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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica (Franchise)/Awesome Music|Battlestar Galactica]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who
* ''[[Glee (TV)/Awesome Music|Glee]]''
* ''[[Sesame Street (TV)/Awesome Music|Sesame Street]]''
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** [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMNk7sFr73c Dino Rangers roar!]
* ''[[Super Sentai]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaP8UcSEDk&feature=channel_page Engine Sentai Go-Onger's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce3ButKndKo&feature=channel_page ending themes], and let's face it, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyPp_Qoww4g&feature=related the Shinkenger opening] is leaking awesomeness out of every freakin pore.
** For some other ''Sentai'' awesome tunes: well, let's start with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95yD2z7cWE Himitsu Sentai Goranger], the ending theme for [[Himitsu Sentai Goranger|the series of the same name]], sung by Isao Sasaki. When all [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|33 main Sentai mecha (and two airships) took on a huge assortment of monsters]] in the ''[[
** Then there's main themes done by Mojo: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1R30XZQr8 Dai Sentai Goggle Five] and later [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wtITg1FaU Kagaku Sentai Dynaman].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOSX4suuau4 Dengeki Sentai Changeman], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQYKwELNUk Hikari Sentai Maskman] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeeuF7DXSs0 Choujin Sentai Jetman] (all three sung by the aforementioned Hironobu Kageyama). The Ending songs to those series, also by Hironobu Kageyama are also very awesome.
** When the Red Ranger [[Do
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG8t8rlyPgc Gosei Sentai Dairanger].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9dKR77hJso Kyuukyuu Sentai Go Go V].
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', two words: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxUL3fn1Ow Climax Jump]". Also available in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zladOg3q6g Imagin flavor]. And the many remixes of "Double Action".
** The best Rider song of them all? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyhENot0kU Believe Yourself by Fuuga Naoto] from [[Kamen Rider Agito]]. You're welcome.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' had a ton of awesome tracks during its series' run, most if not all of which were [[Do
*** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2ztcLcww4 Supernova]", Kiva's [[Super Mode]] theme song (with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFBhDVrhG6s Love Edit] performed on the aforementioned Re-Union album by Kiva's father's actor) and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedHkvWVSvo Shout in the Moonlight]", Kiva's Garulu Form theme song.
**** Speaking of Garulu/Jiro, there's also his personal [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzasiowgQQs Image Song]. Sung by the actor. ''Live''.
*** The "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5BzK9wpYc4 acoustic version of Roots of the King]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxdBEKgftLod Fight For Justice,]" a remixed version of [[The Rival|IXA's]] battle theme sung by ''IXA himself''. That is awesome in it's own right.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' had the titular character travel to an [[Alternate Universe|AU]] version of the universe of ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'' in episodes 18 and 19. ''Hibiki'' features Oni using [[Musical Assassin|musical instruments]] to destroy monsters, and ''Decade'' episode 19 ended with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngNgchwQmw seven Riders performing a practical orchestra] in order to destroy a [[Giant Enemy Crab]]. Considering this is the type of finale we [[Executive Meddling|never got]] in the original, the scene and its associated soundtrack was all the more awesome. It's possibly the most awesome, and the most important, [[Fix Fic]] in the [[Kamen Rider]] franchise to date.
** Gackt's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH7CPKC_L04 Journey Through the Decade]" as well as Decade's theme "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgWU9x7d-A Ride the Wind]" and Diend's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDrZZ0BLuc Treasure Sniper]", both examples of [[Do
*** The almost bittersweet "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxQja6jKsM Journey Through the DECADE ~ Re-Mix RIDE 'Symphony']".
*** And from the Summer Film for Decade, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGzyWiSZgA Riders United], a BGM Piece used in the movie's big team up fight scene.
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* Continuing the epic tradition of awesome music themes, ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]'', the 2011-2012 ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series, has the ridiculously catchy and equally brilliant [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUOOI1KVnc0 "Switch On!" by Anna Tsuchiya.]
** It's insert themes are no slouch either. One in particular is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdUVuZUVAE Shooting Star by everset], the theme for Kamen Rider Meteor.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdxYEaCl_NY Revolution] is probably one of the most [[Hot
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** Then there's also the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8gv1BGJl8&feature=related music themes of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTa7XrlYBR4 Ultraman Agul].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6AO707S28 Ultraman Cosmos' opening song] is a pretty catchy one.
* ''[[Ultraman Nexus]]'' had two opening songs, both performed by ''[
** The first was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaXzYBAjN9s Eiyuu]
** The second was called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaFWg0p-wyU&feature=related Aoi Kajitsuu]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcEPqIBrSlk Freebird], from [[Conan O Brien|Coco]]'s last [[Tonight Show]].
* Any time [[Conan O Brien|Conan O'Brien]] breaks out the guitar. The man can [http://www.tbs.com/video/conan.jsp?oid=233853 rock] some [http://www.tbs.com/video/conan.jsp?oid=238865 rockabilly].
* "Your Future Yesterday", the current theme song of ''[[The Late Late Show]]''. This post-punkish confection was [[Do
* Not a traditional soundtrack, but a lot of the songs from [[Whose Line Is It Anyway]], especially if Wayne Brady is involved. Like his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2otQnXXeI0Q&feature=PlayList&p=113AA09A9D3D816D&index=0 opera] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzbmPEjr0Z4 songs.]
** The opera song at the end of "Songs of The Western" in particular, for Wayne's ultrahigh note at the end, as well as the most epic gargling ever. Brad even manages to gargle ''in tune''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc The intro song] to ''Jack of All Trades''. For [[Badass|obvious]] reasons, whenever Bruce Campbell gets a theme song it ends up awesome.
* It's only fitting that a miniseries that is made of pure win should have an awesome title theme. Sleazy yet spine-chilling, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKwaCTfa1EE The opening] to ''[[I Claudius]]'' fits the bill rather nicely... and that [[Snakes Are Evil|snake]]!
* Ultraman Nexus opens every episode with DOA's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKKzMkQDWbA Eiyuu], which is even more [[Hot
* ''[[The Wire]]'' barely ever had a score at all, so [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFDOPPVReHs each] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fXJyvEpk9A season's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPmVF4jWHbM opening] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MtkG2VwiSQ credit] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtq65wEgzBg sequence] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_lLx-QnqO4 each] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SO40ansNU8 season] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcl40sIGN1s finale]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wjFGhqKQE closing] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-7LCRpPVQ montage] had to make up for this. Be warned, each montage contains massive spoilers for the season.
* The [[Band of Brothers]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsB4IuvP7o intro]. Just goes to show that you can have AMAZING war music without breaking out the heavy drums.
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** The use of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKyND871Ns Into Dust]" by ''[[Mazzy Star]]'' when somebody dies at the end of episode {{spoiler|3x03}}.
** Also the use of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-tnRU0_k8c Passing Afternoon by Iron & Wine]" when {{spoiler|Amber dies}} was a real [[Tear Jerker]].
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGch7c_1JoE re: Stacks by Bon Iver] as {{spoiler|Wilson switches off Amber's life support}} is brilliantly used. It makes for a very moving scene even though {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Scrappy|Amber wasn't even a particularly well-liked character.]]}}
** Dark Road by Annie Lennox used at the end of 'Lucky Thirteen'. More of bittersweet, really.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq37WSg9ESg&feature=related IT'S...] ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. It sounds like it was written for the show, and is nearly impossible to find a copy without the trademark raspberry at the end. It is actually the Liberty Bell March, written by John Philip Sousa, used both for its bright, energetic sound, and because they didn't have to pay royalties on it.
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* Both ''[[ALF (TV)|ALF]]'' themes, especially the 1988 saxophone version: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY3rlYHOTk4 This.]
* The National Geographic Specials won't be complete without its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75oCf9iG6Y theme] composed by the great Elmer Bernstein.
* Bryan Tyler's soundtracks to the [[Sci Fi]]... sorry, ''[[Sy Fy]]''... Channel's ''Dune'' and ''Children of Dune'' are [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]], but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtcnt_VkvGU Summon The Worms] is surely one of the best tracks EVER. See if you can count how many other movie trailers have used the first minute or so for ''their'' music.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znJdaWzoRYw "Inama Nushif"].
* The ''[[Different Strokes]]'' main theme. "'Cause what's right for you / May not be right for some...".
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** Sesame Street's originals are good, too, although their subject matter tends to be somewhat unorthodox. Case in point: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE5c72YuuX8 Put Down the Duckie], a whole song about telling Ernie to get his rubber duck out of his hand so he can play the saxophone properly.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLgF1CA56yg Telephone Rock] qualifies as well. As does [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9B7-Yd7XQ Rock & Roll Readers]. And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3Hh8nvn4k It's Hip to be a Square]. Could go on all day.
* One episode of ''[[Boston Legal]]'' featured an ''epic'' cover of "[
* The 1980s TV show [[Misfits of Science]] had a memorable scene of the electrically charged 'Johnny Be Good' giving a few hundred soldiers a concert [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyaPFjL1FP8&feature=related starts at about 5.25].
** The show's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68yJQHUfjk awesome theme music] ("Science is over... ''class dismissed!''"); would you believe this was co-written by the same man who did ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' and ''[[Lonesome Dove]]''?
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** Of the instances in 'Masquerade' that really stand out are the use of Tawgs Salter's "Brave" while Stefan and Elena talk about their relationship, and Elena repeats that she needs to stay away from him, as well as Digital Daggers' gorgeous cover of [[Tears for Fears]] ' "Head Over Heels" while Stefan and Katherine dance.
* Harry's [[Dream Sequence]] Musical Number, "Life Has Been Good to Me", from 3rdRockFromTheSun. He's not a bad singer, actually.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQWtGn889E Opening version 1 (teaser and recording session)]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnTVfkc8hX4 Credits version 1]]
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