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* "Welcome to the Jungle" by [[Guns N' Roses]] has a slow, but distinctive, buildup to an epic opening. Expect a cool entrance.
** It was used for the climax fight of ''[[Megamind]]''.
** Also appeared in one of the trailers for [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
* [[Trope Namer]] is [[George Thorogood]]'s "Bad to the Bone", a traditional [[Badass]] song, used in the second ''[[Terminator]]'' film.
** "Bad to the Bone" is used amusingly in ''[[Married... with Children]]'', whenever Al's about to do something badass. For example, eating a bunch of burritos in order to do horrible things to Peg's decorated bathroom.
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** Similarly, "All Along the Watchtower" and "Gloria" will probably both be in any given 'Nam movie.
*** Don't forget "For What It's Worth"!
** Or [[The Rolling Stones|Gimme Shelter]]
* [[Jacques Offenbach]]'s "Gallope" from ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' (more commonly known as the can can music) being used for comedy movies when the wacky hijinks start getting out of control. Think overflowing washing machine, tangled electrical wires and stray parrots.
* Music by the [[The Rolling Stones]], especially "Gimme Shelter" in [[Martin Scorsese]] films.
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** It also appeared in a lot of comedy trailers, which was parodied in an SNL skit where people suffer through an onslaught of previews, and all of the ones for comedies use this song.
* [[Village People]] songs and "I Will Survive" will show up in every comedy involving homosexuals.
** Also "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. And "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C+C Music Factory.
* "Iron Man" by [[Black Sabbath]] is also used by badasses (including [[Iron Man|the Marvel Comics hero]], of course).
** [[Isn't It Ironic?|Irony moment]]: the original song's lyrics were written by Geezer Butler specifically to avoid being sued by Marvel; as a result the song is about a time-traveller who attempts to save mankind but ends up destroying it. Which are not [[Epileptic Trees|necessarily]] motives and superpowers associated with Tony Stark.
* "I Won't Back Down", by Tom Petty, means that our hero, believe it or not, isn't going to back down.
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* "Sweet Home Alabama" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
* [[Thin Lizzy]]'s "The Boys Are Back In Town" for, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|scenes in which there are some boys, and they are back. In a town.]]
** Was also used as a pun in early trailers of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'': "The toys are back in town."
* Expect cool stuff to happen when "The Name of the Game" by [[Crystal Method]] starts playing.
* [[Snap]]'s "The Power" used for characters [[Mundane Utility|using a superpower in a generally non-serious way]].
* [[Natasha Bedingfield]]'s "Unwritten" is another, being played for pretty much any product marketed to women for pretty much all of 2007.
* "Walking On Sunshine" by [[Katrina and the Waves]] was used in pretty much every trailer for family comedies in the 1990s and 00s.
* "We Are the Champions" by [[Queen]], used to herald in really dramatic moments.
** Also, sports victories.
** "We Will Rock You", also by Queen, for sports-related badassery.
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** The entire soundtrack of The Highlander.
* "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane whenever someone is under the influence of a mind-altering substance and/or hallucinating.
* "Who Let The Dogs Out" ''will'' be used in any children's movie featuring talking dogs, and it ''will'' be used in a scene where the aforementioned canines escape from a pet pound/locked room/generally do something cool that involves knocking down something or someone.
* Rossini's "Wilhelm Tell Overture" is always the sign of someone being extremely busy. Used for irony effect for a sex scene in Kubrick's ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.
* Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna, anyone? It's been used in countless trailers, most notably the Two Towers one.
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* If shit goes down in [[Slow Motion]], there's always "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis.
** Or his theme from 1492: The Conquest of Paradise.
* If shit goes down and there's a large army or [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment involved, you might hear Europe's "The Final Countdown."
* "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited is used for just about every competition.
* "Le Freak" by Chic in a scene involving fashion montages.
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