Just Like You Imagined (3:49)

“Just Like You Imagined” is an instrumental by Nine Inch Nails from their 1999 album The Fragile.

It features on piano Mike Garson, known for his work with David Bowie and The Smashing Pumpkins. Additional layers of guitars are performed by Danny Lohner and Adrian Belew. There is a thick buzz texture to it. The song’s time signature is 4/4 in the intro but once the drums enter it changes to 10/4 (4 + 6).

While “Just Like You Imagined” was never released as a single, it was used in trailers for the 2007 film 300, for which the song became the unofficial theme and has become synonymous with the film among pop culture.