Catchiest movie and game themes

Started by b0rsuk, May 30, 2017, 06:09:57 AM

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b0rsuk

Post the catchiest movie themes and game themes you know. Don't post themes you only care about they come from a movie/game you're sentimental about. I want only genuinely good tracks in this thread.

Return of the Living Dead (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6eIriOgSg
(Unusually good mix of comedy and horror. Lots of action. Moderate gore, shameless nudity, punk theme.)

Victory - Pirates&Mike Brady (a.k.a. "Morze" theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Ng_NTf_Bg
(The theme is from 1982 "The Pirate Movie", a really crappy comedy. For years it was the opening theme of a Polish TV show about sailing.)

ArguedPiano

#1
Here's a remix of the theme song to Benny and the Ink Machine (does that count?). A game I have not played but stumbled across anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKp3mx5NMiE

Also an instrumental only version of the song, which is pretty sweet as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7gCJrA4U4s
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Seriously Unserious

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Quote from: ArguedPiano on May 30, 2017, 05:26:14 PM
Here's a remix of the theme song to Benny and the Ink Machine (does that count?). A game I have not played but stumbled across anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKp3mx5NMiE

Also an instrumental only version of the song, which is pretty sweet as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7gCJrA4U4s
Do you mean "Bendy and the Ink Machine"?

Anyways, some themes I find catchy.

TV: Firefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU

Gaming - Pretty much any main character theme: I'll link to  Toriel's here bit I could just as easily put in Undyne, Metaton, Asriel or Muffet's themes in there too.

b0rsuk

Space Phallus theme (actually safe for work)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS-1G-ZyGMM

Where There's a Whip, There's A Way - a song from Lord of the Rings the (poor) cartoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAfb3f04mo

b0rsuk

#4
Quote from: Seriously Unserious on June 05, 2017, 01:17:57 AM
TV: Firefly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU

Shame on me for forgetting that one!

Mission in Space: The Lost Colony has a stellar soundtrack. All of them are good, but some are more atmospheric which may not be to everyone's taste.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/StormAlligator/mission-in-space-the-lost-colony
A free browser game. To hear the music, click on "Start" and leave it there. 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th (I think?) are more energetic (not that you can choose your tracks, it's an infinite loop).

Check out this, Homeland Hussle from Lisa the Joyful, whatever that is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsweGt0YlD8

mumblemumble

"ones behind it all", the sound track to the final, crazy level in "ancient aliens" doom wad. Great track, and fits the level to a tee.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doc65-pmk7w

I know its a chiptune song, but its actually pretty beautiful.
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b0rsuk

#6
Speaking of DooM, here's the most iconic theme from Heretic (E1M1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7yvd12DJvY

By the way, my favorite PWAD by FAR is "Alien Vendetta" for DooM II. Hard and awesome level design.

Wizard town theme from HOMM2 (Price of Loyalty). Impossible to dislike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KepdwOXLfnM

"A Wise Tail", composed for snow lands in Heroes of Might and Magic IV. Also used in a few other games like Black&White 2 and I believe Lineage 1 or 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX96pCm3Rnc

Descent Into Cerberon (Sonic Mayhem), a track from Quake 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M

Willow's Song (Paul Giovanni), from The Wicker Man, a 1973 movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5yq7lgQak

Juan el Demgrafo

All I've really watched for the past few months are anime, so J-pop openings and JoJo character themes are all I can think of off the top of my head.
https://youtu.be/NFjE5A4UAJI

The other thing that comes to mind, after a bit of thinking, are the Doctors' themes from Doctor Who...
https://youtu.be/xrOLov2nd3k

...also one of the few not-anime I've watched in the last year — Stranger Things.
https://youtu.be/pCfpTK0IB-w

Michael Giacchino's Star Trek theme
https://youtu.be/BlHyt_I1rFc

And to recommend some movies for their soundtracks: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Really only if you like classical music), A Clockwork Orange (super NFSW), Tarantino in general, and I haven't watched in years but I heard really good things of Tron: Legacy's soundtrack.
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I enjoy music from horror games and such that sounds like screaming or is otherwise extremely loud and obnoxious. Don't judge me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXu9mrKeSRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrnmjjZcLMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q_e7NFmoLg&t=162s

The Gravity Falls theme also gets stuck in my head all day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6usKhzL8uI
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