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== [[Film]] ==
* The "Lux Aeterna" theme from ''[[Requiem for
** 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, ''[[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 Motion Picture
* [[John Williams]] has conjured up quite a few signature themes: ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[E.T. the
* [[Ennio Morricone]] 's theme from ''[[The Good, the Bad
* [[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]].
* [[Miklos Rozsa|Miklós Rózsa]] and his impressive works that include ''[[Spellbound]]'', ''[[Quo Vadis]]'', ''[[
* Danny Elfman's score for [[Batman (
* Enter the realm of fantasy where the score of [[Alexander Nevsky]], composed by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] in ''1938'', is at the forefront of this article and noted for its influence on many future composers, such as John Williams.
** And to stay on the topic of Prokofiev: ''Lt. Kijé'' was a Soviet comedy for which he wrote the music. Nobody remembers the movie now, but the rearrangement of the music into the ''Lt. Kijé Suite'' is one of Prokofiev's greatest hits.
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* Iain Ballamy's ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' soundtrack.
* ''[[The Wicker Man]]''. All of it.
* The music of [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], for such films as ''[[
* [[Joe Hisaishi]]'s score to ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' is the perfect compliment to the [[Studio Ghibli]] [[Scenery Porn]], and also has the unusual quality of being mostly in minor keys.
** This also goes for ''[[Spirited Away]]''.
* The opening theme of ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', ''the'' theme to use when depicting athleticism, especially track and field.
* [[Bernard Herrmann]] is one of the all time greats among film composers, but the most famous is the theme from ''[[
* [[Bill Conti]] with his famous theme for ''[[Rocky (
* [[
* Nino Rota's theme from ''[[
* [[Flash Gordon (
** Queen worked on the entire soundtrack for the ''Flash Gordon'' film.
** You cannot talk about Queen and not mention [[Highlander
* The 2005 movie of ''[[The Lion, the Witch
* 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 (
== [[Theater]] ==
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* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. The battle victory theme and the title theme in particular, but most of the music between the games is easily recognized (the [[Nobuo Uematsu|same composer]] did all of the music for the first nine games, and still contributes to this day).
** A couple that ought to be noted are the two songs made for the [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia]] games, "The Messenger," by Your Favorite Enemies, and "God in Fire," by Kidneythieves. Both come with two versions, on being with an orchestral backing, while the other being straight-up hard rock.
* The flute strains from the beginning of the ''[[
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' for the Gamecube had some very memorable music.
* [[Koji Kondo]]'s ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
* Don't forget the ''Metroid'' series, which did some impressive things with its music despite limitations.
* The first three ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' games had music by [[The Police|Stewart Copeland]], and sounded quite unique.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'''s main theme.
** The Mass Effect 3 "Leaving Earth" track is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULOcqGzTeo&feature=BFa&list=SL&lf=sh_e_se especially powerful]. Yes, the Reaper roars are ''part of the song''.
* The two ''[[Portal (
* 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.
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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