Armageddon is a 1998 American disaster film in which a team of oil drillers is sent to stop an asteroid heading for Earth. Its large-scale orchestral music became closely associated with last-minute heroics and impossible odds, and short excerpts have since circulated widely on soundboards and in fan edits. Creators keep returning to it because the sound is instantly recognisable as blockbuster cinema, giving even a short clip a sense of urgency, scale and emotional payoff without needing any dialogue.