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The main theme uses Orpheus’ Lyre. It starts in B flat major then changes to darker modes as he gets closer to Hades.

Scene when Orpheus is on the shore of the river Styx and sees Charon’s boat approaching through the mist over the river.

Scene when Orpheus enters Hades’ temple and we see Hades on his throne reading prayers of the deceased that were burned on funeral pyres. On each side of the throne is a brazier; one for “Granted” and the other for “Denied”. Shadows flow over the floor’s surface until they reach the lit area around Hades. From the shadows, long arms shrouded in floor-length dark sleeves rise with the prayers on paper and hand them to Hades. The first cresendo is when we see Hades and the second for when he decides and tosses the paper into one of the braziers.