History Main / AutobotsRockOut

* When you hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDceasx9Ct4 electric guitars]] in ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', it's a sign that [[CharClone Yasha]] is about to do [[LetsGetDangerous something seriously awesome]].

* The final battle against Golus in [[WebVideo/TheReviewTeam The Rise of Golus]] is set to the tune of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmVoLigjt7s this.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI VI]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII VII]]'', and even ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Mystic Quest]]'', have rock music for boss battles.

*** Tidus in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', when he [[spoiler:gets up after apparently being one-shotted by Jecht, who's saying things like "Well, maybe next time you can give it a shot,"]] is cued by the re-start of "Otherworld." Talk about passing the badass torch...

** ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012 Duodecim]]'' gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaC-ESH4MGo Cantata Mortis & God in Fire]] as a battle theme for [[spoiler:[[OneWingedAngel Feral]] [[SNKBoss Chaos]]]]. Back-to-back with [[OrchestralBombing an orchestral ambient]] and [[OminousLatinChanting epic Latin chanting]] ({{Cantata}} Mortis), and blazing guitars, head-banging, and [[HotBlooded blood-pumping]] rock song (God in Fire), this song is PERFECT to slay or to brawl as an [[SuperMode upgraded]] (unless you challenge him at the start, if you master the game) or [[ClippedWingAngel handicapped]], [[DifficultButAwesome but cooler]] version of the game's [[BigBad villain.]]
*** [[spoiler:"God in Fire" [[VillainSong actually tells a backstory]] about Chaos' (and Garland's) life, despair and longing for destruction, thus [[OneWingedAngel becoming]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Feral]] Chaos turns himself into a [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity merciless berserker]]]].

** This gets {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the mobile port, in which the penultimate boss theme trades in the catchy Japanese version of [[SurrealThemeTune Twister]] for the [[https://youtu.be/mlEg1kHq8S4 insanely epic metal remix version]]. And then there's [[https://youtu.be/VIW-Uznlf_s Tatakai,]] [[IdiotHero Beat's]] theme, which plays [[spoiler: whenever you fight him after his FaceHeelTurn.]]

* The original ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' deserves a mention: LittleMissBadass Etna has just unveiled that she's been [[spoiler: playing both the main character and the current villain who is holding her memories of the King hostage for chumps]] since ''before the start of the game'', declares that she's through toadying around for him, and decides to beat the baddie so utterly senseless that he begs her to let him be her slave. Cue metal-infused punk rock backed up by a ''pipe organ'', courtesy of the song "Invasion From Within" by Tsunami Bomb.
** This song only plays in the [=PS2=] version with the English audio. When set to the Japanese audio, Etna's {{leitmotif}} "You Go Girl" (or "Do Your Best, Girl") plays instead. The subsequent {{Updated Rerelease}}s on the PSP and the DS use "You Go Girl" in both languages.

* In ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'', CO Powers tend to open up with awesome songs, usually including some sort of electric guitar solo. Combined with the ridiculous power of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GCKo7TwSno Tag Powers]] of the later games, you begin to feel the awesome flowing in your veins.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': ''Episode Two'' has the final boss battle. You've just beaten back multiple Strider waves and are rewarded with a moment of eerie calm to catch your breath. Then the final push comes in from all directions, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOS4SdqXscY&feature=related soundtrack kicks in.]]

* Galacta Knight from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series is almost always accompanied by his hard-driving metal {{Leitmotif}}, regardless of which game you see him in. [[spoiler:{{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' as [[LightIsNotGood Aeon Hero (Light)]] and [[DarkIsEvil Aeon Hero (Dark)]]]].

* ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' tried to invoke this trope with it's boss battles.
** The same song was used in ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpandJamGaiden'' with an awesome effect.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is this trope exemplified, to the point that every match begins with the announcer saying "Let's Rock!". The most notable songs of this type are "Awe of She" (Dizzy's theme), "Meet Again" (Justice's theme), "The Midnight Carnival"(I-No's theme when fought as a boss), "Get Down to Business" (Holy Order Sol's theme), "Still in the Dark" (theme when Millia and Eddie fight) and "Keep the Flag Flying" (when fighting Order-Sol as Ky). And there's also "Worthless as the Sun Above Clouds" from ''Overture'', which is the theme song of Raven; and "Ride the Fire" from ''Xrd'', the theme of Sol's [[SuperMode Dragon Install]] ('''''[[MetalScream LET IT OUUUUUUUUUUT!!!]]''''').
** ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has "Awakening the Chaos", the theme of Nu -13-. It starts out as OminousLatinChanting, but after a minute and 20 seconds it goes into pure heavy metal with the chanting intact. After a second loop of the main riff it suddenly goes into a orchestra solo, then back to metal for the remainder of the song. Then we have "Black Onslaught", the theme of Ragna's boss form. It's pure death metal, complete with {{Narm}}y GratuitousEnglish lyrics courtesy of the same vocalist from "Worthless as the Sun Above Clouds". It's amazing this didn't come from [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]]:

*** "Beat a Nail With a Hammer" was done by Hironobu Kageyama, the guy who made the harder rock pieces for classic DBZ and the games, so this was to be expected.
* ''VideoGame/HenryHatsworthInThePuzzlingAdventure'', a platformer/puzzle game hybrid, allows the player to activate "Tea Time" (because he's [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman British]]) when the Super Meter fills, transforming the titular Henry into [[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha a giant robot]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhsmN79owM It's awesome!]] The soundtrack during the transformation starts as a simple classical song, then proceeds to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJzpLAOXMfY ROCK OUT COMPLETELY.]]
** The final battle also has an awesome metal song, simply called "Heavy Metal".
*** And you had better learn to love "Heavy Metal" because like the rest of the later part of the game, the final boss is as hard as hell. And don't even get me started on Gentleman's mode (aka SO HARD YOU WILL RIP YOUR OWN SPLEEN OUT THROUGH YOUR EYE SOCKETS mode)...

* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': Geese Howard has an impressive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM1wlHP2eDY theme.]]

* Many of the track and character themes of ''VideoGame/FZero'' are practically made of this.

* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fangame ''VideoGame/MegaMari'' (a takeoff of ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' starring Marisa) is [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic no stranger to RAWK]] throughout, but the final boss fight against Patchouli [[spoiler:and her HumongousMecha]] kicks off with the [[ThemeMusicPowerUp title]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnx1J2KuPlM&feature=related#t=0m45s theme.]]
** [[NinjaMaid Sakuya's]] theme, "Luna Clock ~ Luna Dial" from ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. That is all.
** [[spoiler:Reimu]]'s series of Last Words from ''Concealed the Conclusion'', which are set to a rock version of her final boss theme.

** Utsuho also gets this treatment in the fangame Fantasy Explorer Nitroid, where she appears as the final (pre-extra stage) boss and has easily the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te97aVgGFic most rock-oriented theme]] in the game.

* The aptly named "Save the World" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII''.

* ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'':
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZIMl6oTmg final boss music]] is this.
** The boss battle with Nega-Scott as well.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuiejp70kM final boss theme]] in ''Jumping Flash!'' and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hca7beHBm7Q penultimate boss theme]] in the sequel.

** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has j-rock vocal tune "Reach Out to the Truth" for regular battles, replaced with the equally-rocking "Time to Make History" in the ''Golden'' rerelease. Most of the bosses have imposing rock instrumental themes: the metal "I'll Face Myself (-Battle-)" for Shadow Selves and optional bosses, the droning "A New World Fool" for [[spoiler:Kunino-sagiri and the Killer]], the triumphant "The Almighty" for [[spoiler:Ameno-sagiri]], and the foreboding "The Fog" for [[spoiler: the first phase of true final boss Izanami]]. Turned on its head with [[spoiler:the theme for the second phase of Izanami, "The Genesis", which is an orchestrated theme (albeit with some heavy guitars)]] in a game that mostly has a rock and pop soundtrack.

* Also in the ''VideoGame/{{Transformers|2004}}'' [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] game based around ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' when in the boss fights of Starscream and Cyclonus.

* ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' is no slouch either when it comes to epic rock music for battle themes in the remake, such as Nuclear Fusion, Black Soup, Obsession, Faith Total Machine, Strange Medicine, and, while more orchestrated than the ones already mentioned but still containing the rock-type guitar riffs nevertheless, The Sacrifice Part Three.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XTh2Oh0h0c A majority]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_AMJal4gT8 of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDMA_wPttU Sigma's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1xfeBdJ92Q battle]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHqdEcKbfiA themes]] count in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmijN_nZeOU Plantera's theme,]] a hard rocking theme for the appropriately difficult ManEatingPlant in the jungle.

** ''Transformers WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' runs on this trope, to absurd degrees in early episodes. Growling electric guitar riffs and high-pitched shredding accompany everything from tense shootouts and transformation sequences to conversation and a change in the weather. The music finds its footing at about the same time as the rest of the show. The most blatant example would have to be "The Agenda, Part 2". When Ravage (yes, the same Ravage from the G1 cartoon) attacks the Maximals he transforms himself into his alt-mode (an audio cassette), inserts himself into his own ship's console, and suddenly a ''tremendous'' guitar riff [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbj63DzK6vc cuts through the soundtrack.]] One can only conclude that ''Ravage's alt-mode'' is recorded with this music. [[WhatMightHaveBeen The production crew had apparently wanted to put the original G1 cartoon's theme in there as Ravage's song]], [[ScrewedByTheLawyers but weird copyright restrictions kept them from using it]].

* The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime's arrangement of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'''s trainer battle theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48S_q42YQkw "Burning Battlefield"]] features fast paced drums and wailing electric guitars.

** ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' pretty much blew away everything that came before with a little thing called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCVmzTGq4pA&feature=search Air Traffic Control]]": imagine that playing while fighting against hordes of Covenant air support on the edge of a skyscraper hundreds of feet in the air.

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'''s Final Destination stage music is a hard rock remix of the main theme. OminousLatinChanting intact! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdAz3mumq80 As heard here,]] it is epic.

* ''Film/LastActionHero''. Played straight, subverted, and an {{Homage}} -- ''all at the same time''.

** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'': Was the best use of "[[Music/LedZeppelin Immigrant Song]]" until Thor: Ragnarok. [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNu_kqxqbew Snow White uses it to defeat two evil trees standing guard.]]]] (And it's followed by a cover of Heart's "Barracuda".)

** Speaking of the Marvel Universe, ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has twice Thor wrecking havok with as "[[Music/LedZeppelin Immigrant Song]]" plays (it's about the Vikings who worshipped him, after all).

* Literature/FateZero, the prequel novel (and now anime) to VisualNovel/FateStayNight gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e6Rog9FK9w The Berserker]] as the theme for the Berserker of the 4th War, aka The Black Knight, aka [[spoiler: Lancelot. ARTHURRRRRRRR!!!!!!]]

* Series/{{Best Motoring}} likes inserting electric guitar as background music before a circuit battle.

* In the South Korean apocalyptic horror mini-series ''Series/SweetHome2020'', "Warriors" by ''Music/ImagineDragons'' plays whenever the survivors are doing something particularly dangerous or awesome.

* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'' implements rock and metal music themes for each faction which are activated whenever you enter in a battle situation, the result is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmvfBua-9Y really cool!]]

* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' to ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' fall under this, as the final battles of these games feature [[SuperMode Super Sonic and/or Super Shadow]] fighting the final boss as the game as (usually) the main theme of the game plays in the background. [[note]] "Open Your Heart" for ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', "Live And Learn" for ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', "What I'm Made Of" for ''Videogame/SonicHeroes'' and "I Am... All Of Me" for ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''.[[/note]]. This changed with [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 the fifteenth anniversary game]], as since then the final boss battle takes place to an orchestral version of the game's theme song. Until [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations the twentieth milestone]], in which they used an original song, since Generations didn't have its own theme song.

** There are also themes from many other series' universes (including ''Smash Bros.'' itself) exhibiting this trope, such as [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} "Gourmet Race"]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Victory Road"]], and [[VideoGame/FZero "Mute City"]]. Many of these are rock remixes of themes which were originally in other styles, and which in many cases originally played in entirely different contexts; some, however, were this in the games they originate from as well. Even several of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' examples made it into the series when Sonic was added to the roster in ''Brawl'', such as Open Your Heart and Live and Learn; these return alongside the character in subsequent games, though the exact assortment varies.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]'', the musical track "Powerful Foe", which is used for major boss fights, opens with an electric guitar rift followed by OminousLatinChanting.

* While not actually at the climax, ''Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne'' does have Arthas and a number of other heroes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUgNBTLLvro rock out at a concert]] during the credits of the game, singing "Power of the Horde".

* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' lives on rock tracks during a wave of a zed attack (if it's not playing some of the techno tracks). Particular note goes to ''Abandon All'', the theme for the [[{{FinalBoss}} Patriarch]]
* Galacta Knight from the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series is almost always accompanied by his hard-driving metal {{Leitmotif}}, regardless of which game you see him in. [[spoiler:{{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' as [[LightIsNotGood Aeon Hero (Light)]] and [[DarkIsEvil Aeon Hero (Dark)]]]].

** ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIVLegendsOfTheTitan'': The BattleThemeMusic for minibosses, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6Wc3VzNzE "The End of Raging Winds"]], eschews the chiptune-flavored music for boss battles the series was used to (including the original version of that same track in the third game) in favor of a mix between rock and electronica. It helps that the soundfont is more varied and advanced than that for the games released for original UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* The final level of the Dark Carnival campaign in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' takes place on a concert stadium, already set up for the fictional band "Midnight Riders". In order to signal a helicopter flying around in the area, the survivors have to start up the sound system and fireworks. The Riders are apparently not averse to the use of playback, because as soon as you hit the button rock music starts playing, attracting a horde of zombies.

** Happens a fair few times in ''VideoGame/GensouShoujoTaisen'', too including the game's remix of the aforementioned Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom. However, a better example would be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9KnOmsj4JA&t=94s Stardust Hero]], a remix of Marisa's theme from IN, Love Coloured Master Spark, which plays in [[spoiler: Chapter 39, partway through Ei, when Marisa gets her upgrade. It's her battle theme from then on.]] On a similar note, there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAXIptHcW70 The Moment Dreams Reach the Stars,]] which plays whenever Marisa fires off her Master Spark [[spoiler: Or Final Spark, once she upgrades.]] Also of note are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0EMAt4nb2M&t=80s Crumbling Silver Knife,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrepjCT_BO0&t=108s Frantic Destroyer,]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPrumMhDIVI Drill Through that Cloud.]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Though considering what attack Iku is parodying during that last one...]]

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'': This is notable with Dante's cameo, as he gets one of the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxGbKtHe0o epic themes]] in the game.

* ''VideoGame/MechAssault 2'' Is made of this. Mid-way boss theme? "Getting Away With Murder" by Music/PapaRoach. FinalBoss theme? "Right Now by Music/{{Korn}}. Besides those songs, around 90% of the original music is some form of metal.

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''[='s=] endgame is basically made of this trope, to the point where one path ends with what can best be described as a [[OrchestraHitTechnoBattle techno]] [[HeavyMetal rock]] [[TrueFinalBoss battle]]. [[AfterTheEnd at the end of the universe]]. [[LouisCypher with]] [[{{Satan}} the]] [[OneWingedAngel Devil]]. The other endings save [[NoFinalBossForYou one]] separates the two - the FinalBoss (a combination of the Sun, the Moon, and God that looks like a disco ball) starts out with techno before it becomes pure rock when he goes OneWingedAngel.

* Also in the ''VideoGame/{{Transformers|2004}}'' [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] game based around ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' when in the boss fights of Starscream and Cyclonus.

** Stage 9-8 of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'' has the closest thing to a guitar solo you could get from the original UsefulNotes/GameBoy. Fitting, since it's the FinalBoss [[spoiler:until [[OneWingedAngel DK grows gigantic]]]].

* VideoGame/LaTale contains a surprise version of this in the very first instance dungeon. To be specific, the background music spends the first ten seconds or so sounding like generic "cave" music, and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSSRRywYkXE becomes awesome.]]

* The final chapter for Dark Carnival in VideoGame/Left4Dead2 brings us the in universe "Midnight Riders" rock concert as a means to signal a helicopter that's been flying around for the entire second half of the campaign. In it, the Survivors must activate the rock concert, which alerts every zombie in the theme park, and hold out until rescue arrives. The Tanks even get their own guitar rifts when they enter the fight!

** In the No Mercy Route, you face off against the hardest boss in the game, [[spoiler:Sans]]. The track that plays, Megalovania (as mentioned above, originally from ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'') is amazing. A good thing, [[ThatOneBoss considering you will probably be hearing it a lot...]]

* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' in Season 1 Episode 5 has a determined, yet maudlin,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yf9GqN9xxM electric guitar track]] to accompany Lee as he carves his way through a horde of walkers to get to Clementine, before reaching the antagonist for a final confrontation. Appropriately, it's named "Armed With Death".
* Franchise/{{Pokemon}}:

* The ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series in general has a rather disproportionate number of rock tracks for a medieval fantasy game. How do you make the already-awesome dungeon boss fights in ''Videogame/YsOrigin'' more awesome? Have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlSxN98y7Z4 Scars of the Divine Wing]] as the music for those fights. Most fans pin the moment the series committed itself to this trope to the boss theme from ''VideoGame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02A9KsvsoW0 Mighty Obstacle]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' had a whole ''soundtrack'' circling this trope! The opening theme, the closing theme, and just about every bit inbetween was underscored with some over-the-top [[TheEighties Eighties power ballad]]. To the fanbase, the soundtrack is an intrinsic part of the series' charm. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sso3h0xMJA&feature=related Here's a sample]], with clips from a [[QuirkyWork particularly crack-tastic episode]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The second season finale has an in-universe, villainous example. Hawk Moth has gathered a small army of supervillains, and Marinette and her company have gathered for the first time to stop him. What's the ''first'' order Hawk Moth gives? Telling [[ThePowerofRock Guitar Villain]] and [[EvilDiva Frightningale]] to play music.

-->'''Kirk:''' [[Music/TheBeastieBoys Let's make some noise.]]

The trope title is a pun based on the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' catchphrase, "Autobots, (transform and) roll out!" This became a meme after an Internet short in which Optimus commanded the Autobots to "Transform and Rock Out!"

* ''Franchise/DragonBal'':

* ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' decides it wants to get in on the action, creating several new hard rocking themes for certain people, including a theme for the Ginyu Force, Freeza, Vegeta, The Cell Games, a brand new theme for Trunks, and a completely unrelated awesome song just for a car traveling scene with Goku, Chichi, Gohan, and Krillin.
** Bruce Faulconer's music for the American Creator/{{FUNimation}} dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is filled with this.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' features this at one point during Goku and Beerus' battle, during which hard rock theme "Hero" begins playing.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', in the Universe Survival arc, completely took everyone by surprise with the insert song, "Ultimate Battle" by ZENTA, playing when Goku fights [[spoiler:Jiren]] after transforming into [[spoiler:a completely new form translated as Ultra Instinct Omen.]]

* The main menu theme for the original version of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' was "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZNbabKjKpA Into Free ~Dangan~]]" by Music/{{Bz}}. Thematically, it doesn't really fit in with a high-fantasy RPG, but fans still loved it to pieces, so much so that its exclusion from the ''Dark Arisen'' UpdatedRerelease was met with [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks derision]].

* ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'':
** In the ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' video game, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZIMl6oTmg final boss music]] is this.

* The soundtracks to ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra: Shattered Soldier]]'' and ''Neo Contra'' feature heavy metal and electronica music.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0i1ee3--k an electric rock remix]] of the title theme for its climactic battle between [[spoiler: the inhabitants of Gravity Falls, piloting HumongousMecha built out of the Mystery Shack, versus Bill Cipher's various Henchmaniacs]] during [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Weirdmageddon]].

* During the first [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar Gulf War]], American pilots would frequently blast "Rock The Casbah" by Music/TheClash. According to the documentary "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten", the Clash's lead singer burst into tears when he found out the song was so often requested on Armed Forces Radio—he was a socialist and the song was never meant to be pro-war.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series in general has a rather disproportionate number of rock tracks for a medieval fantasy game. How do you make the already-awesome dungeon boss fights in ''Videogame/YsOrigin'' more awesome? Have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlSxN98y7Z4 Scars of the Divine Wing]] as the music for those fights.

* {{Trope Namer|s}}: The music in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', particularly the Stan Bush song "The Touch", which is used twice in the film - for Optimus Prime's final fight with Megatron, and for the climax of the film as well when the power of the [[MacGuffin Matrix]] is unleashed against Unicron. The same movie [[InvertedTrope inverts the trope]] with a villainous version, featuring Megatron's troops slaughtering an Autobot shuttle crew to the tune of "Instruments of Destruction".

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' features orchestral music for most of its soundtrack, but two tracks stand out for their use of rock instruments. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXRn2sw92QI main boss theme]] combines an electric guitar with an orchestra, while the air battle segment of Chapter 14, "Lightning Battle", foregoes all pretenses and [[goes full power metal]] while serving as the backdrop of an electrifying MeleeATrois.

* During the Battle of Fallujah, the U.S Military used music as a means of demoralizing the insurgents and getting their troops pumped up for combat. It mostly consisted of metal and hardcore gangster rap. The insurgents, in turn began blasting prayers, chants and Arabic music. The music was blasted so frequently that the Marines fighting in the city started calling it "[[JustForPun Lollafallujah]]".