Pop Music
- Golem II the Bionic Vapour Boy, a song by Mike Patton's band Mr. Bungle mentions Gilgamesh.
- Girugamesh, name of Japanese rock band is a transliteration of Gilgamesh, some of their song names allude to the epic as well.
- "The Mesopotamians," a song by They Might Be Giants, features Gilgamesh, along with Sargon, Hammurabi, and Ashurbanipal (other rulers of Mesopotamia).
- He Who Saw The Deep, an album by iLiKETRAiNS, takes its title from an original styling of The Epic Of Gilgamesh.
- Gilgamesh, from the album Rapconteur by rap artist Baba Brinkman, A modern retelling of the epic in rap form.
- 'Gilgamesh', 2010 Album from Australian alternative pop duo Gypsy & The Cat.
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