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Most of the the music here comes from the mecha genre ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'', widely regarded as one of the best visual novels, and as such contains some truly awesome music designed to get your blood pumping or make you cry.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq0AjCOIgFY Muv Luv]] is a good opening theme for the first game [[spoiler:and [[{{Bookends}} a fitting way to end Alternative.]]]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAXEMvIHtT0 Asu e no Houkou]] from Alternative is one of the most hot blooded openings to a visual novel ever fitting perfectly with the humongous mecha and is made by Music/JAMProject. JAM Project and Creator/MinamiKuribayashi also cooperated, to the hype of many fans, in making the very well-received second opening for Season 2, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Okb9M2N58 Akatsuki Wo Ute.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYrDqDgnA0 Theory for a Speedy Welcome and Farewell.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY3KpcrODc Rain Cloud]] (a carryover from ''VisualNovel/RumblingHearts'').
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIEppgnhl2Q Confession.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4N4GGbwzM Creeping Anxiety]] is used for some of the more shocking moments in both Extra and Alternative.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNg2J4HZKsU Gravestone.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaKbcvo8YS8 Bonds]], a reprise of "Wings".
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9AKV13E2OQ An Eishi's Style]], a reprise of "Carry On".
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIArmer6Tlg Footsteps of Military Shoes.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttuWQlCWFlA A Battlefield's Desire for Blood.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OPCB5JrEk Clash.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aqN_kWCaqo Assault Landing]], also a fantastic SuspiciouslySimilarSong and {{homage}} to ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers''[='=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGHCoVzqtk "Klendathu Drop"]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkbWggwWUUE Howling Spirit]], another homage, this time to the famous ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKhhMdbU5I March]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArjYXaANawY War Preparation]], still another ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' homage, to "Start of Military Operation".
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabT_vPKSmU Decision.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iM4LDxCaoA Resistance to the Bitter End.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj-WITqo4uI Over my Dead Body.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MbiwLnduNU Original Hive]] perfectly captures that alien feeling.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMEZSXEv74 Valkyries.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrafZbIvi9k Storm Vanguard]] for whenever Takeru does something badass.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DO-VRaqxKI Flame of Life]] plays as [[spoiler:Michiru dies.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad6c5SP48uk Farewell]] plays as [[spoiler:Mitsuki dies.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9fvnSkSC90 Meiya]] becomes an absolute tearjerker when playing during [[spoiler: her death scene.]] The Standard Edition uses an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbzHGbqRq9c extended version]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0MjQpeSamI Reminiscence]]. You'll be remembering this song seeing as how it plays during the most shocking scene aka the [[spoiler: HEADCHOMP]] scene.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSD62YY1eaE Something Stolen]], the official theme music of the [[spoiler:PTSD Arc.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLCksngdmFU The Sound of Rain.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3h_Opxwbw4 The End of Regret]] (still another homage, to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAg2nosbbsM Is Paris Burning?]]'').
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257nWvgcGhI Destiny]] and its rearrangement [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElpL-EbCxT8 For You Who Departs.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dOY67X5010 Sunshine]] as far as peaceful/calming songs go, and takes some cues from ''Anime/GiantRobo'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8C4NkOV5Kg#t=1m5s Main Title]].
* From ''The Day After'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RFWYaIg99E Roar of Counterattack]], the ThemeMusicPowerUp of Hibiki and the Wardog Squadron. A fine homage to ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure''[='=]s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOULmKUhFM Fight for the Future]].
%%* ''[[Literature/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse Total Eclipse]]'' is not to be outdone:
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMeODsLCVY8 "No Place Like A Stage"]] plays whenever Yuuya is being badass.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aj7_U1h-yE "Apocalypse of Destiny"]], the insert song for Episode 5. Yui versus Argos Flight. It's also reused for when the Infinities' Raptors wipe the floor with the RLF.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqd9SZoC9cM "Doubt The World"]], the 2nd OP, sets the stage for the final arc of the anime.