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Friday Fun Thread for August 28, 2026

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What song from a video game, anime, or film best conjures the sense of glory to you?

Stormwind.

"Declaration of War" - Haikyuu Season 2 OST

I don't know about best; I'm too vague on what glory actually means, but my first pick off the cuff would be the Grandia theme.

But I can also get behind @Thoroughlygruntled's pick of The Ecstasy Of Gold. Speaking of that title and JRPG's...Wild ARMs' Map Theme.

Ecstasy of Gold from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The slow build up to that crescendo around 2:00. So good.

As far as video games go, it's hard to beat Silver for Monsters from the Witcher 3.

I've never been a fan of anime, but even I have to admit that Tank! might be the best TV show theme song of all time.

Really hard to beat The Devil's Spear. That sheild drop moment is just utter perfection.

Now, I realize it's been the theme from Chariots of Fire.

If you're going with Vangelis, I'd have to give the edge to the track from Heaven and Hell used as the theme to Carl Sagan's Cosmos.

Medic!

It's not taken from any of your categories but I think this one says "glory" pretty well: Race to Durango (Two Steps From Hell)

Serious Sam soundtrack. Specifically boss fight strings and corridor of death. Painkiller prison fight/city on the water.

The Best of Times (World of Goo)

Ah, a fellow man of culture. I will say that I personally prefer Years of Work from the soundtrack though.

A solid chunk of the Langrisser 2 soundtrack. Hunting For Your Dream (HxH outro). Winter Road from Sviridov’s Snowstorm suite (iirc intended for a film), which got heavily plagiarized by Metal Gear.

Edit: The Zero Wing intro theme.

Of the recent examples, the tutorial combat track from Expedition 33 never fails to be a banger.

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