Awesome Music/Seventh Generation: Difference between revisions

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*** [[This Troper]] wishes they'd released a CD, as some of the covers are in his opinion even better (maybe just because they were burned in his brain by massive doses of awesome, but nevertheless) but hey, that's what the internet and audio utility is for.

**** No CD, but how's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1_IuM9qc&feature=PlayList&p=192D4D9402B39B80&index=0 Youtube playlist] of every song but YMCA? (Grr, copyright!)

** [[Osu Tatakae Ouendan|Ready steady, can't hold me back]]. [[Final Boss|Ready steady, give me good luck]]. [[Autobots Rock Out|Ready steady, never look back]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Let's get started]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsjaQJf7ZCA Ready Steady GO!!]

** [[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan|Ready steady, can't hold me back]]. [[Final Boss|Ready steady, give me good luck]]. [[Autobots Rock Out|Ready steady, never look back]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Let's get started]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsjaQJf7ZCA Ready Steady GO!!]

* It's difficult to pick one from the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series. Some choice selections from ''Guitar Hero II'':

** The build-up to ''Freebird''. Having finally confirmed ''five times'' that you want to play the song, a UFO appears to beam away most of the stage decoration, leaving just you, Stonehenge, and some awesome lighting. And ''then'' you get the epic intro to the actual song.

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** And especially "Leap the Precipice".One of the best battle themes this troper ever heard.

** Not to mention "Scrap and Build Ourselves", the final boss music. The piece is a remix of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude. Listen to it in high quality [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fq3uSWHJg here].

* ''[[~~Bioshock~~]]'' -- Come ''on'', people! All those [[Psycho Strings|creepy strings]] all over the place? The mournful/disturbing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nnYVZ1L6Q main theme] is brilliant, Cohen's piano scherzo is magnificent, but for sheer bombastic awesome, you can't beat "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQn2vEe_BA Welcome to Rapture]". Some people on [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjMh0IXIGY seem] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOwEisUc5A to like this soundtrack], also. Then there's all that wonderful [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]...

* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' -- Come ''on'', people! All those [[Psycho Strings|creepy strings]] all over the place? The mournful/disturbing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nnYVZ1L6Q main theme] is brilliant, Cohen's piano scherzo is magnificent, but for sheer bombastic awesome, you can't beat "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zQn2vEe_BA Welcome to Rapture]". Some people on [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjMh0IXIGY seem] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOwEisUc5A to like this soundtrack], also. Then there's all that wonderful [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]...

** ''[[~~Bioshock~~]]'s'' soundtrack consists of many old 1940's/50's songs, including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsvZuNuKPac "If I Didn't Care"] by the Inkspots and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window"], mostly playing in the background on scratchy records as you crawl about in the darkness being attacked by psychotic mutants. The [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] escalates further when {{spoiler|1=Sander Cohen unleashes a horde of splicers on you while Tchaikovsky's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YEuktTNCw "Waltz of the Flowers"] plays in the background.}}

** ''[[BioShock (series)]]'s'' soundtrack consists of many old 1940's/50's songs, including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsvZuNuKPac "If I Didn't Care"] by the Inkspots and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window"], mostly playing in the background on scratchy records as you crawl about in the darkness being attacked by psychotic mutants. The [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] escalates further when {{spoiler|1=Sander Cohen unleashes a horde of splicers on you while Tchaikovsky's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YEuktTNCw "Waltz of the Flowers"] plays in the background.}}

* Crackdown. Agency radio. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyMEjZWARQU\].

** Speaking of Crackdown, this troper has been playing the Crackdown 2 demo, and kind of likes the "Main theme" that pops up here and there. In particular, the version that plays when you detonate a Sunburst beacon is just epic, if a bit on the short side.

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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHOQJV0qdWY NXE intro theme] is pretty frakkin' awesome, even if it is really short.

* ''Universe At War: Earth Assault''. Another Klepacki production, it features such gems as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBz62nZVMJw Damage King], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ZGBXCk2HQ Mechanical Brain], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_VfhU2Z8cQ Bass Case], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O7_x64cIg0 Roots], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJvCl9t1e6M Display of Power], and the GOD of Crowning Music of Awesome, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_Fka3v8u8 Divine Intervention].

* ''[[Advent Rising]]'', [[Your Mileage May Vary|a great game that should have had a sequel]], had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ_hgmGEhsw "Bounty Hunter" a.k.a. "Koroem"], the most epic [[Space Opera]] theme ever complete with [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] (grab the [[~~MP 3~~]] from the [http://www.adventtrilogy.com/images/music/Koroem.mp3 official site]), and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYXg1X4Kvk "Stolen Transport"] (weird name I know, but your life will NOT be complete without listening to it at least once).

* ''[[Advent Rising]]'', [[Your Mileage May Vary|a great game that should have had a sequel]], had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ_hgmGEhsw "Bounty Hunter" a.k.a. "Koroem"], the most epic [[Space Opera]] theme ever complete with [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] (grab the [[MP3]] from the [http://www.adventtrilogy.com/images/music/Koroem.mp3 official site]), and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYXg1X4Kvk "Stolen Transport"] (weird name I know, but your life will NOT be complete without listening to it at least once).

** Even Gamespot, which gave it a 6.3, said that the musical score was one of the greatest ever put into a video game.

* The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' fan made video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_aGQyFETU Ignis Solus] is amusing by itself, but the music ''makes it'' for this troper. The high quality [[~~MP 3~~]] version of that tune is even better if you can buy/find it.

* The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' fan made video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_aGQyFETU Ignis Solus] is amusing by itself, but the music ''makes it'' for this troper. The high quality [[MP3]] version of that tune is even better if you can buy/find it.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQVSW9KlIhc The Art of War], from meet the soldier, is the [[Rule of Three]] applied to Awesome.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRDmirJATKs main theme] is catchy, too.

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** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df7N1HqrMyM Sins of the Father]", which plays when {{spoiler|chasing Zakhaev's son through the suburbs}} and when {{spoiler|defending against the Ultranationalists' reinforcements while on the destroyed bridge.}}

** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VXfYYO618 Loyalists]", played after you {{spoiler|finally stop Zakhaev and his bodyguards}}, is a somewhat sorrowful track that perfectly fits the Loyalists' rescue scene.

** Just about everything [[The Dark Knight Saga|Hans]] [[Black Hawk Down|Zimmer]] did for [[Modern Warfare|Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2]] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCOCW-Vjoc awesome]. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_4e678TNk Control Room]'' is a standout track, if only because it's the best use of a fiddle since, well, [[Fiddler On the Roof]]!

** Just about everything [[The Dark Knight Saga|Hans]] [[Black Hawk Down|Zimmer]] did for [[Modern Warfare|Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2]] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCOCW-Vjoc awesome]. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_4e678TNk Control Room]'' is a standout track, if only because it's the best use of a fiddle since, well, [[Fiddler on the Roof]]!

*** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDPwBikzps Boneyard FlyBy]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpOFeNdv1sY Whitehouse EndRun]" are also top notch tracks from the [[Modern Warfare|MW2]] soundtrack.

** MW3's soundtrack, courtesy of Brian Tyler (of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' fame), has some excellent tracks as well. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJ5ys5oh3Q Russian Deliberations]" lends an awesome sense of gravitas to the Russian President's entrance, while the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrSonUkJ1a4 Main Theme] carries an epic feeling of finality, fitting for the end of the trilogy.