Mark E. Ehlert wrote: >I know that for the opening credits an (abridged) version of the "Dies >Irae" from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique was performed. This was actually a reworking of the Dies Irae by Wendy Carlos on Moog synthesizer, with the voice of her then artistic partner Rachel Elkind doing the vocals. Carlos actually stitched together the music in the original score, most of which was never released because Kubrick ended up not using it in the film. If you can find the lp of what was released of the score (Warner's LP3449) you will hear only a taste of Carlos' work. Regarding the 1932 Al Bowlly/Ray Noble recording of "Midnight, with the Stars and You," although this was very effective in the film it was typical of Kubrick's anachronistic use of music to suit his purposes (remember how the Schubert trio marred the otherwise picture perfect, museum quality decor of his mid-18th century costume drama "Barry Lyndon"?). Kubrick went to great lengths to create an accurate visual dimension in his films but, sadly, was very often careless with the music he selected to go with it John Dalmas [log in to unmask]