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** "Shoot to Thrill" has become Iron Man's signature arrival song.

** 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.

*** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|You mean Al heroically reclaiming his beloved bathroom after Peggy took it away from him.]]

** It's also more or less Junior's leitmotif in ''[[Problem Child]]''.

** Occurs in the remake of ''The Parent Trap'', when one of the girls challenges the other at cards.

* "Bodies" by [[Drowning Pool]], if a scene is about to get violent.

* "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride" by [[Steppenwolf]].

* "Cobrastyle" is used in a lot of movies with a suave protagonist, and [[Subverted Trope|also]] in ''[[Chuck]]''.

* [[Joe Cocker]] and [[The Who]] will surely live out their days comfortably on the royalties from "Feelin' Alright" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" on Every. Single. Movie. Trailer.

** Pretty much all their well-known songs are associated with that the era or the war specifically. If you hear CCR in a movie, it's probably 'Nam.

** Similarly, "All Along the Watchtower" and "Gloria" will probably both be in any given 'Nam movie.

* [[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.

* "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by [[James Brown]] is used in many scenes with really happy people.

** 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.

** [[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.

* "Magic Moments" by [[Perry Como]], specifically the whistling at the beginning.

* [[Dick Dale]]'s version of "Misirlou", specially after ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.

* "O Fortuna", in the spirit of [[Ominous Latin Chanting]].

** Similarly, [[Verdi]]'s "Dies Irae."

** ''[[Apocalypse Now]],'' in turn, may have been referencing its use in ''[[Birth of a Nation]]'' for the charge of the heroic (!) Ku Klux Klan.

*** If I remember correctly, they were in fact [[Crowning Moment of Funny|actually playing it out of speakers on the helicopters]].

*** Alternately, it may just be the fact that ''[[Birth of a Nation]]'', as offensive as the content is nowdays (and at the time, though to a lesser degree), was the [[Trope Codifier|codifier]] for a surprising number of film tropes.

* "Right Here, Right Now" By [[Fatboy Slim]] has also been used in actions movies for [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* Gary Glitter's "Rock And Roll Part One" is ridiculously common in sports movies. It's somewhat justified by the fact that both marching bands and loudspeakers often ''do'' play that song at games, but in the movies the song will just as likely be heard during moments when the crowd is supposed to be remaining silent.

* "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum for movies about astronauts and space travel.

* "Sweet Home Alabama" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].

** Was also used as a pun in early trailers of ''[[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.

* "We Are the Champions" by [[Queen]], used to herald in really dramatic moments.

** Also, sports victories.

* "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.

* Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna, anyone? It's been used in countless trailers, most notably the Two Towers one.

* "Wipe Out" by [[The Surfaris]] is pretty popular for [[Chase Scene|chase scenes]].

** [[Benny Hill]]'s "Yakety Sax" as well, with an added comedic effect.

* If shit goes down in [[Slow Motion]], there's always "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis.

** Or his theme from 1492: The Conquest of Paradise.

* Is something big about to blow up? (Usually with multiple explosions?) Then the music absolutely must be the finale of "The 1812 Overture".

* You can always count on [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "What A Wonderful World" for a bitterly ironic counterpoint to horrific destruction.

* "Born to be Wild" is often used to show the seemingly-sweet character (usually female) has a rougher, edgier side that only comes out during a moment of crisis. "Herbie, Fully Loaded" comes to mind.