Ride of the Valkyries

E841511

opera excerpt orchestral piece

Ride of the Valkyries is a famous orchestral passage by Richard Wagner, widely recognized for its powerful, dramatic theme and frequent use in popular culture and film.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ride of the Valkyries canonical	2
Also sprach Zarathustra (entrance theme adaptation)	1
Walkürenritt	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10126568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ride of the Valkyries
Context triple: [Die Walküre, notableExcerpt, Ride of the Valkyries]

A. The Valkyries
"The Valkyries" is a mystical, semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Coelho that follows a spiritual journey through the Mojave Desert exploring themes of faith, love, and self-discovery.
B. In the Hall of the Mountain King
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" is a famous orchestral piece from Edvard Grieg’s incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play "Peer Gynt," renowned for its gradually intensifying tempo and dramatic, menacing theme.
C. Varangian Song
Varangian Song is a musical number from the animated film "Anastasia," sung by the character Bartok (and associated with Varlaam in some adaptations), that evokes the rough, boisterous spirit of Varangian or Viking-like characters.
D. Siegfried’s Funeral March
Siegfried’s Funeral March is a powerful orchestral passage from Richard Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung, renowned for its dramatic, solemn depiction of the hero Siegfried’s death and legacy.
E. Die Nibelungen
Die Nibelungen is a two-part 1924 German silent fantasy film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its epic adaptation of the Nibelung legend and pioneering special effects.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ride of the Valkyries
Target entity description: Ride of the Valkyries is a famous orchestral passage by Richard Wagner, widely recognized for its powerful, dramatic theme and frequent use in popular culture and film.

A. The Valkyries
"The Valkyries" is a mystical, semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Coelho that follows a spiritual journey through the Mojave Desert exploring themes of faith, love, and self-discovery.
B. In the Hall of the Mountain King
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" is a famous orchestral piece from Edvard Grieg’s incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play "Peer Gynt," renowned for its gradually intensifying tempo and dramatic, menacing theme.
C. Varangian Song
Varangian Song is a musical number from the animated film "Anastasia," sung by the character Bartok (and associated with Varlaam in some adaptations), that evokes the rough, boisterous spirit of Varangian or Viking-like characters.
D. Siegfried’s Funeral March
Siegfried’s Funeral March is a powerful orchestral passage from Richard Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung, renowned for its dramatic, solemn depiction of the hero Siegfried’s death and legacy.
E. Die Nibelungen
Die Nibelungen is a two-part 1924 German silent fantasy film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its epic adaptation of the Nibelung legend and pioneering special effects.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opera excerpt ⓘ orchestral piece ⓘ
associatedCharacters	Valkyries ⓘ
associatedMythology	Norse mythology ⓘ
belongsToWorkNumber	WWV 86 ⓘ linked to: WWV 86D
catalogueNumber	WWV 86C ⓘ linked to: WWV 86D
composer	Richard Wagner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
culturalStatus	iconic ⓘ widely recognized ⓘ
features	brass fanfares ⓘ driving rhythmic ostinato ⓘ string tremolos ⓘ
firstPerformance	26 June 1870 ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor	Franz Wüllner ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry	Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	Munich ⓘ
genre	Romantic music ⓘ opera music ⓘ
hasInstrumentalVersion	orchestral concert excerpt ⓘ
hasTheme	ascending arpeggiated motif in the brass ⓘ
hasVocalVersion	scene for Valkyries and Brünnhilde ⓘ
influenced	film music ⓘ popular culture depictions of battle ⓘ
key	B minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movementNumber	3 ⓘ
notableUseInAnimation	Kill the Wabbit segment in Looney Tunes ⓘ What’s Opera, Doc? ⓘ linked to: What's Opera, Doc?
notableUseInFilm	Apocalypse Now ⓘ
notableUseInFilmScene	helicopter attack sequence in Apocalypse Now ⓘ
operaPremiere	13 August 1876 ⓘ
operaPremiereFestival	Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
operaPremiereLocation	Bayreuth Festspielhaus ⓘ linked to: Festspielhaus Bayreuth
originalTitle	Walkürenritt ⓘ linked to: Ride of the Valkyries
partOf	Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ Die Walküre ⓘ
partOfAct	Act III of Die Walküre ⓘ
premiereContext	concert performance of the orchestral excerpt ⓘ
publisher	B. Schott’s Söhne ⓘ
rights	public domain in many countries ⓘ
scoredFor	orchestra ⓘ
stylePeriod	Romantic era ⓘ
tempoMarking	Sehr lebhaft ⓘ
timeSignature	9/8 ⓘ
typicalDuration	about 5 minutes ⓘ
usedAs	symbol of heroism in popular culture ⓘ symbol of military power in popular culture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Die Walküre → notableExcerpt → Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore → associatedSongInScene → Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ

Ric Flair → themeMusic → Also sprach Zarathustra (entrance theme adaptation) ⓘ

linked to: Ride of the Valkyries

Ride of the Valkyries → originalTitle → Walkürenritt ⓘ