First off, this is a fun song from Alberto Jose González (Tintin in Tibet). Somewhat reminiscent of "Flight of the Bumblebee" mixed with "Night on Bald Mountain" (at least the first six seconds of this song) and some kind of high-energy classical European dance music that I am not at all qualified to actually refer to it as. What this song does not at all invoke in me is the image of a 1st-century dungeon in the Roman-occupied isles of what will later be Britain. Not one bit. Granted this section of "Britain Part 3" involves either of the titular characters punching dungeon doors, fending off more prisoners and guards as they punch open cell doors and scale their way up and out of the dungeon.
I do not know the context for what is going on aside from Astérix & Obélix beating up Romans, but I guess you do not really need any more context to that. But it is helpful to have a fun and energetic song playing in the background while you beat up those dirty colonizing Romans, even if it does not seem to fit thematically. But hey, it's catchy.
~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
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I now realize that I didn't in fact mean "Flight of the Bumblebee," but instead I meant "Sabre Dance" which is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet "Gayane"
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