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''Also Sprach Zarathustra'' (''Thus Spake Zarathustra'') is a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss in 1896 (named after the book by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]). The melody of the "Sunrise" movement is undeniably ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|epic]]'', so it's a perfect way to tell the audience, "This is where you're supposed to be impressed."

 

 

 

Also see [[The Monolith]].

 

 

 

 

* Used in a radio ad for a hardware store in Montreal.

* Rogers commercials tend to use this as well.

* A pizza commercial (if he recalls) had the surrounding family playing this while opening the pizza box. [[The Stinger]] had this [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]:

* Used for Master Builders Australia radio advertisements.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Catch-22]]'', it is used to properly introduce a hot Italian chick.

** Which fall immediately after the melody is finished.

* Used in ''[[Magnolia]]'' to introduce [[Tom Cruise]]'s character. In this case, it is diegetic sound, chosen by his pompous character.

* ''[[Zoolander]]'' used it in comedy homage to 2001 when Derek and Hansel were trying to figure out how to turn on Mugatu's computer. As the computer's workings confound them, their behavior grows increasingly ape-like, culminating in Hansel grabbing an appropriately-shaped bone that just happened to be nearby to smash the machine.

** May possibly double as a subtle [[Actor Allusion]] hearkening back to Sellers' arguably most famous role(s) in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', directed by Mr. Stanley '2001' Kubrick himself.

* Parodied in ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079308/ Hot Stuff]''. Briefly, the movie is about a police sting operation, focusing on capturing thieves. The police involved in the actual sting set up a pawnshop, and due to a distinct lack of support from their department supervisors, have to bankroll the operation by actually selling some of the items people have sold them. The theme comes about halfway through, when the police captain demands to see what they've actually accomplished with their 'little scheme', and they take him into the rear warehouse... which is stacked ten feet high with stolen goods and a crowing rooster, for some reason.

* Used in ''[[Ghostbusters]] 2'', when they turn on the proton packs for the first time in years. Lampshaded by having the characters sing it themselves.

* Used in ''[[Clueless]]'', with a phone standing in for the monolith, when Cher is waiting for Christian to call her.

* Used, possibly as a parody, in ''[[Turner And Hooch]]'' to introduce the titular dog. Suitably [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]]

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

* ''[[Doctors]]'' used it when Karen, who had been making efforts to eat healthily, finally snapped and tucked into a burger at a [[Greasy Spoon]] cafe.

* In ''[[Frasier]]'' Roz suggests using it in her space documentary, Frasier suggests a different tune saying Also Sprach Zarathustra is too commonplace or ''a bit on the nose'' as Frasier puts it.

* The jingle accompanying Viacom's "V of Doom" [[Vanity Plate]] somewhat resembles it, and the logo itself echoes [[The Monolith]].

* A number of the musical themes in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' borrow from ''Also Sprach Zarathustra''. Notably, it's the only ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series to have been nominated for an Emmy... for sound editing.

 

== Music ==

* Rush used it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayrCSagPXkw as their intro tape] during their tours for Counterparts and Test For Echo.

* And let's not forget about the man who predated them all: [[Elvis Presley]], who used it as his entrance music starting around 1972.

* The motif is inserted into [[Doctor Steel]]'s song "Spaceboy."

* 70s artist Deodato made a [http://www.lastfm.de/music/Deodato/_/Also+Sprach+Zarathustra funked up and jazzed up version] of this using the classical recording.

* In 1998, Blackout did a dance remix titled "Gotta Have Hope"

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

** Causing wrestling fans to have an urge to [[Memetic Mutation|WOOOOOOOOOOO]] every time they hear this song in any medium.

 

* Used on [[Howard Stern]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx4MnMaSmY show] to announce the entrance of a 600-pound woman.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Theater]] ==

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Spore]]:'' At the end of the Creature stage, your creature gains sentience, and a general parody of the entire scene from 2001 occurs (although the stick falls back down and hits your creature on the head)

* Reese Worthington hums the tune in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Skateboarding]]''.

* The source mod ''[[Shotgun Sunrise]]'' uses this when lowering a keg of booze you need to retrieve.

'''Teen Girl''': So artistic and boring! }}

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* [[Phelous]] uses this to introduce the [[Big OMG]] in his [[Troll 2]] review.

* Parodied by [[Little Kuriboh]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpRHhIgnups here].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Used in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Godfellas", when Bender floats into view, with a colony of Shrimpkins (and their brewery) living on him.

* Used in a couch gag in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' where the camera zooms out from the house into space and into Homer's head, ending where it started.

* Used in ''[[Daria]]'' as the soundtrack to Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III's bizarre multimedia project.

* Used in the "Monolith" segements of ''[[The Electric Company]]'' revealing a letter dipthong or small word, subsequently pronounced by a deistic voice, directly referencing ''2001''.

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