Excalibur(1981) set to Richard Wagner Siegfried's Funeral March Götterdämmerung, Act III , (Twilight of the Gods)(1876)
No lyrics:Final scene Excalibur
Act3:The men are out hunting. Siegfried comes across the Rhinemaidens, who warn him of impending doom, but he ignores them.Hagen stabs Siegfried's back with a spear, but not before giving him the potion's antitode. As he's dying, Siegfried tragically recalls that he was in fact in love with Brunnhilde.Back at the hall, the Gibichungs argue over who gets the ring. Hagen kills Gunther. Brünnhilde suddenly figures everything out. She throws a lit torch on Siegfried's funeral pyre, and rides her horse into the raging flames, intending to sacrifice herself and give the gold ring back to the Rhinemaidens:As the Gods' caste is destroyed in fire, the river Rhine overflows, and Hagen jumps in after the ring. With a final cry he is drowned by the Rhinemaidens, as the "Redemption through Love" theme sums everything up:
