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Super Ultra Mega Epic Music

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nasher168

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Does anyone know of any music pieces that sound truly epic? I find that for the most part, such pieces tend to be Classical (as in played with conventional instruments) but there are some exceptions.
Here's a few to start off:



 
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Anything by Ronnie James Dio



He was 60-years old when he made this. How intense is that?


As for my anime contribution:



I think these two are pretty much untouchable though

 
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It is a very good song, and is no worse for being (dun dun derrr) the Lord's Prayer sung in Swahili :) ("Baba Yetu" translates roughly as "Our Father Jesus").

Also, here's a super ultra mega epic tune I forgot when writing the OP:
 
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nasher168 said:
It is a very good song, and is no worse for being (dun dun derrr) the Lord's Prayer sung in Swahili :) ("Baba Yetu" translates roughly as "Our Father Jesus").
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Yeah I know. I also bloody love the hallelujah chorus by Handel. Good music is good music. :)
 
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Hans Zimmer is definitely my favourite soundtrack composer. Gladiator and Inception have already been mentioned, I'll add two more:

This is Thunderbird (from Thelma & Louise), played live. I was actually in the audience when they recorded this:


And this is Journey to the line (from The Thin Red Line), from the same concert:


As for rock music, nothing beats Pink Floyd/David Gilmour: Comfortably Numb, Echoes, Dogs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Sorrow, High Hopes, On the Turning Away, Welcome to the Machine, Murder, Fat Old Sun, ...
 
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I'm being introduced to new music left right and centre here... Here's two found whilst following up videos put here by other posters so far, plus one from Avatar:



NOTE: for this one, listen from about 2:30 in. Otherwise it's fairly dull, as often happens in movie soundtracks:
 
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nasher168 said:
I'm being introduced to new music left right and centre here... Here's two found whilst following up videos put here by other posters so far, plus one from Avatar:
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Fuck yeah, Children of Dune. Welcome to the fold.
 
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