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* [[Orphaned/Awesome Music/The Newmans|The Newmans]]

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* [[MiklosMiklós RozsaRózsa/Awesome Music|Miklós Rózsa]]

=== Films ===

* [[Batman (Franchise)/Awesome Music|Batman]]

* [[Godzilla (Franchise)/Awesome Music|Godzilla]]

* [[James Bond (Franchisefilm)/Awesome Music|James Bond]]

* [[The Lord of the Rings (Literaturefilm)/Awesome Music|The Lord of the Rings]] & [[The Hobbit (Filmfilm)|The Hobbit]]

* [[Streets of Fire (Film)/Awesome Music|Streets of Fire]]

* [[Tron: Legacy (Film)/Awesome Music|Tron Legacy]]

* [[Quentin Tarantino (Creator)/Awesome Music|Quentin Tarantino]]

* [[Orphaned/Awesome Music/Movie Trailers|Movie Trailers]]

* Mark Knopfler's heartstring-tugging ending theme song for ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]''.

* Basil Poledouris' whole score for the ''[[Conan the Barbarian (Film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' movie is listed on many top-ten film score lists.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2mRG5mzg ''Anvil of Crom''] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkMhRvEmG6s ''Riddle of Steel.''] With so little dialogue, John Milius asked him to write a [[Richard Wagner|Wagnerian]] [[Opera|operatic]] score that would carry the whole movie, including the nearly-wordless first ''half-hour''. "Riddle of Steel"'s later middle section was slightly reworked into no less than three trailers for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', ''Ocarina of Time 3D'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'').

** ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'' main theme, which only really comes in about half-way through the film.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGHCoVzqtk Klendathu Drop]'' from ''[[Starship Troopers (Filmfilm)|Starship Troopers]]''. It was the ''perfect'' piece for the accompanying scene.

* [[Kick-Ass (Filmfilm)|Kick-Ass]] has incredible music. Examples:

**** {{spoiler|"Big Daddy Kills"}} is actually a version of John Murphy's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYYEDXaGo0 "In The House - In a Heartbeat"] from the movie [[Twenty Eight Days Later|28 Days Later]]. Oddly the original is likely the song used in the film, not the one "covered" on the released score.

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDKiT3icMYM "To Be A Hero", the heart-stirring theme song] of the ''[[Once Upon a Time Inin China]]'' franchise (starring Jet Li), based on the traditional Chinese Ballad ''Jiang Jun Ling'' (''General's Orders'').

* ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (Film)|Last of the Mohicans]]'' finale [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_M_LAMaf0w&fmt=18 "Promontory"] makes the ''(dialogue-free)'' last 10 minutes of the film breathtaking. It's also a [[Dark Reprise]] of two other pieces in the soundtrack, "The Gael" and "Main Theme", both of which are Crowning Music of the beginning and middle of the film; composed by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman so you get two major composers for the price of one.

* ''Beelzeboss'': Kage and Jables fight the Devil, [[The Power of Rock|with rock]]. Hilarious for its frequent and creative use of [[Cluster F -Bomb|the f-word]].

{{quote| ''You hold the scepter''<br />

''We hold the key''<br />

''You are the Devil''<br />

* The ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' movie would not be a tenth as good without the soundtrack, which was done by Johnathan Davis of [[Korn (Music)|Korn]]. Although he only sings in the movie as Lestat's voice, he wrote all the songs which were performed by several rock musicians, such as [[Linkin Park|Chester Benington]] and [[Marilyn Manson]]. The best songs are Forsaken, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_28T9628Eok System], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teLIzTKINq0 Redeemer].

* Cliff Eidelman's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0yiiivbJFU theme] for ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country (Film)|Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country]]'' needs to be on this page. There's [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous Klingon Chanting]], and it ends with an ''[[Earthshattering Kaboom|exploding planet]]''. It's a shoo-in.

* [[Michael Giacchino]]'s score for the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'' movie has two settings: EPIC, and [[Tear Jerker]]. On the epic side, there's the incredible rendition of the TOS theme in "End Credits", as well as "Enterprising Young Men". On the [[Tear Jerker]] side, there's tracks like "Labour of Love", played during {{spoiler|George Kirk's}} [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. And then there's "That New Car Smell". Any piece of music that causes both [[Manly Tears]] ''and'' happy memories of ''[[Firefly]]'' via copious use of [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Erhu |erhu]] has to be worth a listen.

* ''[[Short Circuit (Film)|Short Circuit]] 2''- "Holding Out For A Hero" during Johnny 5's epic chase scene, making this both his Crowning Moment of Funny ''and'' Awesome.

** "The Great Eatlon" from ''[[Lady in Thethe Water]]''.

** The score of ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkGBL5xdU6A "The Submarine"] for example

** "Pruit Igoe" from ''Koyaanisquatsi'' managed to turn the sad tale of how [[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Dr. Manhattan]] came to be into the epic, tragic birth of a god.

** The opening theme from ''[[Mishima: aA LifeinLife in Four Chapters (Film)|Mishima a Lifein Four Chapters]]''. You may never have heard of the movie, but you've probably heard the soundtrack in trailers... and it is awesome.

*** And T2 uses [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djj7jW6ny2M two of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X350yr1x1Q the most] badass songs ever - one even [[Badused to The[[Standard Pre-Ass-Kicking BoneSnippet|namesname a trope]].

* ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Filmfilm)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''. Earth just exploded. Pan up into the nothingness of space. The Guide sweeps across the screen. "'''''"Journey of the Sorcerer"''''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA6qlMU4bMI starts playing].

* From [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]], the piece "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9PhfUsFvj0 Driving With The Top Down]", which plays during Stark's first flight.

** [[ACDC (Music)|AC/DC]] at the start of the movie, [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]] at the end, and Ramin Djawadi (who had done little of note up to this point) all the way in between. What's ''not'' to like?

** In the sequel, the [[Queen|Another One Bites the Dust]] / [[Daft Punk (Music)|Robot Rock]] mashup. (Crowning Music of Funny?)

* Use of [[Tom Waits]]' "Heartattack and Vine" in the first ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' movie.

* While we're still on Transformers...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhp0US_Hj0 Here's something from] the [[Transformers: theThe Movie|original, animated film]]. The soundtrack to that movie is SO 80'S IT HURTS. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQ5YBcfhwo&feature=related Here's the HAIRMETAL version of the Transformers theme song, with lyrics more relevant to the original movie.] And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYuK3AKrxc YOU'VE GOT THE TOUCH!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_qfX9cKsQ YOU'VE GOT THE POWEEER!]

* "[[Ride of the Valkyries (Music)|Ride of the Valkyries]]" in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjWDCX1Bdw#t=3m0s (starts at 3:15 here.)]

* [[Neil Young]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi-S9lrnLZ8 Opening Credits "Freight Train" Theme] for ''[[DeadmanDead Man (Filmfilm)|DeadmanDead Man]]'' by Jim Jarmusch (w/ Johnny Depp).

* Not sure if this belongs in Anime or Film, since it was a theatrical release: from ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]] 2: Innocence'', "Ballad of the Puppets III: The Ghost Waits in the World Beyond" (played when Batou and Togusa storm the Locus Solus factory ship) is ten minutes of pure, undiluted win.

** After ''Lawrence of Arabia'' director David Lean wanted Maurice Jarre to score ''[[Doctor Zhivago (Filmfilm)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' with him. Some people said Jarre was "good on sand, but might not make it on snow." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X-Q4nmYqc4 They were wrong].

** DEAR GOD ''[[Doctor Zhivago (Filmfilm)|Doctor Zhivago]]!!'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEbuAXPqVU Lara's theme!]

* "[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYYEDXaGo0 The House - In A Heartbeat]" from ''[[Twenty Eight28 Days Later]]'' is an epic song, and manages to suit both creeping paranoia ''and'' pulse-pumping action at once.

* Also by Vangelis: [[Standard Snippet|the title theme to]] ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', paired with the scene of the track stars running down the beach in slow motion, is such a Crowning Moment of Awesome that [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|it's the only thing most people remember about the movie]].

* ''[[Men in Black (Filmfilm)|Men in Black]]'' by Will Smith for the movie of the same name.

* ''[[The Warriors (Filmfilm)|The Warriors]]'' opening theme.

* The ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' theme by Lalo Schifrin was awesome enough as it was. Add Danny Elfman's slight reworking (and score) for the 1996 movie AND the remix by U2...it's damn near the most iconic theme in the world.

** The Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit version for the second movie is pretty awesome.

* ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''. Nino Rota's gonna make youse guys sleep with da fishes if youse don't post some of his excellent [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aV9X2d-f5g music].

* The ''[[Halloween (Filmfilm)|Halloween]]'' theme.

*** In many ways Carpenter's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSLaYJboPE theme] to ''[[The Fog]]'' is even better. But Carpenter's best is probably the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxBc_-XxmI main theme] to ''[[Escape Fromfrom New York]]''.

* Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" blasting across the launch base as Zefram Cochrane goes to make Earth's first contact with aliens possible in ''[[Star Trek First Contact (Film)|Star Trek: First Contact]]''. Screw ''Easy Rider'', THAT is the greatest use of the band's music ever.

* The [[Rocky (Filmfilm)|Rocky]] series gave us "Gonna Fly Now" one wonderful anthem and also "Eye Of The Tiger" and "There's No Easy Way Out".

** The opening theme of ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]'' has never been topped for sheer joyous, swashbuckling panache and awesomeness.

** The "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Qd97qEgFw Love Scene]" from ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (Filmfilm)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' and the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4KCPnj06PE Reunion]" music from ''[[The Sea Hawk (Film)|The Sea Hawk]]''.

** Also, the bit that plays as Leeloo escapes containment and gives us our first look at Future!New York. Absolutely mesmerizing.

* From ''[[Sunshine (Filmfilm)|Sunshine]]'', "Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)" is likely to get more exposure on trailers than it did in the movie, but it was a perfect accompaniment to the scene, and made it the emotional climax that it was meant to be.

* [[Queen]]'s theme for ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNf9rEPoc8Q Viewable here.]

** The songs for ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'' ([http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kind_of_Magic:A Kind of Magic|which led to their own album]]) as well. "Born to be kings, we're the princes of the uuuniverse!" Special mention to an ''insane'' guitar solo from Brian May at the beginning of "Gimme the Prize" that did not make it into the movie but which quite possibly broke time.

** Prefigured five years earlier by the rousing performance of 'La Marseillaise' in ''[[The Grand Illusion]]''. Here the Germans celebrate the taking of Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun, ringing the church bells and singing 'The Watch on the Rhine' (sung by Major Strasser and his henchmen in [[Casablanca]], even though this song was no longer the 'hit' it had been during the Franco-German War of 1870/71 and, to a lesser extent, [[World War OneI]]), but the Allied officers in the POW camp decide to put on their variety show anyhow. Then that show is interrupted by the news that the French have retaken Douaumont, and the performers just on stage - a group of British officers in drag - lead the audience in 'La Marseillaise' to the fury of the camp commandant and his officers, who are sitting in the front row. (Marcel Dalio, one of the stars of ''[[The Grand Illusion]]'', had a bit part in [[Casablanca]] as one of Rick's employees).

* Some highlights from ''[[Repo the Genetic Opera|Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' include ''Zydrate Anatomy, Chromaggia, Seventeen,'' and ''We Started This Op'ra Shit''.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl5McGN2L-E Lux Aeterna]'', made for [[Requiem for A Dream|Requiem For Aa Dream]], was subsequently recut for the trailers to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tnZRs4tNE The Two Towers] and [[Sunshine (Filmfilm)|Sunshine]], as well as adapted for electric guitar to be used in ''Smokin' Aces''. This is because it is ''awesome''.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZuQ_r3ROY Death is the Road to Awe]'', from the soundtrack of [[The Fountain]], is at least equally amazing. Builds up till about 7:41 and then - well, it's the score to an ''[[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?|exploding sun]]''. It's [[Captain Obvious|epic.]]

* The live action adaptation of [[Twentieth20th Century Boys]] already has one in the first film, with the classical Golden Age superhero inspired theme for Kenji and the rest of the gang joining together again. When we finally get to hear the whole thing as they prepare for the climactic battle against Friend's giant robot, it makes what was already an incredibly emotional scene in the manga even more of a [[Tear Jerker]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] all rolled into one. Starts at 2:30 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWhE3buLIvQ here].

* The opening of the [[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]] movie. A six-minute montage of the characters' backstory, soundtracked all the way with [[Bob Dylan]]'s "The Times They Are A-Changin'". Absolute perfection.

** "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears in the background of Veidt's meeting with the [[CE Os]]CEOs.

* Even if you didn't like ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Anime)|Final Fantasy VII Advent Children]]'' itself, the music is amazing on its own. Some notable tracks:

* The soundtrack of ''[[Coraline (Filmanimation)|Coraline]]'' is filled with tracks that are going to leave you thinking "How did the composer create that?" and it is as beautiful as it is haunting. Especially the intro track, "Dreaming", which seems to hit just the right notes and must have been complicated to compose. It also has some of the best usages of human voice in he soundtrack of any film, ''ever''.

* [[The Passion of Joan of Arc]]. Yes it's a silent movie, but Richard Einhorn released a definitive score, "Voices of Light" in 1994. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR3Ah9joyEI Have a listen] to a bit, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510042008/http://www.richardeinhorn.com/VOL/vol.libretto.pdf read the libretto].

** "[http://www.antifmp3.net/Lyrics/6851188/Brian_Tyler/Children_Of_Dune_Ost/The_Arrival_Of_Lady_Jessica/download-mp3/ The Arrival Of Lady Jessica]{{Dead link}}" (click "Prelisten Track")

** Speaking of Brian Tyler, another one of his beautiful works is the entirely '''self-performed''' (he not only wrote the music but did all the instrumental work on his own in the DVD footage) score from [[Bubba HotepHo-Tep]].

* ''Public Enemies'' slots nicely into [[So Okay ItsIt's Average]], but Otis Taylor's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhiO8rT_LnA music] on the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwISBR3tMtk soundtrack] is grade A ''awesome''.

* Christopher Guest's music-based films -- ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', ''[[Waiting for Guffman (Film)|Waiting for Guffman]]'', and ''[[A Mighty Wind]]'' -- abound with music and musical moments which practically define [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* While ''[[Stranger Than Fiction]]'' has one of the best scores of all time, one moment which is particularly crowning is at Ana's apartment, when Harold begins playing and singing the only song he knows on the guitar - Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World". When he [["Shut Up" Kiss|gets interrupted]], the soundtrack cuts in with the original track. ''Rock.''

* ''[[Amelie]]'s'' main theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3WwM6l1J0 "La Valse D'Amélie"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q "Comptine d'un autre été: L'après-midi"], which was also used in ''[[GoodbyeGood LeninBye, (Film)Lenin!|Goodbye Lenin]]''. La Valse D'Amélie is so popular Yann Tiersen performs them at most of his concerts.

** Outside of scores, though, The Weird Sisters's music is great, and then what may be the [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] of all Crowning Music of Awesome in the Harry Potter films; [[Nick Cave|Nick Cave & the Bad Seed's]] "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xy8hxUkdRg O Children]". Amazing song, amazing scene.

* ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]''. The music that plays as River Tam says "My turn." and charges down the hall {{spoiler|to decimate the Reavers and close the blast door}} is just epic.

* In [[The DevilsDevil's Rejects]], the Allman Brothers "Midnight Rider" over the opening credits.

* Peter Murphy singing 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' in the opening sequence in ''[[The Hunger (Film)|The Hunger]]'', a scene that is more or less the orgasm of goth culture.

* From ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"] and its immediate follow-up, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9hdiUuSgIc "Sweet Home Chicago"] are the [[The Eleven O 'Clock Number|eleven o'clock numbers]] to ''end'' all eleven o'clock numbers.

* From the movie ''[[Enchanted (Film)|Enchanted]]'' comes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nRGC720Qak Ever Ever After.]

** Also, his work in the [[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|2008 Incredible Hulk]] movie is phenomenal. Highlights are the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oiG8KmKpqo Main Theme] and the music for the final battle, starting at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5PXuzu_7rA&t=6m40s 6:40].

* [[X -Men (Filmfilm)|The X-Men movies]] don't have much in the way of notable original music, but the opening scene of ''X2'', where Nightcrawler takes out the CIA to Mozart's ''Dies Irae''? Too awesome to put into words.

* In ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]'', after the main characters have just {{spoiler|kicked a metric ton of zombie ass in the theme park}}, the Raconteurs' "Salute Your Solution" plays as they ride off and the credits roll. AWESOME.

* The theme from the teasers for the still-in-production movie [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20120505160456/http://ironsky.net/ Iron Sky], a comedy about Nazi spacemen.

* ''[[Shoot 'Em Up]]'' takes very little time to bust out the guns and high octane action sequences. Breed (by Nirvana) kicks in and sets the tone for the movie: '''SUPER AWESOME'''.

* ''[[Old BoyOldboy]]'' has lirical and creepy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4rXH5Aqa4 theme] epecially if you picture Oh Dae-Su as he walks, smiling when suicidal guy hit's the ground behind him. And words in his head "Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone." AWESOME!

* Don't Stop Me Now in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''.

** Goodwin also wrote the music for the four Miss Marple movies starring Margaret Rutherford and the rolicking theme for ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]''.

* ''[[Office Space]]'' "[[Damn, It Feels Good to Be Aa Gangster!]]!" Especially with Peter's stone cold indifference in that scene, as well as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcpw8rHVgkY Still]" by Geto Boys, the music in the copier scene.

* Another from Michael Giacchino: The soundtrack of the ''[[Speed Racer (Filmfilm)|Speed Racer]]'' film was amazing at all times, but the piece entitled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD4Ef3AzqjA Reboot], which plays as Speed goes from dead last to first place after jump-starting his car, is just beautiful.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z2qNiU8XWY Sacrifice]" by [[Motorhead (Music)|Motorhead]], from ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_hCJMVaAk "A Man of Determination"] from ''[[Once Upon a Time Inin China]]''.

* Ilan Eshkeri and his ''[[Stardust (Filmfilm)|Stardust]]'' score. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjC0GZjsOo&feature=related Septimus]'' in particular is excellent (so much so that it was used on ''[[Top Gear]]'' during the diesel BMW race when the Stig was at the wheel), but there's also a short bit of music similar to that which plays as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm8Q-hWCVBs Septimus and Lamia use the runes to search for Yvaine] and which - woes! - isn't included in the official soundtrack.

* [[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFfcfUx-skE 'Cause what you got is what we need, and all we do is dirty deeds...]

* From ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Filmanimation)|How To Train Your Dragon,]]'' both the song and the scene are pure heartwarming awesome: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJ96LGGP6w "Forbidden Friendship"] by John Powell. It's just a magnificent piece of music which sets up the whole film. This scene is the heart of the film, and the music ''makes'' it.

** Then during the credits, we all get a treat from [[Sigur RosRós|Jónsi]] in the form of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOH8rPpCI50 Sticks and Stones]''

* '''[[Mortal Kombat (Filmfilm)|MOOOOOOORTAAAAAAAAL]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0JjObevMM KOMBAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!]'''

{{quote| There'll be mystery<br />

And catastrophe<br />

But it's all in fun<br />

You paid the money<br />

** When it comes to the [[Pop Star Composer]] trope, no Disney effort can collectively touch the tunes [[David Bowie]] wrote and performed for ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]''. Playful ("Magic Dance", "Chilly Down"), [[Villain Love Song|wickedly tender]] ("As the World Falls Down"), thunderous ("Within You"), exhilarating ("Underground")...oh so [[The Eighties|Eighties]], ''oh so right''.

** From the [[The Muppets (Filmfilm)|2011 movie]] we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZBe7_lE9lE "Life's a Happy Song"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWWTW1P8rQ Man or Muppet] which is an [[Award Bait Song]] [[Awesome Music|done right]]..

* ''[[Tron (Film)|Tron]]''. The Wendy Carlos music is brilliant (the fact that the real-world music is mainly orchestral while the computer-world music is mainly electronic, was a brilliant touch), but the two [[Journey (Musicband)|Journey]] tracks are also great.

* [[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]: James Horner's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVuo0lM4qio action score] for ''Aliens'' can be heard in countless trailers, while Eliott Goldenthal's score for ''Alien 3'', especially "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdx6bVQgoY Adagio]" is the best part of the film.

* ''[[Maurice (Literature)|Maurice]]'': The opening music and 'The Boathouse' especially.

* ''[[One Hundred and Twenty Seven127 Hours]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf7Cu3H33HY Festival by Sigur Ros]. While awesome on it's own, the song's awesomeness is amplified by the thousands in context of the scene that it's in. [[Earn Your Happy Ending|You know which]].

* For people who like [[Folk Music|Folk]], [[Bluegrass]], and [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Old-time_musictime music|old-time]] [[Country Music|country]], ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' is 107 minutes of awesome.

* [[UHF (Filmfilm)|Don't change your channel!]] [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Don't touch that dial!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQGIa8xOmjg We got it all] [[Ear Worm|on UH! F!]]

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cObUe6OAW9A opening theme] to ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'', by [[Moby]]. Awesomely distorted.

* The Eurythmics [[Concept Album]] / Soundtrack to [[Nineteen Eighty -Four]]. The whole album oozes despair and paranoia - completely fitting to the subject matter. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyHm6bU0Vzg "Doubleplusgood"] is as high-energy and paranoid as a cocaine binge. "Room 101" is [[Nightmare Fuel]] in soundtrack form. Samples from all the tracks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqAH_k8QWY here].

* In ''[[GoodbyeGood LeninBye, (Film)Lenin!|Goodbye Lenin]]'', the national anthem of former East Germany is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vv2xFPVtY used] awesomely in a rousing (if fake) news broadcast.

* Carter Burwell's incredible score for ''[[MillersMiller's Crossing]]''. Also, the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] attempted assassination to the tune of "Danny Boy."

* From ''[[Captain America the First Avenger|Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', there's the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeTok5A-Efg "Star-Spangled Man"], a glorious pastiche of every WWII-era ultra-patriotic propaganda tune.

* Patrick Doyle's [[Thor]] really needs to be here. This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0fkpdg1ml0 ending sequence] is breathtaking, combining beautiful cosmic imagery with epic music. Incidentally this music was also used during his {{spoiler|[[Theme Music Power -Up]]}}.

* On the subject of Patrick Doyle, his score for [[Rise of the Planet of Thethe Apes]] ought to be included here. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjw94XUf94 Check it.]

* The soundtrack for [[Rock N RollaRocknRolla]] is crowning music of awesome.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-Y9iWZurI Wong Chia Chi's Theme] by Alexandre Desplat in Ang Lee's [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LustCaution [Lust, Caution]] It's such a sublime and beautiful score, you won't be able to not want to cry.

* The trance soundtrack in ''[[Alien Cargo (Film)|Alien Cargo]]'', composed by Patrick O’Hearn.

* The ''[[Joshuu Sasori (Film)|Joshuu Sasori]]'' series has two haunting, highly emotionally charged, slightly surreal and all-round [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwyKliodLZY incredible] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kMe1iK7cDo songs] across the four first films. The fourth film is named after the more famous one. Both are beautifully sung by Meiko Kaji, the main actress, who is also a respected enka singer in her own right, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeWsnH2a4XA is known for] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICNm-KJ_GY doing songs] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOuVky-lPM for her films].

* Trevor Jones's score for ''[[Cliffhanger (Film)|Cliffhanger]]'' is ''made'' of awesome, particularly the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAs60rL8dM seven-minute plus end credits].

* Tan Dun has done some very impressive work. Prime examples: the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkoyVjULXY Overture to ''Hero''] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oSWwoarIIQ 'For the World']. See also the quiet heartbreak of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0-btqkYNY 'Gone with Leaves'], and feel the Wuxia badassitude of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQMe0AYSBZI two assassins storming the King of Qin's palace.] By themselves.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY-EBMkr72U "What Are We Made Of"] from ''The Adventures Of Pinocchio'', composed by the one and only [[Queen (Music)|Brian May]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd8iVPm-ROU "Darkest Side Of The Night"] from ''[[Friday the Thirteenth13th|Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan]].''

* [[Monty Python]]'s music tends towards the silly rather than the awesome, but there is no denying that "Brian" ([[Captain Obvious|from]] ''[[Life of Brian]]'') has a suitably epic and awesome feel even if the lyrics are things like "And he started to shave / [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|And have one off the wrist]] / and want to see girls / And go out and get piiiiiiiiissssed!" Gilliam's animation doesn't hurt the sequence any.

* The soundtrack to ''[[The Hunger Games (Filmfilm)|The Hunger Games]]''. Chilling, majestic, triumphant, everything it needed to be and more. It was perfect.

* Alan Silvestri's entire score for ''[[The Avengers (Filmfilm)|The Avengers]]'' is this, but particular props go the the encapsulating [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvuU8r0EHk "Avengers Theme"] and the [[Tear Jerker|Tear-Jerking]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrHCaU1Bl6k "One Way Trip"].