# music to conquer the world by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915 "2006-10-02T01:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/1 "2006-10-02T01:49:56Z")
Hi, all. I remember seeing a thread about this a year or so ago, but search isn’t finding it, so: What music would you recommend for a fun-filled day of global conquest? You know, the sort of thing you’d want to have on your ipod while the Minions of Doom bring the world to its knees? If it’s available, and absolutely legal (public domain, creative commons, or something similar), then links to MP3s would be greatly appeciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/2 "2006-10-02T01:52:38Z")
_The Imperial March_ by John Williams (aka Darth Vader’s theme). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/3 "2006-10-02T01:53:41Z")
I, for one, would serenade our alien overlords with Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slav.” ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/4 "2006-10-02T01:54:50Z")
Ride of the Valkyries. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/5 "2006-10-02T02:00:38Z")
The Wicked Witch of the West’s soldiers chant. _YO-E-YO,YOOOOO-HO ! YO-E-YO,YOOOOO-HO !_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/6 "2006-10-02T02:02:15Z")
_Mars_ from Gustav Holst _The Planets._ ---
**Author:** ![Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mustafa\_Al-Habib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mustafa_Al-Habib)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/7 "2006-10-02T02:11:34Z")
Fun Fun Fun by the Beach Boys. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/8 "2006-10-02T02:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] I, for one, would serenade our alien overlords with Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slav.” [/QUOTE] Ooh. I like that idea, too. That and _The Volga Boatman_. And the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh. All say “You are our slaves now!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/9 "2006-10-02T02:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Ooh. I like that idea, too. That and _The Volga Boatman_. And the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh. All say “You are our slaves now!” [/QUOTE] Good stuff, but not quite what I’m looking for. I don’t want stuff to demoralize my new slaves with - I want music to put me in the proper mood for a bit of global enslaving. More goose-step, less downtrodden, you see. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/10 "2006-10-02T02:48:28Z")
_The Grudge_ by Tool _My Generation_ by The Who because it amuses me _The Kids Aren’t Alright_ by The Offspring _Stand Up_ by Stromkern \*Prophecy \*by Remy Zero _No Shelter_ by Rage Against the Machine \*Kamikaze \*by PJ Harvey A cover of \*(Don’t Fear) The Reaper \*by Nick Cave and Enya _Bad Reputation_ by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts _Till I Collpase_ by Eminem _Ballad for Dead Friends_ by Dashboard Prophets _Call the Ships_ to Port by Covenant \*Intergalactic \*by Beastie Boys Taken from a brief scroll-through of my mp3 library. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/11 "2006-10-02T03:38:21Z")
I’ve put at lot of thought into this very subject. Possibly…too much. •_Pskov in Flames/Death to The Blasphemer!_ and _Battle on the Ice_ from _Alexander Nevsky_ •_Horst Wessel Lied_—Nazi Party anthem. I have a copy with the speed and pitched dropped by half, which brings to mind the painting from _Barlowe’s Inferno_, where an army of demons is parading past the memorial to the fallen angels lost in the rebellion in heaven. Yikes. •Failing that—or if you’re a lefty—you could try _The Internationale_, the Soviet National Anthem, or the Red Chinese classic _The East is Red_. •_Der Koniggratzer Marsch_, by Gottfried Piefke (Aka the “Nazi Rally March” from _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ •_Kill the Poor_—The Dead Kennedys •_Shadow of Doubt_—Yoko Kanno •_Sympathy for the Devil_—Various Covers •Schubert’s _Erlking_. (Good for plotting) •_Kill All the Humans_—Rob Crow •_Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts_—Bonnie Tyler. (Trust me on this.) •_One of These Days; The Dogs of War_ and _Run Like Hell_—Pink Floyd •_Red Right Hand_—Nick Cave •Several of the _Godzilla_ themes •Sinead O’Connor’s _War_ •Several of the French Foreign Legion’s songs—such as _Kyrie des Gueux_, or _Si j’avais un camarade…_ (The latter is based on an old German song—I think I heard it sung at Otto Skorzeny’s funeral. Full of lines like “Forgive me, my friend, I can’t hold your hand while you die, for I must reload my rifle…”) •Bach’s _Prelude to English Suite No.2_ •Mozart’s _Chorus of the Janissaries_ •Prokofiev’s _Montagues and Capulets_ (“I live…I…_liiive…!_”) •_Skullcrusher Mountain_—Jonathan Coulton •_Monkey Gone to Heaven_—Frank Black (Somehow, I easily see gargantuan battle mechs blaring this one over loudspeakers as they pulverize a human enclave.) •_Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien_—Edith Piaf •_Drums of Gaugamela_—from the _Alexander_ soundtrack •_Drop da Bomb_ and _Build the Robots_—by [Doctor Steel](http://www.doctorsteel.com/) •The title music to _G.I. Joe the Movie_, with a few edits. It’s practically an evil anthem. (“COBRA! (_Cooob-RAAA!_ COBRA! (_Cooob-RAAA…!_”) •_Heresy_—Nine Inch Nails •_The Fight Song_—Marilyn Manson •Plus, most of the Bond themes. Especially _The World is Not Enough_. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/12 "2006-10-02T03:50:35Z")
A bit played-out now, but Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna” from the Carmina Burana. Some of the music from the _Conan_ soundtrack could work too. But if I’m an evil overlord, then “Ave Satani” from _The Omen_. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/13 "2006-10-02T04:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] But if I’m an evil overlord, then “Ave Satani” from _The Omen_. [/QUOTE] Is there any other kind? 😃 Much of Laibach’s catalog would probably work (as well as Rammstein’s). _Circling Overland_ by Front242 is a good choice, IMHO. _Scanning, taping, filing, Endlessly checking, Every human, car and plane._ ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/14 "2006-10-02T04:53:31Z")
Not sure about the music for during the conquering, but I know what song to play at the victory party afterwards - _Saddic Gladdic_ by Wagon Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/15 "2006-10-02T04:54:36Z")
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bob Marley. Then again, I have a pretty twisted sense of humour. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/16 "2006-10-02T19:48:05Z")
Just thought of something myself - anything from the Total Annihilation sountrack. This was one of the very first PC RTS games with three-dimensional terrain, and it also had an absolutely amazing orchestral sountrack. Just the thing for sending one’s bombers to smite the other guy. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/17 "2006-10-02T20:10:23Z")
_Ride of the Valkyries_ of course. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/18 "2006-10-02T20:44:21Z")
“Seek and Destroy” Metallica ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/19 "2006-10-03T10:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Ride of the Valkyries. [/QUOTE] Ditto. Or the \*Dies Irae \*from Verdi’s Requiem. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915/20 "2006-10-03T10:56:19Z")
Borodin’s _Polovetsian Dances_. Especially the bit in the middle with the kettle drum. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-conquer-the-world-by/374915.md?page=2)