Editing The Seventh Seal (section)

=== Popular music ===
The film is referred to in several songs. The plot is recapitulated in [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]]'s "The Seventh Seal" from his album ''[[Scott 4]]''.<ref>[https://genius.com/Scott-walker-the-seventh-seal-lyrics Genius.com]</ref> There is a passing reference in [[Bruce Cockburn]]'s song "How I Spent My Fall Vacation", from his album ''[[Humans (Bruce Cockburn album)|Humans]]'', in which the song's narrative is bracketed by two young men watching the film in a cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/hismfv.html |website=The Cockburn Project |access-date=16 September 2018 |title=Bruce Cockburn – Songs – How I Spent My Fall Vacation}}</ref> On [[Iron Maiden]]'s album ''[[Dance of Death (album)|Dance of Death]]'' (2003), the title track was inspired by the final scene of ''The Seventh Seal'' where, according to guitarist [[Janick Gers]], "these figures on the horizon start doing a little jig, which is the dance of death."<ref name="Wall373">{{cite book |author=Wall, Mick |title=Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography |edition=3rd |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-86074-542-3 |page=373 |author-link=Mick Wall}}</ref> The song "The Hawthorne Passage" from Agalloch's Album [[The Mantle]] contains an audio sample from the scene in which Antonious first meets Death. The music video for the song [[Show Yourself (Mastodon song)|Show Yourself]] by the heavy metal band [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] features a brief parody of the film, in which the grim reaper is seen playing chess with a man in a hospital bed.