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* "Agnus Dei" by Michael W. Smith. The text is a scant two quotes from [[The Bible|John's Revelation]] and a simple tune, but with the right voice and the right backup it's got this ethereal quality that sounds like heaven.
* "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.
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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 [[Alice in Chains]].
** "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.
* [[Pearl Jam]]'s live version of "Even Flow", from Live at Lollapalooza 2007. Amazing.
** [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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* The long, orchestrated version seen here and in movie theatres everywhere is actually called [[wikipedia:Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream)|Requiem for a Tower.]] The original version is still awesome, but in a quieter, [[Nightmare Fuel]] kind of way.
*** [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 [[E.S. Posthumus|E.S Posthumus]], and licensed out to film distributors for use in their trailers. Hats off to 'em!
** Their music would be peak CMOA if it weren't for the tiny little fault that... '''their music cannot be legitimately obtained'''!
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*** 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.
*** [[E.S. Posthumus]] have also released three albums, ''Unearthed'', ''Cartographer'' and ''Makara''. The epitome of their epic songs is ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusLypfx7OQ Pompeii]."
** "''[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 [[300|"THIS IS SPARTA!"]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luyFer6XwaI mix] is hilariously epic.
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** [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.
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* [[Voltaire (band)|Voltaire]]. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5HXF7Ymij4 When You're Evil]'' [[Villain Song|That]] [[For the Evulz|is]] [[Evil Is Cool|all]].
** [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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* 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!
* [[Pink]] has a crap-load of songs that are awesome, but "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVNlG5cZyQ Raise Your Glass]" is her most recent one. ''We will never be, never be/Anything but loud and nitty-gritty/Dirty little freaks.''
* 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.]
* [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.
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* [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.
* [[wikipedia:Savage genius|savage genius]] generally shows up in the anime section, but one of their best, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XA1ojWsNXg "Still I Love You"], is an album only, and deserves a nod here.
* [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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* "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].
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* [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.]] [[This Is Sparta|Rhapsody.]] The faithfulness to the original video is just astounding (though it ''did'' cut out the famous guitar solo right before the equally famous 'Opera' section.) Someone even made a video in which the two videos played in perfect simultation. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBaO75n5-Ho&feature=related It will astound you.] (Starts around 0:15.)
* [[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 McLean's "American Pie" is an eight minute long tribute to the Baby Boom generation. And it's amazing.
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* [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.
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