Music to Conquer Worlds By

Julhelm · Post by **Julhelm** » 2007-11-22 04:24pm

Manowar - Gloves of Metal springs to mind.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-11-23 01:23pm

Well, I did miss one:

War of the Worlds: The Eve of the War.

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one... but still they come!

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2007-11-24 04:06am

well I'm a fan contrast so I'd rather listen to something you wouldn't connect to world domination at first.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-11-24 04:12am

On a somewhat sillier note: Holding Out For A Hero (especially the Saunders version) has a terrific "let's get 'em!" quality.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-11-24 01:02pm

The entire of S&M by Metallica and most of Muse's back catalogue. In partcular Hysteria, Butterflys and Hurricanes and Knights of Cydonia.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-11-24 08:50pm

Nile - Even the Gods Must Die is so fucking epic you'd be a FOOL not to include it.

Silver Jedi · Post by **Silver Jedi** » 2007-11-25 06:53pm

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba wrote:What I've found so far, and I haven't even gone through most of these albums yet so if there are any others here that would work then great:

Star Wars (obviously): Main Title, the Imperial March (super-obviously), Battle of the Heroes, Duel of the Fates

I would suggest adding The Asteroid Field as well. It has ups and downs while retaining the epic feel I think you're going for the whole way through.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2007-11-26 12:47pm

I was playing Halo : CE on highest difficulty with ingame music OFF and the Total War theme songs (medivel and rome) in background. The feeling you get is just epic ! Jeff Van Dyck and his wife are some of the most underrated great musicians in the world. His music can be downloaded freely from http://www.jeffvandyck.com/.

Zombie - by Cranberries works well for epic strategy game campaigns even though it should not.

Lastly have you considered Portal's end credit song (Still Alive) ?

I tried that on Halo as well and it was both hillarious and eerily fitting especialy in the final level with Guiltyspark and that mad Warthog escape. Watching GS yabber futily as I smash his plan one grenade at a time with her singing in the background is funniest gaming experience since Portal itself.

DavidEC · Post by **DavidEC** » 2007-11-26 05:00pm

I know people have mentioned Requiems by Faure and Mozart but Verdi also made a thumping good Dies Irae.

Beethoven's Fifth, first movement, is a good if obvious choice.

Welcome to the Jungle
Thunderstruck

When I listen to these I always imagine myself as part of Operation Eagle Claw, only going more successfully.[/i]

The Spartan · Post by **The Spartan** » 2007-11-27 08:15am

"For Those About to Rock" by AC/DC.

The Spartan wrote:Eric Johnson "The Cliffs of Dover"

If you're going to conquer a world, why not be happy and have fun while doing it?

To add to my post above, "Summer Song" by Joe Satriani.

Shinn Langley Soryu · Post by **Shinn Langley Soryu** » 2007-12-01 09:42pm

If you're into irony, try playing anything out of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. There's really nothing like dropping nukes to the tune of "Hare Hare Yukai" (now that's what I call sunny sunny fun) or firing superlasers to the tune of "Koi no Mikuru Densetsu" (Mikuru is more destructive than one might be led to believe).

Linkin Park's obviously not for everybody, but at least try "Pts.OF.Athrty" on for size.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2007-12-02 04:01am

"War of the Universe" by Luca Turilli.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-12-02 11:25am

No mention of the music from Conan the Barbarian?

Androsphinx · Post by **Androsphinx** » 2007-12-02 11:28am

Men of Harlech. Nothing like the Welsh conquering the world

Bob the Gunslinger · Post by **Bob the Gunslinger** » 2007-12-02 06:56pm

Darth Wong wrote:No mention of the music from Conan the Barbarian?

I did... sort of. I mentioned Poledouris and linked to his opening of Conan the Destroyer. The soundtrack for Barbarian is some of my favorite music for any occassion.

In fact, just about anything by Poledouris would make great music to accompany your conquering.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-12-03 02:06pm

I didn't spot anyone mentioning that most immortal piece of bombardment music, the 1812 Overture.

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2007-12-04 08:06pm

Scheherazade 4th Movement (just a sample, but a good section and reasonable quality) Symphony Suite from "Thousand and One Night" Op. 35 - Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck at Magnetberg Finale - Allegro molto

By Rimsky-Korsakov. This song is made of win.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-12-04 09:33pm

If I may continue to be an insatiable fanboy:

Led Zeppelin- Achilles Last Stand
Led Zeppelin- No Quarter
Led Zeppelin- The Battle of Evermore (This and No Quarter are both very, very good for doing the sort of sad, surreal battle sequence)

and Yes- The Gates of Delirium

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-12-04 09:44pm

Julhelm wrote:Manowar - Gloves of Metal springs to mind.

And of course Battle Hymn.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2007-12-05 07:42am

Might I suggest Land of Confusion? Either Genesis or Disturbed's version, both have a suitable feeling... If you ignore a few of the lines. Or alternatively, it's perfectly suited to those who wage war for a 'just' cause.

General Deathdealer · Post by **General Deathdealer** » 2007-12-05 08:49am

loomer wrote:Might I suggest Land of Confusion? Either Genesis or Disturbed's version, both have a suitable feeling... If you ignore a few of the lines. Or alternatively, it's perfectly suited to those who wage war for a 'just' cause.

I'd go with the version by Disturbed. The heavy metal feel makes it better suited for world conquest. Plus Phil Collins does not go well with battle music.

General Deathdealer · Post by **General Deathdealer** » 2007-12-05 09:02am

I almost forgot. Panzer Leid is an awsome song for battle.

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LaserRifleofDoom · Post by **LaserRifleofDoom** » 2007-12-05 06:14pm

There's some good stuff from Last of the Mohicans, too. Just great violin work.

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2007-12-05 09:02pm

General Deathdealer wrote:
loomer wrote:Might I suggest Land of Confusion? Either Genesis or Disturbed's version, both have a suitable feeling... If you ignore a few of the lines. Or alternatively, it's perfectly suited to those who wage war for a 'just' cause.
I'd go with the version by Disturbed. The heavy metal feel makes it better suited for world conquest. Plus Phil Collins does not go well with battle music.

Well, that one's true. I had a listen to both earlier while playing Homeworld 2... And Genesis's version just... Made me laugh.

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2007-12-06 06:54pm

Crush'em by Megadeth
I don't wanna stop by Ozzy
Hail and Kill by Manowar

These are a few of my choices.

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