Ride of the Valkyries (composition)

"Ride of the Valkyries", known as "Walkürenritt" in its original German, is an excerpt from the opera The Valkyrie, or Die Walküre in German, by Richard Wagner. It is one of Wagner's best-known pieces.

"Ride of the Valkyries" is played frequently in the Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) when Zigfried von Schroeder uses his "Valkyrie" monsters.

The card "Ride of the Valkyries" is named after this piece. In the Japanese version, the card is called "Walkuren Ritt" (Ｗａｌｋｕｒｅｎ Ｒｉｔｔ, Warukyūren Ritto) after the piece's German name.