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* Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor does this once per ''song'', at least on their first three albums. It has since become a staple of the PostRock genre, [[FollowTheLeader with many other bands copying the same formula]].
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* Some genres of HouseMusic, such as Progressive House and Deep House are built off this trope, with songs often starting as extremely simplistic drum loops and building up until the climax into dynamic, "fuller" songs where all the leads, bass, pads, and percussion come together.
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** Oldfield also does this in "Ommadawn" and ''Music of the Spheres''.
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* ''Gustav Mahler'''s First Symphony "The Titan" has this in its' third movement on the tune of Frère Jacques.

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* ''Gustav Mahler'''s GustavMahler's First Symphony "The Titan" ''"The Titan"'' has this in its' third movement on the tune of Frère Jacques.
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* Gustav Mahler's First Symphony "The Titan" has this in its' third movement on the tune of Frère Jacques.

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* Gustav Mahler's ''Gustav Mahler'''s First Symphony "The Titan" has this in its' third movement on the tune of Frère Jacques.
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* Gustav Mahler's First Symphony "The Titan" has this in its' third movement on the tune of Frère Jacques.
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* A shorter example, but "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Bolero of Fire]]" from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
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* ''CarminaBurana'', the suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.

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* ''CarminaBurana'', ''Music/CarminaBurana'', the suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.
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* The repeated chorus of "[[TheBeatles Hey Jude]]" employs a very similar effect.

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* The repeated chorus of "[[TheBeatles "[[Music/TheBeatles Hey Jude]]" employs a very similar effect.
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* Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" is the TropeNamer and TropeMaker.

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* Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" is the TropeNamer and TropeMaker.



* Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" is the TropeNamer and TropeMaker.
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* "Carol of the Bells".
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* "Face the Fat Reality" by the thrash metal Hades has a second half that starts with a grinding riff that is first played slowly but gradually gets faster and faster until it reaches well over 200 BPM at the end.

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* "Face the Fat Reality" by the thrash metal Hades has a second half that starts with a grinding riff that is first played slowly but gradually gets faster and faster until it reaches well over 200 BPM at the end.
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* "Face the Fat Reality" by the thrash metal Hades has a second half that starts with a grinding riff that is first played slowly but gradually gets faster and faster until it reaches well over 200 BPM at the end.
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* Russian folk tune "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81EvYM&feature=related Polyushko Polie]]" employed this effect to liken the effect of a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cossack cavalry canter]]. Different versions exist, among them several [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMuOAs]].

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* Russian folk tune "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81EvYM&feature=related com/watch?v=rOirQOghpUc Polyushko Polie]]" employed this effect to liken the effect of a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cossack cavalry canter]]. Different versions exist, among them several [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMuOAs]].but most keep the same effect.
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* "The Ectasy of Gold" by EnnioMorricone.
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* "The Claw" by RandyNewman from ''ToyStory3'', used in the {{climax}} of the film.

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* "The Claw" by RandyNewman from ''ToyStory3'', used in the {{climax}} of the film.
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* This is a favourite trope of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers; start with a haunting melody by a lone piper, then the other pipes join in, then the drums and the electric guitar. They even have a track called "Celtic Bolero".

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* This is a favourite trope of the Red [[color:red:Red]] Hot Chilli Pipers; start with a haunting melody by a lone piper, then the other pipes join in, then the drums and the electric guitar. They even have a track called "Celtic Bolero".




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* "The Claw" by RandyNewman from ''ToyStory3'', used in the {{climax}} of the film.
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* The DiscoveryChannel's ''The World is Just Awesome'' has a piano backing in the first stanza, adds strings in the next, and tops it off with a choir.

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* SufjanStevens' "Djohariah" does this over the course of about 17 minutes, building up to a crescendo twice before turning into a quiet acoustic song.

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** "The BQE, Movement III: Linear Tableau with Intersecting Surprise" is nothing but buildup, and the crescendo only comes in "Movement IV: Traffic Shock".
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"Djohariah" does this over the course of about 17 minutes, building up to a crescendo twice before turning into a quiet acoustic song.

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* SufjanStevens' "Djohariah" does this over the course of about 17 minutes, building up to a crescendo twice before turning into a quiet acoustic song.
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* "The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging" from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway''.
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* This is a favourite trope of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers; start with a haunting melody by a lone piper, then the other pipes join in, then the drums and the electric guitar. They even have a track called "Celtic Bolero".

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* "Abbadon's Bolero" by [[EmersonLakeAndPalmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer]].



* A major part of the first movement of the Seventh Symphony ("Leningrad") by Dmitri Shostakovich. It even suddenly shifts away from the main tune at the climax, like "Bolero".

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* A major part of ''CarminaBurana'', the first movement of suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the Seventh Symphony ("Leningrad") by Dmitri Shostakovich. It even suddenly shifts away from the main tune at the climax, like "Bolero".TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.



* "Abbadon's Bolero" by [[EmersonLakeAndPalmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer]].
* "Take a Bow" by {{Music/Muse}}.
* ''CarminaBurana'', the suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.
* [[TouhouProject The Objects Floating in the Sky,]] [[XMakesAnythingCool X]] also does this.
* "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg does this.


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* "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg does this.
* A major part of the first movement of the Seventh Symphony ("Leningrad") by Dmitri Shostakovich. It even suddenly shifts away from the main tune at the climax, like "Bolero".


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* "Take a Bow" by {{Music/Muse}}.


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* [[TouhouProject The Objects Floating in the Sky,]] [[XMakesAnythingCool "X"]] also does this.
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* ''In The Hall Of The Mountain King'' by Edvard Grieg does this.
* The repeated chorus of ''[[TheBeatles Hey Jude]]'' employs a very similar effect.
* Russian folk tune ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81EvYM&feature=related Polyushko Polie]]'' employed this effect to liken the effect of a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cossack cavalry canter]]. Different versions exist, among them several [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMuOAs]].

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* ''In "In The Hall Of The Mountain King'' King" by Edvard Grieg does this.
* The repeated chorus of ''[[TheBeatles "[[TheBeatles Hey Jude]]'' Jude]]" employs a very similar effect.
* Russian folk tune ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81EvYM&feature=related Polyushko Polie]]'' Polie]]" employed this effect to liken the effect of a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cossack cavalry canter]]. Different versions exist, among them several [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMuOAs]].



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* "Tubular Bells" by MikeOldfield (and its successor incarnation TB2) have a finale which, like the original Bolero, add a different instrument each loop until everything is playing beneath the majestic entry of the titular instrument.
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* "Ewigkeit" from ''TanzDerVampire''.
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* Russian folk tune ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81EvYM&feature=related Polyushko Polie]]'' employed this effect to liken the effect of a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cossack cavalry canter]]. Different versions exist, among them several [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome CMuOAs]].
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* The repeated chorus of ''[[TheBeatles Hey Jude]]'' employs a very similar effect.
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* ''Carmina Burana'', the suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.

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* ''Carmina Burana'', ''CarminaBurana'', the suite whose "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" is the TropeCodifier for OminousLatinChanting, does this.

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