victory theme

Winner's celebratory melody

A victory theme is a short musical piece that plays when a player wins or achieves something in a video game—completing a level, defeating a boss, or finishing a battle.

The term comes from gaming but extends to any triumphant musical cue: The orchestra swelled into the victory theme as the hero raised his sword.

Related

celebration · winning · champion · world champion · trumpets · medals · gold medal · podium · standing ovation · heroic · anthem · crescendo · epic · finale · end credits · brass · soaring · achievement

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Opposites
outcome represented

victory themegame over music

Tune signaling player failure

emotional tone

victory themedirge

Mournful commemorative music

funeral march · lament · requiem · elegy · death knell

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G