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Recordings played back on tape as an introduction, shortly prior to Muse going on stage or sometimes as audio fillers inbetween sets.

== What's He Building? ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = What's He Building?
| Artist = [[Tom Waits]]
| Length = 3:20
| Album = Mule Variations (not by Muse)
| Year = 1999
| Writer = [[Tom Waits]]
| Appearance = [[Marseille Espace Julien 2000 (gig)|13th Januray 2000]]-Unknown ; [[Deinze Brielpoort 2001 (gig)|7th October 2001]]-[[Osaka Imperial Hall 2001 (gig)|2nd December 2001]] ; [[Leeds Bramham Park 2011 (gig)|August 26th 2011]] & [[Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig)|August 28th, 2011]] ; [[Tokyo Zepp 2013 (gig)|13th August 2013]] ; [[Montreux Auditorium Stravinski 2016 (gig)|2nd July 2016]]
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/BuildingIntro.mp3 Click here to listen]

The whole song is originally from Tom Waits, and it described his noisy neighbours he had. The intro was used during the Origin of Symmetry era as a set opener. It's most notable use is on their [[Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris (live)|Hullabaloo]] gigs and also at their [[Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig)|Reading]] and [[Leeds Bramham Park 2011 (gig)|Leeds]] gigs.

It was also played as pre-encore song at the infamous [[Tokyo Zepp 2013 (gig)|Tokyo Zepp]] [[Montreux Auditorium Stravinski 2016 (gig)|Montreux Jazz Festival]] gigs in 2013 and 2016, before [[Panic Station (song)|Panic Station]].

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{{lyrics
|What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building
In there?
He has subscriptions to those
Magazines... He never
Waves when he goes by
He's hiding something from
The rest of us... He's all
To himself... I think I know
Why... He took down the
Tire swing from the Peppertree
He has no children of his
Own you see... He has no dog
And he has no friends and
His lawn is dying... and
What about all those packages
He sends. What's he building in there?
With that hook light
On the stairs. What's he building
In there... I'll tell you one thing
He's not building a playhouse for
The children what's he building
In there?

Now what's that sound from under the door?
He's pounding nails into a
Hardwood floor... and I
Swear to god I heard someone
Moaning low... and I keep
Seeing the blue light of a
T.V. show...
He has a router
And a table saw... and you
Won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink
Of course... But there's also
Enough formaldehyde to choke
A horse... What's he building
In there. What the hell is he
Building in there? I heard he
Has an ex-wife in some place
Called Mayors Income, Tennessee
And he used to have a
consulting business in Indonesia...
but what is he building in there?
What the hell is building in there?

He has no friends
But he gets a lot of mail
I'll bet he spent a little
Time in jail...
I heard he was up on the
Roof last night
Signaling with a flashlight
And what's that tune he's
Always whistling...
What's he building in there?
What's he building in there?

We have a right to know...
}}}}

== Dance of the Knights/Montagues and Capulets ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = Dance of the Knights
| Artist = Sergei Prokofiev
| Length = 1:44
| Album = [[H.A.A.R.P. (live) | H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>(1)</small>
| Year = 1935
| Writer = Sergei Prokofiev
| Appearance = [[London Wembley Stadium 2007 - 16th (gig)|16th June 2007]]  - [[São Paulo Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo 2011 - 13th (gig)|13th April 2011]] ; [[Cologne Lanxess Arena 2016 (gig)|6th March 2016]] - [[Moscow Olimpiski 2016 (gig)|21st June 2016]]
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/IntroCapulets.mp3 Click here to listen]

Montagues and Capulets - also known as Dance of the Knights - was used as a playback introduction to [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]] during the 2007 stadium leg. It is a classical piece with a predominant string section. You may recognise it as the theme tune to the BBC's ''The Apprentice''. It can be seen [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWioulJR-wM here], along with Knights of Cydonia.
You can find a live version {{ML |28069 | here | type=normal}}. (Flac format, Live at Nimes Arena)

The piece returned as intro music for the European leg of the Drones World Tour (excluding their performances in Paris), where it was used to acompany the arrival of the Drones police right before the show starts {{YT|MpihbNTypX0}}

== JFK Speech ==
[[File:New York City 2007-08-06 Kennedy speech.jpg | thumb | right | Kennedy's speech on the screen in New York]]
{{Intromusic
| Name = JFK Speech
| Artist = John F. Kennedy
| Length = 0:54 (Album Version)
| Album = [[Drones (album)|Drones]]
| Year = 1961
| Writer = Ted Sorensen
| Appearance = 2007, 2015-2016, 2023	
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/JFKSpeechIntro.mp3 Click here to listen]

John F. Kennedy's speech appeared as an intro at some gigs in 2007 as heard in the clip above, played either at the start of the show or the start of the encore.

In 2015, Muse bought the rights to use the song in the album [[Drones (album)|Drones]] as an intro to [[Defector (song)|Defector]], with a string arrangement playing in the background. They titled it [[JFK (song)|JFK]]. The speech was significantly shorter than the 2007 version.

It was used as an interlude throughout the majority of gigs in 2015 and 2016. The songs played after JFL included; Uprising, Revolt, Reapers, Stockholm Syndrome, Hysteria, Assassin, and (much later into the tour) Defector as on the album. Like the 2007 version, the visuals display the spoken words.

JFK returned to setlists in 2023. This time the speech was combined with the [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]], and was played at the start of the encore as an intro to [[Kill or Be Killed (song)|Kill or Be Killed]] 

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{{lyrics
|The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society
And we are as a people inherently and historically
Opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.

For we are opposed around the world 

By a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy
That relies primarily on covert means 
For expanding its sphere of influence

On infiltration instead of invasion
On subversion instead of elections
On intimidation instead of free choice 

It is a system which has conscripted 
Vast human and material resources 
Into the building of a tightly knit
Highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic
Intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. 
Its preparations are concealed, not published. 
Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. 
Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. 

No expendature is questioned
No secret is revealed.
That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon 
Decreded it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

I am asking your help
In the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people.
Confident that with your help
Man will be what he was born to be: Free and independent.
}}}}

== We Are the Universe/Riot Intro ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = We Are the Universe (Intro)
| Artist = Original
| Length = 2:57 or 1:41
| Album = -
| Year = 2009
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[Helsinki Hartwall Areena 2009 (gig)|22nd October 2009]] - [[Reading Little John's Farm 2011 (gig)|28th August 2011]]
}}

Version 1: [http://www.musewiki.org/images/WeAreTheUniverseVer1.mp3 Click here to listen]

Version 2: [http://www.musewiki.org/images/WeAreTheUniverseVer2.mp3 Click here to listen]

We Are the Universe is an intro piece used during The Resistance arena and stadium tours.

Two versions were made. Version one, for indoor arena shows, consists mostly of synth arpeggios and a slowed-down version of the synth in [[Uprising (song)|Uprising]]. Version two, for outdoor shows (stadium and festival gigs), consists of riot noises of protestors, police and pyro/bombs. This second version is also known as "Riot Intro".

Both versions include the following lines (in version one they're spoken by a female robotic voice, while in version two they're spoken by a protestor yelling them in a megaphone):

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{{lyrics
|We are
the universe
observing itself
observing itself

We are
the universe
observing itself
observing itself

We are
the universe
observing itself
observing itself

We are
the universe
destroying itself
destroying itself
destroying
itself
}}}}

== The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics/Bomb Intro ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
| Artist = Original (featuring Katie Razzall)
| Length = 0:52
| Album = -
| Year = 2012
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[Coventry Ricoh Arena 2013 (gig)|22nd May 2013]]- [[Helsinki Olympiastadion 2013 (gig)|27th July 2013]]
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/UnsustainableIntro.mp3 Click here to listen]

Theis intro was spec features speech about the second law of thermodynamics taken from  [[Unsustainable (song)|The 2nd Law: Unsustainable]]. It was specially modified with the speech and the robot voice isolated from the song. There is only the first verse of the speech and the first "Unsustainable" pronounced by the robot, then there is an explosion that leads to [[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]], which has a longer intro. It was used for the [[The Unsustainable Tour]] in 2013, for the Stadium gigs. It is also referred as the "Bomb Intro".

{{drop |<big>Lyrics</big>|
{{lyrics
|All natural and technological processes
proceed in such a way that the availability 
of the remaining energy decreases.

In all energy exchanges, if no energy
enters or leaves an isolated system,
the entropy of that system increases

Energy continuously flows from being
concentrated to becoming dispersed,
spread out, wasted and useless.

New energy cannot be
created and high-grade
energy is being destroyed.

An economy based on endless
growth is

Unsustainable
}}}}

== Drones ==
{{Intromusic
| Name = [[Drones (song)|Drones]]
| Artist = Original
| Length = 2:49
| Album = [[Drones (album)|Drones]]
| Year = 2015
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]]
}}

The song [[Drones (song)|Drones]] from the album of the same name was used as an intro to [[The Drones World Tour 2015/16]], played before [[Psycho (song)|Psycho]] and sometimes [[Reapers (song)|Reapers]].

During the song at arena gigs, the song was accompanied by a choreographed performance of HFOs (drones). The visuals displayed the words of the lyrics.

== SFX Intro ==

{{Intromusic
| Name = SFX Intro
| Artist = Original
| Length = 0:55
| Album = -
| Year = 2017
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[West Palm Beach Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre 2017 (gig)|20th May 2017]] - [[Hamburg Docks Club 2018 (gig)|21st September 2018]]
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/IntroSFX.mp3 Click here to listen]

The intro was used in 2017 and 2018 before [[Dig Down (song)|Dig Down]].

It features various abstract sound effects, what appears to be kaoss pad noises, and some very faint and warped radio transmitions, which build-up into a quick ending.

== Behold, The Glove ==

{{Intromusic
| Name = [[Behold, The Glove (Matthew Bellamy song)|Behold, The Glove]]
| Artist = Original
| Length = 1:22
| Album = [[Simulation Theory Film (live)|Simulation Theory Film]] (deluxe cassette)
| Year = 2019
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[Simulation Theory Tour]] (shortened)
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/STTInter2.mp3 Click here to listen]

The segway piece was originally called STT Interstitial 2 before being released under it's official name in 2020, after the release of the [[Simulation Theory Film (live)|Simulation Theory Film]], where it has been included in the OST.

A very Tron-like song, the shortened version was used during the [[Simulation Theory Tour]] in 2019, between [[Houston Toyota Center 2019 (gig)|February 22nd in Houston]] and [[Lima Hipódromo de Monterrico 2019 (gig)|October 5th in Lima]].

== Simulation Theory Theme ==

{{Intromusic
| Name = [[Simulation Theory Theme (Matthew Bellamy song)|Simulation Theory Theme]]
| Artist = Original
| Length = 0:53 & 01:00
| Album = [[Simulation Theory Film (live)|Simulation Theory Film]] (deluxe cassette)
| Year = 2019
| Writer = Matt Bellamy
| Appearance = [[Simulation Theory Tour]] (shortened)
}}

[http://www.musewiki.org/images/STTInter1.mp3 Click here to listen (STT Interstitial 1)]<br>
[http://www.musewiki.org/images/STTInter3.mp3 Click here to listen (STT Interstitial 3)]

Originally called STT Interstitial 1 and 3, the official song, released in 2020, after the release of the [[Simulation Theory Film (live)|Simulation Theory Film]], where it has, like [[Behold, The Glove (Matthew Bellamy song)|Behold, The Glove]], been part of the OST, includes two distinct parts.

The shortened versions of the song, and it's two parts, were used as intros to [[Madness (song)|Madness]] (STT Interstitial 1) during the whole tour (and before [[Pressure (song)|Pressure]] in a few shorter sets) and [[Metal medley]] (STT Interstitial 3) starting from the [[Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 2019 (gig)|Phoenix gig]].