Line #39 AwesomeMusic/TheSimpsons


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4	In a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons show]] that focuses on the never-ending adventures of a dysfunctional nuclear family, who thought it would be this [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic musical]]?
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9	* ''The Simpsons'' is stuffed to bursting with awesome music, starting with Danny Elfman's [[https://youtu.be/Xqog63KOANc main theme]] (with movie [[https://youtu.be/lJ_ZO6SZrb8 remix]] by Hans Zimmer!), and [[https://youtu.be/NBav72i7I3s continuing]] [[https://youtu.be/3TJWe02z1yI on]] [[https://youtu.be/TvSzKKARw20 from]] [[https://youtu.be/g-3bhZ890BA there]].
10	* From Season 10's "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken," the impromptu and show-stopping [[https://youtu.be/vaqhQfj3fyE Kids/Adults.]] [[FridgeBrilliance It adds a whole 'nother layer of awesome when you realize that]] [[ActingForTwo most of the characters that get a chance to sing in this song are performed by at least seven core cast members.]]
11	* When Bart is declared a faith healer in Season 11's "Faith Off", he rallies his followers with the outstanding GospelRevivalNumber [[https://youtu.be/dHM84oo8DZ0 "Testify! Testify! Come on up and testify!"]]
12	* From the end credits of "Homer at the Bat", [[https://youtu.be/IAJHDiO8Fr0 "Talkin' Softball".]] A sort of recap of the episode's events told through a cheerful tune with plenty of LyricalDissonance.
13	-->With Roger Clemens [[ItMakesSenseInContext clucking all the while]], Mike Scioscia's [[BlackComedy tragic illness made us smile]]!
14	* Sally Stevens singing Barbra Streisand's "People" over the montage during the first half of the end credits of "The Homer They Fall". Also, the choral music set to the DeliberatelyMonochrome boxing montage earlier in the same episode.
15	* Season 6's "The Springfield Connection" gives us a [[https://youtu.be/H8C2O9fs3NA beautiful rendition of the ending credits,]] which pays homage to the ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' theme song. Fans of either or both shows may get a bit misty-eyed listening to it.
16	* For an illustration of how much Alf Clausen's score added to the series in its first several decades, look no further than [[https://youtu.be/VxT0w4W7kRc the music of the famous "Land of Chocolate" scene]] of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E11BurnsVerkaufenDerKraftwerk Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk]]", an enchantingly whimsical piece that perfectly [[MickeyMousing follows Homer's movements]] through the dreamlike [[LevelAte chocolate landscape]].
17	* Mr. Burns may be the perfect example of a CorruptCorporateExecutive, but the man has serious singing chops:
18	** The Season 6 episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" has the hilarious parody of "Be Our Guest" from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in which Burns shows off his vast collection of clothes made from animal skins. [[https://youtu.be/TyWVaZsUQjc See...my...vest! See my vest! Made from real gorilla chest!]]
19	** [[VillainSong Look at]] [[https://youtu.be/t96Tz_blZwc All These IDIOTS!]] (even though that was on the ''Simpsons Sings the Blues'' album and not on a particular episode). Also has [[YesMan Smithers]] playing a Music/FrankZappa like guitar solo.
20	** In a Season 24 episode, we have another [[VillainSong song]] from Mr. Burns, this one about villains. [[https://youtu.be/SRrAELby068 It's a High to be Loathed.]]
21	* The incredibly creepy DarkReprise [[https://youtu.be/cf1JTGav7rk of the main theme that played over the credits of]] "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part I)".
22	* From "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part II)", [[https://youtu.be/p9kdDet7G14 "Señor Burns"]]. Nothing gets the blood flowing like Tito Puente's [[TheVillainSucksSong slanderous mambo]].
23	* The two ''epic'' [[Film/JamesBond Bond theme]] parodies: [[https://youtu.be/9QEsjd1WZuY Scorpio]]" (He loves German ''BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!''), and [[TheAhnold McBain's]] [[https://youtu.be/xthA0xbiUBY theme]], "Blessed be the Guy That [[{{Pun}} Bonds]]". Honorary mentions to "[[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice You Only Live Once]]" from YOLO and "[[MilestoneCelebration 600]]" from Treehouse 27.
24	* Season 7's "A Fish Called Selma" includes, somewhere in the lower depths of Troy [=McClure's=] career, a musical version of ''Planet of the Apes'' with [=McClure=] as Taylor and the classic song [[https://youtu.be/1ocmdiAaOJE Doctor Zaius, Doctor Zaius...]]
25	* Lisa Simpson's version of [[https://youtu.be/tQARCB9wKto "Baker Street"]], over an emotional montage of her sax playing over the years. Notably it's recorded with Lisa's baritone saxophone, rather than an alto saxophone as in the original song, providing a deeper tone.
26	* [[https://youtu.be/kKpaTLMefiU Lisa's version of "Jazzman" by Carole King]]. Yeardley Smith really went all out with the vocals for this song, adding onto the SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}}.
27	* The Stonecutters Song from "Homer the Great": [[https://youtu.be/dSpOjj4YD8c Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do!!! We do!!!]] So much so it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
28	* [[https://youtu.be/MLUYYe4s2BQ Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?]] A rousing tune sung by the entire Simpson family to lift Apu's spirits after Homer gets him fired from the Kwik-E-Mart in "Homer and Apu" from Season 5. (A pity his lifted spirits very quickly sink again.)
29	* When you have Music/MichaelJackson guest star on an episode, it's only necessary that he contribute an example of this trope: [[https://youtu.be/RLuyHWP_wnM "Lisa it's Your Birthday".]][[note]]The version heard in the episode was done by soundalike Kip Lennon, though Jackson did provide the vocals for the song's [[https://youtu.be/NbLcmncsw1c demo]].[[/note]]
30	* Many of the Be Sharps' songs in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" from Season 5 are awesome, but none more so than the (in-universe) Grammy winner [[https://youtu.be/pURFU3pL93o Baby on Board!!]]
31	* "Marge vs. the Monorail" from Season 4 features the first rate parody of "Ya Got Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' in which Lyle Lanley, the parody version of Harold Hill, gets the town behind the idea of spending the settlement money from the nuclear power plant on a... [[https://youtu.be/jF_yLodI1CQ Monorail! Monorail!! Monorail!!!]]
32	* Season 4's "Duffless" features a simultaneously funny and solemn "It Was a Very Good Year" parody in [[https://youtu.be/BA7p5VwAXk0 "I Drank Some Very Good Beer"]], sung by Homer as he pours his beer down the sink and flashes back to his first time buying beer [[RefugeInAudacity with an obviously fake I.D., and not getting caught or denied service]].
33	* [[https://youtu.be/9L93r5ntL9Y Hail to Thee, Kamp Krusty...]] The campers at the title camp in the Season 4 opener sound about as enthusiastic as you'd expect when their "activities" amount to child labour, their diet consists of imitation gruel, and the counselors are school bullies Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney.
34	* [[https://youtu.be/_-AmB_KhyXE Mr Sandman]], it's that good.
35	* [[https://youtu.be/TeYyzoONK6U We put the "spring" in Springfield!]], a very funny CrowdSong in protest against tearing the burlesque house down. It remains one of only two songs on the show to have won an Emmy.
36	* [[https://youtu.be/UL4-AVq7hjo We also can't forget this awesome parody of over the top car commercials.]]
37	* Season 4's "Selma's Choice" has the Duff Gardens equivalent of "It's a Small World", which is almost as catchy as the original. "Duff beer for me, Duff beer for you. I'll have a Duff, you have one too."
38	* Creator/DanCastellaneta provides an awesome singing voice to Homer in "Homer of Seville", where Homer becomes an incredible singer while lying on his back. In particular, there's his rendition of "If Ever I Would Leave You".
39	* The score for "Apocalypse Cow", especially the part with Lou's training. Bart's combining, too.
40	* In "That 90's Show," there's no denying that Sadgasm's [[https://youtu.be/DanoR0MXNrM Margerine]] is amazing (not to mention a TearJerker).
41	* [[https://youtu.be/phE8HifoQ-8 The music from the original end credits to "Mother Simpson".]]
42	* The background music in "Separate Vocations" when Snake tries to run over Bart with his car. The way the music matches with Bart trying to shoot Snake makes it more chilling.
43	* From Season 3's "Radio Bart" and featuring special guest vocals from [[Music/ThePolice Sting]], "We're sending our love down the well..." [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Such love and care Springfield was showing for a boy who doesn't exist]].
44	* "All Singing All Dancing" starts with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_g7_KJP_o wonderful parody]] of the western musical ''Film/PaintYourWagon:'' "Gonna paint our wagon, gonna paint it good, we ain't braggin', we're gonna coat that wood!"
45	** "Here comes Creator/LeeMarvin! Thank God! He's always drunk and violent!"
46	** "Gonna paint your wagon, gonna paint it fine, gonna use oil-based paint, cuz the wood is pine!"
47	* [[https://youtu.be/SlKao_Pox5A "Just Don't Look"]] from "Treehouse of Horror VI". It's even got Paul Anka's guarantee.[[note]] guarantee void in Tennessee[[/note]]
48	* Another Treehouse of Horror example, the CouchGag VillainSong from [[https://youtu.be/C7G227yzDkM the intro to Treehouse of Horror XXIV]], where Bart, Lisa and Maggie are trick or treating and encounter some ghouls. The song has a vibe similar to [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oggie Boogie’s song]] and [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas "You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"]], and coupled with the great animation courtesy of [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi John K.]], '''rocks'''.
49	* [[https://youtu.be/Ub1Oqxj0AFg All of the songs from "The President Wore Pearls"]]. Especially Lisa's ''very'' moving version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".
50	* "Colonel Homer":
51	** Lurleen Lumpkin's "[[https://youtu.be/qCzPAaIGOZM Your Wife Don't Understand You]]".
52	** [[https://youtu.be/c04cGc7XoMg I finally bagged me a Homer!]]
53	* [[https://youtu.be/h2d7tErO1Uo Grown-Up Halloween]] from the "Halloween of Horror" episode (not the yearly "Treehouse of Horror"), which is a huge tribute to ''Rocky Horror Picture Show''.
54	* In Season 7, Episode 4, "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart swaps the hymn "In the Garden of Eden" with "In a gadda da vida" by Music/{{Iron Butterfly\|Band}}. [[https://youtu.be/qSCUhqsy4Nk The result is both hilarious and epic]]. Special mention to the elderly organist playing the beat for over 17 minutes on the church's organ.
55	--> '''Lovejoy''': Wait a minute! This sounds like rock and/or roll!
56	* The season 14 episode "Large Marge" has "You're A Bunch of Stuff," the song the restaurant patrons sang about Marge when she got breast implants, comparing her to all the great things in their lives.
57	* Also from season 14, the song "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" from "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" is a hilarious [[TheDissTrack diss track]] Homer wrote towards his least favorite neighbor. After [[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]] produces and sells it, the whole city (Flanders included) sings along.
58	* Barney's surprisingly serious and moving performance of "Danny Boy" at the funeral for Moe's Tavern in "Mommie Beerest".
59	* All the songs from "[[MusicalEpisode My Fair Laddy]]", where Groundskeeper Willie proves his singing voice is great when he tries. Special mention goes to the episode's final song, "[[https://youtu.be/iu1odzyQVwY Longing for the Shack]]".
60	* In "Cape Feare", Bart tricks Sideshow Bob into singing the score of ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'' to buy time. Sadly we don't get to hear the ''entire'' show but what we do hear is [[https://youtu.be/wKXtv2_IaCY truly delightful]].
61	* [[https://youtu.be/Q2dYnOoGyko All the songs by the Party Posse]] in "New Kids on the Blecch" are catchy auto-tuned numbers that just make you want to [[SdrawkcabSpeech evan eht nioj]].
62	* [[https://youtu.be/B-W6punNMjU Do The Bartman]], a slick 90s rap song co-written (supposedly) and produced by the legendary Music/MichaelJackson, with slick vocals.
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66	* In their earliest games, the music was rather annoying: typically a looping, low-quality hissing of the theme. However, in more recent games, they've actually used, for example, orchestrated scores. Example: The orgasmically awesome soundtrack to ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame.''
67	* Bart Simpson (and others) from ''The Simpsons Hit & Run'' (which is a very underrated game) has some pretty [[https://youtu.be/xuC2bMnY3_k rockin']] [[https://youtu.be/sgyH2-uA2Hc themes]] [[https://youtu.be/5hsFPcMuPm8 as]] [[https://youtu.be/e797ArpL9Yk well]].
68	* The [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons arcade game]] had some good music as well, with a notable example being [[https://youtu.be/fn9bNo1r74M the downtown Springfield theme.]]
69	* ''The Simpsons Wrestling'', while considered a terrible game for its poor balancing, visuals and overall quality, has some excellent tracks. [[https://youtu.be/RhTpJJ_R2a0 Mr. Burns' mansion theme]] makes a fine example.

Context AwesomeMusic / TheSimpsons