Heroic sounding music

[The Mullinator]

Can anyone tell me of some good "heroic" sounding music? When I say heroic I mean something like the Indiana Jones theme. Some kind of really neat sounding fanfare.

I always love listening to music like that as it always lifts my spirit.

 

[CptStern]

"Flight of the Valkyries" by Wagner, always gives me goosebumps

also try "Fanfare for the common man" (clicky)

 

[Recoil]

Alastair King - Pride & Honour

...hard to find and pretty short after all, but still one of the greatest.

Otherwise, check the Lord of the Rings soundtrack...

 

[mortiz]

Try downloading the Conan The Barbarian & Conan The Destroyer theme music, that's pretty heroic. Or you the Gladiator Theme Tune, "The Battle" I think it's called.

Or you could try ManoWar, but some people find them cheesy. They always put a smile on my face though.

 

[CptStern]

hahah I never heard "Ave Satani" referred to the music from "Conan" ...heheh I love that song ...even though it's about devil worship

 

[Kristafon]

Try and get your hands on some of the music from warcraft 3 / world of warcraft.

 

[Recoil]

Try and get your hands on some of the music from warcraft 3 / world of warcraft.

Too artificial imo...

 

[SimonomiS]

Zelda? (I learnt to play that on guitar...not as bad as the guy who learnt to play Sarias Song on an actual Ocarina though.)

 

[mortiz]

Zelda? (I learnt to play that on guitar...not as bad as the guy who learnt to play Sarias Song on an actual Ocarina though.)

Hehe, this dude?

http://www.nintendo.no/artikler/ocarina.htm

 

[SenorDingDong]

Manowar - The Kingdom of Steel

http://www.manowar.com/

 

[ACLeroK212]

Movie soundtracks would probably be a good bet, i.e. Braveheart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

 

[The Mullinator]

Excellent excellent. I had heard of most of those. Manowar and a few others however are new too me.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Danimal]

Final Fantasy soundtracks would have a few good ones.

 

[ship]

Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell.

This one is extremely hard to find, though. Wish I could upload it for you somewhere...
Clint composed the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, and one of the tracks was called Lux Aeterna. He then remixed it for an LotR trailer. This is the better version.

Would anyone frown on me sending this out via YouSendIt?

 

[el Chi]

When I say heroic I mean something like the Indiana Jones theme.

That's EXACTLY what I was going to suggest
I just played that in the background whilst I tried to take down the two gunships at the end of sandtraps. I felt so heroic I died.

 

[Revisedsoul]

Hammer Fall

not so much indiana jones like, but still gives that same feeling

 

[jimbo118]

you should check out the metal gear solid 2 and 3 soundtrack, also hitman 2 and 3

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77217&page=9

search page 8 and 9 for links if you want

 

[MilkMan12]

Anything by Prokofiev is pretty much a winner, especially Fanfare for the Common Man

 

[Seppo]

Hammer Fall

not so much indiana jones like, but still gives that same feeling

Yeah, some power metal bands have also pretty heroic sounding intros in their songs, like Rhapsody - "Eternal Glory"

 

[jimbo118]

http://www.joncaido.com/aumaan/file.php?file=mgs3/ost/cd1/track04.mp3

the halo jump music for mgs3, so badass, wait for about 2 minutes until it really gets going.

 

[SenorDingDong]

Yeah, some power metal bands have also pretty heroic sounding intros in their songs, like Rhapsody - "Eternal Glory"

Hammerfall has a few of these:

Glory to the Brave
Hero's Return
A Legend Reborn

 

[VictimOfScience]

The German metal band Running Wild has one of the most heroic sounding songs I have ever heard: Riding the Storm. Its off an album called Death or Glory and it will make your spirits soar every time you hear it! Enjoy!

 

[Dalamari]

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

If you think any song is more heroic than this, you should be showered a big bucket of Hep. C