History Main / MusicalAssassin

* The Accordion Thief of ''KingdomOfLoathing'' have various accordions as weapons, and there are plenty of ranged weapons that are musical instruments.
** Many, many instruments -- [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Player_Hit_Messages accordions, banjos, drums, guitars, flutes, horns, and one axe-type weapon]] -- have hit messages that are this, InstrumentOfMurder, subversions or double-subversions of either/both.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' doesn't have just one of these, it has 3: The Prismriver Sisters, each one with a different instrument. In the ninth game, their EX attacks involve them sending over their instrument to your side and having it launch bullets at you.
** [[FridgeLogic Mystia's songs make you blind]].

* The finale of the first ''LupinIII'' manga series has Lupin up against a conductor whose assassins and explosives are in sync with his music.

* Bluegrass and Melodia are opposing musical assassins on ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}''.

* Ember [=McLain=] from ''DannyPhantom''.

** This example is also unique in that it's also got a bit of realism, [[BulletHell sound doesn't miss]].

** The [[LandOfMyFathersAndTheirSheep Llamedosians]] had terrible feared battle-choirs whose singing could decimate enemies and win wars. (A ShoutOut to ''Film/ Zulu''). They also had battle-harps whose tones could cause walls to fall and enemies to [[BrownNote embarrass themselves]].

* Musical weapons are the gimmick of ''KamenRiderHibiki'', where they use the ultrasonic vibrations of their music to shatter the MonsterOfTheWeek. The main Rider uses drumsticks (creating a drum on the surface of the monster), the second Rider uses a trumpet-slash-machine gun and the third Rider uses an electric guitar.

* Disney's ''BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' has BigBad Maestro Forte. The enchantment turned him into an OminousPipeOrgan. Enough said.

* ''Broken Radio'' song by ItaloDisco singer Dan Harrow is about alien invaders who [[WeaksauceWeakness cannot stand music with rhythm]]. It literally drives them insane. Making every portable radio a weapon.

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"The Lyre of Orpheus" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

In a Rolling Stones Concert when a fan intruded the stage and ran at Mick Jagger, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv1bM0pp_o4 Guitarist Keith Richards took his guitar and whacked the guy on the head with it]]

** The [[LandOfMyFathersAndSheep Llamedosians]] had terrible feared battle-choirs whose singing could decimate enemies and win wars. (A ShoutOut to ''Film/Zulu''). They also had battle-harps whose tones could cause walls to fall and enemies to [[BrownNote embarrass themselves]].

** General Cross also uses one, or more specifically his second weapon, [[AnimateDead The Grave of Marie]], does. Marie was an exorcist whose voice could paralyze every Akuma who hears it regardless of how strong they are. Cross "repurposed" her after her death, making him even more powerful than he already does.

* In AlanDeanFoster's ''{{Spellsinger}}'' series, the main character is a man sucked from his own world into one where animals are big and can talk. There, he finds out that he can do magic by singing about what he wants. God of Thunder would probably result in an awesome incendiary finish to his enemies. Guess what Pink Floyd's Money generates.

* ''Literature/TheLaundrySeries'' by Creator/CharlesStross has (from book #2 on)Dominique O'Brien, a British assassin codenamed CANDID. She bears an "Eric Zahn Special," a violin specially built [[PoweredByAForsakenChild from the bone of twelve murder/torture victims]] and tuned to frequencies [[BrownNote human beings can hear but not mentally process]]. The case bears a sticker saying "THIS MACHINE KILLS DEMONS," and it does so exceptionally well, but it's hardly that specific... At one point she plays a "song of unbinding" on it -- which, among other things, unlocks doors, breaks geases, and, when specifically focused, opens ''skin''. [[BlackAndGrayMorality Naturally,]] she's one of the good guys, and the protagonist's beloved wife.

* ''[[Literature/TheLaundrySeries The Jennifer Morgue]]'' and ''[[Literature/TheLaundrySeries The Fuller Memorandum]]'' by Creator/CharlesStross have a secret agent, Dominique O'Brien, with a violin specially built and tuned to kill demons. At one point she plays a "song of unbinding" on it -- which, among other things, unlocks doors, breaks geases, and, when specifically focused, opens ''skin''.

** Lets not forget the bass battle between Scott and Todd where Scott [[spoiler:gets blown through three walls by the power of Todd's bass. He winds up lands in a coffee shop where he tricks Todd into drinking half and half.]]

** Lets not forget the bass battle between Scott and Todd where Scott [[spoiler:gets blown through a wall, lands in a coffee shop, and tricks Todd into drinking half and half.]]

* In ''Film/ThePunisher'', Frank has to face a hitman by the name of Harry Heck in one scene. He first sees Heck in a diner as the man sings and plays what appears to be an original song and is then informed, "I'm gonna play it at your funeral". He waits until the vigilante leaves the diner before trying to kill him amd never incorporats his guitar in his actual killing.