YMMV / Two Steps from Hell

• Memetic Mutation:
  • Their YouTube videos are replete with comments implying that Two Steps From Hell's music playing makes anything epic and awesome.
  • A nasty application of the above: among Italian netizens, Heart of Courage became the base for the meme... "Quando Sborri" ("When you ejaculate"). A specific extract from the song is used in conjuction with people screaming or with "powerful" scenes, like a Super saiyan transformation. Often, a flat voice saying "Quando sborri" is added.
• Periphery Demographic: Marketing example: TSFH originally marketed its music only to film studios, but the common interest in it eventually led to a lot of songs being released to the public in albums.
• Signature Song: Probably Heart of Courage.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: Quite a few tracks sound a lot like famous movie scores, ranging from blink-and-you'll-miss-it references to downright plagiarism. The reason this outfit still exists is because they write their music to order for the studios, who already owns the rights to the soundtracks they are emulating. The music was never meant for public release.
  • They've ripped off Hans Zimmer's Pirates of the Caribbean scores not just once, not twice, but three times. Perhaps not surprising considering Thomas and Nick contributed additional music to the score of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
  • Or how about their spin on the Superman theme?
  • Here are some examples.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Return To Sender off of Thomas Bergersen's solo album "Seven" is beautiful enough to drive you to tears.
  • "Wings of Ukraine" is a tribute to the Ukrainian people in the midst of the 2022 Russian invasion of the country, with a heartbreaking choir and powerful drums.

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