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Expect a fair amount of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] with classical pieces; the composers typically wrote these pieces for the precise contexts that their titles indicate (likewise with some pop songs). Many of these are [[Undead Horse Trope]]s, but may reach a stage where they are [[Dead Horse Trope|only used ironically]].

 

 

[[Lohengrin and Mendelssohn]] is a subtrope specifically for weddings, and [[Standard Pre-Ass-Kicking Snippet]] is a subtrope for badass scenes.

 

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|''[[Also Sprach Zarathustra]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k ''Sunrise''] (R. Strauss)||Moments of something that can only be described as "[[Friedrich Nietzsche|Über]]" happening, paralyzing everyone in transcendent awe, often in space. More often that not used in a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|humorous fashion]], or as a [[Stock Shout-Outs|reference]] to ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. Or as [[Ric Flair]]'s [[Professional Wrestling|ring entrance tune.]]

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kV1ctLu0Y Anitra's Dance]'' from ''Peer Gynt Suite'' (Edvard Grieg)||Dance displays involving women (usually ''Eastern''); display can involve live footage, statuary, friezes and 2D art in any combination.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizWc4cJwbw Bugler's Dream (Leo Arnaud)/Olympic Fanfare and Theme (John Williams) ]'' ||The Olympics, athletes, sporting events, especially track and field. Also majestic processionals. The two themes have become near-inseparable since [[NBC]] stuck them together for their Olympic coverage.

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|''[[Carmina Burana]]'' (Orff): ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhG-d_YnhhU Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (O Fortuna)]'' ||High drama, movie trailers, video game final bosses, demons being summoned, cavalry charges, revealed castles (with lightning)

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K68tdN3fYw Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va Pensiero)]'' from ''Nabucco'' (Verdi)||Things proceeding in smooth and orderly fashion; engineering or civil engineering being showcased.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkZQ84YDlk Dance of the Knights]'' from ''Romeo and Juliet'' (Prokofiev)||Heavy industry and engineering, industrial revolutions, history of same.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbASemGk0k Hoedown]'' from ''Rodeo'' (Copland)||Film trailers for Westerns, especially light-hearted or family-friendly ones. Also, beef, which is what's for dinner.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg In the Hall of the Mountain King]'' from ''Peer Gynt'' suite (Edvard Grieg)||A particularly dramatic or ominous event. Sometimes used for comedic effect in scenes featuring [[Rube Goldberg Device|large and needlessly complicated machinery]] under construction or in operation.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STm83fDhyxg Le Tic Toc Choc]'' (or a sound-alike) ||18th Century western Europe (generally France), usually in an aristocratic setting

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzeLoa1gwCU Dixie's Land]''||Synonymous with the [[Deep South]]. (Note, though, that it is ''not'' the official anthem of the Confederacy; that was ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpyBNKZ7FEA God Save the South]''.)

|''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1z4JfxFb6c Baby Elephant Walk]'' ||Slow, stupid characters; animals; people carrying awkward loads.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjpAGf0oks California Here I Come]'' ||Travelling to California (natch), Trains in general. The theme song for the ubiquitous [[Huell Howser]] shows, in which he explores unusual California landmarks.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNbye4m2Vs Goofus]''||Characters on the move, rural settings

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZe8Uvf2emw Happy Go Lively]'', Laurie Johnson ||Perky, efficient, immaculately dressed Fifties housewives working in ultramodern [[Zeerust|Kitchens of The Future]], or those kitchens themselves; cleaning.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjTsfIYeDsI My Old Kentucky Home]'' ||Rural homes, the South. In [[Real Life]], always played just before the running of the Kentucky Derby

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vy-y16vOJo&feature=related Nearer, My God, to Thee]'' ||The Titanic, sinking ships, or inevitable doom, especially when met with tragic dignity.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp5HCDGJsvM Oh, What a Beautiful Morning]'' from ''Oklahoma'' (Rodgers & Hammerstein)||Waking, morning scenes and montages, [[Did You Just Have Sex?|the morning after the night before]] (possibly including a [[Hangover Sensitivity]]).

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQKlA5VUwRk Basic Instinct]'' ([[Jerry Goldsmith]])||Sexy, erotic thrillers.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj9OWEm_uSM The Breakfast Machine]'' ([[Danny Elfman]])||Frenetic but mechanized action; Rube Goldberg devices; factories and machines; undercranked scenes of people in lines or rush-hour traffic.

|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsuAbTTsV8 The Great Escape]'' theme ([[Elmer Bernstein]]) ||Escaping, or energetic group preparation to escape.

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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamKl-su8PE&ob=av3e I Predict a Riot]'' ([[Kaiser Chiefs]])||Social unrest. Often, the opening riff is enough.

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