Fate motif refers to a musical motif in a number of different works:
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) Carmen (opera by Bizet) Symphony No. 6 (Mahler) Pelleas und Melisande (Schoenberg) Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich) Oboe Concerto (Strauss) Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky) La forza del destino (opera by Verdi) Die Walküre (opera by Richard Wagner)