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Line 14: ** The first movie has an entire battle set to Ravel's ''Bolero.'' * ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' loves this trope - so much so that it has fell victim to [[Memetic Mutation]]: "[stuff happens] while Hideaki Anno plays unfitting music". Two examples are Shinji vs. {{spoiler\|Kaworu}} (''Ode to Joy'') and Asuka vs. {{spoiler\|MP Evas}} (Bach - ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkY1_TpucLA II Air]''). ** There's also {{spoiler\|Asuka getting [[Mind Rape~~\|Mind Raped~~]]d by Arael}} [[Soundtrack Dissonance\|while Hideaki Anno plays Handel's]] ''[[Soundtrack Dissonance\|Hallelujah]]'' in episode 22. Also, the end of said scene in the Director's Cut has {{spoiler\|Rei nailing Arael with the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower\|Lance of Longinus]] }} with the end of Handel's ''Worthy is the Lamb'' in the background. * ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' had its space battle episode (the [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'') employ this trope with Shostakovich's ''Leningrad Symphony''. Fittingly, the "training" course that they went through was set to the almost-comical, waddling march at the end of the first movement. * The [[Strike Witches]] OVA has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQlG8YRxEQ the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin] play during the training battle. The song is also used as background music in some promotional videos. In the show itself, there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jY4stcbN0 Battle of the Witches (Witch no Tatakai)] from the first season and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZpUZogOQg&feature=related Attack! (Shutsugeki)] from the second. Line 24: * ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' has a quite literal example, where "Ride of the Valkyries" is blasted over the speakers of the choppers as Willard's forces bomb a beach controlled by Viet Cong. * ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' ** [[~~Ear~~Vera ~~Worm~~Lynn\|We'll meet again...]] [[Ear Worm\|don't know where, don't know when...]] * ''633 Squadron'', possibly the [[Trope Maker]]. * ''The Dam Busters'' Line 46: * Whenever there was any kind of fight sequence, whether it was between people or spaceships, on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', it would be accompanied by the most over-the-top, bombastic music imaginable. In fact, they often did this even when there was no fighting happening, like say when [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|an ambassador boards the ship]]. This was a critical element of the series' [[Narm Charm]] and really complemented the [[Large Ham\|acting style]]. It was sadly missing from most of the later series - compare the scoring to the very same fight scene in "The Trouble With Tribbles" and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine\|DS9]]'''s "Trials and Tribble-ations" for a perfect example of this. ** Ron Jones was probably the best among the composers for the sequel series at using this in his scores (see "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2" in particular the track "Intervention", for a perfect example). Too bad he left ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation\|TNG]]'' during the fourth season. * ''[[~~Myth Busters~~MythBusters]]'' recently had some fun with this trope in their Top 25 Special showing off their various explosions to the ''1812 Overture''. If you download the episode, I can guarantee you'll want to watch the sequence more than once. == [[Music]] == Line 83: ** The overall theme, ''Ballad of the Goddess'', starts with a solo [[Harp of Femininity]] (appropriately enough), and after about 45 seconds launches into epicness. * [[Super Smash Bros.\|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLJuT8zPmvA Final Destination], which is both this and [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]. * ''[[~~Bioshock~~BioShock (series)]]''. When you place the third (out of four) picture in the art collab, the already unstable Sander Cohen freaks out and, in a fit of instability, orders his henchmen to kill you. Cue the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] as you beat the living crap out of splicers who seem to come out of [[Hammerspace]]. You'll be symponizing a bloody massacre while Waltz of the Flowers blares throughout the studio for minutes, though odds are that you'll be done by 2:44. * The action themes in the later ''[[Syphon Filter]]'' games. * The [[Tales (series)]] is full of them. Line 92: == [[Web Comics]] == * ''[[Freefall]]'' has a ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01190.htm literal]'' Orchestral Bombing. * ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. Because of ''course'' [[Mad Bomber\|Pi]] would have [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-12-18 ordnance called "doorbells"]. == [[Western Animation]] == Line 106 ⟶ 107: [[Category:Military and Warfare Tropes]] [[Category:Just for Pun]] [[Category:~~Orchestral Bombing~~{{PAGENAME}}]]