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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvA0jgjwA0 "Coral Atoll"] when Witt is AWOL in the [[Arcadia|Melanesian village]] and reflecting on [[Foreshadowing|his mother's death]]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvA0jgjwA0#t=3m30s "Light"] is probably the most contemplative piece about the aftermath of a battle; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_enTaVk0Y "Stone in my Heart"] when Witt floats the wounded soldier downriver; And then the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a2jugsYQXM&feature=related Melanesian] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1naOcQo7s&feature=related singing] [[Film/Tear Jerker|kicks in]] at the [[Book Ends|beginning and end]]...
* ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' has a great score from start to finish, but the climax is with the last two pieces. The first is a beautiful song sung in Gaelic, and you can ''tell'' that it's a song of grief and loss even without understanding the lyrics (and they play it as they show the flag-draped coffins of the dead soldiers, the epilogue appears on screen, and an unknown soldier tells his wife to "be strong, tuck the girls in bed, and give them a kiss from daddy"). The second is "The Minstrel Boy", which runs as the credits begin. It has to be heard to be appreciated.
* ''[[Gladiator (
** [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
** 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 [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|completely randomm]] ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-bbbQDjkTY Cabin Fever]''.
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* ''Mission Impossible 2'' had a pretty fantastic score, and not only because of Zimmer's badass reworking of the main theme. "Mano-A-Mano" is pure epic, and the track "Injection" made the scene it was used in surprisingly moving - especially considering the silliness of the plot.
* [[Backdraft]] definitely deserves to be on here, if only for the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1IjbIBXZQ "Show me your firetruck"], which, [[Food Network]] watchers [[Iron Chef|might recognize...]]
* [[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]] is an animated movie about a horse. The horse, amazingly, never speaks more than a bit of narration. It doesn't matter, because Hans Zimmer wrote the soundtrack, and it is AWESOMELY expressive: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLcBLmph3Q&feature=related "Run Free"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZiFQOrzgWc "Homeland"]. Bryan Adams wrote the lyrics, and while they don't work for some, "You Can't Take Me" is a rousing anthem for freedom.
* For an action movie example, ''[[The Rock]]''. The first half of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmu-aLu3Mw Hummell Gets The Rockets]'' (from the opening scene) is an emotionally powerful piece.
* ''[[Iron Man]]''. He always does electronic, industrial-sounding music, so it fitted ''perfectly'' with the Man Of Iron.
** Technically, he only produced the score of ''Iron Man''. Ramin Djawadi got primary credit, but with Zimmer's studio, it's so incestuous that everyone basically composes everything.
** On the other hand, you couldn't get a much better choice of rock song to finish the movie off than [[
** The sequel follows the same lead, though it includes a ridiculously campy (though fitting) Stark Expo tune reminiscent of Walt Disney's Tomorrowland.
*** They specifically hired Richard Sherman (half of the brotherly duo who composed "It's A Small World" and "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow", among many) to create an [[Ear Worm]] worthy of EPCOT for the Stark Expo. They got it.
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* ''[[Rain Man]]'', primarily for "Las Vegas"
* His work on the soundtrack for ''[[The Pacific]]'', particularly the opening theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcn4fXcxZEs&feature=related "Honor"].
* ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReELb8wtsE&feature=related "Dream is Collapsing"]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbwNnJ7UMek "528491"]
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** The most epic of all: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoGc-4Uxbg&feature=related THE LIVE] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIY8sZs1i4s&feature=related CONCERT.]
* [[Crimson Tide]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAeyBi-vgMs Roll Tide]''.
** And an even more [[Epic Rock]] version by [[
* The ''[[Sherlock Holmes (
* From ''[[Rango]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIGzvc5eiRY Bats]." Pretty interesting use of public domain music.
** Also, "[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiXyKU70iuc Walk Don't Rango] will make you want to rango all day long
* The music in ''[[Backdraft]]'' was awesome enough that it got re-used as the background score to the original Japanese ''[[Iron Chef]]''. (Sadly, the rights expired for the use of Zimmer's score, and the old episodes of Iron Chef shown in reruns now use different music.)
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