Signature Song

This is a music trope for the (usually) one song by an artist that everyone knows. It doesn't matter how people know the song — maybe it was all over the radio, maybe it was used in a movie, maybe it was used in a TV show, maybe it was used for an ad that got played over and over and over again — but people know it.

These songs tend to be Ear Worms and/or songs with an Epic Riff; they can also be Black Sheep Hits. It's also possible for an artist to have more than one Signature Song, especially one for two or more distinct phases of their career. Whatever the case, these songs are very likely to be awesome.

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Some of the more rabid members of the artist's fandom may accuse one of not being a true fan for disliking the artist's Signature Song, even if said person may like every other song that the artist has recorded — or, inversely, liking the Signature Song more than what Fanon considers the artist's "real best work".

Sometimes the signature song isn't the artist's biggest hit (see Chart Displacement). It also doesn't necessarily run in line with their Signature Style (see Black Sheep Hit).

The song can also be famous due to its inclusion in a certain work. The songs that are potholed are examples of these.

If they made an appearance in Guitar Hero or Rock Band, it's probably this song. If the artist is a composer of Classical Music, the song is probably a Standard Snippet now.

In earlier times, such as the 1930s and 1940s, it was not uncommon for a band or singer to open their set with their signature song or at least a few bars of it, especially when they appeared on radio. With the advent of television talk shows it also became common for the studio band to play a few bars from the artist's signature song as he or she walked onstage.

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To stop people from leaving at gigs after they've heard the song ^note as what happened a lot to Radiohead with their song "Creep" from Pablo Honey before they developed a larger fandom, these songs are normally played live either at the end of the main set or during the encore. Not performing it at all may result in an Iconic Song Request. Some artists or bands will actually avert playing their signature at all. Be it because they consider it an Old Shame, a target of Misaimed Fandom or any other reason.

Some musicians arguably avert this by having several equally famous hit songs, The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley being three prominent examples. If they'd left off one of their hits from a show it wouldn't have been such an obvious oversight. That said, certainly some of their songs are more identified with them than others. A Black Sheep Hit is somewhat more likely to fall victim to this, for obvious reasons.

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Occasionally, an artist can have a signature song that is eventually usurped by another song (although this could be temporary). It's also possible for an artist to have different signature songs in different countries. Additionally, one could have different signatures songs for different audiences. Though a rare occurrence, it's possible for two different artists to have the same signature song.

Signature songs may be slightly different from region to region, as well.

See One-Hit Wonder for an extreme case of this trope. Not to be confused with Leitmotif or Character Signature Song, which is about signature songs sang by fictional characters.

Artists are listed alphabetically on their own subpage. Signature songs for films, TV shows and musicals are listed on this page.

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• Portuguese television service NOS uses Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" for all of their advertisements.

Anime

• Air — "Tori no Uta" and "Aozora"
• Attack on Titan — "Guren no Yumiya"
• Azumanga Daioh — "Soramimi Cake"
• Bleach — "Asterisk" and "D-Technolife"
• Cardcaptor Sakura — "Catch You Catch Me"
• CLANNAD — "Dango Daikazoku"
• Crayon Shin-chan — "Ora wa Ninkimono" and "Parijona Daisakusen"
• Code Geass — "Colors", "Yūkyō Seishunka" or/and "World's End"
• Cowboy Bebop — "Tank!"
• Death Note — "The World" and "Alumina"
• Digimon
  • Digimon Adventure — "Butterfly" or "Braveheart" in the original Japanese version, "Digimon Theme" or "Hey Digimon" in the American dub.
  • Digimon Adventure 02 — "Break Up!" in the original Japanese version, "Here We Go", "Run Around", or "Let's Kick It Up" in the American dub.
  • Digimon Tamers — "The Biggest Dreamer"
  • Digimon Frontier — "Fire" or "With the Will" in the original Japanese version, "A World For Us All" in the American dub.
  • Digimon Savers — "Believer"
  • Digimon Xros Wars — "We are Xros Heart"
• Dragon Ball
  • Dragon Ball Z — "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and/or "We Gotta Power" for the Japanese soundtrack; "Rock the Dragon" for the American one.
  • Dragon Ball Kai — "Dragon Soul"
  • Dragon Ball GT — "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikaretsu"
  • Dragon Ball Super — "Chouzetsu Dynamic" and "Ultimate Battle"
• Durarara — "Complication"
• Fist of the North Star — "Ai wo Torimodose" or "Tough Boy"
• FLCL — "Advice" or "Ride On Shooting Star"
• Fullmetal Alchemist:
  • Fullmetal Alchemist — "Kesenai Tsumi", "Tobira no Munoue", "Ready, Steady, Go!", "Rewrite", and "Brothers"
  • Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood — " Again", "Uso", "Hologram", "Let It Out," "Period" and "Shunkan Sentimental"
• Fushigi Yuugi — "Tokimeki no Doukasen"
• F-Zero: Legend of Falcon — "The Meaning of Truth"
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex — "Rise" or/and "Lithium Flower"
• Great Teacher Onizuka — "Driver's High"
• Gunbuster — "Gunbuster March"
• Gundam:
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam — "Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory — "The Winner'' or/and "Men of Destiny".
  • Mobile Fighter G Gundam — "Flying in the Sky". For the score, the Shining Finger theme.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing — "Just Communication". For the score, "The Boy Who Killed His Adolescence".
  • After War Gundam X — "Dreams"
  • SD Gundam Force — "Kokoro Odoru"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED — "Invoke", "Anna Na Ni Issho Datta No Ni", "Meteor", "Akatsuki no Kurama" and "Believe"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny — "Ignited"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 00 — "Daybreak's Bell", "Ash Like Snow", "Friends" and "Unlimited Sky"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam AGE — "Kimi no Naka no Eiyū", "My World" and "REAL"
  • Gundam: Reconguista in G — "BLAZING" or/and "G no Senkou"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans — "Raise Your Flag"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack — "Beyond the Time"
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz — "White Reflection"
  • Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer — "Qualia", though "Quantum Burst, the Final Mission" is also remembered fondly.
• My Hero Academia — "You Say Run!" and its variations.
• Hajime no Ippo — "Inner Light"
• Haruhi Suzumiya — "Hare Hare Yukai"
• Hungry Heart Wild Striker — "2nd Stage"
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure — "Bloody Stream" and "Roundabout"
• Kill la Kill — "Ambiguous" and "Don't Lose Your Way"
• K-On! — "Don't Say Lazy"
• Kuroko no Basuke — "Catal Rhythm",
• Love Live! — "Snow Halation"
• Naruto — "Haruka Kanata" (especially outside of Japan), "GO!!!" or/and "Wind". For the score, "Strong and Strike".
  • Naruto: Shippudden — "Hero's Comeback" and "Silhouette"
• Neon Genesis Evangelion — "Cruel Angel's Thesis" and "Fly Me To The Moon"
  • The End of Evangelion — "Komm Süßer Tod"
• Nintama Rantarou — "Yuuki 100%"
• One Piece — "We Are!" and, for better or worse, the 4Kids dub theme "The One Piece Rap"
• Pandora Hearts — "Everytime you kissed me"
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt — "Fly Away" or "Fallen Angels"
• Pokémon — "Mezase Pokémon Master" in Japan or "Pokémon Theme" everywhere else.
• Pretty Cure — "Ganbalance De Dance"
• The Prince of Tennis — "You Got Game"
• PriPara — "Make It!"
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica — "Connect" and "Magia"
• Rurouni Kenshin — "Sobakasu", "Heart of Sword" or/and "Junjou na Kanjou"
• Sailor Moon — "Moonlight Densetsu" or the English dub theme
• Saint Seiya — "Pegasus Fantasy"
• Shakugan no Shana — "Hishoku no Sora" and "Yoake Umerakuru Shoujo"
• Slam Dunk — "Kimi ga suki da to sakebitai"
• Sword Art Online — "Crossing Field"
• Sword of the Stranger - "Ihojin no Yaiba (The Blade of Hope)"
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann — "Sorairo Days", "Happily Ever After", and "Rap is a Man's Soul"
• Texhnolyze — "Guardian Angel"
• Toradora! — "Silky Heart"
• Trigun — "H.T."
• Tokyo Ghoul — "Unravel"
• Vandread — "Trust"
• Urusei Yatsura — "Lum no Love Song"
• Weiß Kreuz — "Velvet Underworld" and "Beautiful Alone"
• Wolf's Rain — "Stray"
• Yu-Gi-Oh! — "Warriors" and "Overlap" on the Japanese track, "Your Move" for the American one
• Yo-Kai Watch — "Yokai Exercise #1"
• YuYu Hakusho — "Smile Bomb"
• Yuri!!! on Ice — "History Makers", "Yuri on Ice" and "On Love: Eros". Depending on who is asked, "Stammi Viccino" and "You Only Live Once" can be added as well.

Comic Books

• The Avengers — The theme tune from the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
• Batman — The Title Theme Tune from the 1960s TV show and Danny Elfman's composition from the 1989 film are equally cherished among the fandom. And while Hans Zimmer's composition for The Dark Knight Trilogy has its fans, the two aforementioned themes are the most ingrained in pop culture.
• Deadpool — The rap from the video game.
• The Flash — "The Fastest Man Alive", the theme tune from the 2010s TV series.
• Incredible Hulk has had the Lonely Man theme follow him since the 70's show.
• Iron Man has the song (or more accurately, the riff) from the song of the same name by Black Sabbath.
• Justice League of America — The theme tune from the 2000s cartoon.
• Spider-Man — The Title Theme Tune from the 1967 cartoon.
• Superman — John Williams' composition from the 1978 film is widely regarded as the character's definitive theme.
• Wonder Woman — Originally the Title Theme Tune from the 1970s TV show until it was eventually supplanted by "Is She With You?", the character's Leitmotif in the DC Extended Universe.
• X-Men — Both the theme tune from the 1990s cartoon and the one from the second film are highly regarded.

Comic Strips

• Peanuts — "Linus and Lucy"

Films — Animation

• Ballerina — "Suitcase"
• Beowulf (2007) — "A Hero Comes Home"
• Since a good portion of the Disney Animated Canon are an Animated Musical, this is to be expected- Overall the signature song is Pinocchio's "When You Wish Upon a Star" which now serves as the intro song to every Disney Animated feature:
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — "Heigh-Ho," with "Someday My Prince Will Come" a close second.
  • Pinocchio — "When You Wish Upon a Star" which serves as the overall theme for the Disney canon. For Pinocchio specifically "There Are No Strings On Me."
  • Fantasia — "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Night on Bald Mountain".
  • Dumbo — "When I See An Elephant Fly". "Pink Elephants on Parade" is in a strange position where it's much better-known, but not specifically remembered as a Dumbo song.
  • Cinderella — "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" or "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes."
  • Alice in Wonderland — "A Very Merry Un-Birthday"
  • Peter Pan — "You Can Fly"
  • Lady and the Tramp — "Bella Notte" (the one from the Spaghetti Kiss Signature Scene).
  • Sleeping Beauty — "Once Upon a Dream".
  • 101 Dalmatians — "Cruella De Vil"
  • The Jungle Book — "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You"
  • The Aristocats — "Everybody Wants to be a Cat"
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — "Winnie-the-Pooh", with "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" and "Heffalumps and Woozles" also proving quite memorable.
    • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin — "Wherever You Are"
    • The Tigger Movie — "Your Heart Will Lead You Home"
  • Oliver & Company — "Why Should I Worry?"
  • The Little Mermaid — "Under the Sea", with "Part of Your World" also a contender.
  • Beauty and the Beast — "Beauty and the Beast", with "Belle" (along with its iconic reprise) and "Be Our Guest" as close seconds.
  • Aladdin — "A Whole New World", with "Friend Like Me" as a rival. Both were nominated for Oscars, with "A Whole New World" winning.
  • The Lion King — "Circle of Life", "Hakuna Matata", and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" are contenders, while "Just Can't Wait To Be King" is also sometimes used as the series leitmotif. "Be Prepared", meanwhile, is considered the Signature Villain Song of the entire canon and provides the Villain Song page quote.
  • Pocahontas — "Colors of the Wind".
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame — "Hellfire", with "The Bells of Notre Dame" as second place.
  • Hercules — "Zero to Hero". "Go the Distance" is another contender.
  • Mulan — "I'll Make a Man Out of You", another contender being "Reflection".
  • Tarzan — "Two Worlds" or "You'll Be in My Heart"
  • Dinosaur — "The Egg Travels", with Aladar's leitmotif (heard in "Inner Sanctum/The Nesting Grounds"), "Across the Desert", "Stand Together", and "Aladar and Neera" as other contenders.
  • The Emperor's New Groove — "My Funny Friend And Me"
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire — "Where the Dream Takes You"
  • Lilo & Stitch — "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride", with "Aloha, e Komo Mai" as a contender for the franchise in general.
  • Treasure Planet — "I'm Still Here"
  • Chicken Little — "One Little Slip"
  • Meet the Robinsons — "Little Wonders"
  • The Princess and the Frog — "Almost There", "Friends on the Other Side" or "Never Knew I Needed"
  • Tangled — "I See The Light", with "Mother Knows Best" being the second contender.
  • Wreck-It Ralph — “Good Feeling”, "When Can I See You Again?" or "Sugar Rush"
  • Frozen — The Academy Award-winning "Let it Go", as sung by Idina Menzel (and the cover by Demi Lovato). Second place is easily "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?" followed by "For the First Time in Forever".
  • Big Hero 6 — "Immortals"
  • Zootopia — "Try Everything"
  • Moana — "How Far I'll Go", "Shiny", or "You're Welcome"
• Don Bluth:
  • The Secret Of Nimh — "Flying Dreams"
  • An American Tail — "Somewhere Out There"
  • The Land Before Time — "If We Hold on Together"
  • Thumbelina — "Let Me Be Your Wings"
  • The Pebble and the Penguin — "Now and Forever"
  • Anastasia — "Once Upon A December"
  • Titan A.E. — "It's My Turn To Fly" or "Cosmic Castaway"
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven — "Let's Make Music Together"
• Dreamworks Animation:
  • The Prince of Egypt — "When You Believe", though "The Plagues" and "Deliver Us" are also well-remembered.
  • Shrek — "All Star" and "I'm a Believer"
    • Shrek 2 — "Accidentally in Love" and "Holding Out for a Hero"
  • Shark Tale — "Car Wash"
  • Madagascar — "I Like to Move It" for the whole series, with Hans Zimmer's "Zoosters Breakout" as the main instrumental theme of the series.
    • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — "The Traveling Song" or its' sister "Alex on the Spot".
    • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted — "Afro Circus", especially the mash-up with "I Like to Move It".
  • The Croods — "Shine Your Way"
  • Trolls — "Can't Stop The Feeling!"
• Eight Crazy Nights — "Technical Foul"
• A Goofy Movie — "I 2 I"
• The Last Unicorn — "The Last Unicorn"
• The LEGO Movie — "Everything Is Awesome"
  • The LEGO Batman Movie — "Man in the Mirror"
  • The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part — "Catchy Song"
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls — "Helping Twilight Win the Crown" (named "Equestria Girls (Cafeteria Song)" in the album)
  • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks — "Battle" and "Shine Like Rainbows"
• My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) — "Time to be Awesome", "Rainbow"
• The Nightmare Before Christmas — "This Is Halloween" or "What's This?"
• Pixar:
  • Toy Story:
    • Toy Story — "You've Got a Friend In Me" (also the signature song for the whole film series and for the entire line-up of Pixar films).
    • Toy Story 2 — "When She Loved Me"
    • Toy Story 3 — "We Belong Together"
  • Monsters, Inc. — "If I Didn't Have You"
  • Finding Nemo — "Beyond the Sea"
    • Finding Dory — "Unforgettable"
  • The Incredibles — "The Incredits"
  • Cars:
    • Cars — "Life is a Highway", with "Route 66" coming in second (the Disney Parks use both in Cars-related material).
    • Cars 2 — “You Might Think” and “Collision of Worlds”
    • Cars 3 — “Ride”, with “Run That Race” coming in second.
  • Up — "Married Life"
  • Brave — "Touch the Sky"
  • Inside Out — "Bundle of Joy"
  • Coco — "Remember Me"; also an In-Universe signature song for singer Ernesto de la Cruz.
• Quest for Camelot — Initially "Looking Through Your Eyes" but has over time become "The Prayer"
• Sausage Party — "The Great Beyond"
• Scooby-Doo Direct-to-Video Film Series:
  • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island — "It's Terror Time Again"
  • Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost — "I'm A Hex Girl"
  • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders — "The Aliens Are Here"
  • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase — "Hello Cyber-Dream"
  • Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire — "Done With Monsters"
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut — "Blame Canada," "Uncle Fucker," "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch," and "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — "Sunflower"
• The Spongebob Squarepants Movie — "Goofy Goober Rock"
• Transformers: The Movie — "The Touch", although "Dare" is also pretty well known.

Films — Live-Action

• 8 Mile — "Lose Yourself".
• 12 Years a Slave — "Roll, Jordan, Roll".
• (500) Days of Summer — "Hero", "Vagabond" and/or "She's Got You High".
• 2001: A Space Odyssey — "Also sprach Zarathustra"
• Alice in Wonderland (2010) — "Alice".
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass — "Just Like Fire"
• Aliens — "Bishop's Countdown"
• Almost Famous — "Tangerie" or "My Cherie Amour".
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — "Afternoon Delight".
• American Psycho — "Hip to be Square"
• America's Sweethearts — "All The Love In The World".
• Animal House — "Shout"
• Apocalypse Now — "The End" and "Ride of the Valkyries".
• Armageddon — "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" and "Leavin' On A Jet Plane".
• Arthur — "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)".
• Back to the Future:
  • Back to the Future — "The Power of Love", which was nominated for an Oscar. "Back in Time" and "Johnny B. Goode" count, too. From the score, the main theme is the most well-known, with "Clocktower" as another contender, having been featured in all three movies.
  • Back to the Future Part II — The remix of the main theme, featuring an added bridge.
  • Back to the Future Part III — "Doubleback".
• Batman (1989) — The theme tune by Danny Elfman. From the soundtrack by Prince, "Party Man".
• Batman Forever — "Kiss From A Rose"
• The Beach — "Pure Shores"
• Beauty and the Beast (2017) — "Evermore"
• Bend It Like Beckham — "I Turn To You"
• Benny & Joon — "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".
• Beverly Hills Cop — "Axel F," and possibly "The Heat Is On"
  • Beverly Hills Cop II — "Shakedown"
• Big Daddy — "Sweet Child Of Mine".
• Big Fish — "Man of the Hour".
• The Blues Brothers — "Everybody Needs Somebody"
• The Bourne Series — "Extreme Ways".
• Breakfast at Tiffany's — "Moon River".
• The Breakfast Club — "Don't You (Forget About Me)".
• Bridget Jones' Diary — "Out of Reach" or/and "It's Raining Men".
• The Bodyguard — "I Will Always Love You".
• Camp Rock — “We Rock”, “Play My Music” and “This is Me”
  • Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam — “It’s On”
• City of Angels — "Iris". "Uninvited" is also remembered fondly.
• A Clockwork Orange — "Music For The Funeral For Queen Mary" and "Symphony No. 9".
• Clueless — "Supermodel (You Better Work)"
• Cocktail — "Kokomo". "Don't Worry Be Happy," although also on the soundtrack and probably better known, was not specifically recorded for and is not specifically associated with the film.
• Conan the Barbarian (1982) — "Anvil of Crom" or "Riders of Doom"
• Coyote Ugly — "Can't Fight The Moonlight"
• Dangerous Minds — "Gangsta's Paradise"
• Daredevil — "Bring Me To Life" and "My Immortal".
• DC Extended Universe:
  • Man of Steel — "Flight"
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — "Is She With You?" which is Wonder Woman's theme.
  • Suicide Squad (2016) — "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "The Ballroom Blitz" for the licensed songs, "Heathens" or "Sucker for Pain" for the original songs.
  • Justice League (2017) — Sigrid's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows"
• Deadpool — “Angel of the Morning”, “X Gon Give it To Ya” and/or "Shoop".
  • Deadpool 2 — "Ashes" and/or "If I Could Turn Back Time".
• Descendants — "Rotten to the Core"
  • * Descendants 2 — "Ways to be Wicked" and “What’s My Name".
• Dirty Dancing — "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"
• Divergent — "Hanging On" or "Beating Heart".
  • The Divergent Series: Insurgent — "Warriors".
• Django Unchained — "Freedom"
• Donnie Darko — "Mad World"
• Eddie and the Cruisers — "On the Dark Side"
• Empire Records — "Til I Hear It From You"
• Enchanted — "Happy Working Song" or "That's How You Know". "So Close" and "Ever, Ever After" are also remembered fondly.
• Eragon — "Keep Holding On"
• The Fault in Our Stars — "Boom Clap"
• The Fast and the Furious:
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious — "Act a Fool"
  • Tokyo Drift — "Fast & Furious (Tokyo Drift)"
  • Fast Five — "Danza Kuduro"
  • Fast & Furious 6 (and for the action aspects of the franchise as a whole) — "We Own It"
  • Furious 7 (and for the dramatic aspects of the franchise as a whole) — "See You Again"
  • The Fate of the Furious — "Hey Ma" or "Good Life"
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off — "Oh Yeah" or "Twist and Shout"
• Fight Club — "Where is My Mind?"
• Fifty Shades of Grey — "Love Me Like You Do" or "Earned It" in the U.S.; indisputably the former internationally.
  • Fifty Shades Darker — "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
  • Fifty Shades Freed: — "For You"
• Flashdance — Both "Maniac" and "What a Feeling".
• Footloose — The title track, "Let's Hear it for the Boy", and "Holding Out for a Hero"
• Free Willy — "Will You Be There".
• Frenemies — "Pose"
• Get Out — "Redbone"
• Ghost (1990) — "Unchained Melody"
• Ghostbusters (1984) — "Ghostbusters" with "Cleanin' Up the Town" and "Savin' the Day" also being remembered.
  • Ghostbusters II — "On Our Own" with the cover of "Higher and Higher" being another contender.
  • Ghostbusters (2016) — "Girls Talk Boys" or Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliott's remix of the original theme.
• Ghost Ship — "Not Falling"
• Girl vs. Monster — "Fearless" and "Had Me @ Hello"
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Title Theme; "The Ecstasy of Gold" also got a life of its own, with help from Metallica.
• Goodfellas — "Gimme Shelter"
• Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas! — "I'm Gonna Run To You"
• Godzilla (1998) — "Come with Me" initially, though "No Shelter" is probably better remembered today. In the UK, this honor goes to "Deeper Underground".
• The Goonies — "(The Goonies R) Good Enough"
• Grease — "You're The One That I Want" or "Summer Nights"
• The Greatest Showman — "This is Me", "Never Enough" and "Rewrite the Stars" are the most remembered songs in the film.
• The Great Gatsby — "Together", "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" or "Young and Beautiful"
• Hannah Montana: The Movie — "The Climb".
• Happythankyoumoreplease — "My Friend and the Ink on his Fingers"
• Harry Potter — "Hedwig's Theme"
• Highlander —"Princes of the Universe"
• High School Musical — "Breaking Free", We're All In This Together" or "I Gotta Go My Own Way", all sung by the cast themselves.
• The Hobbit:
  • An Unexpected Journey - "Song of the Lonely Mountain"
  • The Desolation of Smaug - "I See Fire"
  • The Battle of the Five Armies - "The Last Goodbye" by Billy Boyd
• Hulk — "Set Me Free"
• The Hunger Games — "Abraham's Daughter" and "Safe and Sound"
  • Catching Fire — "Atlas", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" or "Elastic Heart"
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 — "Yellow Flicker Beat" was intended to be this, but got pretty handily upstaged by "The Hanging Tree", which is now the true holder of this title. "The Hanging Tree" is also considered the signature song for the series as a whole.
• The Incredible Mr. Limpet — "I Wish I Were a Fish"
• James Bond — the Bond Leit Motif as a whole. Some movies also have their respective Title Theme Tune.
  • Goldfinger — The Title Theme Tune by Shirley Bassey.
  • Thunderball — The Title Theme Tune by Tom Jones.
  • You Only Live Twice — The Title Theme Tune by Nancy Sinatra.
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service — "We Have All The Time In The World".
  • Diamonds Are Forever — The Title Theme Tune by Shirley Bassey
  • Live and Let Die — The Title Theme Tune by Paul McCartney (and its cover by Guns N' Roses).
  • The Man with the Golden Gun — The Title Theme Tune by Lulu.
  • The Spy Who Loved Me — "Nobody Does It Better".
  • Moonraker — The Title Theme Tune by Shirley Bassey.
  • For Your Eyes Only — The Title Theme Tune by Sheena Easton.
  • Octopussy — "All Time High".
  • A View to a Kill — The Title Theme Tune by Duran Duran.
  • The Living Daylights — The Title Theme Tune by aha.
  • Licence to Kill — The Title Theme Tune by Gladys Knight.
  • GoldenEye — The Title Theme Tune by Tina Turner.
  • Tomorrow Never Dies — The Title Theme Tune by Sheryl Crow.
  • The World Is Not Enough — The Title Theme Tune by Garbage.
  • Die Another Day — The Title Theme Tune by Madonna.
  • Casino Royale (2006) — "You Know My Name".
  • Quantum of Solace — "Another Way To Die".
  • Skyfall — The Title Theme Tune by Adele.
  • Spectre — "Writing's On The Wall".
• Jennifer's Body — "New Perspective"
• Jurassic Park — The main theme by John Williams.
  • Jurassic Park — Besides the main theme, "Dennis Steals the Embryos" is also highly memorable.
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park — The main theme.
  • Jurassic Park 3 — "The Raptor Room" by Don Davis.
  • Jurassic World — "As the Jurassic World Turns" by Michael Giacchino.
• The Karate Kid — "You're the Best".
  • The Karate Kid Part II — "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera.
  • The Karate Kid (2010) — "Never Say Never".
• Kingsman: The Secret Service — "Free Bird".
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle — "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
• Kick-Ass — "Make Me Wanna Die".
  • Kick-Ass 2 - "Carry You".
• Kill Bill — "Battle Without Honor or Humanity"
• La La Land — "Another Day of Sun" or "City of Stars"
• Labyrinth — "Magic Dance", with "As The World Falls Down" in second place. Both songs were made by David Bowie.
• Legally Blonde — "Perfect Day"
• Lemonade Mouth — "Determinate".
• Letters to Juliet — "Love Story". "What If" may also count.
• Liberal Arts — "Favorite Song".
• Little Miss Sunshine — "Super Freak".
• Little Nicky — "School of Hard Knocks".
• The Lord of the Rings
  • The Fellowship of the Ring — "May It Be"
  • The Two Towers — "Gollum's Song"
  • The Return of the King — "Into the West"
• The Lost Boys — "Cry Little Sister"
• Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome — "We Don't Need Another Hero".
• Maleficent — "Once Upon a Dream".
• Marvel Cinematic Universe:
  • Iron Man — "Iron Man".
  • Iron Man 2 — "Shoot to Thrill".
  • The Avengers — "Live To Rise".
  • Guardians of the Galaxy — "Hooked on a Feeling"
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — "Guardians Inferno"
  • Thor: Ragnarok — "Immigrant Song".
  • Black Panther (2018) — "All the Stars" or “Pray For Me”. In some countries, "Legend Has It" and "BagBak" are equally or more popular.
• Mary Poppins — "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Spoonful of Sugar".
• The Matrix Trilogy:
  • The Matrix — "Wake Up", "Spybreak", "Leave You Far Behind" or "Clubbed to Death".
  • The Matrix Reloaded — "Sleeping Awake" or "Burly Brawl".
  • The Matrix Revolutions — "Neodammerung" and "Navras".
• Mean Girls — "Overdrive".
• Men in Black — "Men in Black".
  • Men in Black II — "Black Suits Comin'"
  • Men in Black 3 — "Back in Time".
• Miss Congeniality — "One in a Million".
• Moulin Rouge! — Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Lil Kim and Mya's collaboration cover of LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade".
• Mulholland Dr. — "I've Told Every Little Star".
• The Mummy Returns — "Forever May Not Be Long Enough".
• The Muppet Movie — "The Rainbow Connection".
• The Muppets — "Life's A Happy Song" and "Man or Muppet" are considered rivals to the movie. The later in which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
• Music and Lyrics — "Way Back Into Love"
• Napoleon Dynamite — "We're Going to be Friends"
• The New Guy — "Heart In Hand"
• A Night at the Roxbury — "What is Love?"
• Notting Hill — "When You Say Nothing At All?"
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? — "Man of Constant Sorrow"
• The One — "Last Resort"
• Orange County — "Defy You"
• The Other Sister — "The Animal Song"
• Pearl Harbor — "There You'll Be"
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure — "Tequila".
• Pirates of the Caribbean — "He's a Pirate"
• Pitch Perfect — "Cups". "The Sign" also counts as an In-Universe example. For the sequel, "Flashlight".
• Police Academy — the Title Theme Tune and "El Bimbo".
• The Princess Diaries — "Breakaway".
• Princess Protection Program — "One And The Same"
• Pulp Fiction — "Misirlou".
• The Punisher (2004) — "Broken"
• Real Steel — "Wings of Icarus" for the score, "Till I Collapse" for the licensed songs.
• Requiem for a Dream — "Lux Aeterna".
• Reservoir Dogs — "Stuck In The Middle With You".
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse — "Not Listening", even though it is only used in the marketing.
• Risky Business — "Old Time Rock and Roll".
• Rocky — "Gonna Fly Now". From the score "Going the Distance"
  • Rocky II — "Redemption".
  • Rocky III — "Eye Of The Tiger".
  • Rocky IV — "Hearts on Fire".
  • Rocky V — "Measure of a Man".
  • Rocky Balboa — "It's a Fight".
  • Creed — "Fighting Stronger".
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show — "Time Warp", with "Sweet Transvestite" coming in second.
• Romeo Must Die — "Try Again".
• Rush Hour — "War". "Can I Get A…" is also well-known.
• Save the Last Dance — "Let Love Lead the Way"
• Say Anything... — "In Your Eyes".
• Scooby-Doo — "Land of A Million Drums"
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed — "Don't Wanna Think About You"
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — "Black Sheep".
• The Scorpion King — "I Stand Alone".
• Shaun of the Dead — "Don't Stop Me Now"
• The Silence of the Lambs — "Goodbye Horses"
• Sliding Doors — "Turn Back Time"
• Space Jam — "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Spider-Man Trilogy:
  • Spider-Man — "Hero".
  • Spider-Man 2 — "Vindicated".
  • Spider-Man 3 — "Signal Fire".
• Stand by Me — "Stand By Me".
• Star Trek Beyond — "Sabotage" and "Sledgehammer".
• Star Wars — "The Overture" from the opening crawl for the entire series, "Imperial March" for the originals, and "Duel of the Fates" for the prequel trilogy. Especially after the release of The Force Awakens, "Binary Sunset" is quickly becoming another contender for the entire series; if not that then it's at least the signature for the sequel trilogy.
  • A New Hope — "Binary Sunset"
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special — "Goodnight, but not Goodbye"
  • The Empire Strikes Back — "Imperial March", with 'Yoda's Theme" and "Han Solo and the Princess" as other contenders.
  • Return of the Jedi — "Victory Celebration" - notable that this song debuted in the 1997 re-release. "Parade of the Ewoks" or the various "Battle of Endor Motifs" may be contenders from the original.
  • The Phantom Menace — "Duel of the Fates"
  • Attack of the Clones — "Across The Stars"
  • Revenge of the Sith — "Anakin vs. Obi Wan/Battle of the Heroes"
  • The Force Awakens — "The Scavenger"
  • Rogue One — "Hope"
  • The Last Jedi — "The Rebellion is Born"
  • Solo — Either "The Adventures of Han" or Enfys Nest's theme.
• Sucker Punch — "Army of Me" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)".
• Ted — "Thunder Buddies Song"
• Teen Beach Movie — “Surf’s Up”
  • Teen Beach 2 — “Gotta Be Me”
• That Thing You Do! — "That Thing You Do".
• Thelma & Louise — "Part of Me, Part of You".
• There's Something About Mary — "Build Me Up Buttercup".
• Titanic (1997) — "My Heart Will Go On".
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — "Elevation".
• Top Gun — "Danger Zone" and "Take My Breath Away".
• Transformers Film Series: "Arrival to Earth" from the score by Steve Jablonsky for the series as a whole as well as the first film.
  • Transformers — "What I've Done".
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — "New Divide"; "Forest Battle" and "NEST" from the score.
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon — "Iridescent"; "Battle" and "Sentinel Prime" from the score.
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction — "Battle Cry"; "Your Creators Want You Back" from the score.
• Twilight — "Decode", "It Will Rain", and "A Thousand Years".
• Underworld — "Awakening"
• Watchmen — "The Times They Are a-Changin'".
• Warrior — "About Today" and "Ode to Joy".
• Wayne's World — "Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera''.
• The Wedding Singer — "Grow Old with You".
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — "Pure Imagination", "The Candy Man", "(I've Got) A Golden Ticket" and the Oompa-Loompa song.
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — "Wonka's Welcome Song"
• The Wizard of Oz — "Over The Rainbow", with "If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve" or "We're Off to See the Wizard" at a very close second.
• Z-O-M-B-I-E-S — “BAMM”

Live-Action TV

Usually, the song most closely associated with a TV show is its theme song, although exceptions can exist.

• 2 Broke Girls - "Second Chance"
• All in the Family — "Those Were the Days"
• Ally McBeal — Although "Searchin' My Soul" is the series' theme, the intro to "Hooked On A Feeling" is what most people think about due to it playing during the show's Signature Scene (the protagonist's dancing baby hallucination).
• American Horror Story — Usually the theme tune but each season has one as well.
  • Asylum — "Dominique" or "The Name Game"
  • Coven — "Lala Lala Song" or "Seven Wonders"
  • Freak Show — "Gods & Monsters"
• Arrested Development — "The Final Countdown". For Season 4, "The Sound of Silence".
• American Idol: “A Moment Like This”
• Arrowverse:
  • Arrow - "Setting Up The Lair."
  • The Flash (2014) - "The Fastest Man Alive", "The Man in the Yellow Suit", and "I Will Wait For You" are all contenders.
  • Supergirl 2015 - While the series theme tune is widely used and liked, "Harnessing Anger" is the most loved score of the show.
  • Legends of Tomorrow - "Set A Course."
• Batman (1966) — The Title Theme Tune.
• Baywatch — "I'm Always Here".
• Birds of Prey - "Revolution."
• Breaking Bad — The theme song or "Baby Blue".
• The Big Bang Theory — "The History of Everything".
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — The theme tune or "Walk Through The Fire".
• Charlie's Angels — The theme tune.
• Charmed — "How Soon is Now?"
• Cheers — "Where Everybody Knows your Name"
• Chuck — "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" of Jeffstar's rendition of "Mr. Roboto."
• Community — "At Least It Was Here"
• Dallas — The theme tune.
• Daredevil (2015) — The theme tune.
• Dawson's Creek — "I Don't Want To Wait".
• Doctor Who — The theme tune, in its many incarnations. For the score, "Bad Wolf", "Vale Decem", "Doomsday", and "Gallifrey Stands" are the contenders.
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — The theme tune.
• Empire — "No Apologies" or/and "You're So Beautiful".
• Entourage — "Superhero"
• ER — The theme tune
• The Eric Andre Show — "Oregon Spirit", best recognized by the small snippet used for the "We'll Be Right Back" meme.
• Family Matters - "As Days Go By"
• Frasier — "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs"
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — "Yo Home to Bel-Air"
• Friends — "I'll Be There For You".
• Full House — "Everywhere You Look".
• Game of Thrones — The theme tune or "The Rain of Castamere". For the score, The Stark theme, Targaryen theme and "Light of the Seven" are contenders.
• Gilligan's Island — "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"
• Gilmore Girls — "Where You Lead"
• Glee — Despite their hundreds of songs they've recorded, "Don't Stop Believin'", their first, highest-charting, and best selling single, takes the cake.
• The Golden Girls — "Thank You for Being a Friend"
• Gossip Girl - "With Me", mainly because it was used in the show's Signature Scene.
• Grey's Anatomy — "Chasing Cars".
• Happy Days — "Happy Days"
• Highlander — "Princes of the Universe".
• Homicide: Life on the Street — The theme tune.
• House — "Teardrop".
• How I Met Your Mother — "Hey Beautiful!", "Let's Go To The Mall" and "Nothing Suits You Like A Suit". For fans that stuck to the final season, "La Via En Rose" for sheer Tear Jerker value.
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — "Temptation Sensation"
• Jeopardy! — "Think Music", to the point that it's its own trope.
• The Jeffersons — "Movin' on Up"
• Joan of Arcadia — "One of Us"
• The Joy of Painting — "Interlude"
• Law & Order — The theme tune. The "Chung-Chung" sound alone at the very beginning is considered as the TV franchise's signature sound.
• LazyTown — "Welcome to LazyTown" and "Bing Bang" originally; thanks to Memetic Mutation "The Cake Song", "You are a Pirate", and "We Are Number One" are also well-known.
• Life Unexpected — "Beautiful Tree"
• MacGyver — The theme tune
• Madan Senki Ryukendo — "Madan Senki Ryukendo"
• M*A*S*H — "Suicide Is Painless"
• Miami Vice — Title Theme Tune and "In The Air Tonight"
• The Mickey Mouse Club — "The Mickey Mouse Club March". It's since become the signature theme of Mickey Mouse himself.
• Mission: Impossible — The Title Theme Tune and the OST "The Plot."
• Monk — "It's a Jungle Out There"
• The Muppet Show — The Title Theme Tune and "Mahna Mahna" (do dooo, do do do)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 — The Title Theme Tune and "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas"
• NCIS — The theme tune
• NYPD Blue — The theme tune
• The O.C. — "California" or "Hide and Seek"
• One Tree Hill — "I Don't Want To Be".
• Orange Is the New Black — "You've Got Time"
• Orphan Black — The theme tune, Helena's Leitmotif, or "Water Dance (Rasta Mix)"
• Party of Five — "Closer To Free"
• Perfect Strangers — "Nothing's Gonna Stop me Now"
• Power Rangers — "Go Go Power Rangers", which has been used for several incarnations of the franchise.
• Pretty Little Liars — "Secret"
• The Price Is Right — The theme song or the losing horn.
• Prison Break — "Again" by Fuel.
• Psych — "I Know You Know"
• Riverdale — "Forget" from the ending of the pilot.
• Roswell — "Here With Me"
• Scrubs — "Superman" by Lazlo Bane.
• Seinfeld — The theme song or “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
• Six Feet Under — The theme tune
• Smallville — "Save Me"
• The Sopranos — "Woke Up This Morning" or "Don't Stop Believin'"
• Spartacus — The ending theme, though each season has a fan-favorite.
  • Blood and Sand — "Training" and "Thracian Brave".
  • Gods of the Arena — Gannicus' theme, though "Team Batiatus" is also remembered fondly.
  • Vengeance — "Is Capua Burning?"
  • War of the Damned — "Roar On" and "A Free Man"
• Star Trek: The Original Series — The Title Theme Tune, while for scores there's "The Ritual"
• Step by Step — The Title Theme Tune.
• Suits — "Greenback Boogie".
• Supernatural - "Carry On Wayward Son."
• Survivor — "Ancient Voices".
• Tomica Hero Rescue Force — "Story" and "The Life".
• True Detective — "Far From Any Road"
• Veronica Mars — "We Used To Be Friends".
• Vikings — "If I Had A Heart", "Helvegen" or "Glory and Gore"
• The X-Files — The theme tune
• The Walking Dead — The theme tune, but for soundtracks per season;
  • "The Parting Glass" for Season 3
  • "Serpents" for Season 3
  • "We Carry On" and "Arsonist's Lullaby" for Season 6
  • "Easy Street" for Season 7
• Weeds — "Little Boxes"
• Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? — The Title Theme Tune by house band Rockapella.
• The Wire — "Way Down in the Hole"

Podcasts

• The Adventure Zone: Balance — "Wonderland - Round Three"
• Welcome to Night Vale — "Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt". For the Weather, either "Bus is Late" or "Pretty Little Head"

Pro Wrestling

As professional wrestlers and wrestling programs change their themes all the time, it's pretty hard to pick one, but most of them usually have one that is considered their most iconic and definitive theme.

Wrestlers:

• Dean Ambrose — "Retaliation" for his solo career; "Special Op" overall
• Kurt Angle — "Medal"
• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin — "I Won't Do What You Tell Me", although many fans tend to prefer "Glass Shatters", Disturbed's take on the theme, over the former.
• Sasha Banks — "The Sky's The Limit".
• Batista — "I Walk Alone", though his original theme, "Monster", is fondly remembered.
• Bayley — "Turn it Up".
• The Beautiful People — "Angel on my Shoulders".
• The Bella Twins — "You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)", though Brie's solo theme, "Beautiful Life", is notoriously an Ear Worm.
• Chris Benoit — "Whatever". "One Thing", the theme used for his promo both after winning WrestleMania XX and his now forgotten tribute show, is also fondly remembered.
• Big Show — "Crank It Up" is generally better known than "Big".
• Alexa Bliss — "Spiteful".
• Booker T — "Rap Sheet".
• Evan Bourne
  • As Matt Sydal — "Warrior Man".
  • As Evan Bourne — "Born to Win".
• John Cena — "My Time is Now", although many fans tend to prefer his previous theme "Basic Thuganomics".
• Christian — Either version of "Just Close Your Eyes".
• Chyna — "Who I Am".
• CM Punk — Despite the fact that he used "This Fire Burns" for much longer, most fans will associate him first and foremost with "Cult of Personality".
• Cody Rhodes — Either version of "Smoke and Mirrors" as Cody; "Written in the Stars" as Stardust.
• Bryan Danielson:
  • As Bryan Danielson — "The Final Countdown"
  • As Daniel Bryan — "Flight of the Valkyries". "Monster", the theme used for his promo at WrestleMania XXX, is also fondly remembered.
• Sara Del Rey — "The Final Countdown" or "Ride of the Valkyries", just like with Daniel Bryan.
• Alberto Del Rio — The first version of "Realeza".
• Fergal Devitt
  • As Prince Devitt — "You're The Best".
  • As Finn Balor — "Catch Your Breath".
• D-Generation X — "Break It Down".
  • New Age Outlaws — "Oh, You Didn't Know?"
• Ted DiBiase — "It's All About The Money/Million Dollar Rap".
• Doink the Clown — While he has used "Entry of the Gladiators" for much longer, "Nightmare Clown" is the theme of his most fondly remembered by fans.
• The Dudley Boyz — Even though they are most associated with "We're Comin' Down", "Bombshell", their Powerman 5000 theme, is the one most fans prefer the most.
• Edge — "Metalingus".
• Emma — "Real Deal".
• Evolution — "Line in the Sand"
• Fandango — "ChaChaLaLa" has become so iconic because of the "Fandangoing" craze that when he got a new theme he had to change it back shortly afterwards.
• Charlotte Flair — "Recognition".
• Ric Flair — "Also sprach Zarathustra".
• Mick Foley — "Wreck" , his Cactus Jack/normal Mick Foley theme, is considered the most iconic.
• Goldberg — "Invasion", his WCW theme, is considered a more definitive theme of his than "Who's Next?", its WWE remake.
• Goldust — "Gold-Lust".
• Eddie Guerrero — "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal".
• The Hardy Boyz — "Loaded".
  • Jeff Hardy — "No More Words".
  • Matt Hardy — "Live for the Moment".
• Bret Hart — "Hart Attack" still triumphs over "Return the Hitman", it's 2010 remix.
• Owen Hart — Either "Blackheart" or "Enough is Enough".
• Jimmy Havoc — "I Hope You Suffer"
• Curt Hennig — "Perfection (The Perfect Twist)".
• Mark Henry — "Some Bodies Gonna Get It".
• Chris Hero — "Chris is Awesome!"
• Hulk Hogan — As a face, unquestionably "Real American". As a heel, either the nWo theme "Rockhouse" or his personal theme "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)".
• Mickie James — "Obsession", though her TNA theme, "Hardcore Country", is a strong contender.
• Chris Jericho — "Break The Walls Down", specifically, the Adam Morenoff version.
• Kaitlyn — "Spin the Bottle" is her most fondly remembered theme, though her succeeding theme, "Higher", is appreciated by fans.
• Jimmy Kanda — "Kick Start The Elephant"
• Kane — "Slow Chemical" is considered his definitive theme by most fans.
• Maria Kanellis — "With Legs Like That"
• Billie Kay — "Femme Fatale"
• Stacy Keibler — "Legs"
• Kelly Kelly — "Holla"
• Kenta Kobashi — "Grand Sword"
• Gail Kim — "International Woman" in WWE, "Unstoppable" in TNA.
• Kofi Kingston — "S.O.S."; "New Day, New Way" is iconic too but it's more associated with The New Day as a stable than as a solo wrestler.
• Bobby Lashley — "Hell Will Be Calling Your Name" is his most popular theme despite the fact that he used it very briefly.
• LayCool — "Not Enough for Me", even for both Michelle McCool and Layla (as a solo song it's more associated with the former than the latter).
• John "Bradshaw" Layfield — "Longhorn"
• AJ Lee — "Let's Light It Up".
• Brock Lesnar — "Next Big Thing".
• Jushin Thunder Liger — "Ikari no Jushin"
• Hayabusa — "Fight With Dream"
• The Great Sasuke — "Separados" or "Integral Hard", depending on who you ask
• Lita — "Lovefurypassionenergy".
• Los Sicarios del Ring — "Mein Teil"
• Becky Lynch
  • As Rebecca Knox — "U Can't Touch This"
  • As Becky Lynch — "Celtic Invasion"
• Santino Marella — "La Vittoria e Mia"
• Maryse — "Pourquoi"
• Nigel McGuinness — "I Fought the Law"
• Drew McIntyre — The original version of "Broken Dreams"
• Shane McMahon — "Here Comes the Money"
• Stephanie McMahon — "All Grown Up" is still more synonymous with her than "Welcome to the Queendom" is.
• Vince McMahon — "No Chance in Hell"
• Shawn Michaels — "Sexy Boy"
• Candice Michelle — "What Love Is"
• Mitsuharu Misawa — "Spartan X"
• Mistico — "Ameno"
• The Miz — "I Came to Play", although "Hate Me Now", the theme from his WrestleMania 27 video package, is also remembered.
• Ember Moon — "Free The Flame"
• John Morrison — "Ain't No Make Believe", though if you're watching Johnny Mundo in AAA it's "Born In The U.S.A."
• Rey Mysterio — "Booyaka 619"
• Shinsuke Nakamura — "Subconscious Entry Version" in Japan, "The Rising Sun" everywhere else.
• Naomi — The original version of "Amazing".
• Natalya Neidhart — "New Foundation" is considered her most definitive theme.
• The New Day — "New Day, New Way"
• The Nexus — "We Are One"
  • Wade Barrett - "Rebel Son" for his solo career, although "We Are One" is more famous overall.
• New World Order — "Rockhouse"
• Randy Orton — "Voices" will likely go down over "Burn in My Light" as Orton's most remembered theme.
• Diamond Dallas Page — "Self High-Five".
• Paige
  • As Britani Knight — "Faint".
  • As Paige — "Stars in the Night".
• Beth Phoenix — "Glamazon".
• Summer Rae — "Rush of Power".
• Roman Reigns — "The Truth Reigns" for his solo career; "Special Op" overall
• Jake Roberts — "Snake Bit"
• The Rock — "If You Smell".
• Seth Rollins
  • As Tyler Black — "Battle On"
  • As Seth Rollins — "The Second Coming" for his solo career; "Special Op" overall
• Bobby Roode — "Off the Chain" in TNA; "Glorious Domination" in WWE.
• Ronda Rousey — "[[/Joan Jett Bad Reputation]]", which was her theme in both UFC and WWE.
• Ryback — "Meat on the Table".
• Zack Ryder — The (original) Watt White and Jim Johnston version of "Radio".
• Sable — "Wild Cat"
• Samoa Joe — "Nation of Violence" in TNA, "Destroyer" in WWE.
• Damien Sandow — "Hallelujah" is considered his definitive theme.
• Randy Savage — "Pomp and Circumstance"
• Sheamus — "Written in My Face"; despite the fact that he changed it to "Hellfire" after six years it is still much more recognizable.
• The Shield — Either "Special Op" as a whole or just the opening of it; in fact, none of members' solo careers theme aren't nearly as iconic as it.
• Ricky Steamboat — "Sirius" or "Opening Ceremony"
• Kevin Steen
  • As Kevin Steen — "Unsettling Differences"
  • As Kevin Owens — "Fight"
• Sting — "Man Called Sting" for his "Surfer" era; "Sting" or "Seek and Destroy" for his "Crow" era.
• Trish Stratus — "Time To Rock n' Roll"
• AJ Styles — "I Am", though his WWE theme "Phenomenal" is starting to catch up.
• Samoa Joe — "The Champ Is Here" is the favorite among his many Ring of Honor themes. In TNA, The "Nation Of Violence" theme was used long after it stopped being relevant.
• Jay Lethal — "Scorched Ops", particularly as ROH Champion, "Konkussion" outside of ROH(which incidentally was used by Taeler Hendrix while she was there in the same stable)
• The House Of Truth — "The Hoopla" is the theme best associated with the group, due to the other themes being more associated with individual wrestlers(mostly Jay Lethal)
• Mr. 450 — "To The Threshold", The Mecha Wolf — "A Lycan's Call"
• Jimmy Jacobs — He has used, and sung many songs but will always be most associated with "The Ballad Of Lacey"
• Jack Swagger — "Get on Your Knees" and "Patriot" are roughly equal in status.
• Tazz — "Just Another Victim"
• Test — "This is a Test"
• Eve Torres — "She Looks Good"
• Triple H — "The Game" is considered his most recognizable theme.
• Ultimate Warrior — "Unstable"
• The Undertaker — "Rest in Piece"
  • "American Bad Ass" Undertaker — Although he used four themes during this gimmick, "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" is the most remembered.
• Kanako Urai
  • As Kana —"The Sun Rises"
  • As Asuka — "The Future"
• Rob Van Dam — "One of a Kind"
• Lisa Marie Varon
  • As Victoria — Although "Don't Mess With" was used for longer, "All the Things She Said" is her most remembered theme as she used it during her peak prominence in the company.
  • As Tara — "Broken" .
• Katarina Waters — "Hands of the Wicked" is wildly seen as her definitive theme.
• Torrie Wilson — "Need a Little Time" is considered her definitive theme by most fans.
• Bray Wyatt/The Wyatt Family — "Live in Fear/Broken Out in Love". For Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, "Live in Fear" also triumphs over their respective solo themes.
• Sami Zayn
  • As El Generico — "Ole!"
  • As Sami Zayn — "Worlds Apart"
• Dolph Ziggler — "Here to Show The World", followed by Cage9's version of "I Am Perfection".

TV Shows

• ECW — "Bodies"
• WWE NXT — "Wild and Young" as a competition; "Roar of the Crowd" as a developmental.
• WWE Raw — "Across The Nation" is usually seen as the definitive Raw theme.
• WWE Smackdown — "The Beautiful People", though "I Want It All" is also remembered fondly.
• WWE Superstars — "Invincible"

Pay-Per-View Events

• Armageddon — "Chinese Democracy", the 2008 theme.
• Backlash — "All Summer Long", the 2008 theme.
• Bad Blood — "Headstrong", the 2003 theme.
• Battleground — "This is a War", the promo music for The Shield Triple-Threat match during the 2016 event.
• Breaking Point — "Still Unbroken", the 2009 theme, as it was a one-time event.
• Cyber Sunday — "Propane Nightmares'', the 2008 theme.
• Elimination Chamber — "This Means War", the 2012 theme.
• Extreme Rules — "You're Going Down", the 2009 theme, or "Come With Me Now", the 2014 theme.
• The Great American Bash — "Lonely Train", the 2006 theme.
• Hell in a Cell — "Monster", the 2009 theme.
• Judgment Day — Overall, the most famous theme theme is "This Fire Burns", the 2006 theme; however, it is best known for other reasons. Otherwise, its signature song is "I Don't Wanna Stop", the 2007 theme.
• New Year's Revolution — "Stricken", the 2006 theme.
• Night of Champions — "Night of Gold". For a licensed song, "Devour", the 2008 theme.
• Money in the Bank — "Money in the Bank".
• No Mercy — "Click Click Boom", the 2001 theme.
• No Way Out — "Bring Me to Life", the 2003 theme, or "Deadly Game", the 2006 theme.
• One Night Stand — "Bodies" for the ECW-centric version, "Famous", the 2007 theme, for the company-wide version.
• Payback — "Ticking Bomb", the 2014 theme.
• Royal Rumble — "Let it Rock", the 2009 theme. If that is disqualified due to Soundtrack Dissonance, then the title goes to "Hero", the 2010 theme.
• SummerSlam — "Bodies", the 2001 theme. If that is disqualified for probably being more associated with "One Night Stand", then "Remedy", the 2005 theme, wins. "Ready to Roll", the 2008 theme, is also a contender.
• Survivor Series — "Good Feeling", the 2011 theme. If that is disqualified due to Soundtrack Dissonance, then the title goes to "Control", the 2001 theme.
• TLC — "Na Na Na", the 2010 theme.
• Unforgiven — "Enemy", the 2003 theme, or "Rise Today", the 2007 theme.
• Vengeance — "Price to Play", the 2003 theme, or "Happy?", the 2005 theme.
• WrestleMania — For rock songs, it's likely either "My Way" (X-7) or "Ladies and Gentlemen" (23). For rap songs, it's "Wild Ones" and "Good Feeling" (28).

Theater

• Annie — "Hard Knock Life" or "Tomorrow"
• Annie Get Your Gun — "There's No Business Like Show Business" or "Anything You Can Do"
• Anything Goes — "Anything Goes", "You're the Top", "Friendship" and "I Get a Kick Out of You."
• Avenue Q — "The Internet Is For Porn" or "If You Were Gay"
• The Baker's Wife — "Meadowlark"
• The Barber of Seville — "Largo al factotum" and the Overture
• Beauty and the Beast — "Home" or "If I Can't Love Her". Without a doubt these two songs from the musical adaptation are signature gold.
• Be More Chill — "Michael In The Bathroom"
• La Bohème — "O soave fanciulla" and "Quando men vo"
• The Book of Mormon — "Hello" and "I Believe"
• Bye Bye Birdie — "One Last Kiss"
• Cabaret — "Wilkommen" and the title song
• Candide — "Glitter and Be Gay"
• Carousel — "You'll Never Walk Alone"
• Cats — "Memory"
• Chess — "One Night in Bangkok" and "I Know Him So Well"
• A Chorus Line — "One" and "What I Did for Love"
• Chicago — "All That Jazz"
• Company — "Being Alive" and "The Ladies Who Lunch", and to a lesser extent "Side By Side By Side" and "Another Hundred People"
• Dear Evan Hansen — "Waving Through a Window"
• Dido and Aeneas — "When I Am Laid in Earth"
• Dreamgirls — "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" or the title song
• L'elisir d'amore — "Una furtiva lagrima"
• Elisabeth — "Ich gehör nur mir" (I Belong to Me), "Der letzte Tanz" (The Last Dance), "Wenn ich tanzen will" (When I Want to Dance), or the reprise of "Die Schatten werden länger" (The Shadows Grow Longer).
• Evita — "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
• Fiddler on the Roof — "If I Were A Rich Man"
• Die Fledermaus — "Mein Herr Marquis", aka the Laughing Song
• Flower Drum Song — "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
• Gianni Schicchi — "O mio babbino caro"
• Grease — "Summer Nights" or "You're The One That I Want"
• Gypsy — "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
• Hairspray — "You Can't Stop The Beat"
• Hamilton — "Wait For It", "Satisfied", or "My Shot".
• Heathers — "Candy Store"
• Hello, Dolly! — The title song.
• Les Misérables — "I Dreamed a Dream" or "Do You Hear The People Sing" or "On My Own" or "One Day More"
• A Little Night Music — "Send in the Clowns"
• The Lion King — "He Lives In You", the most notable addition to the musical.
• The Little Mermaid — "Her Voice" or "If Only"
• Madama Butterfly — "Un bel dì"
• The Magic Flute — "Der Hölle Rache", aka The Queen of the Night's Revenge Aria
• Man of La Mancha — "The Impossible Dream"
• The Music Man — "Seventy-Six Trombones", "Til There Was You" and "You Got Troubles"
• Newsies — "Seize the Day"
• Norma — "Casta Diva"
• Notre-Dame de Paris — "Belle" or "Vivre" or "Danse mon Esmeralda"
• Oliver! — "Food, Glorious Food" , "I'd Do Anything" or "As Long as He Needs Me"
• Pagliacci — "Vesti la giubba"
• The Phantom of the Opera — "The Phantom of the Opera" or "Music of the Night"
• The Pirates of Penzance — "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General"
• RENT — "Seasons of Love"
• The Ring Cycle — "Ride of the Valkyries"
• Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour — "Les Rois du Monde" or "Aimer"
• Something Rotten — "Hard to Be the Bard"
• The Sound of Music — The title song, "Do-Re-Mi" or "My Favorite Things"
• Spring Awakening — "Totally Fucked"
• Sunday in the Park with George — "Putting It Together"
• Sweet Charity — "Big Spender" and "If They Could See Me Now"
• La Traviata — "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", the drinking song
• Turandot — "Nessun dorma"
• Wicked — "Defying Gravity", "Popular" or "For Good"

Toys

• BIONICLE
  • The Mata Nui Online Game series — "The Bionicle Music"
  • The Direct-to-Video movie series — Nathan Furst's score in general, with "the Story of the Bionicle" standing out
  • Bionicle Heroes — The title theme, the Titan battle theme, and the Hero Mode theme
  • 2005 — "Caught in a Dream"
  • 2006 — "Move Along"
  • 2007 — "Creeping in my Soul"
  • 2008 — "Gravity Hurts"
  • 2009 — "Bye Bye Babylon"

Video Games

• Ace Attorney — "Pursuit ~ Cornered"
• Ace Combat
  • Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies — "Megalith -Agnus Dei-" or "Comona"
  • Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War — "The Unsung War"
  • Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War — "Zero"
  • Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation — "Liberation of Gracemeria"
• All Points Bulletin — "Gimme That Punk"
• Assassin's Creed: "Ezio's Family" tends to be seen as the theme for the whole franchise.
  • Assassin's Creed III: Connor's theme.
  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag: "The Parting Glass", covered by Anne Bonny at the end of the game.
• Backyard Sports — Pablo Sanchez's theme.
• Batman (Sunsoft) — "Streets of Desolation"
• Battlefield — The loading screen theme from Battlefield 1942 for the series as a whole. Battlefield 1 is heavily associated with the The Glitch Mob remix of "Seven Nation Army" from trailers, it's not the first Battlefield game to use a Real Song Theme Tune ("Total Eclipse Of The Heart" in Battlefield 4 and pretty much every Vietnam Standard Snippet in Battlefield Vietnam), but it's the only one that seems to have stuck.
• Battle Garegga — "Stab and Stomp!"
• Bayonetta: "Fly Me To The Moon" or "Let's Hit The Climax!"
  • Bayonetta 2: "Tomorrow is Mine" or "Moon River"
• BEMANI:
  • beatmania IIDX — "Mei" by dj TAKA and Tatsh, or "smooooch・∀・" by kors k
  • DanceDanceRevolution — "Butterfly" by smile.dk. Notable in that this is a licensed song. Amongst high-end players, "Valkyrie dimension" by DJ YOSHITAKA (under his "Spriggan" alias).
  • jubeat — "Evans" by DJ YOSHITAKA
  • Keyboardmania — "Pink Rose" Kiyommy+Seiya
  • The whole series — "FLOWER" by DJ YOSHITAKA.
    Due to its crossing over into non-Konami Rhythm Games as well—15 rhythm games total, 5 of which are not by Konami but by three other companies—it has also become the Signature Song of the entire rhythm game genre.
• Bionic Commando: "Area 01", an ascended Title Theme Tune.
• BioShock Infinite: "Will the Circle be Unbroken"
• Blast Wind: "The Justice Ray"
• Borderlands — "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"
  • Borderlands 2 — "Short Change Hero"
  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! — "What Makes A Good Man?"
• Brütal Legend — "Cry of the Banshee"
• Burnout Paradise — "Paradise City"
• Cave Story — "Plantation/Main Theme"
• Castlevania — "Vampire Killer" or "Bloody Tears"
• Civilization IV — "Baba Yetu"
  • Civilization VI — "Sogno di Volare"
• Command & Conquer — "Act On Instinct" for the Tiberium series, "Hell March" for the Red Alert series, and the Generals Main Theme (USA theme 6) for, well, Generals.
• Crazy Taxi — "All I Want"
• Cytus — The "L" series by ICE. It even gets its own chapter.
  • Alternatively, "Loom" by Sta as the title screen music.
• Darius — "Captain Neo"
  • Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours — "Freedom"
• Darkstalkers — "Trouble Man"
• Deadpool — "Deadpool Rap"
• Deemo — Magnolia
• Devil May Cry
  • Devil May Cry 3 — "Devils Never Cry"
  • Devil May Cry 4 — "Shall Never Surrender"
  • Devil May Cry 5 — "Devil Trigger"
• DoDonPachi tends to have Hibachi's themes, all composed by Manabu Namiki:
  • DoDonPachi dai ou jou: "Hibachi"
  • DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu: "]-[|/34<#!"
  • DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu BLACK LABEL: "Zatsuza"
  • DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou: "Tenshi"
• Donkey Kong:
  • Donkey Kong Country — "DK Island Swing", the Bootstrapped Theme of the Donkey Kong Country series.
  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — "Stickerbush Symphony"
  • Donkey Kong 64 (and the franchise as a whole) — "DK Rap"
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns — "Tiki Tong Song"
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze — "Snowmads Theme"
• Doom — "At Doom's Gate"
• Dragon Quest — The Overture
• DuckTales (and, by extension, DuckTales Remastered) — "The Moon"
• Duke Nukem 3D — "Grabbag" (the main title theme)
• EarthBound Beginnings — "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)", "Eight Melodies"
  • EarthBound — "Smiles and Tears"
• Einhänder — "Shudder"
• Fallout — "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" or Inon Zur's orchestral theme for the Bethesda titles (Fallout 3 and Fallout 4), "Blue Moon" or "Big Iron" for Fallout: New Vegas. Less clear for the original series, as "Maybe" was used in place of "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire", but over time the latter has become the Bootstrapped Theme of the whole series.
• Final Fantasy: "Prelude", "Theme of Final Fantasy" and "Chocobo's Theme" for the series.
  • Final Fantasy IV— "Theme of Love"
  • Final Fantasy V — "Clash on the Big Bridge"
  • Final Fantasy VI — "Dancing Mad", "Terra's Theme" and "Aria di Mezzo Carattere"
  • Final Fantasy VII (and the franchise as a whole) — "One-Winged Angel", "Fight On!" is another contender.
  • Final Fantasy VIII — "Eyes On Me". "Liberi Fatali" and "The Man With The Machine Gun" are also contenders.
  • Final Fantasy IX — "Melodies of Life" or "Hunter's Chance"
  • Final Fantasy X — "Suteki Da Ne" or "To Zanarkand"
  • Final Fantasy X-2 — "Real Emotion", with "1000 Words" in clear second place.
  • Final Fantasy XII — "Battle for Freedom", "The Streets of Rabanastre", or this game's version of "Clash on the Big Bridge"
  • Final Fantasy XIII — "My Hands"
  • Final Fantasy XV — "Apocalypsis Noctis"
• Fire Emblem — The main theme or "Together, We Ride!"
  • New Mystery — "One Who Carves a New Destiny"
  • Path of Radiance — "Galdrar of Rebirth/Life Returns" or "The Black Knight"
  • Radiant Dawn — "Eternal Bonds"
  • Fire Emblem Awakening — "Id (Purpose)"
  • Fire Emblem Fates — "Lost in Thoughts All Alone"
• F-Zero — "Mute City" and/or "Big Blue"
• Gears of War — "Mad World"
• Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy — "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" may qualify since there are five different versions that can play including one with Bennett Foddy singing it during the credits.
• Gran Turismo 5 — "5OUL ON D!SPLAY" in Japan, "Planetary (GO!)" in the west. The series as a whole uses "Moon Over The Castle" as a theme, however, it tends to get dubbed over in American and European localizations.
• Grand Theft Auto — "Grand Theft Auto", its distinctive riff also appears as a ringtone in later 3D games. It is not, however, a Title Theme Tune: the song that plays in the main menu is titled "Gangster Friday".
• Guitar Hero — "Through the Fire and Flames"
• Hitman — "Avé Maria", which, after it's debut on the fourth game has appeared on almost all following forms of media afterwards.
• Just Dance — "Just Dance" ^note However, because Harmonix had exclusive rights to her music for a time, the song wasn't able to be added until Just Dance 2014.
• Katamari Damacy — "Katamari on the Rocks"
• Kingdom Hearts:
  • Kingdom Hearts I — Hikari/Simple And Clean; also "Hand in Hand", and then "Another Side" for Final Mix
  • Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories — "Lord of the Castle" (which is from the rerelease)
  • Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days — "Musique pour la Tristesse de Xion"
  • Kingdom Hearts II — Passion/Sanctuary; "Organization XIII"
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep — "Tears of the Light", "Rage Awakened".
  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance — "Sacred Distance"
  • The series overall — Dearly Beloved or Simple and Clean
• Kirby — "Green Greens" or "Get Up and Go-Urmet!" (the Gourmet Race theme), with King Dedede's theme not too far behind.
• La-Mulana — "Treasure Sealed Off"
• League of Legends — "Summoner's Rift Theme"
• The Legend of Dragoon — "If You Still Believe"
• The Legend of Zelda — "Overworld"
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link — "Palace Theme"
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — "The Dark World"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening — "Ballad of the Windfish" or "Tal Tal Mountain Range"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — "Hyrule Field" or "Saria's Song"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask — "Clock Town"
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — "The Great Sea"
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — "Minish Village" or "Cloud Tops"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — "Midna's Lament" or "Hyrule Field"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass — "The Great Sea" or "Linebeck"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks — "Full Steam Ahead"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — "Ballad of the Goddess"
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds — "Lorule Castle"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes — "Title Theme"
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild — "Main Theme" or "Hyrule Castle"
• Limbo of the Lost — "The King of Limbo"
• maimai — "Garakuta Doll Play" by t+pazolite
• Mario Kart — The title screen music in Super Mario Kart, which has been remixed into the title screen music in every subsequent game. Mario Circuit from Super Mario Kart and Rainbow Road from Mario Kart 64 apply to a lesser extent.
• Marvel vs. Capcom — "Character Selection" from the second game, more commonly known as "I Wanna Take You For a Ride".
• Medal of Honor — "Castle of Glass" for Warfighter. The "Market Garden" theme for the WW2 games.
• Mega Man (Classic) — "Mega Man 2 - Title Screen" and "Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Stages 1 & 2" are the most iconic. Mega Man 3 - Title Screen is the next strongest contender.
• Mega Man Legends — "Flutter vs. Gesselschaft"
• Mega Man X:
  • Mega Man X — "Storm Eagle's theme"
  • Mega Man X2 — "Zero's theme"
  • Mega Man X3 — "Zero's theme"
  • Mega Man X4 — X and Zero's respective themes, as well as "Iris vs. Zero", are all contenders.
  • Mega Man X5 — "X vs. Zero"
  • Mega Man X6 — "Moonlight", "The Answer", "Sigma 2nd", and "I.D.E.A."
  • Mega Man X7 — "Vanishing Gungaroo's theme"
  • Mega Man X8 — "Lumine's second form battle theme"
• Mega Man ZX: — "Green Grass Gradation"
• Metal Gear:
  • Metal Gear Solid — "The Best Is Yet To Come". "Encounter" is also remembered fondly.
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — "Can't Say Goodbye To Yesterday". "Yell, Dead Cell" is also remembered fondly.
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — "Snake Eater"
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — "Love Theme"
  • Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — "Calling To The Night"
  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker — "Heaven's Divide"
  • Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes — "Here's to You"
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain — "Sins of the Father"
  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance — "The War Still Rages Within" or "Rules of Nature"
• Metroid — "Brinstar" or Ridley's boss theme.
  • Metroid 1 — In addition to the above, "Kraid"/"Lower Brinstar"
  • Metroid 2 Return Of Samus — "SR-388 Theme"
  • Super Metroid — "Lower Norfair" (aka "Magmoor Caverns")
  • Metroid: Fusion — "Sector 1" or "Last Mission"
  • Metroid Prime — "Phendrana Drifts" or "Metroid Prime Battle - 2"
  • Metroid: Zero Mission — "Assault on the Space Pirates" (A remix of the Brinstar theme) or "Mecha Ridley" (a remix of Ridley's theme)
  • Metroid Prime Corruption — "Omega Ridley"
  • Metroid: Samus Returns — "Diggernaut Battle"
• Mirror's Edge — "Still Alive"
• MLB: The Show — "We're All In This Together" by Sam Roberts Band (courtesy of MLB 16)
• Mortal Kombat — "Techno Syndrome"
• Need for Speed:
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 — "Fever for the Flava"
  • Need for Speed: Underground — "Need for Speed" or "Get Low"
  • Need for Speed: Underground 2 — "Riders on the Storm"
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) — "The Mann"
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) — "Edge of the Earth"
• Ni GHTS Into Dreams and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams — "Dreams Dreams"
• Ōkami— "Reset (Thank you)"
• Overwatch — "The World Could Always Use More Heroes"
• Parasite Eve — "Primal Eyes", with "Kyrie" in second place.
• Party Hard — "Dont Stop Party"
• Pokémon — "Pokémon Theme"
  • Generation I:
    • Pokémon Red and Blue — "Pokémon Center", the Viridan/Pewter/Saffron City theme, or any of the battle themes.
    • Pokémon Yellow — Team Rocket's theme
  • Generation II:
    • Pokémon Gold and Silver — The Champion battle theme
    • Pokémon Crystal — Suicune Battle
  • Generation III:
    • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire — More a trait of the soundtrack than a particular song, but any song featuring an abundance of GBA Trumpet sounds.
    • Pokémon Emerald — Rayquaza's Entrance
  • Generation IV:
    • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl — The wild Pokémon theme, "Battle! Dialga/Palkia", or "Battle! Cynthia"
    • Pokémon Platinum — "The Distortion World" or "Battle! Giratina"
  • Generation V:
    • Pokémon Black and White — "Battle! Elite 4" or "Decisive Battle! N"
    • Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 — "World Tournament Final Battle"
  • Generation VI:
    • Pokémon X and Y — "Battle! Lysandre"
    • Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire — "Battle! Zinnia"
  • Generation VII:
    • Pokémon Sun and Moon — Island Kahuna Battle
    • Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon — Ultra Necrozma Battle
  • Pokémon Colosseum — The standard trainer battle theme
  • Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness — "Battle! Miror B"
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers — "Don't Ever Forget..." or "Dialga's Fight to the Finish!"
  • Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon — "Partner's Theme" or "Dark Matter Phase 2".
• Portal — "Still Alive"
  • Portal 2 — "Cara Mia Addio", "Want You Gone"
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within: "Straight Out Of Line" or "I Stand Alone"
• Rayman
  • Rayman (1995) — "Band Land"
  • Rayman 2 — "Overworld"
  • Rayman M — "Rayman Theme"
  • Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc — "Magic Hoodoo Theme" or "Madder"
  • Rayman Legends — "Mariachi Madness" or "Castle Rock"
• Rogue Warrior — "Kickin' Ass and Taking Names"
• Saints Row: The Third — The main menu theme. For licensed music, "Power", "Holding Out for a Hero", and "What I Got".
• Saints Row IV — "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", "What is Love", "The Touch"
• Sakura Wars — "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan", which also applies to the entire franchise including adaptations.
• Shantae — "Burning Town" or "Dance Through the Danger"
• Shin Megami Tensei:
  • Shin Megami Tensei I — "Law"; also one of the most remixed and iconic songs in the franchise.
  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne — "Fiend"
  • Persona 3 — "Mass Destruction"
  • Persona 4 — "Reach Out To The Truth"
  • Devil Survivor 2 — "Mugen no Sekai"
  • Persona 5 — "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There" or "Rivers in the Desert"
• Shovel Knight — "Strike the Earth!"
• Sonic the Hedgehog — "Green Hill Zone" and the first game's opening/invincibility fanfare for the classic era, "Open Your Heart" and "Live and Learn" for the modern era. For both, the "countdown" jingle, for bad reasons.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — "Emerald Hill Zone" and the boss fight music.
  • Sonic 3 & Knuckles — For the Sonic 3 half, "Angel Island Zone Act 1", "Hydrocity Zone Act 1", and "Ice Cap Zone Act 1". For the Knuckles half, "Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1" and "Flying Battery Zone Act 1".
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD — "Sonic Boom" in the US, and "You Can Do Anything" internationally. "Stardust Speedway Bad Future (JPN/PAL)" is also a strong contender due to being played in the iconic race against Metal Sonic and having been remixed thrice in later games.
  • Knuckles Chaotix — "Door into Summer".
  • Sonic Advance — "Neo Green Hill Zone Act 1"
  • Sonic Adventure — The aforementioned "Open Your Heart". For stage music, it's most likely the first act of Speed Highway, with rivals in both acts of Twinkle Park and Red Mountain and the second act of Final Egg.
  • Sonic Adventure 2 — The aforementioned "Live and Learn". For Hero stage music, "City Escape Zone (Escape from the City)", and to a lesser extent the Knuckles level raps (especially "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup") For Dark stages, it's most likely "Vengeance is Mine", the Radical Highway theme.
  • Sonic Heroes — "Sonic Heroes" or "What I'm Made Of". For team themes, "This Machine" and "Team Chaotix". For a stage theme, contenders include "Seaside Hill", "Power Plant", "Rail Canyon", "Hang Castle", and "Egg Fleet"
  • Shadow the Hedgehog — "I Am... All of Me" or "All Hail Shadow"
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — "His World" or "Dreams of an Absolution"
  • Sonic Storybook Series — "Seven Rings In Hand" for Secret Rings, and "Knight of the Wind" or "With Me" for Black Knight.
  • Sonic Unleashed — "Rooftop Run" or "Endless Possibility"
  • Sonic Colors — "Reach for the Stars"
  • Sonic Generations — Both versions of the Time Eater battle theme. For stage music, both versions of "Escape from the City".
  • Sonic Lost World — "Wonder World"
  • Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric — Main Theme
  • Sonic Mania — "Studiopolis Zone Act 1 (Lights, Camera, Action!)"
  • Sonic Forces — "Fist Bump"
• Soul Series — "Forsaken Sanctuary".
• Splatoon — "Splattack!" or "Calamari Inkantation"
  • Splatoon 2 — "Inkoming!"
  • Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion — "Nasty Majesty"
• Street Fighter — "Ryu's Theme", "Ken's Theme" or "Guile's Theme"^note because it goes with everything from Street Fighter II
• Suikoden:
  • Suikoden — "Beautiful Golden City"
  • Suikoden II — Both the original and string versions of "Reminisce" and "The Chase"
  • Suikoden III — "Exceeding Love"
  • Suikoden IV — "La Mer"
• Super Mario Bros. — "Underground" and "Overworld", which may be the most recognizable Video Game tune ever.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 — The game's "Overworld" theme.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 — The game's "Athletic" theme, though the World 1 map music is also a contender.
  • Super Mario Land — "Birabuto Kingdom"
  • Super Mario World — The game's title screen theme, or its "Overworld" theme.
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island — "Make Eggs, Throw Eggs" or the game's "Athletic" theme.
  • Super Mario RPG — "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms"
  • Super Mario 64 — "Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Bob-Omb Battlefield)"
  • Super Mario Sunshine — "Delfino Plaza"
  • New Super Mario Bros. games — The "Overworld" theme (while New Super Mario Bros. U has a different "Overworld" theme).
  • Super Mario Galaxy — Initially "Good Egg Galaxy," but over time became "Gusty Garden Galaxy"
  • Super Mario 3D Land — The game's "Overworld" theme.
  • Super Mario 3D World — "Super Bell Hill"
  • Super Mario Odyssey — "Jump Up, Super Star!"
• Super Smash Bros. — "Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme" was seen as this for a long time due to its memetic Latin lyrics, but "Lifelight", which is sung in English, displaced it almost immediately upon its release.
• Tekken:
  • Tekken 2 - "Black Winter Night Sky"
  • Tekken 3 - "Jin Kazama's Theme"
  • Tekken 4 - "A Fist For A Fist"
  • Tekken 5 - "I'm Here Now"/"Sparking!" or/and "The Finalizer"
  • Tekken 7 - "Heat Haze Shadow"
• Tetris:
  • The entire franchise — "Korobeiniki", to the point where it's simply known as the "Tetris A-Type theme".
  • Tetris: The Grand Master 3 — BGM 3^note the last of the three tracks used in Master mode and the level 0-300 track in Shirase mode. Like all other tracks in TGM 2 and 3, it seems to have no official title.
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater — "Superman"
• Total Distortion — "You Are Dead", thanks to Memetic Mutation
• Touhou — "U.N. Owen Was Her?" for in-game music, "Bad Apple!!" for doujin music
• Transformers: War for Cybertron — "Till All Are One"
  • Transformers: Fall of Cybertron — "The Humbling River", "Star Map" from the musical score.
• Undertale — "MEGALOVANIA", Sans's theme song, which also appears in the EarthBound mod The Halloween Hack, also made by Toby Fox; to some extent, "Bonetrousle" (Papyrus's battle theme).
• Wangan Midnight:
  • Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune — "Stream of Tears(more tranced mix)"
  • Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 — "Blue Blazes"
  • Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 — "Feel The Moment"
• Wild ARMs 5 — "Justice to believe"
• The World Ends with You — "Twister"
• WWE Video Games:
  • Smackdown vs. Raw — "Falling Apart" or "Polyamorous"
  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 — "Waiting", "Unretrofied", and the remix of "Symphony of Destruction".
  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 — Three Days Grace's contributions to the soundtrack, "Animal I Have Become" and "Riot".
  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 — "Famous" and "Driven"
  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 — "Save Me", "Perfect Insanity", or "Taking You Down"
  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 — "Down From The Sky". It helps that majority of the soundtrack except for this one, "Start Movin'" and "Hard Times" are already Signature Songs of WWE's actual PPVs, and in the case of "Invincible", WWE Superstars. Without being tied to a PPV, either "You're Going Down" or one of Skillet's entries ("Monster" and "Hero") would likely have held the title.
  • WWE 2K15 —- "This Means War"
  • WWE 2K16 —- "Heavy Is The Head"
  • WWE 2K17 —- "Paranoid"
  • WWE 2K18 —- "Down With The Sickness"
  • WWE 2K19 —- "Survival"
• Xenoblade — "Gaur Plains (Day)" and "You Will Know Our Names", and to a lesser extent "Engage The Enemy" and "Mechanical Rhythm" (Super Smash Bros. might have something to do with it, though)
• You Have to Burn the Rope — "Now You're a Hero"

Visual Novels

• Danganronpa — "Danganronpa", "Discussion -HOPE VS DESPAIR-"
  • New Danganronpa V3 — "Scrum Debate", "Clair de Lune", and "Der Flohwalzer"
• Zero Escape — "Morphogenetic Sorrow" or "Blue Bird Lamentation".

Web Animation

• Homestar Runner — "Trogdor"
• RWBY — "This Will Be the Day"

Web Videos

• Atop the Fourth Wall — "Gunslinger Theme"
• Epic Rap Battles of History — They have plenty of badass soundtrack, but the background theme of the very first "Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler" is the most remembered.
• Filthy Frank — "Kill Yourself" or "STFU"
• Jimquisition — "Born Depressed" and "March of the Sterling Jester"
• The Lizzie Bennet Diaries — The theme tune or Lydia Bennet's closing theme
• The Nostalgia Critic — "The Review Must Go On"
• React — The Kids and Teens theme tunes are equally synonymous to the show, the former more so because of the kids chanting.
• Vinesauce — "Scoot the Burbs", "Robert Cop", "Fuck Bees", "dootmario2"

Western Animation

• Adventure Time — The Title Theme Tune
• The Amazing World of Gumball — The opening theme, "Make the Most of It" and "Weird Like You And Me"
• American Dad! — The Title Theme Tune and Stelio Kontos's theme song.
• Animaniacs — The theme song and "Yakko's World."
• Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise: The theme tune for the franchise overall (which plays not only during the opening, but during Wan and Korra's first Avatar State's as well).
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Peace" or "Leaves from the Vine".
  • The Legend of Korra: The final musical cue accompanying Korra and Asami becoming a couple for the series as a whole, as well as Book Four: Balance.
    • Mako and Korra's theme for Book One: Air.
    • "Jinora's Light" for Book Two: Spirits.
    • The Red Lotus' theme for Book Three: Change.
• BoJack Horseman — "Back in The '90s" (I was in a very famous Teeeeee-Vee show...)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — The Title Theme Tune
• The Cleveland Show — The Title Theme Tune
• Code Lyoko — "A World Without Danger"
• Daria — "You're Standing on My Neck"
• DC Animated Universe
  • Batman Beyond — The theme tune
  • Batman: The Animated Series — The theme tune
  • Justice League — The theme tune
  • Superman: The Animated Series — The theme tune
• Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines — "Stop That Pigeon" (which was the show's developmental name)
• Denver the Last Dinosaur — The Title Theme Tune
• DuckTales (1987) — The Title Theme Tune. So much so that it was revived and made a major part of the marketing for the 2017 reboot.
• Extreme Dinosaurs — The Title Theme Tune
• Family Guy — The Title Theme Tune or "Surfin' Bird"
• The Flintstones — "Meet the Flintstones"
• Frosty the Snowman — The Title Theme Tune
• Futurama — The theme tune, "Welcome to Robot Hell", and "Even if it's not a Good Idea (the Bureaucrat Song)".
• Gravity Falls — The theme song, often mistaken for "Made Me Realize'' due to how similar they are, the latter sounding like an extended, lower-pitched version of the former. They're by the same composer, so the confusion is somewhat justified.
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: "Brains"
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! — "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
• The Jetsons — The title theme tune and "Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah Ah"
• Kim Possible — "Call Me, Beep Me"
• Littlest Pet Shop (2012) — "The Littlest Pet Shop Pets"
• Looney Tunes — "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", "Merrily We Roll Along", and for newer fans, "the Looney Tunes Overture"
• The Loud House — The Title Theme Tune
• Milo Murphy's Law — "Chop Away at my Heart''
• My Little Pony 'n Friends — The opening theme.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic — The theme song, "Winter Wrap Up", "This Day Aria"
• My Little Pony Tales — The theme song, "Sweet Music"
• Phineas and Ferb — "Today Is Gonna Be a Great Day" or "Gitchi Gitchi Goo"
• PAW Patrol — The opening and closing themes, and Pup Pup Boogie.
• The Raccoons — "Run With Us" and "Ain't No Planes".
• Recess — The theme tune
• The Ren & Stimpy Show — "Happy Happy, Joy Joy"
• Rick and Morty — "Get Schwifty", "Tiny Rick", and "Goodbye Moonmen". For licensed songs, "For the Damaged Coda" and "Look on Down from the Bridge".
• Rocko's Modern Life — The Title Theme Tune
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer — The Title Theme Tune
• Rugrats — The theme tune
• Schoolhouse Rock:
  • Multiplication Rock — "Three is a Magic Number"
  • Grammar Rock — "Conjunction Junction"
  • America Rock — "I'm Just a Bill"
  • Science Rock — "Electricity"
  • Money Rock — "Dollars and Sense"
• The Simpsons — "The Simpsons Theme", "Monorail", "Happy Birthday Lisa", "Who Needs The Kwik-E Mart", "The Itchy and Scratchy Theme"
• South Park — The theme song and "Let's Fighting Love"
• SpongeBob SquarePants — "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song", "Sweet Victory", "The Best Day Ever", or "Campfire Song Song"
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — "I'm From Another Dimension"
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Ahsoka's theme, particularly the rendition from the Season 5 finale.
• Star Wars Rebels — "Journey Into the Star Cluster"
• Steven Universe — "We Are the Crystal Gems"
  • Season 1A — "Giant Woman"
  • Season 1B — "Stronger Than You", despite basically revolving around a Late-Arrival Spoiler.
  • Season 2 — "Do it for Her"
  • Season 3 — "It's Over, Isn't It?"
  • Season 4 — "Here Comes a Thought" or "What's the Use of Feeling (Blue)?"
• Street Sharks — The Title Theme Tune
• Teen Titans — The theme song
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — The Eighties cartoon theme, which was later given a new version for the New Tens cartoon.
• Thomas the Tank Engine — The original theme song.
• Total Drama — "I Wanna Be Famous"
  • Total Drama World Tour — "Come Fly with Us" or "I'm Gonna Make It"
• Totally Spies! — "Here We Go"
• Wander over Yonder — "If You Wander", and a recent addition is "I'm The Bad Guy".

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