Title Requiem

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    Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis... [1]

    "Requiem" is an interesting choice for a title. A requiem is a song to honor the dead or to be played at a funeral, so placing it in a title automatically implies that something is not going to go well - a Bittersweet Ending or Downer Ending is quite likely, and if not the rest of it will probably be a Tear Jerker. However, it's used rather a lot for a number of reasons. The term adds a certain note of class and grandeur to the work, as well as advertising True Art because True Art Is Angsty. It may be part of a Word Salad Title or a very meaningful one, depending. Compare other Title Tropes.

    Examples of Title Requiem include:

    Anime and Manga


    Comic Books


    Fan Works


    Film


    Literature


    Live Action TV

    • The 50's television drama Requiem for a Heavyweight, written by Rod Serling.
    • The West Wing episode "Requiem" is about the funeral of Leo McGarry.
    • Star Trek TOS had an episode called "Requiem For Methuselah".
    • The X-Files season seven finale was called "Requiem". Likely for the fact that it was supposed to be the series finale, and for the fact that it takes place in the same place the pilot did, and involves a Bittersweet Ending.


    Music

    • Trading Yesterday's song "Love Song Requiem".
    • Mozart's Requiem, of course.
    • Benjamin Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem." Though not a vocal work, its three movements take titles from the Requiem mass.


    Tabletop Games


    Video Games

    • The second Bleach DS game, subtitled in English as Dark Souls, is subtitled in Japan as "The Black-Clothed Flickering Requiem". Surprisingly, the English name is significantly more relevant to the plot.
    • One song in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is called the Requiem of Spirit. The fact that it represents the area that Ganondorf comes from can be seen as appropriate.
    • Requiem: Avenging Angel was the title of an obscure 3DO's FPS released in 1999.
    • Eternal Darkness is subtitled "Sanity's Requiem."
    • Episode 7 of Umineko no Naku Koro ni is titled "Requiem of the Golden Witch", which is fitting since Bernkastel wrote it and added the funeral of the game piece Beatrice.


    Webcomics

    • The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton. So far a number of people have been killed by a mysterious illness.

    Requiescat in pace. Amen.[2]

    1. Give them eternal rest, Lord: and let an unending light shine on them.
    2. May he rest in peace. Amen.
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