History AwesomeMusic / Terminator

* ''Terminator: Dark Fate'':

* The soundtrack playing at Tech Noir in the first film has [[https://youtu.be/KdcbhPWpPLc Burnin' In The Third Degree]] and [[https://youtu.be/2WQwxkhESps Photoplay]] by Tahnee Cain and The Tryanglz. The former song in particular builds up the tension as The Terminator gets close to Sarah.

** Take your pick between the ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T2]]'' version (or the ''amazing'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HmQNkcAhgg recreation]] by ''[[Film/TerminatorGenisys Genisys]]''), the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_a-4OIDvf0 fully orchestrated version]] from the ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines T3]]'' soundtrack, or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I3j2luW64 original 80s electronic version]].

** Without Shirley Manson's "Samson and Delilah" the first scene of the second season would just be one SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome among others. With it? Fans saw this and screamed, "THIS is Terminator".

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpjRScImPE The main theme]] of ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' -- Music/JunkieXL's take on the traditional ''Terminator'' theme -- is a composite of the first two films' iterations of the theme[[note]]as with ''T2'' and onward, its main drum beat has five notes (while the first film had six), but also now includes the two extra notes from the first film[[/note]] and incorporates guitar acoustics, giving an undeniable Mexican/western vibe while also sounding more [[TearJerker tragic]] than any other version; reflecting off of the film's EndOfAnAge status: [[spoiler:with the deaths of John Connor, Skynet, and its Terminators.]]

** Used to awesome effect in ''Salvation''. That signature theme is entirely absent until [[spoiler:the T-800 shows up, and the theme kicks on just as Arnie's face appears on screen.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpjRScImPE The main theme]] of ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' -- Music/JunkieXL's take on the traditional ''Terminator'' theme -- is a composite of the first two films' iterations of the theme[[note]]as with ''T2'' and onward, its main drum beat has five notes (while the first film had six), but also now includes the two extra notes from the first film[[/note]] and incorporates guitar acoustics, giving an undeniable Mexican/western vibe while also sounding more [[TearJerker tragic]] [[UpToEleven than any other version]]; reflecting off of the film's EndOfAnAge status: [[spoiler:with the deaths of John Connor, Skynet, and its Terminators.]]

* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdPy4crWuCA Theme]].

** "The Man Comes Around" by Music/JohnnyCash, from "What He Beheld" (1x09), , which you [[Film/TheHunted2003 might]] [[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 be]] [[Film/{{Logan}} familiar]] [[Series/TheBlacklist with]].
** Without [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KRlqPVUFk this]] the first scene of the second season would just be one SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome among others. With it? Fans saw this and screamed, "THIS is Terminator."

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpjRScImPE The main theme]] of ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' -- it, of course, being {{Music/Junkie XL}}'s take on the traditional ''Terminator'' theme -- being a composite of the first two films' iterations of the theme[[note]]as with ''T2'' and onward, its main drum beat has five notes (while the first film had six), but also now includes the two extra notes from the first film[[/note]] and incorporating guitar acoustics, giving an undeniable Mexican/western vibe while also sounding more [[TearJerker tragic]] [[UpToEleven than any other version]]; reflecting off of the film's EndOfAnAge status: [[spoiler:with the deaths of John Connor, Skynet, and its Terminators.]]

** The Sega CD game. It's about the only one to have the proper theme, but the in game music is full of hair metal that wouldn't be out of place at a night club. Arguably the best part of the game.

* Music/GunsNRoses's "You Could Be Mine", which appears in two movies.

* [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp-6BSGXMvg "Radio"]] from ''T3'' will put a lump in your throat.

* Dillon Dixon's amazing credit roll theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQhew7Adfu8 Open To Me]]" is a wonderful guitar tune that was played at the end of ''T3'.

** Music/GunsNRoses's "You Could Be Mine", which appears in two movies.
** Dillon Dixon's amazing credit roll theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQhew7Adfu8 Open To Me]]".
** The Sega CD game. It's about the only one to have the proper theme, but the in game music is full of hair metal that wouldn't be out of place at a night club. Arguably the best part of the game.

** Take your pick between the ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T2]]'' version (or the ''amazing'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HmQNkcAhgg recreation]] by ''[[Film/TerminatorGenisys Genisys]]''), the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_a-4OIDvf0 fully orchestrated version]] from the ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines T3]]'' soundtrack, or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I3j2luW64 original 80s electronic version]]. Or if you've listened to all those already, there's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOsOt5XKCgs much more solemn]] sounding version from ''[[Film/TerminatorDarkFate Dark Fate]]''. ''With Mexican guitars''.

** The trailer's use of a cover of Music/{{Bjork}}'s "Hunter". It would have been easy to just play on the audience's sense of nostalgia by re-using the original Terminator theme, but this helps make the film seem more like its own thing, especially since Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in only one shot. It's also dark, somber, and haunting, giving the trailer an air of mystery.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpjRScImPE The main theme]] of the film itself -- it, of course, being {{Music/Junkie XL}}'s take on the traditional ''Terminator'' theme -- being a composite of the first two films' iterations of the theme[[note]]as with ''T2'' and onward, its main drum beat has five notes (while the first film had six), but also now includes the two extra notes from the first film[[/note]] and incorporating guitar acoustics, giving an undeniable Mexican/western vibe while also sounding more [[TearJerker tragic]] [[UpToEleven than any other version]]; reflecting off of the film's EndOfAnAge status: [[spoiler:with the deaths of John Connor, Skynet, and its Terminators.]]

** The Sega CD game. It's about the only one to have the proper theme, but the in game music is full of hair metal that wouldn't be out of place at a night club. Arguably the best part of the game.