Post your tunes.
My nomination is Ennio Morricone's The Ecstasy of Gold. Although it touches on the meledramatic, it's tempered by the large serenity of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and the overall toughness of the Characters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_h8XwP4Wg&playnext_from=TL&videos=rlybP4 2GCM4&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-2-HM#!q=Ennio%20Morricone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wka4j...eature=related
Hers's Metallica's version-- not as haunting or timeless, but modern.