I never saw the italian movie that the music originally plays over, not until a couple of years ago.

The opening minute and a half, to me, felt like music of somebody fixing to be executed. Like a death march, the final moments of somebody who is fixing to come to an end.

And the music literally stops, and pauses. It feels like it came to an end.

And then the horn comes in, and it feels like...rebirth. It feels spiritual. And then the drums are now in a steady beat, that builds. Feels like triumphant ascension.

And when I finally found that scene, it played out quite similar.