Battle of the Best Giant Robot "Kick Ass" Themes

[Crossroads Inc.]

Throughout time and space there have been shows with awesome Giant Robots, and and Awesome Giant Robot Themes.
In the course of Robot history there have been a few shows to achieve truly epic themes, Music that when you hear it, you just KNOW ass is about to be kicked.

As such, I present to you six choices of what I consider to be some of the most Awesome Giant Robot Music of all time.
Now of course there are others out there, and feel free to ass choices of your own, but for this poll, I give you...

Giant Robo: Charge!
Escaflowne: Dance of Curse
The Big-O: Sure Promise
Gunbuster: Gunbuster March
Gurren Lagann: No Helping It!
Megas XLR: You Dig Giants Robots!

[Stark]

Men of Destiny.

Thread over.

[DudeGuyMan]

My opinions.

Giant Robo: Okay, but a little dry and staid.

Escaflowne: Overwrought as hell.

Big O: Rousing song, excellent production values, my winner of the bunch.

Gunbuster: Unremarkable.

Gurren Lagaan: My runner-up, a solid number. It takes a little while to get rolling though, and doesn't stick with me quite the way the Big O song does.

Megas XLR: Unremarkable melody, no orchestra, mediocre generic production value.

Big O really had a standout soundtrack from start to finish.

[Purple]

Megas XLR: Just for the sake of being cool, knowing it and not being shamed to rub it in your face. The whole intro really shows you what the show is about. It really just takes you by your neck and shouts in your face: Listen up kid. I know what you are here for. You are here to watch a giant robot smash stuff! It just strikes a deep chord within people.

[Sharp-kun]

Gunbuster march.

It has and always will kick ass.

[Manus Celer Dei]

You can't discuss giant robot music without a TROMBE OVERRIDE!

Also if it's one song from TTGL it's Libera Me From Hell.. King Kittan is still here!

[HeadCreeps]

Escaflowne by a large margin for me. The others aren't bad, but Escaflowne is the only one that strikes a chord.

Main themes are a bit on the cheating side, though, right?
robot theme:
Xenogears.
Xenogears.
Xenogears.
Xenogears.
Oh, Xenogears.


Gasaraki's main theme (Message #9) was rather good, regardless of the quality of the anime. But that's a main theme rather than an awesome robot song.

[Sharp-kun]

You can't discuss giant robot music without a TROMBE OVERRIDE!

Ah, but TROMBE! is overriden by Blue Danube!

[lordofchange13]

Gurren Lagann Forever!!!

[Crossroads Inc.]

Have to say, given this site's usual lean toward Anime, rather surprised, and delighted, to see the MEGAS Theme pull ahead. Personally I don't know that it stands up to the others in terms of battle music, but it far and away encapsulates the feel of any giant robot show.

Because we do ALL love giant Robots

[Bright]

Of the options presented, I went with "Dance of Curse". I don't think it's the best epic choral track in Escaflowne, though it may indeed be the most kick-ass. Other stand-outs like "Blaze" and "Epistle" have as much dramatic weight, but not as much energy.

Anyway, I think you may have neglected something with pretty exemplary music: Evangelion. "The Beast II" is the one everyone remembers, though I personally have always been rather fond of "Decisive Battle" and its variants (even if it is a rip-off of a James Bond tune).

[Tanasinn]

The Gunbuster March and Sure Promise are the winners of that last.

[Ford Prefect]

Men of Destiny.

I realise I'm a little late to this party but I WANNA GET A CHANCE

[Kane Starkiller]

Not nearly enough cheese.
Voltron and Saber Rider are the only way to go.

[Jordie]

Gasshin! God Gravion from Gravion. Too bad I can't find the Maid Corps version.

[Ugolino]

Rebuild of Evangelion, the Beast II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqaMVPZwFvc