In Fritz Lang’s “M”, when you hear Hans Beckert whistling “In the Hall of the Mountain King” you know he’s about to do something very, very bad.
“Attack Of The Blue Meanies” (George Martin, form the Beatles Yellow Submarine album.)
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“The March of the Villains” is Lex Luthor’s theme song in Christopher Reeve’s Superman movies.
On Garfield and Friends in the late 1980s, there were some “US Acres” segments about barnyard animals living on a farm. I never liked these segments all that much, but once in a while Orson the pig’s mean older brothers would show up to the tune of “In the Hall of the Mountain King.”
Best villain music; Imperial March (Darth Vader’s theme)
Worst villain music; The Haunting “Torgo” theme
What about when you get to be the villain? Nothing prepares for turning your opponent’s monsters into skellies quite like the Necropolis Theme from Heroes of Might and Magic III.
If operas count, I’d say Scarpia singing Tre Sbirri in Tosca.
The theme is epic (far more beautiful than the lyrics), and the meshed in church choir and cannon fire from the castle adds to the epicness.
***Megamind ***was great for that:
Back in Black
Highway to Hell
Crazy Train
Bad to the Bone
Welcome to the Jungle
Perhaps a bit obvious, but it was great.
Not a villain*, but the “Bad to the Bone” usage in T2 was exceptionally awesome, seeing as, y’know, his bones were by far the baddest thing about him.
*But, of course, you only knew that if you’d seen the trailer. Damn trailers.
A++, would quote again.
One Winged Angel is my spine-tingling favorite villain music.
On the cheesy side, I absolutely love Ghaleon’s theme. So 90s and so wonderful.
On the moody side, Shadow of Doubt. Dark, but not obviously HEY GUYZ THIS IS A VILLAIN’S THEME
The Axe Gang theme from Kung Fu Hustle. (fast fwd to 2:00 and try to ignore the awful dubbing)
You want an evil Bond Theme?
