Lacrymosa

General Information

Written by: A. Lee, T. Balsamo

The Open Door: Track 7

The song was originally written for the movie 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe,' but was scrapped by th director. “I thought it would be awesome for the opening scene, but they wanted something original,” says Lee of the Mozart cover.

It features elements of W.A. Mozart's 'Lacrymosa' from his 'Requiem in D Minor.' More info on that composition can be found Here.

A 22-cord orchestra led by Dave Campbell (with whom Evanescence had already worked for their performance at the Billboard Awards 2004) starts off the song in order to introduce a choir, which serves as back up for Amy’s vocals.

"Dave Campbell is an enormous inspiration source for me" says Amy. "He’s so talented. The way he arranges orchestral parts is remarkable. It's the element of our music that makes me cry!

Terry's guitar solo in the middle of the song adds to its sheer epic sound before the choir closes with a stunning decrescendo.

Recorded in a chapel near Seattle.

A 30 second clip of this song along with The Open Door trailer was featured on music.aol.com's page for Evanescence. It can now be seen on YouTube Here.