Adaptation
- 1966: Excerpts from the poem are spoken in the movie El Dorado by a young James Caan.
- 1993: Eldorado, along with Hymn and Evening Star, was adapted by choral composer Jonathan Adams as Three Songs from Edgar Allan Poe for SATB chorus and piano.
- 1996: The poem was used for the lyrics of a Donovan's song on his album Sutras.
- 2000: "Eldorado" was adapted as song by the Darkwave band Sopor Aeternus on the album Songs from the inverted Womb.
- 2008: Craig Owens released a demo version of a song titled "El Dorado" on his Myspace page. The song uses Poe's poem as lyrics.
- 2009: The Jim O'Ferrell Band, of Richmond, Virginia (where Poe was raised), released a song based on the poem (retitled "El Dorado") on their album Back to the World.
- 2012: The poem is recited and is a central part of the plot of the British horror-comedy film Eldorado.
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