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{{quote|"''We are scientists of sound. We're mathematically puttin' it down.''"|Kool & The Gang, "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJYy9S7F_GQ Heaven At Once]''."}}
{{quote|'''Announcer''': Dr. Weird's mystery will be continued shortly. Say, by the way, doctor, is mystery your sole pleasure?
'''Dr. Weird''': Young man, what could be more pleasant...than mystery?
'''Announcer''': Well, music. [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|I mean the kind of music men hum or whistle when they feel on top of the world!]]
|[[Abney Park]], ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}1EX11Xi4pak Until the Day You Die]''}}
It's hardly surprising that there would be lots of Music examples for [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]. So, here they are.
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* [[Awesome Music/Classical|Classical]]
* [[Awesome Music/Country Music|Country]]
** [[Taylor Swift
* [[Awesome Music/Electronic|Electronic]]
* [[Hard Rock/Awesome Music|Hard Rock]] (Includes Glam Rock)
* [[
** [[Black Sabbath
** [[Iron Maiden
** [[Judas Priest
** [[Metallica
** [[Power Metal/Awesome Music|Power Metal]]
*** [[Helloween
*** [[Kamelot
*** [[Nightwish
*** [[Therion
** [[Technical Death Metal/Awesome Music|Technical Death Metal]]
* [[National Anthem/Awesome Music|National Anthems]]
* [[
* [[Awesome Music/Progressive|Progressive]] (Both Prog. Rock and Prog. Metal)
** [[Dream Theater
** [[Peter Gabriel
** [[Pink Floyd
* [[
* [[Awesome Music/Post-Punk|Post-Punk]]
* [[Rap/Awesome Music|Rap]] (Also Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B, etc.)
** [[
* [[Awesome Music/Rock|Rock]]
** [[Coldplay
** [[Foo Fighters
** [[Gorillaz
** [[Muse (
** [[Radiohead
== Drum Corps ==
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== Folk
* The music of Stan Rogers is always good, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA#t=1m40s "The Mary Ellen Carter"] is the essence of '''gar'''.
{{quote|
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And, like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again! }}
** So awesome, in fact, it was the [[Survival Mantra]] that [
* Leslie Fish's [http://www.prometheus-music.com/audio/hopeeyrie.mp3 "Hope Eyrie"] (there performed by Julia Ecklar) is hopeful, and saddening, and beautiful. No surprise it's a [http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/hope-eyrie.html Pegasus Award Winner].
* Mumford and Sons: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJf9qJHR3E "Little Lion Man"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNy8llTLvuA "The Cave"]
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== Gospel, Hymns, and Other Religious Music ==
* A few Christian hymns qualify. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3IklHr8TlM&fmt=16 "God of Our Fathers"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozThleyXdVQ&fmt=16 "Thy Strong Word"], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140130085501/http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/u/builton.htm "Built on the Rock"] among others. (That last one requires a browser with MIDI support).
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNf0K1y7kGM "The Judgement"]. This song is...Wow. The powerful singing, the sweeping, uplifting music, and the power in the sheer feeling of it! YES!
** Also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_T0R8uOHTQ "Battle Hymn of the Republic"] is great, if only for the brilliant lyrics by Julia Ward Howe:
{{quote|
He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave
Our God is marching on }}
* "How Great Thou Art".
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*** Try the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKlOYWwgRo8 Martina McBride] version. Wow...
** Sticking with Christmas carols, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" especially as done by Trans-Siberian-Orchestra, and "Do You Hear What I Hear?".
**
* The hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" tells the story of a climactic battle between the forces of Good on earth and all the devils in Hell. Just as things are looking bad, the music reaches its final verse, where the organ kicks it into high gear as Jesus comes onto the battlefield and utterly routs Satan.
** For even more awesome, try John Rutter's arrangement, with an 80-voice choir, organ, and orchestra. The third verse is just the men singing, in a minor key, and sounds as dark as hell itself. The fourth verse builds back up to full power in triumph and joy.
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** "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder"
** "Wonderful Grace of Jesus", with a chorus that splits into two melodies, the men singing a deep, rumbling ostinato, and the women joining in with a descant, building in volume, until the two voices meet at the end in three triumphant chords. Pure win.
* "Agnus Dei" by Michael W. Smith. The text is a scant two quotes from [[The Bible
* "The Doxology"... short, sweet, to the point and it gives any listener goosebumps every time.
* The Navy Hymn, a/k/a "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" is probably one of the most comforting ones out there.
** "Whose arm doth bind the restless waves", indeed.
* "Faith of Our Fathers," especially if you're Roman Catholic.
* Anything by the late Moses Hogan, who arranges spirituals for full choirs completely a capella. Particularly awesome pieces include "Battle of Jericho", "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?", and "Elijah Rock".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyTErGO538 "Kedushah"] is an immensely powerful prayer, building to a crescendo of "ANI ADONAI ELOHEICHEM!" (I AM THE LORD YOUR G-D!)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081028223523/http://http/://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uc01ASDJT8 "Nearer My God to Thee"] aka the soundtrack to the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_i-6QPjZ0 "Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah"]. It's downright goosebump-inducing when there's a strong bass singer to back up the congregation singing it.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pmj3iCDxqk "Yehei Yehei"] by The Chevra. It's just five words, "yehei shlama rabba min shemayah" (May there be abundant peace from heaven), repeated through the entire song, but DAMN if it isn't catchy! Also makes awesome dance music.
* Back to Christmas music: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n543eKIdbUI "Angels We Have Heard on High"] by The Piano Guys. The way four guys turn one piano and a piece of paper into at least six different instruments to perform an absolutely beautiful rendition of this classic hymn (along with a medley of other familiar snippets) is amazing.
== Grunge ==
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* "Call my name/through the cream/and I'll hear you scream/again... BLLLLLLAAAAACK HOLE SUN, WON'T YOU COME-".
** Also, "Spoonman" is the best song off of ''Superunknown''.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9318WhMQr18&ob=av2n "Live to Rise"].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpH5i3xD7tA "Rooster"] by [[
** "Would?" is as awesome, and the Opeth cover is EPIC.
** Also "I Stay Away".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGsT_qFMBs "Touch Me, I'm Sick"] by Mudhoney.
* [[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxR2iUc2r4 "Save You"].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8y3kneqrs "Yellow Ledbetter"]
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* Bobby Darin's version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgykWqMh4V0 "Mack the Knife"]. The ending is so badass it hurts.
* Listening to Charles Mingus' "Haitian Fight Song" turns panty-waisted poindexters into switchblade-flicking badasses, and makes plain women gain a cup size and a bad (but sultry) smoking habit.
** Same with "Better Get it In Your Soul."
* John Coltrane. First, he wrote "Giant Steps," which is universally recognized as one of the most difficult songs in jazz to preform, and there's also "A Love Supreme," an over 40 minute proto-free jazz jam in dedication to higher power that is often called one of the most passionate preformances in jazz history.
* [[Charlie Parker]]'s "Charlie Parker with Strings." While some purists hate it for being too "pop" for bebop, you have to admit there is something incredible about his virtuoso bebop improvs being played over a full orchestra.
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== Other ==
* ''Beethoven's Last Night'' is concept album by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, telling the story of Beethoven selling his soul to the devil, ([[It Makes Sense in Context|it's a long story]]) and is generally full of awesome (only to be expected from an album based on Beethoven). The highlight is ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsjjyR_vRqE What is Eternal]''. All through the song there's this pervading sense of melancholy - that he doesn't think he's good enough, that his work will never be remembered, that his life's worth "ended with his birth". Then about two minutes in, the music fades into a short burst of ''Ode To Joy''. It's quite the [[Tear Jerker]]. Beethoven might never fully know his own genius, but we sure as hell will.
** From the same album, there is the magnificent piece ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Qc5YYp4Cg A Last Illusion]''. Starts off with a short ditty on a classical guitar (The first few phrases of ''Sonata facile'' by Mozart) and quickly segues into a very strong rendition of ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' on electric guitars, backed by the full orchestra. The last two and a half minutes or so of the song is simply the most amazing, emotionally charged rendition of ''Ode to Joy'' that can be summed up in the aforementioned two and a half minutes. Not only does the orchestra come back at full blast, there are at least three guitars, plus two pianists, and a [[Ominous Latin Chanting|full choir.]] If Beethoven were alive today, he would be able to hear this. It's that moving.
* A little single name: David Garrett [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2-DnM5MvpI\]. It's difficult to see in which category he fits.
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* [[Two Words]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI Lux Aeterna]. There's a reason so many movie trailers use it.
** Not to be confused with Gyorgi Ligeti's ''Lux Aeterna'', which played during the trip to the moon in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
* The long, orchestrated version seen here and in movie theatres everywhere is actually called [
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrZUfKk_mPc Requiuem for a Tower makes everything epic]
*** And now there's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyvN0LzXxrI Requiem for a Dream Guitar cover]. It's just as epic, if not more so.
* A great deal of the CMOA that gets our blood pumping in those movie trailers is produced by groups such as Immediate Music, X-Ray Dog, and [[
** Their music would be peak CMOA if it weren't for the tiny little fault that... '''their music cannot be legitimately obtained'''!
*** Immediate recently released an album on iTunes, including their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHPYOcgde98&fmt=18 "Lacrimosa."] Big Yes!
*** Immediate also sets lyrics to their music, released under the band name ''Globus.'' Standouts are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6skxRLnsI "Preliator"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEQLJUYb68 "Orchard of Mines"], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSOO8Alb1U "Sarabande Suite (Aeternas)"]. One can definitely not forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIyaiYCneM Europa], a truly epic song about the bloody history of Europe.
*** [[
** "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlnkahNbHm8 Diem Ex Dei]''" is one of Globus' best.
* ''Canon Rock''. There's a reason why [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 this] is one of the most viewed videos on [[YouTube]]. (Hint: It isn't because of the hat.)
* Funtastic Power!'s [[
** Speaking of [[
** Anything Funtastic Power is CMOA.
* When you ask the question of who the greatest pianists of the 20th century were, Fats Waller's name is definitely at the top of the list, and his rendition of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHN9OUDs-ys "Carolina Shout"]'' does more that show you why. Flawless multitasking isn't just something computers can do, and working it all into something that swings rather than stands stiff is something that the best do with ease.
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* "Just Dance" by [[Lady Gaga]]. Seriously, it's freaking legend.
* [[Lemon Demon]]'s "Ask For Nothing" is one of those songs that seems uninteresting the first time, but gets better every time you listen to it. Even though on first listen it sounds like the time signature is screwed up, it's actually in 4/4. It's just disguised as what appears to be 17/8. That takes skill.
** Also of note is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFYAd96WqE Bad Idea], at least for "Too Much Spare Time" for the flash work, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509225037/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7084489538066105747 Word Disassociation] for getting away with [[Word Salad Lyrics]], and still being awesome.
* Kristoph Klover's rendition of Jordin Kare's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU Fire in the Sky] made Buzz Aldrin cry on live television. 'Nuff said.
* [[
** Speaking of [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], take a polka medley - ''any'' of his medleys. Seriously, [[Crazy Awesome]] doesn't ''even begin'' to describe it. Here's an example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AKez2s_K5Q "The Hot Rocks Polka"].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA "Genius in France"]--Al's ''nine minute'' tribute to the late Frank Zappa, with none other than Frank's son Dweezil himself on guitar. Because it's as ridiculously complex and awesome as you'd expect it to be, calling this song a parody is immediately ''out'' of the question.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDbhhP5uFw "Albuquerque."] Enough said.
* Sam Spence's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WApopnLTk18 "The Lineman"]. It was made for the NFL, but sounds like an epic superhero theme.
* Maura O'Connell's "Mystic Lipstick".
* Roisin Murphy's "Sow Into You" (that's not a misspelling). It's so easy to like.
* Anything played on a [
** For example, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqoRaphiEk&feature=video_response The Imperial March], now with 100% more lightning.
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VlZOg9iv4 Sanctus] by Karl Jenkins. It's a cross between awesome military music and the [[Ominous Latin Chanting]].
* Of all the musical tributes to Michael Jackson after his death, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12QVtuB0_Q&feature=channel this medley of his songs] by Sam Tsui is the most astoundingly awesome and [[Tear Jerker]] worthy of them all. And while we're on the subject of Mr Tsui, also check out his amazing cover versions of "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey, "Run" by Snow Patrol, and a High School Musical song.
* The Doug Anthony All Stars. Rude, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_XDadEgH4 crude], hilarious and incredibly NSFW one moment,and the next they blew audiences away with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssEBcrATK68 stuff] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0g2oG_w2g like] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNre0nnlo_U this]. If Paul [[Mc Dermott]]'s voice doesn't move you, nothing will.
* [[Voltaire (
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6rLMchPYSw Hell In A Handbasket].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHS8k2-u8o&feature=related This Sea], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVCLc_k3xqM&feature=related The Beast of Pirate's Bay], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbjMzDCJ3I&feature=related Death Death Song], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tHULNYWQ2Q Cannibal Buffet].
* Oingo Boingo. It's Danny Elfman, for crying out loud! For starters, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg "Dead Man's Party"] anyone? Or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROhhid5CB4 "Insaniy"] perhaps? Hell, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA "Little Girls"] and the Farewell version of [http://www.imeem.com/artists/oingo_boingo/music/eb9ihbdT/oingo-boingo-water/ "Water"] are instant win, period. (In all honesty, whenever Danny Elfman plays a rock song, it's going to be awesome.)
* Secret Chiefs 3 tend to specialize in this when they're not just dishing out [[Nightmare Fuel]] instead. Good examplse would be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HCRhAJA7tM "The Three"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cafWsO7sEp4 "Combat For The Angel"].
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* ''Psychobilly''.[[Ear Worm|Ridiculously catchy]], [[Lyrical Dissonance|upbeat, '50's-style]] songs about the ''[[Zombie Apocalypse]].''
** Considered psychobilly for whatever reason is The Quakes' cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mJR7r9VUU The Killing Moon], originally by awesome 80s group Echo and the Bunnymen.
* The Bloodhound Gang's "The Bad Touch". It's just... not only so [[Intercourse
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRv8gnBMiWM This] remix/medley of Wind Waker tunes by Fredde Gredde HAS to be recognized. Not only is it astoundingly beautiful, it was all played and synchronized by ONE GUY. Crowning awesome, indeed.
* [[Kronos Quartet]] do impeccable covers as well as their own material. Their cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 "Purple Haze"] may outdo the [[Jimi Hendrix]] original.
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* There's a reason [[Amazing Freaking Grace]] has its own trope. It's not just the public domain thing. Almost all hymns are public domain, but none of them have ever earned such a hallowed spot in our culture as Amazing Grace. The song is simply wonderful.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZdvW6BBkc ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TO KICK YOUR ASS!!!!!!]
* A lot of [[Songs to Wear Pants To]] songs are this, from just about any genre, such as [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514113925/http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/underage-stalkers/ Underage Stalkers] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514104315/http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/never-been-in-love/ Never Been In Love].
* William Joseph. The two most notable examples are Piano Fantasy and Within (the orchestra versions).
* Rodrigo y Gabriela has an interesting story. They are a Mexican duo, that after searching for success in the metal scene decided to move to Europe and eventually changed to flamenco. Listen to their rendition of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0 "Stairway to Heaven"]. Now listen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBgg-hrtyo some] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqplTlpTF6s of their original songs]. Now remember that every single thing you hear is ''two fucking guitars''.
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* Mairead Nesbitt playing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wzMfSiOkMQ Granuaile's Dance.] Take Grace Kelly's dancing, add phenomenal violin skills, and you have Mairead.
** Made even better if you know [[Pirate Girl|who]] [[Lady of War|Granuaile]] [[Crazy Awesome|was]].
* Two words: [[Punctuated!
* [[
* Pogo (Nick Bertke) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBaIBxv_uQ He's been played at the Guggenheim!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4jmB9fdZc8 Small] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jmhbw3JHw taste] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBN-CAhOYQ0 of his] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxe5NIABsI work.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130811004149/http://www.8bitchristmas.com/ Who can't resist Christmas done in 8-bit music].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPvl0X1hKA This]. Also doubles as [[Crowning Music Of Heartwarming]]. Also, how, just how, as it possible to not be in LOVE with this song? So sweet.
* What happens when you fuse together classical violin with hip hop? You get [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ78f1gUa5Q something] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40vXg5caF0 completely] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3WtJYgy1Q awesome]. Nuttin' But Stringz. YES.
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== To be classified ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUcszN8jRB8&feature=channel_video_title Bad Lip Reading's, er, "cover" of Bruno Mars' The Lazy Song-slash-Lady Gaga's Alejandro.] It's both hilariously surreal and awesome at once.
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* Pretty much all of Amanda Palmer's first solo album, but especially "Ampersand". It's just so defiant and powerful and, well '''awesome'''.
** Also "Leeds United", "Runs in the Family", and "The Point of it All". Oh, and by the way, Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman are a Crowning Couple of Awesome, if that even exists.
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* On the subject of Lux Aeterna, listen... to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvim8neMIIk this.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVrZE5Y2lV4 The Ballad of Brisco County Jr.] is so awesome [[NBC]] ripped it off for all their Olympics ads for the last decade or so.
* [
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ronaldjenkees&view=videos Ronald Jenkees] is an amiable Kentuckian who likes to have a little "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFurLevE28&feature=channel_page disorganized fun]" on his keyboard for "YouTubes." When he's feeling a bit more organized, he comes up with stuff like "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2aH4XLbto&feature=channel_page Throwing Fire]."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ZfzoynbRY&feature=related "Dulcissimia"] by Corvus Corax. ''That'' is folk. First, you can't believe how over the top it is...and then they bring out the ''chariot''.
* Any march by John Philip Sousa. Of course, the Crowning Music of his catalog is "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
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* Hybrid's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoV9d9y-DdQ Finished Symphony] would damn near be a stock piece of music as a climactic song of triumph, were it not for the 9.5 minute length.
* Rajaton's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oghj7y4hluU "Butterfly"] deserves a place on here for sure, but the 3:45 mark of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXEoVw7ETKM "Dobbin's Flowery Vale"] will ''bring you to your knees''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091105182444/http://www.estradasphere.com/news.php Estradasphere] deserves mention here; specifically, the songs "Smuggled Mutation" and "Colossal Risk".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDE2kGuIXp0 Listen to me, my children now...]
* How about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHthbtSbGLM "Dragon's Heartbeat"] from the soundtrack of ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'', by Randy Edelman? This seems to get used all over the place, most memorably from Elvis Stojko's figure skating routine in the 1994 Olympics. Timestamp 1:00 in the link is when it gets memorable, and 1:35 is when it gets epic.
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* "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs, which can really only be described with the word "cool."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fRRnrevc8M&feature=fvw Dick Dale's version of "Miserlou"], a.k.a, "That Slick-Ass Guitar/Gunshot Opening to [[Pulp Fiction]]". In addition, majority opinion states that the song was much more awesome before [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|Black Eyed Peas shat all over it.]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SijRPwSqYPg This] remix of [[Michael Jackson]]'s "Smooth Criminal" combined with "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" by the Wu-Tang Clan and "Quiet Storm" by Mobb Deep.
* John Marnie's "Water on the Moon". Yes, it's about the LCROSS mission, but darned if it doesn't give you chills. "We're on our way, we're on our waaaahaaaaaay!"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnEeO6xyY8o "Tincan Hitman" by Robotronica].
* eRa. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbeH7IJeq4 Voxifera is awesome distilled].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7NSdSEFxTQ This] Chinese song.
* Practically everything by [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RbWg0UCKE This is war, like you ain't seen.] To an awesome WWII battle, even. Also contains a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] at the end, when the German soldiers leave the mother and her newborn baby alone.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pLmcVKH6o "Matsuri"] by Kitaro.
* "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas" is an utterly epic, 10 minute long musical rendition of Godzilla terrorizing Las Vegas, with the French Horns providing his roar, the bass drum as the cannon blasts aiming to kill him, the musicians screaming "GODZILLA", music teachers tangoing across the stage, a mambo, xylophone hits representing morse code over a telegram, and a blood curling scream. It is absolute epic, find it on youtube.
* The final battle between Neo and Mr. Smith in Matrix Revolutions while the song, Neodammerung plays in the background. Although to the untrained ear the lyrics sound like random ominous chanting, it's really a Hindu Vedic hymn about enlightenment spoken in Sanskrit.
* Anything by Paul Winter. He rocks. ''Whales Alive'' album especially though.
* "Adiemus" by Karl Jenkins. Epic. Just... epic.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC0s_SxIWRc Tetris], remixed by 2PM. SO. FREAKING. EPIC.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8 More Tetris], but with a twist: It's the complete history of the Soviet Union, sung to the theme. It's impossible to stop listening.
* "O Magnum Mysterium" by Tomas Luis de Victoria, especially as sung by the Boston Camerata. 2:32 of pure harmony. There are some pieces of music that make you stand up and cheer, and there are some that make you just lie down and listen. This is one of the latter.
* [[Jim Henson|Muppet.]] [[Queen|Bohemian.]] [[
* [[Buckethead]] is so great he can make a [[Funk]] and Blue grass hybrid and make you enjoy it.
* What happens when someone blends the lyrics of the Nat King Cole classic "Nature Boy" with the [[Mad Men]] theme? Well, an actual band was assembled to give us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEj0z0maxzM this treat], with the icing on this cake courtesy of the vocals of Allison Williams (daughter of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams).
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j82aPJjPCvU This live collaboration] between Japanese turntablist DJ Kentaro and shamisen player Kinoshita Shinichi. Who would have thought that traditional Japanese music could be fused with hip-hop and drum n' bass is such an awesome way?
* [http://soundcloud.com/birdfeeder/jurassic-park-theme-1000-Slower The Jurassic Park theme, slowed down by 1000%...] and my GOD does it make you want to weep with the sheer beauty of it.
* Don
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY Zoot Suit Riot].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbO1YtoUqM8 The Evolution of Video Games Epic Medley] is a nine-minute long Crowning Music Of Awesome ''multiplied by 22''--it features 22 classic Nintendo and arcade video game theme songs packed in a single medley with transitions and will stun you from [[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQkbwhHfohY NEDM?] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Lh1YqMMcE NEDM].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0xBCwkg3E LOL!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1sQ1HPgUM INTERNET!]
* Most of [[Image Boards|DJ AnounymOS]]'s tunes. Notably, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtqhawGIrBA BAWWWWW], and of course
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoDLyx4OSY So I Herd U Liek Musics...] (which also happens to be the best tune on 420chan's album Lulz: A Corruption Of LOL).
* Motown '''''as a whole''''' deserves its own page.
* Woodkids [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs&feature=fvwrel Iron]. Better known as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoH8heBDC_4 that one kickass song from] ''[[Assassin's Creed
** Not to mention [http://youtu.be/6XAT2C9CCPY his cover] of Adele's "Someone Like You".
* Gabriel Kahane's song cycle ''Craigslistlieder''. The piano forms a hilarious counterpoint to the lyrics, taken almost verbatim from particularly pathetic Craigslist posts. An example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-O4J0XQ1_c Neurotic and Lonely]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9o8OWVWOE0 Death May Die], a [[Cthulhu Mythos|Lovecraftian]] pastiche of ''Auld Lang Sye''. Even if you don't like [[Cosmic Horror Story|the lyrics]], one must admit the instrumentals are AWESOME.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lekcEhYgQXw Where Eagles Fly] combines the power of two very different vocalists: [[Sarah Brightman]] and [[Manowar|Eric Adams]] to create something incredible.
* Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen, a.k.a. Two Steps From Hell, have some awesome music of their own. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLdhFVzqt4 Just] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJm6b-o2pTM&feature=related listen] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4tOrRgnxfU&feature=related to] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O6Q1OiF6LI&feature=related it.] There's a reason it's been used for movie and video game trailers, like [[Mass Effect 2]] and [[Star Trek (
* In the 90s in Indonesia, there was a group called ''Padhayangan Project'' or ''P-Project'' whose portfolio was to take one song and then make a parody song from it. For instance, take an already good and powerful song like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRbzF3ur7k "Tenda Biru" (Blue Tent) by Desy Ratnasari (then a popular artist/idol)]... and they turn it into [[Crowning Moment of Funny|an utterly hilarious and awesome music out of it (with the same title)]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLtRRbqTjM with its music video equally funny].
* [[Sucker Punch]] soundtrack, is actually life changing. Covering everything, like, rock, metal, industrial, pop, rap and alternative. All made all the more theatrical and over the top, cuz it is possible. Army Of Me is industrial and rock screaming for power and taking no crap, Tomorrow Never Knows is trippy, but healing, I Want It All/We Will Rock You's rap is funny but true, Where Is My Mind and its fellow track Asleep both touch you in a emotional level and Sweet Dreams is one of the few geniunely life changing addictive songs ever which really never gets old. They kept both the dramatic moments of the movie in the soundtrack and kept the songs intact for casual listening purposes and to relive the movie without watching it. How often does a various artists soundtrack do that right?
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