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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAOTSO9ioZk The Battle] - ten minutes of pure AWESOME.
* Similar is the epic finale to ''[[King Arthur]]'' (2004), a film that [[What Could Have Been|sadly didn't quite come off]] because of [[So Okay It's Average|the script]]... but Zimmer's score and Clive Owen makes you feel it at the end: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Rqyp-LDCo "All Of Them" (Marriage of Arthur and Guinevere)]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRgOS1K--c "Budget Meeting"] qualifies. Face it - that sheerly epic instrumentation is the sole reason (aside from scrumptious donuts) that people would even bother to ''attend'' budget meetings in real life.
* For a film that is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' 's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisL9l8HzmM Shiver My Timbers]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jZCAAzgSV4 Professional Pirate]" (sorry, couldn't find the original clip) are some great pirate songs. Then again, music composed by Hans Zimmer and sung by Tim Curry is automatically bound for awesome.
** The ''Muppet Treasure Island'' main theme is a great example of a rousing pirate score.
** Then there is the incomparable, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|gut-busting]], and [[
* ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' (2 & 3) - Absolutely fantastic. It's epic beyond epic... ness. And hey, Klaus Badelt, who wrote the first POTC score, was Zimmer's protege.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'': "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17XDrKuqc4 He's a Pirate]".
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* ''[[Tears of the Sun]]'', particularly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3thngs2mbw "Cameroon Border Post"].
* From ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', "A Way of Life", "Red Warrior", and "A Small Measure of Peace"
* The first track from his score for ''[[
** There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNM3mFRsdcw The God Particle], especially at the beginning.
** "Election by Adoration", carried by violin virtuoso Joshua Bell's solo, and an awesome backing on the organ. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf3Rv9x5WX4 'ere we go.]
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*** Most of those songs were not by Hans Zimmer, they were by Stephen Schwartz. Hans Zimmer only did the instrumental pieces.
**** Many of those deserve to be on this list - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_E_pMCX5M4 Red Sea's] masterful use of tempo and instrumentation make the listener feel every emotion present in the film, and while [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rOPDSasxI&feature=related Cry] isn't particularly famous, Zimmer's use of motif and vocals accentuates the pain felt by the slaves.
* The score of ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' deserves a mention for its awesome combination of Western and Chinese motifs. [http://www.wat.tv/video/kung-fu-1yd7m_1xtbh_.html "Sacred Pool Of Tears"]{{Dead link}} (stops at 2:55) is incredibly moving at the beginning, then made of [[Pure Awesomeness]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdjnonJdxtM "Oogway Ascends"] is a tear jerker.
** Tai Lung's Theme, which appears at various points throughout [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbGrvxZSjY "Tai Lung Escapes"], "The Bridge", and "Shifu vs. Tai Lung" (Not to mention all the cool kung fu fighting music!).
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuC9qt_3jts "Panda Po"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5OyaX_c0g "Hero"] are also [[Shaped Like Itself|legendarily]] [[Buffy-Speak|legendary]] pieces.
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