Richard Wagner
Ride of the Valkyries (from the music drama "Die Walküre")
A theme where the brass charge in with a 'ba-ba-ba-BUM-bum!' over swirling strings
Richard Wagner · Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre, Act III)
You've probably heard it here
MoviesApocalypse Now(1979)
A helicopter squadron raids a village while playing this piece over loudspeakers
MoviesWhat's Opera, Doc? (Looney Tunes)(1957)
Recorded as a piece used in a film (animation)
MoviesThe Birth of a Nation(1915)
Recorded as a piece used in a film
OtherGerman weekly newsreel (Battle of Crete)(1941)
Background music for the scene of transport planes flying to the island at dawn
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