Best Songs in which to Stage a Fight Scene

By Booyor, on April 29th, 2009

Mr. Roboto – I would like to say that I always knew that this song would be involved in a wedding shootout, but that would just be ridiculous. We knew Jeffster would be back, but we didn’t know that they would make such a…bang. I would love to #savechuck, but if they’re done, what a way to go.
The Rocky Road to Dublin – Imagine all peaceful on a nice path and then highwaymen show up – swords/dueling daggers are drawn and whiskey jugs are tossed as people go madly spinning.
Also of note – best use of the word shillelagh in a song.
In the Hall of the Mountain King – This one has always beat out “O, Fortuna” and “Night on Bald Mountain” for me, especially when performed by a German hair band string ensemble:
Duel of the Fates/Battle of the Heroes – Every time I hear “Duel of the Fates” I have to scream “No!!!” at the killing of Rob Roy and every time I hear “Battle of the Heroes”, I tear up a little. (I do that when Obi-Wan dies and tells Luke to run, but that’s more of a death scene than a fight scene.)
Into the Trap – Every time I think of space combat, this enters my brain. To be honest, every time I pull the Scion out of the driveway, this enters my brain. And when I merge in traffic, and when I…
That Lobby Fight Song from the Matrix – as much as the Matrix has been over-hyped (we’ll forget that there were any sequels) I have to admit that when we saw this in college, we immediately jumped around the theater while leaving like we were in bullet time.

Although in Bollywood, the hero doesn’t need anyone else’s help:

Were my wife and I the only ones to watch Kung Pow!: The Movie?

I know that I’ve left some off – with all of the big summer blockbusters in May and beyond, I’m sure you can think of some more.

Worthy of mention is Chief Wiggum’s Sunshine and Lollipops, but I classify that as more of a chase scene.

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Booyor

April 29, 2009 at 4:37 pm · Reply

Did we start an Internet meme?

We had this:

http://twitter.com/tacitrna/status/1632217730

http://twitter.com/booyor/status/1632261694

and now there’s this:
http://twitter.com/aletheajoy/statuses/1653873352
I have no clue who this person is but notice how they say that they ate at Subway to #savechuck.

April 29, 2009 at 4:49 pm · Reply

Mike – this goes with your dream about being stalked by Brent Spiner, pen salesman:
http://twitter.com/BrentSpiner/statuses/1653875856
http://twitter.com/BrentSpiner/statuses/1653639965

Devin

April 29, 2009 at 6:04 pm · Reply

Somewhere, I’ve got a CD with good fight scene music I made for gaming. The only song that comes to mind off the top of my head is Blur’s Song 2. I’ll have to see if I can dig it out and look up the tracks.