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|''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky_-_1812_overture.ogg 1812 Overture]'' (specifically the final part, starting at 15:35) ||Explosions, bombing runs, cannon fire. (The original symphony called for cannons.) Destroying the oppressive Government. If used, the explosions will almost always [[Mickey Mousing|go off in time with the music]]. Also used in TV spots for family movies, often with slapstick and/or [[Stuff Blowing Up]] timed to the music.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM Adagio for Strings]'' (Samuel Barber) ||Something really depressing happened. Starting to rival [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]]'s ''Moonlight Sonata'' for [[Classical Music/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]] status.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObnNQCMtM Agnus Dei]'' (Samuel Barber) - same tune as ''Adagio'' above||Old ecclesiastical sites; tombs and sepulchres; meditative sorrow; old battlefields and war graves (often with [[wikipedia:In Flanders Fields|poppies]]); peace when the dust has settled; aftermath of tragedy or an apocalypse. And ''[[Homeworld]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrW4jkQdmjI#t=2m50s here].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2j-frfK-yg Air on a G String]'' (adapted from 2nd movement of ''Orchestral Suite No. 3'' by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]])||Scenes of peace, relaxation and repose, English countryside in good weather. [[Elegant Classical Musician|Cute girls.]] [[Soundtrack Dissonance|Destroying Mass-Produced]] [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion Units]]. It's also inextricably tied to the Hamlet cigar ads. In Italy, it's tied to scientific TV programmes since the 1980s, because it's been used from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CW0GfTdMHM 1981] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KE1JHEFlq0 the present] as the opening of documentaries presented by Piero Angela.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yomi0-WL5Pg Alla Turca]'' from [[wikipedia:Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)|Piano Sonata No. 11]] (Mozart)||Busy, flustered activity, Regency England
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbMiMKWGpL4 Anvil Chorus]'' from ''Il Trovatore'' (Verdi)||Any kind of rhythmic pounding or hammering, as by blacksmiths or construction workers.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD0FDLOKGA The Aquarium]'' from ''The Carnival of the Animals'' (Saint-Saëns)||Underwater scenes. Pretty common, even in live action. Also commonly used in movie trailers, especially for films concerning magic, wizards, fortune-telling and the like.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba]'' (Handel)||Period architecture, estates and larger dwellings; formal or state occasions.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCvzizkI3U Overture]'' from ''Carmen'' (Georges Bizet)||Fast-paced, often [[Slapstick]] montages of comedy scenes in movie trailers. [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssa1EnJt9UI flailing around like a constipated chimpanzee.]
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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)
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|''[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=h94BdxnheeM Dance of the Reed Flutes]'' and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR3XYpB5w0U Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy]'' from ''[[The Nutcracker (theatre)|The Nutcracker]]'' (Tchaikovsky)||Ballet, delicacy and daintiness; tiptoeing; mincing and effeminacy; ickle children waking in expensive houses on snowy Christmas mornings.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fMHms5Cvsw Dies Irae]'' (13th century) ||The instrumental equivalent of [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] -- or, if sung with lyrics, literally [[Ominous Latin Chanting]], especially in association with the Middle Ages.
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|''Dies Irae'' by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxr84zacOfY Mozart] (18th century) or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY Verdi] (19th century)||Same lyrics as above, different tunes, and famous pieces in their own respects. [[wikipedia:Requiem (Mozart)|Mozart's]] conveys a sense of terror and sadness, and [[wikipedia:Requiem (Verdi)|Verdi's]] conveys a sense of urgency. Both are dramatic to the utmost. Note that the Dies Irae by Mozart you will hear most of the time is the version of his Requiem as completed by Süssmayr.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKhH2hRa-WQ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik]'' (Mozart)||''Any and all'' fancy parties. Rivaled by ''Minuet'' and ''Spring'', below.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIk5DWUx_E Funeral March of a Marionette]'' (Gounod)||[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|"Good evening."]] Or a trip to the gallows.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw0oQ4sD4us Gallop]'' from ''The Comedians'' (Dmitri Kabalevsky)||Comically frantic activity, chases, the circus
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38h5gPBoT04 Gavotte]'' (François-Joseph Gossec) ||Mincing, prancing movements, such as setting a table ''just so''
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53NqvQoK1iA La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)]'' (Rossini) (it's an excerpt from the overture, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8pN5jTyO4E here])||Classy, elegant, balletic shenanigans. And sometimes, even straight ballet. Also, ''those'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zRtT5jPLA fight] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90KPJ6n4Ew scenes] in ''A Clockwork Orange'' (Warning: ultra violence).
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|''[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=byGI1mDi3no Hungarian Rhapsody no.2]'' (Liszt) ||Mostly here because it is ''not'' an example: it was used in [[Tom and Jerry|famous]] [[Looney Tunes|cartoons]], yes, ''but played directly by the characters.'' It is used as a snippet in ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
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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.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5nhMIyeqI&t=2m23s Light Cavalry'' overture] (Suppé)||[[The Cavalry]] (when not being [[Big Damn Heroes]])
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|''Lohengrin'' ([[Richard Wagner]]): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InPRlxxOpOc Prelude to Act III] ||Flight, air power, squadrons of bombers
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|''Lohengrin'' ([[Richard Wagner]]): ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTnFErJEu4 Treulich geführt ziehet dahin]''||Western wedding ceremonies, especially the entrance of the bride ("Here comes the bride.") One of the quintessential wedding songs; see [[Lohengrin and Mendelssohn]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t894eGoymio Lullaby]'' (Johannes Brahms)||Getting sleepy
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poSw7tFLB4 Marche Slave]'' (Tchaikovsky)||Slavery, toiling, the construction of Egyptian monuments.
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|''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' ([[Felix Mendelssohn]]): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDr8Q7lDW8o Wedding March]||Wedding outtros; see [[Lohengrin and Mendelssohn]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSE15tLBdso Minuet]'' (Luigi Boccherini)||When ''Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'' just isn't fancy enough (or [[The Lady Killers|you need to plan a heist genteelly]]).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0fjN7AE08 On the Trail]'' from ''Grand Canyon Suite'' (Ferde Grofé)||Cowboys loping along on horseback under Western skies.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WRJES4cyw Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers)]'' (Offenbach): The Can-Can ||[[Chorus Girls]], especially French ones. Or possibly [[lemmings]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrFhfPYPUl4 Over the Waves (Sobre las Olas)]'' (Juventino Rosas)||Trapeze and high-wire work in a circus; fairgrounds, merry-go-rounds and any form of travel humorously related to such a situation. (Occasionally used for swimming scenes, since it ''is'' officially about water.) Of course, this tune is a common fixture on merry-go-rounds and calliopes in real life.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcUh-ggBfzI Piano Sonata No. 16]'', 1st Movement (Mozart)||Cozy, tranquil domestic scenes, especially of a slightly formal and refined type (e.g. tea in Grandmother's parlor)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa0oKBtFKts Pictures at an Exhibition]'' (Mussorgsky) ||[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Pictures at an exhibition]]; Japanese television uses the opening; [[Jerry Lawler]]'s [[Professional Wrestling|theme music]]; movement (Promenade) surprisingly often in connection with anything "artistic"
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZkoW1Ta3ew The Hut on Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga]'' (from ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' by Modest Mussorgsky)||Pursuit and peril, evil on the move.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfoCvCxNAw4 Pilgrims' Chorus]'' from ''Tannhäuser'' (Wagner) - the part starting 2:15||Love and reunion, the cavalry arriving, impressive scenery and holiday destinations. And [[What's Opera, Doc?|Bugs Bunny, dressed as Brunhilde, riding in on a white mare.]] [[wikipedia:Herr Meets Hare|Twice.]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoUxxQIUV7o Pizzicato]'' from ''Sylvia'' (Delibes)||Like ''Gavotte'', overly fussy action.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_aM_s0R1U#t=3m33s Poet and Peasant Overture]'' (Franz von Suppé) ||[[Traintop Battle|Fistfights on top of moving trains]], a holdover from its use with silent films.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moL4MkJ-aLk Pomp and Circumstance March No.1]'' (Elgar) ||Graduations. ([[Truth in Television]]: Nowadays American and Canadian students "get" to hear the same four lines repeated ''ad nauseum'' during commencements). Also, frequently (although not officially) used as the British national anthem, as ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=podh1wht9RY&feature=related Land of Hope and Glory]''. A fixture at the [[wikipedia:The Proms#Last Night of the Proms|Last Night of the Proms]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9yNSpKPBU Entry of the Gods into Valhalla]'' from ''Das Rheingold'' (Wagner)||Real estate, the city, castles
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLsvQaxw3g#t=8m49s Romeo and Juliet]'', Love Theme (Tchaikovsky) ||Romance, [[Love At First Sight]]. [[Meadow Run]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apSFckLOyfk Rondeau]'' from ''Suite de Symphonies'' (Jean-Joseph Mouret)||The procession of royalty, or the bride and groom. Also well-known as the theme of ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHvztnHOWEQ Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major]'' (Beethoven): I. ''Allegro con brio''||Expanding vistas. Inspiring montages. Usually coupled with a desire that you buy into something ''big''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7pQytF2nak Symphony No. 5 in C Minor]'' (Beethoven): I. ''Allegro con brio''||Meeting a dire fate; being confronted or caught by an authority figure; classical musicians in concert
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcOpyM9cBg Symphony No. 9 in D Minor]'' (Beethoven): IV. ''Allegro assai: Freude, schöner Götterfunken'' ([[Ode to Joy]])||Any character overwhelmed by joy or sudden good fortune (real or imagined). Unless it's anime, in which case things are going to go ''[[The End of the World as We Know It|very badly]]''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o Toccata and Fugue in D minor]'' (attrib. [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]) ||[[Haunted House|Haunted houses]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|Bela Lugosi impersonators]] and Captain Nemo. Often played on the [[Ominous Pipe Organ]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByRkggPFiMM Toccata]'' from ''Symphony No.5'' (Widor)||Weddings (especially Royal), grand events, cathedrals, consecrations, high church investitures.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chH7wMoFm9s Under the Double Eagle/Unter dem Doppeladler]'' by Joseph Franz Wagner||Fairgrounds, circuses, parades, calliopes, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnGJHlhL9DE dancing teeth]. Rarely used to represent [[wikipedia:Austria-Hungary#Coat of arms|Austro-Hungary]], though.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSoMZVpNnBs Feuerzauber/Magic Fire Music]'' from ''Die Walküre'' (Wagner)||Magical power; controlled descent from a great height
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|"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5fnZ_bwHk Ride of the Valkyries]" from ''Die Walküre'' (Wagner)||Nazis (especially Luftwaffe), [[Music to Invade Poland To|Invading Poland]], [[World War II]], bombs, speed, violence, helicopters (ever since ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''), more bombs, [[Looney Tunes|wabbit hunting]]; descending swarms of enraged nerds, rodeo clowns, grannies, or any group generally lacking dignity, in slow motion. So standard that it has [[Ride of the Valkyries|its own page]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOmMRBHxU0w William Tell Overture: Finale]'' (Rossini) ||Galloping, the cavalry, [[The Lone Ranger]] clones, horse races
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y7tjxii2y4 William Tell Overture: Ranz de Vaches]'' ||Morning, waking up, nature, pastoralism, tranquillity.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt5hz8fc4Cw William Tell Overture: Storm]'' ||Storms at sea
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0YOPoj4t0 Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1)]'' (Handel)||Every British coronation since it was written (and a few elsewhere). World-class football. Buildup to inspiring scenes. Holiday sales with this.
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|'[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39eUzlYd2Qc 'Ach du Lieber Augustin]'' ||Germany, Germans (usually overweight and/or bumbling), [[Oktoberfest|beer, sausages that end in -wurst]]. Note that the text says: "Oh my dear Augustin, everything's lost."
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TLYW6YFxk Alouette]'' ||The French, and especially French Canadians--sometimes hummed or sung by characters to show how French they are
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSBtCUvOOE America the Beautiful]'' ||United States patriotism (typically this is played, and not ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' which is reserved for non-background use in ceremonies such as military funerals and baseball); mattress sales
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|The [[wikipedia:Oriental riff|Asian Riff]] ||East Asian characters and stereotypes.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2hX6OYKh8 Auprès de ma blonde]'' ||An alternative to ''Alouette'' to demonstrate how Gallic characters or setting are
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|''[[wikipedia:The Bowery (song)|The Bowery]]'' -- From 1892's ''A Trip to Chinatown'' ||New York City and its East Side, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0M4BzzrNX4 here]''(dead link)'' (between 1:50 and 2:00).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUonmbtVQo Brindisi]'' from ''La Traviata'' (Verdi)||Italy, Italian cities, food, opera and drink, Italians making merry
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGmWMYro2To Carmen, Entr'acte between acts III & IV]'', Bizet ||[[Toros Y Flamenco]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgR5zBv8Rc Carmen, Habanera]'', Bizet, with or without lyrics||Sex, a beautiful and sensual woman, love, dancing (with charged subtext similar to a tango), Spain or the Spanish, mystery, intrigue, villainy, the opera, elegance, upperclass pursuits. An aria with a lot to say for itself.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD3mr2d-khg Cielito Lindo]'' or "The song that goes 'Ay yi yi yi'" ||Mariachi bands and Mexico
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar0JCqk5LC4 La Cucaracha]'' ||Anything involving Mexico
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|''[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=4ZIFhJ6fyzk Dark Eyes]'' (''Ochi Chernye'') ||Russians, [[Fake Russian|Fake Russians]], or [[The Shop Around the Corner|people who smoke candy and listen to cigarettes.]]
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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]''.)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqJJMSK15U Forty-Second Street]''||New York City, especially in the '30s and '40s
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJd-SHzqUC4 Funiculì, Funiculà]'' ||Italians and their food
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwT2vtH7g4A Gaudeamus Igitur]'' (De Brevitate Vitae) ||[[Establishing Shot]] of the old [[Wacky College|Alma Mater]]; used as a snippet as far back as Brahms's ''Academic Festival Overture''
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk God Save the Queen]'' (UK National Anthem)||UK Royal Family, particularly the Queen; any scene in London. The USA patriotic song ''My Country 'Tis Of Thee'' is [[To the Tune Of|set to the same tune]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hAleep6uBI God Save the Tsar!]'' ("Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!")||The Russian Empire; non-Communist Russian military forces. Also used at the aforementioned climax of the 1812 Overture; when the Tsarist anthem was banned in the USSR, its use in the 1812 Overture was replaced with a tune from an opera by Glinka.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAsycMvZde4 Hail to the Chief]''||The [[Invisible President]], [[The White House]]
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|'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHSNZK4Je-Y Hava Nagila]||[[All Jews Are Ashkenazi|Jewish culture]]'', particularly festivals and weddings; [[Roma]]; the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
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|'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZPy-7BzSw Theme from How the West Was Won]''||[[The Wild West]], adventures/epics (or parodies thereof), [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments, and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Midwestern State Fair highlights]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6d03gbmAzc I Left My Heart In San Francisco]'' ||[[San Francisco]], oddly enough
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR3K5uB-wMA In the Mood]'' (Glenn Miller)||Having fun in [[The Forties]], Swing/Big Band era.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CewyTGQR9Pw The Irish Washerwoman]'' ||Anything Irish
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73eB-aAo8Eg Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time)]'' ||Unofficial national anthem of England (the other countries in the Union have their own official national anthems, but England doesn't); endorsed by Edward VII.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGVFJqSqqg&feature=related Loch Lomond]'' ||Scotland; the Highlands
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOhk4Lk9aE The Maple Leaf Forever]''||Canada. Within Canada, usually used ironically in the same way ''America the Beautiful'' is used, at least in English Canada.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0ktol1q7I&feature=related Mademoiselle from Armentieres]''||Anything set in World War I, especially dogfights; olde-time airplanes. You may remember the "Inky-Dinky-Parlez-Vous" lyric.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5jiAv38q0 Malaguena]'' or something similarly flamenco-sounding ||Usually related to things Spanish or Hispanic in general
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA Theme from]''''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''||[[Establishing Shot]] or panorama of [[The Wild West]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g La Marseillaise]''||Any scene change or opening on France (this even happens in live action; it's even quoted in the 1812 Overture)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd_nopTFuZA La Mer]'' (Charles Trénet)||France, artistic and relaxed, with ample time for long establishing sequences.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKaZ-hVy8yQ The Mexican Hat Dance]'' ||Anything vaguely celebratory in Mexico
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8DaeDs9KA Midnight in Moscow]'' (also known as ''Moscow Nights'') ||Anything to do with the former Soviet Union, Russia, or the city of Moscow
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ryvMNuFIc The Millers' Dance]'' (de Falla)||Hispanic scenes and people, usually rural settings or smaller population centres.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW6qGy3RtwY Misirlou]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUiOh8efaQ (fast version)]||At the original tempo, anything involving Greece or [[Arabian Nights Days|The Middle East]]; when played by Dick Dale or a sound-alike, surfing, or as an entrance for [[Badass]] characters
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n92ATE3IgIs Moonlight Serenade]''||[[World War II|Wartime romance]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYRmsbEQXEg Oh Susanna]''||The [[Deep South]]. The [[Wild West]]. The Gold Rush. The Confederacy.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOObPhTYi9I The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)]'' ||The [[Deep South]]. Especially around Mississippi River.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9NW-Dg6gA Rhapsody in Blue]'' (Gershwin) ||[[Establishing Shot]] of New York City
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgd9nYqVz2s Rule Britannia]''||[[Establishing Shot]] of London- mentioned as such in the DVD Commentary for ''[[Austin Powers]]''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keF-KYKKYeI Sakura]'' ("[[Cherry Blossoms]]")||Japan, especially rural or historic Japan
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5pEsJQlxI Scotland the Brave]''||Standard piece used when bagpipes are played, especially when set in Scotland
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweCYZHCW60 The Sidewalks of New York]''||New York City, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Was associated with Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xsosv6uM0 Tarantella Napoletana]''||Italy, Italians
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9VvO__zOA La Vie en Rose] (also called "You're Too dangerous, Cherie")'' ||Streets of Paris, French countryside; love -- I mean, l'amour (though this song tends to cost money. Also the signature song of French songstress Edith Piaf)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpOAnWEyzt8 Sirtaki]'' from ''Zorba The Greek'' ||Greek stuff, notably in ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''
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== Marches, Bugle Calls, And Other Military Shenanigans ==
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6gtISlR2dk Anchors Aweigh]'' ||The Navy, sailors, the sea
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czHqZFL7rKY&t=0m27s Assembly]'' (US Army bugle call) ||The army
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_rljOB4AE The Battle Hymn of the Republic]'' ([[Refrain From Assuming|Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory]])||Any American patriotic speech, the American Civil War
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4RuNuPH3ik&feature=related The British Grenadiers]'' ||The British Army in general, Redcoats in particular
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvWLMkxSwIo Colonel Bogey]'' (Ricketts)||British troops and encampments. Showing cheery mood, insouciance, or a brave face. Often whistled, as in ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'', or sung as "Hitler has only got one ball" <ref>Churchill's press secretary came up with these lyrics - while in the bath - and Churchill [[Throw It In|got him to sing them to the assembled chiefs of staff]] at the next opportunity. Oh, and Hitler did turn out to have just the one testicle...</ref>
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHfQGn3JTs Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean]''||The U.S. Navy (Ironically, this song has nothing to do with the ocean or ships. The lines about the ark riding safe through the storm are "ship of state" imagery, and the "gem of the ocean" refers to the New World.)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iouQstL5tc First Call]'' (US Army bugle call)||Horse racing. At the races it's known as "Call to the Post."
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61xLSoAd86c The Girl I Left Behind Me]'' ||Marching American soldiers, as far back as the Revolution. Or British Redcoats Napoleonic Era.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlSXeo-sBY A Life on the Ocean Wave]'' ||[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], usually accompanied by, but not limited to, the British Navy.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Fr5ILu-Hg Marine's Hymn]'' ("From the halls of Montezuma...")||Marines on the march, especially common in [[Wartime Cartoon|WWII era cartoons]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4NtSqZcT_4 The Last Post]'' ||UK-based military remembrance, and for good reason.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSEVv9JfXaw To The Colors]'' (US Army bugle call) ||The army; the US flag
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7VLTqGCOC8 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again]''||Armies, parades, marching; occasionally, specifically Irish (the origin of the song). [[Dramatic Irony]] in [[Anti War Film|anti-war]] film<ref> Its Irish counterpart, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", [[Fridge Brilliance|is an anti-war song.]]</ref>. Common on fife and drum.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95Cb2ByHNA Wild Blue Yonder]''||Airplanes, flying. The US Air Force.
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== Pop Songs You Probably Only Know From Cartoons ==
{| class="wikitable"
|| '''Song''' || '''Theme'''
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|''[http://youtu.be/1xpSeaxRpCc Ain't She Sweet]'' (Ager/Yellen)||Pretty girls, especially (but not exclusively) in [[The Roaring Twenties]].
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|''[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=y041-eT6QrI Ain't We Got Fun?]'' ||[[The Roaring Twenties]], even used in period pieces.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wP-4ZV8sv0 Aloha 'Oe]'' ||Hawaii, tropical vacations, subversions thereof.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4inyD93KwQ Arkansas Traveler]'' ||Slow, stupid characters, usually played very slowly. Also known as "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee".
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kP8jPa1wCg Autumn Leaves]''||Maudlin-tinged counterpart to ''A Summer Place''. Autumn leaves. Partings. Regrets and minor sorrows. Quiet romance. Slow montages, pans and dissolves. Easy listening moments. Extremely versatile.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBiFWoY69cE Baby Elephant Walk]'' ||Slow, stupid characters; animals; people carrying awkward loads
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtgklHQ52WE Beautiful Dreamer]'' ||Sleep, dreams
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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.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4NVg8i8i1Y The Camptown Races]'' ||Horse races. Associated with the Warner Bros. character [[Foghorn Leghorn]], who generally walked around humming it. Also used in Saloons in The Wild West
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKCEviKGGk Chicken Reel]'' ||Farmyards with chickens, gluttonous eating
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN8MiGx0uiI Coronation Scot]'' ||Steam trains, often coupled with a standard shot of the camera fixed to the running board showing the wheels going round and/or a camera between the rails watching the train go overhead.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2eqX93umXo Devil's Gallop]'' (Charles Williams)||Dramatic, old-style chases, [[The Spanish Inquisition]], [[That Mitchell and Webb Look|two inebriated bums]] impersonating [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[The Watson]], 'tecs vs crooks, skulduggery afoot. Originally the theme to ''[[wikipedia:Dick Barton|Dick Barton - Special Agent]]''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKrw-0dze0&feature=related&t=0m33s Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes]'' (Ben Jonson) ||Drinking -- if it's milk, juice, or water. Also performed reluctantly by those who [[I Love to Singa|love to singa]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcznaE2BDz0 The Entertainer]'' (Scott Joplin)||Early 20th Century America up till late 1930s (Note this is anachronistic; ragtime gave way to early jazz around WWI. But ever since ''[[The Sting]]'' everybody knows Ragtime = Great Depression because [[Reality Is Unrealistic]].)<ref>And in more ways than one: older folks ''would'' have still been listening to ragtime during the depression, which was sort of the point of using it to start with.</ref>
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNbye4m2Vs Goofus]''||Characters on the move, rural settings
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFUabzkAjBQ Happy Days Are Here Again]'' ||Rivals the Gold Digger's Song for being rich.
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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.
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|''[http://www.archive.org/details/hearts1901 Hearts And Flowers]''||Overacted melodrama, love, romance, and tragedy. This is the "world's saddest song" that so often gets sarcastically played on the "world's smallest violin" for chronic whiners.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GESHHqCCM2s Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush]''||Chasing in circles, washing things (think This Is The Way We Wash Our Clothes)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPc4vcNg3gY Home, Sweet Home]''||Cabins, houses, anyplace considered a "home" or a "home away from home". Also played in nightclubs when it's time to close. Popular in anime due to a well-known translation, and often used with [[World War II]] sequences (see ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'').
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|''[http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=277117 Hooray for Hollywood]''||Hollywood scenes, movie stars
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvIMLeKwrJE How Dry I Am]'' ||Drinking, drunkenness
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|''[http://youtu.be/KMK-d6n9k3U I've Been Working On The Railroad]''||Hard work, often [[Mickey Mousing]] the fall of sledgehammers to the beat. The "Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah" part (actually a much older song assimilated by ''Railroad'') can be substituted for ''Shortnin' Bread'' in the kitchen.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHnPLwuqYys The Loveliest Night of the Year]'' ||Trapeze artists, tightrope walkers, or parodies thereof
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|''[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://tiny.cc/umunc Mysterioso Pizzicato]'' also known as ''The Villains Theme'' and jazzed up as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-km6YQUgU4 Mysterious Mose]" ||Sneakiness, stealth (often [[Mickey Mousing|Mickey Moused]]), entrance of the [[Dastardly Whiplash|mustache-twirling villain]].
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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=o_NxSTX0jkc Notre Dame Victory March]'' ||Football, sports, pep talks (since the movie ''Knute Rockne, All American'')
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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]]).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXsfeBXjG_Q#t=1m55s On Moonlight Bay]'' ||Drinking, sailing, sailing while drinking. Along with ''How Dry I Am,'' makes for great drunken harmonizing in addition to background music
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Holr8ZwaSs Over There]''||[[World War One]] (U.S. involvement, 1917-18)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGhmbfd7rY A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody]'' (Irving Berlin) ||As Irving Berlin (the song's author) himself observed: "Today they play it when a pretty girl walks across a stage. And strip teasers disrobe to it. That's show business."
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|''[[wikipedia:Rock-a-bye Baby|Rock-a-bye Baby]]''||Babies, [[Epic Rocking|rocking]], or occasionally [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|both]]. (When used outside of BGM, can function as [[Instant Sedation]].)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_aAzT4OwgU Sailing, Sailing]''||Ships, the ocean
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyYrQToKiKM Shuffle Off To Buffalo]''||Exit, stage right.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5rsEa9vUI Shortnin' Bread]''||Food or cooking
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsf0Aj0cPc Silver Threads Among the Gold]''||Elderly people
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTd78X8TUo Sing, Sing, Sing]''||Swing dancing or dancing in general, boisterous parties, the early 20th century, [[Popcultural Osmosis|Chips Ahoy Song]].
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|''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x816o_song-of-the-marines Song of the Marines]'' ("We're Shoving Right Off For Home Again") ||Sailors, sailing vessels, long voyages at sea
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsiS-v6_6M Theme from A Summer Place]'' ||[[Relax-O-Vision]], [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|medium-sized intermissions]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhHH6vYzAgw Sweet Georgia Brown]'' (or an [[The Jimmy Hart Version|appropriate soundalike]]), usually whistled ||Basketball (after its association with the Harlem Globetrotters); sports antics
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFJOdbGziVg The Syncopated Clock]''||Clocks, or clockwork machinery
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcKU Teddy Bears' Picnic]'' (Henry Hall)||Teddy bears. Woods. Childhood, make-believe, and its imaginary perils. Confronting the former as an adult. And (employing increasing amounts of irony) psychological horror and worse.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r8n0PPogsQ (Believe Me if All) Those Endearing Young Charms]''||The [[Xylophone Gag]]. Only counts here because the background music tends to finish off the piece after the explosion.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOm-h0qa8iA The Toy Trumpet]'' (Raymond Scott) ||Toys, especially toy soldiers
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7otRDTKJVc Trade Winds]''||Tropical islands
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulWXvzL6nuA What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?]''||Sailors, [[The Seven Seas|the ocean]], [[Pirates]] and [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men|anything nautical]]
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY We'll Meet Again]''||[[World War II]], from the British perspective. Especially sad scenes (or [[Dr. Strangelove|nuclear war]]).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnlP5HkTzbA You Ought To Be In Pictures]'' ||Hollywood scenes
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{| class="wikitable"
|| '''Song''' || '''Theme'''
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrCCNtXsFBU 633 Squadron]'' (Theme)||[[World War II]] aircraft, bombing runs in particular. For the less picky, any piston-prop closed-cockpit plane in flight.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsJcg-g1pg Another One Bites the Dust]'' (Queen)||[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Another one bites the dust.]] Defeat, disqualification, failure and being finished off.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGd21qshXDc Ashokan Farewell]'' ||(Like as not, [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]) Parodies of Ken Burns documentaries, played over wartime letters to sweethearts back home while [[The Ken Burns Effect|panning across sepia-tone photos]]; [[The American Civil War]]<ref>Note that it is not a Civil War era piece; it was written in 1982 to express the composer's sadness at leaving fiddle camp.</ref>
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhJ69mD7xI Bad To The Bone]'' (George Thorogood and the Destroyers)||The arrival or entrance of the [[Badass]], particularly a [[Badass Biker]]. [[Bad to the Bone|Distressingly common]] even in live action.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcawnRIyeok The Chain]'' (the end and the guitar solo) ||Motor racing - in particular, the BBC coverage of [[Formula One]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6IwEG0FYM "Chariots of Fire" Theme]'' ([[Vangelis]]) ||The last few segments of an important race, especially if [[Overcrank|in slow motion]] (a tribute to the 1981 [[Chariots of Fire|movie of the same name]], where it doesn't actually appear in that manner in the final race); alternately, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|tongue-in-cheek]] slow motion cheesy inspirational music.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SUpWrSVaIg Cloudscape]'' ([[Philip Glass]], from ''[[Koyaanisqatsi]]'')||Danger and disturbance, troubled times, stormy works, Freudian psychology, onset of puberty given a dramatic spin.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA Clubbed to Death]'' (Rob Dougan); itself derived from Elgar's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wviJIQpZ_yY Enigma Variations]''. ||Adds a [[Power Walk]] -like ambience to any character's perambulations (if correctly timed with their footsteps), game-face montages, trailers. Extra points if they do a sharp focus change on the gap between the first and second bits of the opening. A mid-90s piece, but gained its notoriety in '99 through ''[[The Matrix]]'' (or at the very least, through its soundtrack album -- the piece only makes one relatively brief scene in the film).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02zOk_LQCkY Don't Worry Be Happy]'' (Bobby McFerrin)||[[Sad Times Montage]] in comedies. [[Relax-O-Vision|Cheer-up]] [[We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties|song]] used [[Soundtrack Dissonance|to indicate]] a [[Crap Saccharine World]], e.g. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtcVjClZYok#t=2m45s here]. (if it's an outright [[Crapsack World]], ''What A Wonderful World'' can be used).
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj-qhIGTXdU Theme]'' from ''[[Dragnet]]''||Investigation by police or other officials. The opening four-note sting can indicate any surprising discovery or revelation. Additionally, [[Mad|the Domm-Da Dom-Domm routine is #8 of essential routines for typical-type lampoons]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPoHgKcqag Let's Get it On]'' ([[Marvin Gaye]])||Sexiness, the beginning of a romantic or intimate moment
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4 Mad World]'' (Gary Joules' version)||Scenes of desolate environments, or a sober/tragic scene in a drama.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KAjt7v4t4 The Magnificent Seven]'' theme ([[Elmer Bernstein]]) ||In settings with cowboys; portraying the romantic Old West. Also the theme for Marlboro Country.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWGeRgFa-hI Mission Impossible]'' theme (Lalo Schifrin)||Preparation for or execution of a complex task, generally with high-tech elements or requiring gymnastic activity. Also the surprise injection of visible gas into a confined space such as a lift, where the protagonists are trapped.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMWwf8RtTQ&ob=av2n Money]'' ([[Pink Floyd]])||Documentaries on [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|financial shenanigans]], [[Nouveau Riche|less respectful looks at the lifestyles of the rich and famous]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRDF_0lfHk Paint It Black]'' ([[The Rolling Stones]])||The Vietnam War.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CHjYHwNzx0 "Peter Gunn"] theme'' ([[Henry Mancini]])||Spies, capers, schemes (thanks to ''Spy Hunter'' and ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', probably)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IuFl3sMhk Phantom of the Opera]'' ([[Iron Maiden]])||The start of a race, with buildup.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZOuo2cezI Reach for the Stars]'' (Richard Harvey)||The finale to a breathtaking scene, the closing of a race.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdPVCIRe1U San Francisco (Flowers..)]'' (Scott McKenzie) ||[[San Francisco|Haight Ashbury]], [[New Age Retro Hippie|Hippies]], [[The Sixties|1960s]], [[Indian Summer|Nostalgia]].
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|Piano break from ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5tiuZU4JI#t=4m53s Sinnerman]'' (Nina Simone)||Extreme, high falutin' and usually highly successful naughtiness.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g Stuck in the Middle With You]'' (Stealers Wheel)||Interrogation scenes. usually a tongue-in-cheek reference to its use in ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk&ob=av3e Song 2]'' ([[Blur (band)|Blur]]), AKA "[[Refrain From Assuming|Woo-Hoo]]" ||Action scenes, particularly extreme sports.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsiS-v6_6M Theme from "A Summer Place"]'' (Percy Faith)||Classic "easy listening" music, typically denoting shopping malls, doctor's offices, hotel lobbies, elevators, telephones on hold, and [[Relax-O-Vision]].
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg Sunshine of Your Love]'' ([[Cream]])||Vietnam, or that time period in general
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFJOdbGziVg The Syncopated Clock]'' ([[Leroy Anderson]])||Waiting. Sometimes used as an alternative to the [[Jeopardy Thinking Music]] for intense thought
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIj-6fr2SlI Things Can Only Get Better]'' (D:Ream)||Used for British Prime Ministers, usually mockingly. Originally used as [[Tony Blair]]'s election theme.
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|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPgS26ZhqZs Title theme] from ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (Ron Goodwin)||Classic biplanes and triplanes. Lo-tech prototypes, joke mock-ups and risible failures in the field of aeronautics.
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|''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5aW08ivHU Theme]||Something is very disturbingly wrong. (Note that the first season of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' didn't use this iconic theme.)
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c The Typewriter]'' (Leroy Anderson)||Newsrooms and secretarial pools, BBC Radio's ''[[The News Quiz]]''. Jerry Lewis made this his own in ''Who's Minding the Store'', though it was written before that.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY We Are The Champions]'' ([[Queen]]) ||Victory in a sporting contest. Usually tongue-in-cheek.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU What a Wonderful World]'' ([[Louis Armstrong]])||[[Romance|Romantic]] or just as often ironic, such as horrific fighting on screen. [[Soundtrack Dissonance]], used to indicate a [[Crapsack World]]. See also ''[[Crap Saccharine World|Don't Worry Be Happy]]'' above.
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoPzjWjBZNY Wipe Out]'' ||Surfing. Humorous accidents. Used more often for this purpose than ''Misirlou,'' but not nearly as badass
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVS3QqrXhD8 Yakety Sax]''||Wacky comedic chase scenes. Usually with the action sped up. See also ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', [[Musical Slapstick Montage]].
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== The One Everybody Always Asks About ==
{| class="wikitable"
|| '''Song''' || '''Theme'''
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|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDqR4fqIWE Powerhouse]'' (Raymond Scott) ||Used or [[The Jimmy Hart Version|imitated]] in a number of later WB theatrical shorts, in scenes involving a chase, or (especially) a factory or mechanism such as a [[Rube Goldberg Device]]. The latter usage (''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDqR4fqIWE&t=1m25s Powerhouse B]'') has become famous enough to be recognizable outside an animated context. Full documentation of all Raymond Scott works and "[[The Jimmy Hart Version|soundalikes]]" in WB cartoons can be found [http://web.archive.org/web/20100112044311/http://raymondscott.com/WB.html here].
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