half.
* Another "hard to tell if it's Latin or not" but the ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'' episode "The Immortal Cimmoli".
* Parodied on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. When Barney pressures Ted to swear an oath to him as his bro (a "bro oath" or "broath"), he lends the ceremony some extra solemnity by playing a recording of some chanting monks. It takes Ted a couple minutes to realize the monks are actually just chanting the word "bro" over and over; [[SeriousBusiness Barney had them record it just for the occasion]].
* Happens on the original Japanese ''Series/IronChef'', whenever the Iron Chefs rise to the stage.
* Played with in ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' in which a CorruptCorporateExecutive (though to be fair, the entire organization was corrupt too) played this chanting on a personal CD player in his office whenever he was on the job. The situation didn't matter; he could be planning world domination or just relaxing after a hard hour's work, but the Chanting would still be belting out at full volume. Thanks to the show having a serious tone 99% of the time, this came off as more creepy than humorous.
* The soundtrack for ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' includes a fair amount of random choral chanting (although a lot of it is just oohs and aahs).
* The miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'' has Ominous Latin Chanting out the wazoo, with a few "abracadabra"s thrown in for good measure. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Tm8zV8FlA "Woland's Hymn"]] is the most prominent example.
-->''Sator arepo tenet opera rotas\\
Igni natura renovatur integra\\
INRI, INRI, abracadabra...''
* Ominous Chanting is quite common on ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', though it's so indistinct that it's hard to tell whether or not it's Latin. Or what they're saying. It's very old English according to the DVD extras.
* In ''Series/TheMiddleman'', when Sensei Ping does the Wu-han Thumb of Death, it's accompanied by the "Dies Irae" from the Mozart ''Requiem'' (along with stock footage of StuffBlowingUp).
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': Done by the evil Satanic cult in "The Devils".
* The opening credits to ''Series/MrBean'' had a real church choir singing the Latin for "Behold the man who is a bean", "End of part one", "Part two", and "Farewell, man who is a bean".
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
** In addition to the above, also mocked on [[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7haWNZvE0 this episode]]. "Featuring the Bulgarian Women's Choir edition of 'Jingle Bells'!"
** And again with ''Werewolf'', where they take the Ominous Native American Chanting sung over the credits and sing [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Bit904.html anything that fits with the beat]].
** Done by the characters themselves in ''Gamera'' when [[CreepyChild Kenny]] gives a KubrickStare [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext to a bully who threw his rocks into the river.]]
* A RunningGag in the game show ''Series/{{Pointless}}'' is that the hosts will imitate Ominous Latin Chanting whenever a round goes to a tie-break.
* The theme to the darkly humorous Danish television series ''Series/{{Riget}}'' (of which Creator/StephenKing's ''Series/KingdomHospital'' is a remake) mixed genuine Latin phrases with gibberish, counting to seven in English and slow spelling of the word "rectum" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwt1O27LLUY&feature=PlayList&p=FC1E3F51A746DE8A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1]]. Even the legitimate Latin is nonsense ("speculum et cetera"; "mirror and so forth").
* The titular Hopi chant from the movie ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}'' plays every time [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] gives someone the DeathGlare in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. May God have mercy on the one who receives it.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Done by a secret society meeting in a desanctified church in [[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride "The Abominable Bride"]].
* Used in the KoreanSeries ''Series/{{Sign}}'' whenever the dramatic moment needs a extra kick.
* The theme for ''Series/SilentWitness'' is sung in Latin.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' features apocalyptic Latin chanting to reveal a cute dog lying with bamboo on Tim's bed, as he has a fear of both.
* ''Series/StargateSG1''
** Ominous Latin Chanting is used in the 3rd season episode "Demons". However, that episode was about a group of Middle Ages humans being threatened by [[{{Satan}} Sokar]], so it's rather appropriate.
** In later seasons, there's plenty of Ominous Latin Chanting related to the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Ori]], as well as in the direct-to-DVD movies.
* The Borg's first appearance in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]" episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is accompanied by an awesome sounding synthesized choir (appropriate for the Borg's artificial nature).
* Same goes for ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' with its various exorcisms and rituals, not only in Latin, but sometimes even in Enochian.
* Even ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' (yes, the reality show) has done this with a generally unliked contestant (somewhere between quirky, insane, and power-hungry) doing yoga in the rain (complete with ominous lightning and thunder) as "O Fortuna" plays in the background.
* In the ''Series/TeenWolf'' episode "The Girl Who Knew Too Much", both Ominous Latin Chanting and PsychoStrings appear as the season's villain takes another sacrifice and attempts to kill a main character. This is amplified by the fact that the intense scene takes place in the school classroom while a recital takes place elsewhere in the school, and the Psycho Strings and Ominous Chanting are actually real in the universe, with the performers in the recital doing both. It is implied that the villain was able to possess the choir and orchestra to do this, simply because she has a flair for the dramatic. This supposed possession is actually the cause of death for the villain's victim--the pianist pounds on the piano keys so hard that one cord snaps and slashes her throat.
* Invoked on ''Series/TopGear'' -- for when things like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3i62CAjK0k#t=9m a race to London City Airport between a boat and a bicycle]] just aren't epic enough.
* Spoofed in ''Series/ATouchOfCloth'' III, where the sacrifice cult is accompanied by this kind of music, but the lyrics are just inane things like video game titles, brand names and politicians ("ESTEÉ LAUDER!" "SUPER MARIO!" "DAVID MILIBAND!")
* ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' has ominous chanting, only it is in Old Norse.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' 's pilot had Ominous Medieval Italian Chanting.
* Once a player goes to the third level ($50,000 and beyond) on the game show ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', the background thinking music starts to sounds more and more dramatic, with a choir chant playing over top of the music. However, the background music for the $1,000,000 question is a complete subversion, instead consisting of just a low, deep bass note, a drum hit, and a heartbeat.
* In the Discovery Channel series ''Wild Tropics'', whenever the sharks or other dangerous predators show up the music shifts to Ominous Polynesian Chanting.
* Lampshaded in the ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Flood", where a group of monks walk by chanting "Dominus ad nauseam, dominus ad nauseam..."
