| Did You Know that "Sadeness part I" was used in the movie "Charlie's Angels" with
Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore. Info supplied by Jim 1/03. |
| Did You Know that "Return To Innocence" and "Sadeness part I" were used extensively
throughout the feature film "Exit To Eden", very loosely based on an Anne Rice novel. The movie starred
Dana Delaney as a professional dominatrix on a Caribbean island, and also starred Paul Mercurio, Dan Akroyd
and Rosie O'Donnell. Info supplied by Lucritia 4/03. |
| Did You Know that "Gravity Of Love" from the E4 album is being used for the movie trailer
for "The Scorpion King". Info supplied by Jim Folk 4/02. |
| Did You Know that the song "Beyond the Invisible" was in a "La Femme Nikita" episode.
The episode was entitled "Rescue" where Michael gets injured and stranded and Madeline and Nikita
have to go and rescue him. The song played at the beginning of the show and there was a lot of action as well. Info supplied
by Danielle 2/03. |
| Did You Know "The Eyes Of Truth" was in the worldwide shown trailer for "The Matrix"
featuring Keanu Reeves. The song isn't on the soundtrack though, but it might be played as background music for one
of the menus on the DVD. Info supplied by Flores 2/03. |
| Did You Know that there is a music video for the game "Final Fantasy IX", with the
Enigma song "Gravity Of Love" as the theme music? It is a fully digitally animated video that goes very well
with the song. The file was found through a peer-to-peer program over the Internet. Info supplied by
~Solstice 11/02. |
| Did You Know that "Return To Innocence" plays during the ending credits in the Disney
movie, "Man Of The House" starring Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, and Jonathon Taylor Thomas.
Info supplied by Larry / Seward in Alaska 11/02. |
| Did You Know that the video "Beyond The Invisible" features two Finnish ice-skaters,
Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko. They've also won the European Ice championship among many other prizes. Info
supplied by Inka Laine 9/02. |
| Did You Know that the Gregorian chants in "Mea Culpa part II" - ("Kyrie Eleison - Christe
Eleison") - are also featured in the movie "The Name Of The Rose"? It was based on Umberto Eco's novel
"Il nome della rosa" and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in 1986. A very slow version of these chants was used
in a cruel scene where two monks being accused of Satanism by the Inquisition are prepared to be burnt alive. Listen closely
and you can tell the melody and lyrics are exactly the same, but sung much slower, darker and in a lower key than in the
Enigma recording. Info supplied by David Baeck. |
| Did You Know that the local newspapers and MTV Brazil announced that the Brazilian model Milene
Zardo participates in the video of "Push The Limits". She is originally from the city of Porto Alegre. Info supplied
by Luiz Fernando Benaiter. |
| Did You Know that the video for the 1st single from E4 - "Gravity Of Love" was filmed
on location in Vienna, Austria in October 1999. The video for the second single - "Push The Limits" was filmed on
location in South Africa in January 2000. |
| Did You Know that the Enigma song "Smell Of Desire" from "The Screen Behind
The Mirror" is in the preview for the movie "Bounce" with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck. Info
supplied by Micah Westfall. |
| Did You Know that the Enigma recording contract from an "official" Virgin news
sheet states that the recording deal Michael Cretu signed with Virgin obligates him to release an album every three
years, but Michael says in an Enigma 3 press release that there will not be another album for this millennium and
that it is the final chapter of the trilogy. So maybe the next album will be the start of another chapter for Enigma.??
Lets hope that we get another album in 1999. Info supplied by Labyrinthian 6/97(Enigma
mailing list). |
| Did You Know that a rumor was circulating that Jon Anderson of Yes was singing
lead vocals on "Beyond The Invisible". This rumor was started last year and has resurfaced again lately. Listen to
the track carefully. What do you think?? |
| Did You Know that movie trailers have been a using Enigma's music over the last few years.
Just recently a new movie called "One Night Stand" starring Wesley Snipes used "The Roundabout" from
E3. Other movie trailers in the past that have used Enigma songs are: "Knocking On Forbidden Doors" which
was used in the trailer for "Body Of Evidence", starring Madonna, and "I Love You, I'll Kill You" was
used in 2 movie trailers: "Eraser", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and also "The Long Kiss Good Night".
Thanks to Adam from the Enigma Mailing list and
Michael Silvares for this information. |
| Did You Know that another movie that has recently had Enigma music featured in it was
"Money Train" starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. It had the classic Enigma track
"I'll Love You ..I'll Kill You" in a scene....The clip was very loud as it was in a strip club (!) and it was the part
where Sandra talks..."I Feel Love...I Feel Obsession.....till I love you.. I'll Kill you" and some of the
guitar part. However the soundtrack (CD) does not include the song but it is credited at the end of the movie. Check it
out. Thanks to James for sending in this information. |
| Did You Know that The song "Shadows In Silence" was playing during an interview with LA
Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant? It aired June 16, 2000, around 10PM, on US television's NBC Sports, before
a big game in Los Angeles. Ironically, Bryant's team won but there was a major riot after the game. Information sent in
by Solstice 7/00. |
| Did You Know that the song "Gravity Of Love" played on the US show "Felicity" on
the WB Network. The show aired around June 8, 2000. Information sent in by Solstice
7/00. |
| Did You Know that the "drum march" from the Enigma song "Mea Culpa part II" is
the same as in a song by the Swedish 80's rock band Warlock? The song is called "Fur Immer" or, "For Always"
and was released in 1987 on an album called "Triumph And Agony". Information sent in by
Solstice. 1/01 |
| Did You Know that the English voice on many of the Enigma tracks was by a lady named
Louisa Stanley. Louisa was for many years the "secret voice" but it turns out that she was an executive at
Virgin Records. She was a former head of TV promotion but she no longer works for Virgin. She originally met Michael
at the Virgin Records offices in Germany and is believed to be still living in Frankfurt Germany according to Virgin officials.
Information sent in by ALEX and Virgin Germany 12/98 |
| Did You Know that the blonde lady in the "Principles Of Lust" video is Laura Berkley.
She worked for the Storm Modeling agency in the UK and did a lot of fashion shoots for magazines, newspapers & mail order
catalogues in the early nineties until about '97. Information sent in by Colin
Hinks 1/00 |
| Did You Know that the song "Sadeness part I" is used in an ice skating routine by US skater
Karen Melchionne. She was a Silver Medalist in the ISI World Recreation Ice Skating Championships on August 3, 1999.
She uses the Sadeness track to dance to and as she quite rightly say's "This song gives me great inspiration on the
ice and winning the silver medal, skating to Sadeness by Enigma at ISI worlds was incredible". The program was choreographed
by coach, Bobby Beauchamp. She is also scheduled to compete with Sadeness as her music, September 24-25th
at the Santa Fe hotel in Las Vegas. |
| Did You Know that the Enigma song "T.N.T. For The Brain" was used in a FOX TV show
in the US called "Millennium". The episode was first aired around early winter 1998 and contained the storyline of
a man who would kill people for sport and the detective that was assigned to the case, was transposing this with a similar
incident from her youth. Information sent in by SOLSTICE 4/99 |
| Did You Know that "Return To Innocence" was used in an episode of "The Outer Limits"
The whole story reflected the song really well, and the episode was called "The Conversion" in season 1 information
sent in by KAY 12/98 |
| Did You Know that "Return To Innocence" is used in the Arabian Nights show in Orlando,
Florida!! . The unique and special dinner attraction featuring an equestrian show has one whole segment to the Enigma
hit song. The act has a Native American theme with a horse that runs, slides, and spins to the song. It has become
one of the most popular in the show. To see pictures of the horse click on www.arabian-nights.com
and there's a picture in the section called "The Show" Information sent in by
Elizabeth McCall 5/99 |
| Did You Know that the Enigma song "The Eyes Of Truth" was used in a trailer for
the US movie "The Matrix". The music score lasted about 1 1/2 minutes and was the middle part of the Enigma
song. The trailer aired around March 1999. Information sent in by SOLSTICE
4/99 |
| Did You Know that the song "Modern Crusaders" is used within an upcoming episode of
"La Femme Nikita" called "Sleeping With The Enemy". This episode has already aired in some parts of Canada. The
episode will air on Sunday, July 30th 2000 in the USA on USA Network. Information sent in by
SCHNEE 7/00 |
| Did You Know that "Beyond The Invisible" was used in an episode of "Baywatch" when
they were having a problem with pollution in the ocean? I bet you didn't! Information sent in by
KARA 6/98 |
| Did You Know that a part of the song "The Roundabout" is being used for a cigarette commercial
in Argentina. The Parliament brand of cigarettes also used actor Antonio Banderas to promote the commercial as well.
Banderas is the lover of course at a luxurious party and all the women want to dance with him. And the song they
dance to is "The Roundabout". This commercial was aired in Argentina in June of 1998. Thanks to
Mariano for this information. |
| Did You Know that Michael and Sandra's twins are named Nikita and Sebastian.
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| Did You Know that the video shoot of "Beyond The Invisible" took 3 nights to complete,
and the producers specially built an ice rink in the woods on location to make this video. The video was shot in August
in the UK and by coincidence the weather was very cold. |
| Did You Know that a radio station 104.1 WALC in St. Louis, MO USA played a remix version of
"Return To Innocence" with sound bites of VIP'S remembering Princess Diana after her un-timely death over
the Labor Day weekend. The re-mixers overlaid sound bites of random people speaking about Diana into the song. Some
notable quotes were from President Clinton, Diana's brother, and Nelson Mandella. There were also just
regular people talking about how she touched their lives. Information sent in by Lawrence J.
Kim on 9/4/97 |
| Did You Know that the house and studio where the Cretu's live in Ibiza is called "Finca";
this means house in Spanish. |
| Did You Know that Michael Cretu smokes. |
| Did You Know that Virgin Records insisted on a hit single for "The Cross Of Changes" so
Michael wrote "Return To Innocence" |
| Did You Know that the song "I Love You...I'll Kill You" was featured on "Baywatch".
The name of the episode is called "A Little Help" so if you collect the series look it up. Thanks to
John for sending in this information. |
| Did You Know that Michael Cretu supports FC Bayern Munich, a German soccer team. |
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