Ride of the Valkyries

Ride of the Valkyries is a Austrio-Germanic classical music piece developed by Richard Wagner during the late 19th Century, which played during the beginning of Act III of his second opera, Die Walkure.

It was frequently utilized by Hitler during World War II.

It's most famous use in popular culture, however, was in the gunship scene from Apocalypse Now, which led to it being played when gunship rescues or last-minute cavalry arrivals for the heroes in popular culture. Ironically, the song was intended by the producers in that instance to imply the gunship crews were villains.

This song was utilized in the demo for Ground Zeroes as a pre-selected song for Big Boss's gunship to play when extracting him from Camp Omega, although the creators confirmed that other songs besides Ride of the Valkyries can be chosen by the player to play.