What connects these two pieces of music

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I heard Karl Jenkins' Benedictus tonight. I immediately recalled the score to the original 1975 Stepford Wives.

Can anyone help me (a layperson!) understand what connects the two pieces musically (if anything)?

And, would it make sense for them both to communicate a sense of hopelessness? Or is that just me!

Thanks @Gingernaut

I'm really curious about what the link is. Whether it's as simple as 'the tune'.

Jenkins says on Classic FM (of Benedictus)
"The music begins quietly with two alternating chords in the strings, D major and E major. However, the bass part stays as a D throughout, creating an E major chord over D.
“It’s got an opening unlike any other,” Sir Karl explains. “It doesn't sound like an introduction. It's just these two chords stated [D major and E major over D] and it sets it up nicely.”

I wondered if the Stepford Wives is the same structure?