"Lux Aeterna" is the theme to the movie Requiem For A Dream, which is why you might get an uncomfortable feeling when you hear it. It plays at different points in the 2000 film, a discomfiting and visceral look at drug abuse and insanity directed by Darren Aronofsky and staring Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Ellen Burstyn. The instrumental song is most prominently heard at the end of the film, where the characters in the film must deal with the consequences of their choices.
The Kronos Quartet - a string quartet - formed in The San Francisco in 1973 and have done a lot of work with Laurie Anderson, who said, "Playing with them was like getting into a big, very fast car and then breaking the speed limit." They've won a handful of Grammy Awards and have recorded music for other films as well, including Heat (1995) and The Fountain (2006).
The title is Latin for "eternal light."
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