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Some composers are fairly well known for their Motif music.
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== Brass ==
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*** Also heard on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' when a skit ends with Muppets who shake their heads and sob, such as when the Beautiful Day Monster ate the ukulele Ernie had just repaired..
** [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Guys]]
*** The Klingon Theme from ''[[Star Trek:
** Wacky
*** ''[[The Three Stooges]]''
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* '''Bongos and Congas of:'''
** Sexy rhythm.
*** Especially during the 60's. As seen on ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'', and parodied in ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]!''.
** Jungle settings (such as [[Darkest Africa]])
** Ritual Combat
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*** ''The Devil Went Down to Georgia'' is the modern archetypal example, with numerous homages and parodies (ie: the Robot Devil)
*** Stravinsky's ''Histoire du Soldat'' is another well-known example.
** [[Theme Music Power
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtcnt_VkvGU&feature=channel_page Summon The Worms] from the Children of Dune miniseries.
*** After years and years of being the [[Redshirt Army]] in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', UNIT gets to make an impressive comeback with the appropriately named [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unit+rocks&oq=unit+rocks&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=15648l16668l0l16767l10l7l0l0l0l0l154l583l5.2l7l0 UNIT Rocks]
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** The [[Sting]]
** Subverted and [[Lampshaded]] at the end of ''[[Airplane!]]'' when the choir gets more and more obvious -- louder, higher, and with overarticulated vowels, finally ending in a screech.
* '''[[One
* '''Human Whistling of:'''
** Warm Childhood Memories
*** In a word: Disney.
** [[Not
** [[Hell Is That Noise|Utter Creepiness]]
*** Used to excellent effect in [[Kill Bill]] when Elle Driver whistles the theme to ''Twisted Nerve''.
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** Retro Sci-Fi
*** ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''
*** ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]''
** Ghostly Spookiness
*** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Flushed Away]]'' -- Roddy is frightened in the [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]], and hears the eerie theremin noise. When he turns around, he sees [[Sorry I Left the BGM On|musical slugs providing the appropriate Mood Motif]].
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*** ''[[Gladiator]]'', ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Inception]]'', ''[[The Rock]]'', ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'', ''[[The Thin Red Line]]''
* [[Nobuo Uematsu]]
** [[Mood Motif]]: Melancholy, Hope, Defiance, [[One
*** ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'', ''The Black Mages''
* Howard Shore
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