Orchestral Bombing: Difference between revisions

** Likewise, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU Ride of the Valkyries]'' for a bombastic assault. It was used in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' for a very good reason.

* ''The 1812 Overture'' itself! To quote [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin:]]

** Two words: Cannons firing. That's not a glib comment; that's actually ''part of the musical instruction''. Yes, the piece, when properly performed, actually uses ''cannons'' as part of the orchestra. Ya know, since the 1812 Overture was originally written to mark Russia valiantly defending Moscow against Napoleon's seemingly unstoppable horde. Which makes it even ''more'' [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].

* Gustav Holst wrote the ''Mars, Bringer of War'' segment of ''[[The Planets]]'' suite before World War I had started, but it depicts the brutality and scale of its mechanized warfare brilliantly. John Williams certainly had it in mind - see the ship chase at the opening of ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode IV.