Seasonal Music

From dine:

Today, roga / roga posted the following:

"... TV moments I love, where the music playing in the background just becomes kind of wired to my brain, forever inseparable from the particular scene in which it appeared, because together with the image they just create this perfect TV moment, that I respond to even years later on an instinctual level, whenever I hear the music or think about it.

(she then listed her top five) and asked " Similar moments you'd like to share?"

I started doing a top 5, but I noticed that my first three were all from this season. I decided I'd just highlight them, instead of cluttering them up with other, older series.

• Gram Rabbit, "Devil's Playground" (unrelated (bad) video) in Life, "Find Your Happy Place." Life had a lot of great music, and I really need to pilfer the soundtrack to add to my iTunes. This song was showcased so brilliantly that I rewound the episode a few times to watch it over and over. It's a dark, moody song that plays while the detectives discover a set of bodies left by the same killer, and the editing worked perfectly with the rhythm of the song. Unfortunately, although the episode is online, the song as been swapped out for something far inferior. Damn internet licensing issues!
• Garret Dillahunt & Mackenzie Smith, "Donald, Where's Your Trousers?" (audio only, no spoilers) in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I almost put down Shirley Manson's version of "Samson and Delilah" from the opening of season 2, but then I remembered this one. It's hard to describe why it was so memorable if you haven't seen the entire series; It's not so much awesome as it is chilling. If you listen to the clip, you'll hear the light and silly Scottish song about kilt-wearing with the ominous instrumentation. That's kind of the idea.
• Jeffster!, "Mr. Roboto" in Chuck, "Chuck vs. the Ring" (actual clip, contains spoilers). This is just silly, but it's deeply awesome. This is also an end-of-the season clip, and a lot of the "Hell Yeah!" moments rely on backstory, but it's still pretty easy to watch.

The other two top contenders were from anime, FWIW.