Various tracks for the first part, but I’ve just added Ghost Rider by Suicide to kick in at exactly 19’. That will see me through the FTP improvement stage. Feels like it’s working!
Fearless is on mine too!
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For some reason I strongly associate that tune with bike riding.
Errrr, John Williams and not John Adams.
AC/DC Back in Black album. I listen to the cut Hell’s Bells while setting up. Start the workout as soon as it’s through. I know when Back in Black starts at about 14 minutes that things are happening, and that I have to hang in until the end of the next song, which is You shook me all Night Long. Unfortunately, I’ve never made to the end of that song yet. But, I sure I will one day and it will be glorious.
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Ramp Test 3 - playlist by Megan Kelly | Spotify (personal fave so far)
Ramp Test 4 - playlist by Megan Kelly | Spotify
Ramp Test 5 - playlist by Megan Kelly | Spotify (2nd best)
coming up tomorrow: Ramp Test 6 - playlist by Megan Kelly | Spotify
Suddenly feel really odd that i like it quiet for testing.
<quietly goes to look at last 5 test results>
As there are some researchs that indicate the benefits of music under stress conditions 
(I have always thought it), I decided to make my youtube playlist for a ramp test. And my feeling was awesome during the last minutes of test.
Pedal to the metal 
Results 100% guaranteed
Fucking pizza tonight!
It has a 10min or so warm up before it kicks up:
I’ll be trying a few of these (especially Back in Black). I’ve listened to this quite a few times - Beat Torrent 2008 Live Set. I have an mp3 which avoids any youtube problems
Edit: ESPECIALLY the Back in Black album suggestion as I’ve just realised that the Beat Torrent mix starts with an AC/DC sample … from What Do You Do for Money Honey
Just got through a Ramp Test with this one. I chunk it out into 3 section (intro/warmup, mid-tempo hype it up, hammer/don’t die). I’ll sometimes switch out the middle songs for variety.
Intro/Warm up
Intro - The XX
Waiting Room - Fugazi
7 Nation Army - White Stripes
Mid-Tempo Hype Up
Hate Me Now - Nas
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Rise Above - Black Flag
Hammer/Don’t Die
X Gon Give It To Ya - DMX
Reigning Blood - Slayer
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Whatever YouTube vids I’m rolling through until I hit threshold…
Then it’s time for a good Safa Brian descent with the sound off and in the background some Tool, usually something off Opiate, and then a switch to Ministry “Just One Fix” for the final push.
I don’t go 100% on the ramp test, doesn’t seem necessary to absolutely bury myself - instead I aim for 95% of the water wrung from the towel and just know I have room to bump it up a few watts if my workouts are feeling too easy.
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My contribution, start at the start of warm up, ramps up in tempo and aggression, really hard from ~16 min on, if you can get to the end then you’ve got a damn good FTP boost 
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A friend of mine told me about these mixes. I listen to them on 90% of my trainer rides not just my Ramp Tests.
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One way to develop your playlist is to find songs that match your RPM, e.g., search for “80 BPM Songs” or “90 BPM Songs” and then select the ones whose Beats Per Minute align with your target RPM.
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this on repeat;
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“Stairway to Heaven”
Just a handful of goodies:
AC/DC: Thunderstruck
Junip: Far Away (Volcano skateboarding scene from Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Mammoth: Don’t Back Down
Portugal the Man: Feel It Still
Puddle of Mudd: Stoned
Puddle of Mudd: Famous
Sheryl Crow: It Don’t Hurt (and I yell at the screen that it DOESN’T hurt!)
Velvet Revolver: Slither
Velvet Revolver: Dirty Little Thing
Woodkid: Run Boy Run (Five’s time jumping scene in Umbrella Academy)
Pooj is my college nickname
It started slow to allow for my warmup protocol and build into it but i just started dumping good songs in there as time went on
More rock oriented one.