What's That Song They Always Use for...
Submitted by lukeprog on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 22:31
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- Gears of industry: "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott
- Slow-mo battfield with everyone dying: "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber
- Epic violence: "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff, "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
- People running around fast and silly: "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph
- Calm, reflective reverie: "Spiegel em Spiegel" by Arvo Part, "Gymnopédie No.1" by Erik Satie
- Stereotyping Italians: "Tarantella" (traditional)
- Hot chick in the 80s: "Oh Yeah" by Yello
- Sunrise on a farm: "Morning Mood" by Edward Grieg
- Underdog going for the prize: "Chariots of Fire theme" by Vangelis
- Crazy hustle to get something done fast: "Sabre dance" by Aram Khachaturian, "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Racing to triumph: "Finale of William Tell Overture" by Giaochino Rossini
- The Internet: "Lux Aeterna" by Clint Mansell (also, "Requiem for a Tower"), "Clubbed to Death" by Rob Dougan
- Victory, celebration: "Finale to 1812 Overture", "Hallelujah Chorus" by Handel
- Gothic scariness: "Toccata and Fugue" by J.S. Bach
- Boating, swimming, graceful: "Blue Danube" by Richard Strauss
- Birth, Dawn, Origin, Revelation: "Also Sprach Zarathustra opening" by Richard Strauss
- Graduation, ceremony, parade: "Pomp and Circumstance March" by Edward Elgar
- Classy and warm: "Cello Suite #1, Prelude" by J.S. Bach
- Spiritual epiphany or revelation: "Svefn g englar" by Sigur Ros
- Underwater, or perhaps magical: "Aquarium" by Saint-Saens.
- corny game show: "Spanish Flea"
- Swingin' and dancing: "Sing Sing Sing" by Benny Goodman, "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller
- Wedding: "Canon in D" by Pachelbel
- Intermission: "Theme from a Summer Place" by Percy Faith
- Ironic tint to montages of tragedy: "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
- Passing seasons, or an epic marriage: "Palladio Allegretto" by Karl Jenkins
- In the supermarket, retro: "Summer Samba" by Walter Wanderley, "Happy Go Lively" by Laurie Johnson
- Badass: "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood, "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N Roses
- Young and sporty people: "Song No. 2" by Blur
- Teen girlfriend/boyfriend gets killed: "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap
- (more to come)
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScoreAndMusicTropes