History AwesomeMusic / ExtraCredits

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_HV57cgbg&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5CLePBLpiF8F6guN8qdTxDA&index=22 "A Distant Enemy Approaches"]], a piece from the Siege of Vienna, conveying how desperate the defenders were to scramble earthworks to defend the city from a Sultan hellbent on making its capture the pinnacle of his reign.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuygbp6toA "A Warmer Place/Rowan's Jig"]], for the Irish Potato Famine, is a somber piece that captures both the dire straits and faint hope of the people of Ireland at the time.

* Bismarck has a plan, Bismarck ''always has a plan''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJRokjQ0K0"The Art of the Possible"]] sounds like an orchestral procession for the grand Iron Chancellor.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJRokjQ0K0 Bismarck]] has a plan, Bismarck ''always has a plan''. This song sounds like an orchestral procession for the grand Iron Chancellor.

* What better music to close the "World War I: The Seminal Tragedy" videos with, than the poem "In Flanders Fields" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkKEynoTwp8 set to music?]] ([[TearJerker/{{Music}} Have some tissues handy]] for it, though.)

%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU5Y4vX9hBc "Song Of Gunfire"]] for the Great Northern War, paired with the art from the series, the Swedes like wraiths in the snow..
%%* The music for the Bronze Age Collapse series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzK62clVNdc "Collapse".]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJRokjQ0K0 Bismarck]] has a plan, Bismarck ''always has a plan''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FAA-rhA2Qo "The Cytokine Storm"]], for the 1918 Flu series. Pure NightmareFuel, and aptly, as the 'cytokine storm' refers to the victims ''drowning in their own fluids.''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYz0y5xUqmk "The Drums of War"]], true to its name, does feature heavy drums.

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The series has had it's fair share of good tunes that play at the end of episodes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYz0y5xUqmk "The Drums of War"]], which true to its name does feature heavy drums.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWO0JOKmWA "Monogenes Pais"]] or "Unique and Special". A steady tune, reminiscent of a hymn, certainly fit for the staid statesman Justinian and his wife Theodora.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38pQQZj1HWM "The Lawgiver"]] a Middle-Eastern inspired tune for Suleiman the Great
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZ6VJ-bQ80 "Oxyrhynchus Hymn"]] for the Christian Schisms series. It takes the original's melody, but then later adds other voices.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeBeJnqk6V0 "Waning Moon"]] A elegant, yet ultimately sad piece, fit for the disaster that was the First Opium War.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-k1PKbt5fI "Air and Light"]] I.e all Tiberius said the Roman Soldiers had. A harp piece, fit for the well meaning, but tragically killed Gracchi Brothers.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnBuj6madds "Simple Gifts"]] The first theme with lyrics, covering the birth of paper money.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9tppSH_Ys "El Libertador"]] A piece fit for its namesake, Simón Bolívar, made with the musical styles of the countries he founded.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCv_hs8Yh1c "Ascension in "C"]] An elegant, controlled piece for a great empress, that nonetheless ends on a somber note, as Catherine's last mistake, neglecting her child, would have repercussions through the ages.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgSId5P6zE "Farewell to Greta"]], A folk song sung of Irish born Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, reportedly Ned's favorite of all the ballads written about him.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaBNaJAcyzE "Article 11"]] A NonIndicativeTitle if there ever was one (The actual Article gave Canada the choice to join the US), but still a song reminiscent of contemporary fife and drum pieces.
* The music for the Bronze Age Collapse series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzK62clVNdc "Collapse"]]
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU5Y4vX9hBc "Song Of Gunfire"]] for the Great Northern War. Paired with the art from the series, the Swedes like wraiths in the snow..
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJRokjQ0K0 Bismarck]] has a plan, Bismarck ''always has a plan''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9tppSH_Ys "El Libertador"]] A piece it for its namesake, Simón Bolívar, made with the musical styles of the countries he founded.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCv_hs8Yh1c "Ascension in "c"]] An elegant, controlled piece for a great empress, that nonetheless ends on a somber note, as her last mistake, neglecting her child would have repercussions through the ages.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgSId5P6zE "Farewell to Greta"]], A folk song sung of Irish born Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, reportedly Ned's favorite of all the ballads written about him.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeBeJnqk6V0 "Waning Moon"]] A elegant, yet ultimately sad piece, fit for the disaster that was the First Opium War.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSWO0JOKmWA "Monogenes Pais"]] or "Unique and Special. A steady tune, reminiscent of a hymn, certainly fit for the staid statesman Justinian and his wife Theodora