Many casual listeners confuse the Pi score with Mansell’s later work on Requiem for a Dream . That film gave us the iconic "Lux Aeterna" (known to millions as the "Lord of the Rings trailer song"). While Lux Aeterna is a string-driven requiem, Pi is an electronic breakdown.
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