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For more soundtrack info, see [[Score and Music Tropes]].
== ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ==▼
Since the series' return to television in 2005, house composer Murray Gold has struck "gold" with numerous original songs and themes that have become almost as popular in fandom as the Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire theme music:▼
* "The Doctor's Theme" - also known as "The Bad Wolf Theme".▼
* "Song for Ten", "Love Don't Roam", "The Stowaway" "Song of Freedom", "Vale Dacem" and "Abigail's Song" - Original songs written specifically for the series by Murray Gold. "Love Don't Roam" has now appeared in several trailers.▼
* "Doomsday" - Featured in the episode of the same name--any fan of the new series will recognize this song instantly.▼
* "All the Strange, Strange Creatures"- A commonly used background song that all fans will recognize.▼
* "I Am The Doctor" - fan-dubbed "Every Star, Every Planet", this fist-pumping action theme first appears in full force as the Eleventh Doctor tells the Atraxi to make tracks in "The Eleventh Hour" and has recurred in every action-packed sequence of series five. It, too, will be readily recognizable to fans.▼
* "This is Gallifrey - Our Childhood, Our Home" - majestic instrumental theme created to underscore a flashback to the Doctor's lost home planet; best known now for underscoring a retrospective of the Doctor's many regenerations in the 2010 BBC Proms Concert.▼
== [[Babylon 5]] ==▼
* Had original theme music for each season by Christopher Franke and the Berlin Philomonic. Seasons 3, 4, & 5 all had iconic themes.▼
* It dubbed music individually for each 'episode' as well. Including the haunting "Requiem for the Line," the action of "Severed Dreams" and "Shadow Dancing," and the heart-wrenching "Sleeping in Light."▼
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== [[Film]] ==
* The "Lux Aeterna" theme from ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'' by [[Clint Mansell]] is very popular for ads, even for other movies (including ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'').
** The ''[[Dragonheart]]'' theme by Randy Edelman is also popular for ads (and as general trailer music) due to the music's epic sound and the original film's relative obscurity. The insurance company ''Pacific Life'' uses it as their theme music.
* For that matter, ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' gave certain cultures and factions their own distinctive, powerful theme that has made the music of the trilogy as much an identifying mark as anything.
* A list of notable original music for films would be incomplete without adding the works of the legend that is [[Jerry Goldsmith]]. ''[[Patton]]'', [[Total Recall]], [[Star Trek: The
* [[John Williams]] has conjured up quite a few signature themes: ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* [[Ennio Morricone]] 's theme from ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' (part of The [[Dollars Trilogy]] which also included [[A Fistful of Dollars]] & [[For a Few Dollars More]], also scored by Morricone.). Probably ''the'' most recognized song from any Western. He also he made some pretty memorable scores for films such as [[The Mission]], [[Once Upon a Time in America]], [[The Untouchables]], [[Days of Heaven]], [[Cinema Paradiso]] & Malena.
* [[Elmer Bernstein]] made some pretty memorable tunes too notably for [[The Ten Commandments]], [[The Magnificent Seven]] (another well-recognized Western score), [[The Great Escape]] & [[To Kill a Mockingbird]].
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** Queen worked on the entire soundtrack for the ''Flash Gordon'' film.
** You cannot talk about Queen and not mention [[Highlander|"Princes of the Universe"]].
* The 2005 movie of ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' of ''[[
* The [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] theme music, to the point where they seemed to be playing it for half of the third movie.
* The theme song of the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film series is simply the "James Bond Theme" by Monty Norman. However nearly every Bond film of the last 50 years has included a distinctive, and often extremely popular, unique theme song (with occasional films also blessed with secondary theme songs). Even as most Hollywood films moved away from opening credits and theme music, the Bond films have, as of 2012, continued to buck the trend and feature theme songs.
== [[
▲=== ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ===
* [[The Phantom of the Opera]].▼
▲Since the series' return to television in 2005, house composer Murray Gold has struck "gold" with numerous original songs and themes that have become almost as popular in fandom as the Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire theme music:
▲* "The Doctor's Theme" - also known as "The Bad Wolf Theme".
▲* "Song for Ten", "Love Don't Roam", "The Stowaway" "Song of Freedom", "Vale Dacem" and "Abigail's Song" - Original songs written specifically for the series by Murray Gold. "Love Don't Roam" has now appeared in several trailers.
▲* "Doomsday" - Featured in the episode of the same
▲* "All the Strange, Strange Creatures"- A commonly used background song that all fans will recognize.
▲* "I Am The Doctor" - fan-dubbed "Every Star, Every Planet", this fist-pumping action theme first appears in full force as the Eleventh Doctor tells the Atraxi to make tracks in "The Eleventh Hour" and has recurred in every action-packed sequence of series five. It, too, will be readily recognizable to fans.
▲* "This is Gallifrey - Our Childhood, Our Home" - majestic instrumental theme created to underscore a flashback to the Doctor's lost home planet; best known now for underscoring a retrospective of the Doctor's many regenerations in the 2010 BBC Proms Concert.
▲=== ''[[Babylon 5]]'' ===
▲* Had original theme music for each season by Christopher Franke and the Berlin Philomonic. Seasons 3, 4, & 5 all had iconic themes.
▲* It dubbed music individually for each 'episode' as well. Including the haunting "Requiem for the Line," the action of "Severed Dreams" and "Shadow Dancing," and the heart-wrenching "Sleeping in Light."
== [[Theatre]] ==
▲* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The two ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' games end with original songs performed by the game's computer villain, GLADOS and written by Jonathan Coulton: "Still Alive" (which has become one of the most covered original songs ever composed for a video game), and "Want You Gone".
* Civilization IV features a catchy, somewhat haunting setting of the Lord's Prayer translated into Swahili, "Baba Yetu." The song was so memorable that it came to be featured in Lion King II, and even be published as an independent piece. Liturgical choirs cover it.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' soundtrack, composed by Jeremy Soule, is as rich and varied as Tamriel itself. It's not just Vikings burning and pillaging.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[The Venture Bros]] ends "The Invisible Hand of Fate" with a beautiful guitar number. Seems that was just a local player. It's sad.
* Nathan Furst's score for the first three [[Direct to Video]] ''[[Bionicle]]'' movies elevated what would otherwise have been hour-long toy commercials into full-blown cinematic experiences. He even created a memorable [[Theme Tune]] for the franchise.
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''{{'}}s main theme has been covered and sampled many times, most notably in Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "The Show."
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