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One piece of enchanting music...


I can't tell whether this was a piece composed by Popol Vuh or if it was even an excerpt from an opera, and it was so enthralling that it's nagging at me.

It's a scene after one of the Indians is crushed by a log, and then the rest of the tribe mysteriously disappear overnight; Fitzcarraldo is seen holding his head in his hands, sitting on a log amidst the mud; the camera also pans across the canopy for a while.

I would say it's approximately between 1h45m and 1h50m into the film.

It would be interesting to know who made it and what it's called.

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Here is the soundtrack listing from wernerherzog.com.
I don't know which one in particular it is, but they may be listed order if it helps narrow down the possibilities.


Popol Vuh
Original recordings: Enrico Caruso / RCA Victor
Richard Strauss, Death and Transfiguration
Guiseppe Verdi: Ernani, Original Production
Leoncavallo: Ridi Pagliaccio /I Pagliacci
Meyerbeer: O Paradiso / L'Africana
Michel Vuylsteke: Musique du Burundi, Ensemble de Tambours
Jules Massenet: Il Sogno / Manon Lescaut
Guiseppe Verdi: Quartett / Rigoletto
Giacomo Puccini: O Mimi, tu piú non torni / La Bohéme
Vincenco Bellini: A te o cara, amor talora... / I Puritani

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The music being played at that point is "Wehe Khooraz in" by Popol Vuh. It's on the soundtrack for the film (natch), the Popol Vuh "Best Of" compilation on Milan Records, and it's on the Popol Vuh album "Sei still, wisse ICH BIN".

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Yes! This is it. Thanks a lot.

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thank you too, I agree with the OP it was a greatr piece of music

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