Quotes / Ominous Latin Chanting

O Fortuna!
Velut Luna!
Statu variabilis...

— Carmina Burana, "O Fortuna"

"So we've got Benedictine monks living in the floorboards, unfortunately. We have set some traps with fresh bread and brandy, though..."

—Mystery Science Theater 3000, "Space Mutiny"

Estuans Interius
Ira Vehementi
Sephiroth!

— One-Winged Angel, the final boss theme to Final Fantasy VII

Excitate vos e somno, liberi mei.
Cunae sunt non.
Excitate vos e somno, liberi fatali.
Somnus est non.
Surgite!
Invenite!
Veni hortum veritatis,
Horti verna veritatis.
Ardente veritate
Urite mala mundi.
Ardente veritate
Incendite tenebras mundi.
Valete, liberi,
Diebus fatalibus.

Wake up from your sleep, my children.
Your childhood years are gone.
Wake up from your sleep, fated children.
Your slumber is over.
Arise!
Search!
Come to the garden of truth,
The spring of the garden of truth.
With the fiery truth
Burn away the evils of the world.
With the fiery truth
Light up the darkness of the world.
Be strong, children,
On the fated days.

—Liberi Fatali, Final Fantasy VIII

Ragnarok, de Dies Irae, l'Cie Pultis
Tuum fatum sequeris, tuum sanctuarium affligeas
Per somnum aeternum
Numen divinum dictus est, viator elamentabilis

Ragnarok, come Day of Wrath, O Pulse l'Cie
Embrace thy fate, thine home to burn
That fallen souls might bare our plea
To hasten the Divine's return, O piteous Wanderer

—Fighting Fate, Final Fantasy XIII

Si vic pacem, parabelum,
Post proelium praemium!
Audentes fortuna juvat
Acta est fabula!
Sic transit gloria mundi
Deo optimo maximo,
Audentes fortuna juvat,
Acta Est Fabula!

— Get Undead, Larva Mortus

Nos Sumus,
Magni Eri.
Munitores,
Pyramidum.

Nos Sumus,
Flamines.
Nos Sumus,
Maiores.

— Apocalypse, Hitman: Blood Money

Lux! Umbra!
Vita! Mors!
Concordia! Chaos!

Chaos deus mortis!
Spiritus illius producit Mortem!
Chaos deus exitii!
Tenebrae illius devorant omnia!

—Cantata Mortis, Dissidia 012: Duodecim

Mozart: "Confutatis maledictis" - when the wicked are confounded. "Flammis Acribus Addictis." How would you translate that?

Salieri: Consigned to flames of woe.

Mozart: Do you believe in it?

Salieri: What?

Mozart: A fire which never dies, burning you forever?

Salieri: Oh, yes.

—Amadeus

Meas Stigmata - sanguine sunt sinistrae.

— Cardia ver 2 final boss theme from Trauma Center (Atlus).

Qarr: Just one question: what's the deal with the music?
Lee: Oh, that? That's just the choir of dead pedophiles.
Cedrik: We snip 'em fresh every morning so they keep that high pitch.
Nero: Call me old-fashioned, but an evil ascension to power just isn't the same without someone chanting faux Latin in the background.
Choir: Bunkus! Nonsuch! Gibberos! Gobbleygoos!

— The Order of the Stick

"Alright, ten more minutes of chanting and then you guys have to go to bed."

— Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Amends"

Angel: [handing Doyle a spellbook] Doyle, chant.
Doyle: Oh, man, Latin. One of those dead languages you always mean to learn.

— Angel, "Rm W/A Vu"

"Oh mah koreh, oh mah, mah koreh... Oh mah koreh, oh mah, ma koreh..." ^Translation Hebrew: "What is happening, what, what is happening..."

— The Dalek theme, Doctor Who

Ave, Ave, Versus Christus! ^Translation Hail, hail, Antichrist!
Ave, Ave, Versus Christus!
Ave, Ave, Versus Christus!
Ave Satani! ^Translation Hail Satan!

Sanguis Bibimus ^Translation We drink the blood
Corpus Edimus ^Translation We eat the flesh
Tolle Corpus Satani! ^Translation We raise the body of Satan!
Satani!
SATANI!

— Ave Satani, The Omen

"Why do I hear Latin music in the background?"

— Max0r, An Incorrect Summary of Ace Combat 7 whenever Mihaly shows up

"The Dramatic Choir. This is when the composer of a film decides he or she wants the movie to sound more epic, so a full-on choir is brought in to sing straight-up gibberish that sounds like some sort of dead language."

— The Nostalgia Critic, "Top 11 Coolest Cliches"

Fast-paced organ music and a haunting vocal chorus accompanies your epic struggle.

—Problem Sleuth

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