Would any of these work?
EDIT: Harvesting from that list:
Mind you, I'd be a smartass and go with the last song listed on that page. Nanoha and Hayate would recognize it, but nobody else would.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
EDIT: Harvesting from that list:
- 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 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.
- Carmina Burana (Orff): Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (O Fortuna): High drama, movie trailers, video game final bosses, demons being summoned, cavalry charges, ...
- Lohengrin (Richard Wagner): Prelude to Act III: Flight, air power, squadrons of bombers
- "Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre (Wagner): ..., bombs, speed, violence, helicopters (ever since Apocalypse Now), more bombs, wabbit hunting; ....
- William Tell Overture: Finale (Rossini): Galloping, the cavalry, The Lone Ranger clones, ...
- Theme from How the West Was Won: ..., Big Damn Heroes moments, ...
- 633 Squadron (Theme): World War II aircraft, bombing runs in particular. For the less picky, any piston-prop closed-cockpit plane in flight.
- Another One Bites the Dust (Queen): Another one bites the dust. ...
- Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers): The arrival or entrance of the Badass, particularly a Badass Biker. Distressingly common even in live action.
- Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Tomoyasu Hotei): The arrival of an extreme Badass, and the fight scene resulting thereof.
- The Good the Bad And The Ugly (Main Theme): Old West gunfight, or parody thereof; showdown or confrontation of any kind
Mind you, I'd be a smartass and go with the last song listed on that page. Nanoha and Hayate would recognize it, but nobody else would.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012