Songs from The X Factor
The most frequently asked X Factor music question is "what is the contestant introduction music?", it's a classical piece of music which is used quite often in film and TV but recently X Factor have owned it.
The piece is call 'O Fortuna', part of a composition entitled 'Carmina Burana' by Carl Orff.
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)
Also frequesntly used as an introduction to an act is Craig Armstrong's 'O Verona', taken from the 1996 movie Romeo + Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Craig Armstrong - O Verona
"Your Saturday night starts here" shouts Dermot O'Leary as he walks on stage at the start of the show to a song which featured in the 1998 movie, Godzilla. It's a reworking of the 1974 song 'Kashmir' by Led Zeppelin.
Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page - Come With Me (Instrumental)
As part of the contestant's introduction music, the dramatic introduction to a Michael Buble song is used.
Michael Buble - Cry Me A River
Celebrations
Here's a selection of songs which get played regularly during the audition stages, usually when a contestant gets through to the next stage...
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Mariah Carey - Hero
Mika - Happy Ending
Daughtry - What About Now
Sob Stories
X Factor wouldn't be complete without its sob stories, the poor contestant who've had a tough life and they just want to be a successful singer so they can give something back to their poor family... or something. You know a sob story is on the way you're introuduced to a contestant during the auditions stages and one of these songs is playing in the background...
Sia - Breathe Me
Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla
Other Songs
Here's a few other bits of music which are regularly used in segments on the show, often in the live shows when they review what has happened during the week in rehearsals.
Craig Armstrong - Finding Beauty
Craig Armstrong - Ruthless Gravity
John Murphy - In the House, In a Heartbeat
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