History Main / OrchestralBombing

* Bioshock. When you place the third (out of four) picture in the art collab, the already unstable Sander Cohen freaks out and, in a fit of instability, orders his henchmen to kill you. Cue the CrowningMomentOfAwesome as you beat the living crap out of splicers who seem to come out of HammerSpace. You'll be symponizing a bloody massacre while Waltz of the Flowers blares throughout the studio for minutes, though odds are that you'll be done by 2:44.

Bonus points for OminousLatinChanting.

* ''{{Homeworld}}'': The [[spoiler: razing of [[DoomedHometown Kharak]]]] is set to a choral version of Adagio for Strings, with the lyrics to Agnus Dei. A double-whammy.

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy's'' soundtrack is 90% orchestrated (same for the sequel), and has this all over the place in varying degrees, but the best examples would have to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYsp_U8zs9s&feature=related every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIiTjopLP2I&feature=related single]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9cmUFBQK2E Bowser]] [[hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GHF8icAXI&feature=related battle theme.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAMsN_4VYE&feature=related Melty Monster Galaxy]] from ''{{Super Mario Galaxy 2}}'' is downright ''magnificent'' in all its orchestrated glory.

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy's'' soundtrack is 90% orchestrated (same for the sequel), and has this all over the place in varying degrees, but the best examples would have to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYsp_U8zs9s&feature=related every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIiTjopLP2I&feature=related single]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9cmUFBQK2E Bowser]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmodD2IzsFA&feature=related battle theme.]]

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy's'' soundtrack is 90% orchestrated (same for the sequel), and has this all over the place in varying degrees, but the best examples would have to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYsp_U8zs9s&feature=related every]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIiTjopLP2I&feature=related single]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT96Fx9GTdo&feature=related Bowser]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmodD2IzsFA&feature=related battle theme.]]

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' loves this trope - so much so that it has fell victim to MemeticMutation: "[stuff happens] while Hideaki Anno plays unfitting music". Two examples are Shinji vs. Kaworu (''Ode to Joy'') and Asuka vs. MP Evas (Bach - ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkY1_TpucLA II Air]]'').
** There's also Asuka getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael [[SoundtrackDissonance while Hideaki Anno plays Handel's]] ''[[SoundtrackDissonance Hallelujah]]'' in episode 22. Also, the end of said scene in the Director's Cut has Rei nailing Arael with the [[EleventhHourSuperpower Lance of Longinus]] with the end of Handel's ''Worthy is the Lamb'' in the background.

** Forgot the MostTriumphantExample of SoundtrackDissonance ever put into anime: Asuka getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael while Hideaki Anno plays Handel's ''Hallelujah'' in episode 22. Also, the end of said scene in the Director's Cut has Rei nailing Arael with the [[EleventhHourSuperpower Lance of Longinus]] with the end of Handel's ''Worthy is the Lamb'' in the background.

*** Actually he was fired for doing his job [[FlatWhat too well]]. I think the problem was that it was [[WallBanger 'too noticeable']] in the words of [[WhatAnIdiot Rick Berman]].

* ComanyOfHeroes does this on a regular basis, one minute the music can barely be heard as your troops move around the village or pass a few bushes and blaring you with Trumpets and a wide assortment of instruments the next as your tanks get blown to pieces by rockets or shells raining down from heaven as if the sky was crashing down.. In short as the action heats up the orchestra start doing their thing, and it is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Awesome]].

*** '''You''' forgot ''komm süsser Tod''.

* ''{{Freefall}}'': a ''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01190.htm literal]]'' Orchestral Bombing.

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* ''SuperMarioGalaxy's'' soundtrack is 90% orchestrated (the sequel as well), but only 3 songs count for this- the Airship theme, the Bowser Jr. levels (from the second game), and of course, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome every Bowser fight BGM.]]

*** ''You'' forgot Komm süsser Tod.

Examples:
* RichardWagner's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQlG8YRxEQ Prelude to Act III of ''Lohengrin'']], has become something of a StandardSnippet for air raids.
** Likewise, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU Ride of the Valkyries]]'' for a bombastic assault. It was used in ''ApocalypseNow'' for a very good reason.
* ''AceCombat'' fits this trope perfectly. ''04'' uses ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnus_Dei Agnus Dei]]'' (preceeded by a brief verse of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Mozart)#Structure Rex Tremendae]]'') for its final mission, ''5'' uses OminousLatinChanting for the squadron theme song, and ''Zero'' (the final mission music of the game of the same name) combines that with Spanish flamenco. Seriously.
** One of the few sightings of Ominous Latin Chanting's elusive cousin, Ominous Mexican Castanets.
** Ace Combat 5 also creates a uniquely fresh trope from this; the lyrics from the game's Razgriz theme "The Unsung War" are in fact a vulgate latin translation of the Razgriz prophecy, quoted earlier in the game.
** Ace Combat 6 departs from this, to a degree, through the use of a Rather Depressing Boy's Choir.
*** It also plays it straight at the same time, however, with the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HGQS5XSoJ4 Liberation of Gracemaria]].
** ''Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere'' uses Ominous Latin Chanting whenever you fight an XR-900 Geopelia or an X-49 Night Raven. Yes, these planes are just ''[[GameBreaker that superpowered]]''.

* ''StarWars Episode IV: A New Hope'', based on the previous.
* ''{{Farscape}}'': The destruction of Scorpius' command carrier featured orchestral music and Ominous Latin Chanting.
* ''{{Freefall}}'': a ''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01190.htm literal]]'' Orchestral Bombing.
* ''WallaceAndGromit: A Close Shave'' does this with the porridge shooting run, as an homage to films like ''The Dam Busters''.

* ''{{Halo}}''. Especially with songs such as "Brothers In Arms/Follow Our Brothers", "On/Behold A Pale Horse", "Drumrun"(during the escape from The Maw), "Earth City"(its rollicking rhythm fits with the movements of the Scarab walker), "Delta Halo Suite: Leonidas"(heard in ''Halo 2'' during the gondola rides on Regret, and again in ''Halo 3'' during the air battle on The Covenant), "Blow Me Away"(during the climactic battle on the Gravemind mission), "This Is Our Land", "This is the Hour" and "Finish The Fight" (the music in the original Halo 3 advertisement).
** The [[ThemeTune Halo Theme]], naturally. It becomes even more bombastic in Halo 3 as "Greatest Journey" (the final escape theme), when Martin O'Donnell swapped out the first game's synthesizers with a live orchestra.
* The intro theme music for ''Batman: The Animated Series'' does this perfectly, with the booms and flourishes matching up perfectly with the action on-screen
* ''{{Homeworld}}'': The [[spoiler: razing of [[DoomedHometown Kharak]]]] is set to a choral version of Adagio for Strings, with the lyrics to Agnus Dei. A double-whammy.
** If you can play through that part of the game without crying you ''aren't human.''

* ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' loves this trope to itty-bitty little pieces, usually combining it with OminousLatinChanting.
* ''MetalGearSolid 3: Snake Eater'' plays a lounge-singing version of this during the final battle, which doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* An orchestral version of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Beyond The Bounds]] plays during an epic air seige in ''ZoneOfTheEnders: The Second Runner''.
* Given the huge number of remixes and styles incorporated in the ''SuperSmashBros'' series, pure statistics alone dictate that a ludicrously epic orchestral piece will be playing in the background at some point.
* [[ClassicDisneyShorts The old Disney cartoon]] ''Music Land'' has this in a literal sense, when two music-themed islands of animate musical instruments assault each other... using giant organ pipes and horns as cannons.

* RealLife example: During the first BLACK BUCK mission during the FalklandsWar, one of the crew of the Vulcan wondered where the orchestra was. They did play the theme from ''ChariotsOfFire'' on the way home.

* ''LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' lives and breathes this trope. Of course it helps that the entire soundtrack is made up of classical orchestral works.
** The first movie has an entire battle set to Ravel's ''Bolero.''

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' loves this trope - so much so that it has fell victim to MemeticMutation: "[stuff happens] while Hideaki Anno plays unfitting music". Two examples are Shinji vs. Kaworu (''Ode to Joy'') and Asuka vs. MP Evas (Bach - ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkY1_TpucLA II Air]]'').
** Forgot the MostTriumphantExample of SoundtrackDissonance ever put into anime: Asuka getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael while Hideaki Anno plays Handel's ''Hallelujah'' in episode 22. Also, the end of said scene in the Director's Cut has Rei nailing Arael with the [[EleventhHourSuperpower Lance of Longinus]] with the end of Handel's ''Worthy is the Lamb'' in the background.

** Forgot the MostTriumphantExample of SoundtrackDissonance ever put into anime: Asuka getting [[Mind Rape]]d by Arael while Hideaki Anno plays Handel's ''Hallelujah''. Also, the end of said scene in the Director's Cut has Rei nailing Arael with the Lance of Longinus with the end of Handel's ''Worthy is the Lamb'' in the background.

* ''AceCombat'' fits this trope perfectly. ''04'' uses ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnus_Dei Agnus Dei]]'' for its final mission, ''5'' uses OminousLatinChanting for the squadron theme song, and ''Zero'' (the final mission music of the game of the same name) combines that with Spanish flamenco. Seriously.

* An old Disney cartoon has this in a literal sense, when two music themed islands of animate musical instruments assault each other... using giant organ pipes and horns as cannons.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' loves this trope - so much so that it has fell victim to MemeticMutation: "[stuff happens] while Hideaki Anno plays unfitting music". Two examples are Shinji vs. Kaworu (''Ode to Joy'') and Asuka vs. MP Evas (Bach - ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkY1_TpucLA II Air]]'').
** Not to mention that about 95% of the verse's official soundtrack is orchestral.