History Main / RegionalRiff

** Russian Orthodox choirs are used to represent both Soviet Union and modern Russia due to the church's centuries-old tradition of artful singing, especially BassoProfundo. Singing is actually very much a ''requirement'' for most Russian clerics.

* The guitar and/or harmonica of the lonesome prairie.

* If the scene is meant to evoke American Achievement, expect something similar to Fanfare for the Common Man to play. Espceially if it's Sports or NASA related as it has been heavily used in American Sports broadcasting and sounds like something done when a bunch of Astronauts march a la ''Film/TheRightStuff'' March.

** Russian Orthodox choirs are used to represent both Soviet Union and modern Russia due to the church's centuries-old tradition of artful singing. Singing is actually very much a ''requirement'' for most Russian clerics).

* Caucasian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lezginka Lezginka,]] although more generic "oriental" tunes can be used for Caucasian characters and/or settings in media.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Georgia_(country)#Traditional_vocal_polyphony Georgian acapella polyphonic signing]], representing both unusual harmonies and another side of Orthodox church singing traditions.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduk Azeri mugham]], a very complex singing and instrumental musical improvisation. All three of the latter are included in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

* The Lute of the Mediterranean
** The Mandolin of (Southern) Italy
** The (often faster) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HDMLKgoB5s Bouzouki]] of Greece

* The warbling gondolier of Venice

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duduk Armenian duduk]], usually playing a song by Komitas Vardapet (Krung or Lele Yaman are the most common).

* The people of France have apparently gone to great effort to ensure a generic chorus of "La Marseillaise" is playing every time a plane carrying a protagonist is landing in Paris.

* The clarinet klezmer of European Jewry.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFS316SzGFQ The Male Choir Of Communist Eastern Europe]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fro6je9L5kg The Hardbass Techno of Capitalist Eastern Europe]].

** The first minute or two of "[[Theatre/VictorVictoria Le Jazz Hot]]" (especially the bass and trumpet parts) will be instantly recognizable as "the music that plays in every 1920's dance club and/or speakeasy."

* If the scene is meant to evoke American Achievement, expect something similar to Fanfare for the Common Man to play. Espceially if it's Sports or NASA related as it has been heavily used in American Sports broadcasting and sounds like something done when a bunch of Astronauts march ala ''Film/TheRightStuff'' March.

** The riff in question appears, using an electric guitar, in "Turning Japanese" by the Vapors, in "Tokio" by Caramella Girls, and in many other Asian themed songs. It has become somewhat of a DiscreditedTrope, though.

* Works involving or focusing on the AmoralAfrikaner might use or reference patriotic or sentimental Afrikaans anthems, such as Bok van Blerk's ballads ''Afrikaanerhart'' or ''De la Rey''. The full, pre-1994, national anthem ''Die Stem van Suid-Afrika'' has also been used in this context.

** Possibly also TheThingThatGoesDoink.

* The Brass of USA - just about anything composed by John Philip Sousa (except perhaps the [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Liberty Bell March]]) or music largely considered patriotic to the United States (especially "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRn9chmRAY The Stars and Stripes Forever]]"). But ''not'' "The Star-Spangled Banner"--the National Anthem is usually left to grandstanding vocalists with more subdued brass at most. (Or Music/JimiHendrix tributes.)

* The Brass of USA - just about anything composed by John Philip Sousa (except perhaps the [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Liberty Bell March]]) or music largely considered patriotic to the United States (especially "The Stars and Stripes Forever"). But ''not'' "The Star-Spangled Banner"--the National Anthem is usually left to grandstanding vocalists with more subdued brass at most. (Or Music/JimiHendrix tributes.)