As one of the most dramatic and powerful pieces of music ever written, it's no wonder that Carmina Burana pops up so often in movie soundtracks, TV commercials and video games. Orff's massive choral work caps a musical search for life's meanings, including John Williams' celebratory theme from "Empire of the Sun" and Kathy Bowen's emotive echoes of the Holocaust.

Williams: Exultate Justi
Foss: Elegy for Anne Frank
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Kathy Bowen: I Believe in God
Orff: Carmina Burana