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* ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'': "YOU ARE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!" (Also known as "Death by [[MusicalAssassin Guitar Warrior]]")

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' manages to make the ridiculous Goofy Goober theme song a TearJerker, having [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick sing it while being dried in Shell City.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': "'cause it may be the last time, that you hear the Boogie song!"

* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan specially recorded the song "Goodbye So Soon" for the death trap he puts Basil of Baker Street into.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' manages to make the ridiculous Goofy Goobbers song a TearJerker, having Bob and Patrick sing it while being dried.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} move Perish Song causes any Pokemon who hears it to [[SubvertedTrope faint]] in 3 turns.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The appliances get caught in quicksand and start sinking. Radio, the last one to sink, decides to play an appropriate tune and settles on Music/AlJolson's "Mammy".

* ''Film/{{Titanic}}'': "Gentlemen, it was a pleasure to play with you tonight." The string quartet goes for one last song before the boat sinks, the last musical piece heard by most passengers.

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* Near the end of Creator/RobertMunsch's ''Love You Forever'', the now-adult son sings the titular song to his now-dying mother.

* The now-adult son sings the titular song to his now-dying mother at near the end of Creator/RobertMunsch's ''Love You Forever''.

* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' song "Slipping" was supposed to be this to Captain Hammer... [[spoiler:It indeed was the last song for someone...Too bad it was his MoralityChain, Penny.]]

* ''Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': "'cause it may be the last time, that you hear the Boogie song!"

* The now-adult son sings the titular song to his now-dying mother at near the end of Robert Munsch's ''Love You Forever''.

** Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming "Bink's Sake".
** Which was also a last song for Brook's entire crew, who sung it together as they were dying from poison.

** Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming "Bink's Sake"... which was also a last song for Brook's entire crew.

** Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming "Bink's Sake".

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* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan specially recorded the song "Goodbye So Soon" for the death trap he puts Basil of Baker Street into.

* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' song "Slipping" was supposed to be this to Captain Hammer... [[spoiler:It indeed was the last song for someone...Too bad it was his MoralityChain, Penny.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' manages to make the ridiculous Goofy Goobbers song a TearJerker, having Bob and Patrick sing it while being dried.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The appliances get caught in quicksand and start sinking. Radio, the last one to sink, decides to play an appropriate tune and settles on Music/AlJolson's "Mammy".

* "The Millenium Earl he's looking for, for his precious heart..." If you hear this and you are a DGrayMan character, you're screwed.
* Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming ''Bink's Sake'' in OnePiece.

* In TheLegendOfKoizumi, Georges Bush dies while his son W. sings a TearJerker rendition of ''Take me to the ball game.''

* 'cause it may be the last time, that you hear [[Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas the Boogie song !]]
* [[{{Titanic}} Gentlemen, it was a pleasure to play with you tonight.]] The string quartet goes for one last song before the boat sinks, the last musical piece heard by most passengers...

* In ''Hunters of {{Gor}}'' Tarl has Marlenus and his underlings, all of whom are at that point prisoners of the forces of Tyros, sing the NationalAnthem of Ar as he goes into battle [[OneManArmy against 55 warriors]] from Tyros. It's the last thing that most of them hear.
-->"Let me hear again, now," said I, "the anthem of Ar."
-->The strains of the great song of Ar's victories broke from the Ubar's collared throat, and, too, from the throats of the men of Ar beside him.
-->"Silence!" cried Sarus.
-->He turned to face me, wildly. He saw that my blade was now drawn.
-->"You are not of Ar!" he cried.
-->[[PreAssKickingOneLiner "It would be better for you," said I, "if I were."]]
* ChuckPalahniuk's ''{{Lullaby}}'' has the BrownNote version.

* In ''TheHungerGames'' Katniss sings Rue a lullaby as she is dying after taking a career's spear to the chest.

* JonathanCoulton's ''RE:Your brains.'' (The target of the song is stuck in a mall, alone against a horde of zombies)
* AndrewWK's ''Ready to Die''
* TheBlackParade.

* {{Infocom}}'s {{Planetfall}} has this for your RobotBuddy Floyd. As Floyd dies, the hero cradles him in their lap and quietly sings his favorite song.
* The {{Pokemon}} move Perish Song causes any Pokemon who hears it to [[SubvertedTrope faint]] in 3 turns.
* [[TotalAnnihilation YOU ARE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!]] (Also known as "Death by [[MusicalAssassin Guitar Warrior]]")

* DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog song "Slipping" was supposed to be this to Captain Hammer...[[spoiler: It indeed was the last song for someone...Too bad it was his MoralityChain, Penny.]]

* SpongebobSquarepants manage to make the ridiculous Goofy Goobbers song a TearJerker in TheMovie, having Bob and Patrick sing it while being dried.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The appliances get caught in quicksand and start sinking. Radio, the last one to sink, decides to play an appropriate tune and settles on Al Jolson's "Mammy".

-->The strains of the great song of Ar's victories broke from the Ubar\'s collared throat, and, too, from the throats of the men of Ar beside him.

* ChuckPalahniuk\'s ''{{Lullaby}}'' has the BrownNote version.

* Enter The Haggis' ''One Last Drink'', which is half-DeathSong, half this. (Part of it is sang from Ol\'John POV)

-->''He said this isn\'t the one that she should try to find''

* {{Infocom}}\'s {{Planetfall}} has this for your RobotBuddy Floyd. As Floyd dies, the hero cradles him in their lap and quietly sings his favorite song.

* [[TotalAnnihilation YOU ARE DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!]] (Also known as \"Death by [[MusicalAssassin Guitar Warrior]]\")

* DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog song \"Slipping\" was supposed to be this to Captain Hammer...[[spoiler: It indeed was the last song for someone...Too bad it was his MoralityChain, Penny.]]

You're gonna die. And the last thing you will hear will be this song. Maybe you just got killed by a MusicalAssassin, or the BrownNote ended your life. This trope applies whenever a character can hear a song during his last moments, whether said song killed him, was sung by his killer, or by a relative at the dying man\'s demand.

* In \'\'Hunters of {{Gor}}\'\' Tarl has Marlenus and his underlings, all of whom are at that point prisoners of the forces of Tyros, sing the NationalAnthem of Ar as he goes into battle [[OneManArmy against 55 warriors]] from Tyros. It\'s the last thing that most of them hear.
-->\"Let me hear again, now,\" said I, \"the anthem of Ar.\"
-->The strains of the great song of Ar\'s victories broke from the Ubar\'s collared throat, and, too, from the throats of the men of Ar beside him.
-->\"Silence!\" cried Sarus.

-->\"You are not of Ar!\" he cried.
-->[[PreAssKickingOneLiner \"It would be better for you,\" said I, \"if I were.\"]]
* ChuckPalahniuk\'s \'\'{{Lullaby}}\'\' has the BrownNote version.

* In \'\'TheHungerGames\'\' Katniss sings Rue a lullaby as she is dying after taking a career\'s spear to the chest.

* Enter The Haggis\' \'\'One Last Drink\'\', which is half-DeathSong, half this. (Part of it is sang from Ol\'John POV)
* JonathanCoulton\'s \'\'RE:Your brains.\'\' (The target of the song is stuck in a mall, alone against a horde of zombies)
* AndrewWK\'s \'\'Ready to Die\'\'

* \"And The Radio Played On\" by The Delta Mirror. It\'s a DeathSong involving a couple\'s last moments together as the man is dying from some (unspecified) disease. The man just wants his last experience to be listening to the radio with his wife/girlfriend.
-->\'\'She flips through the stations knowing wherever that she lands\'\'
-->\'\'Will forever be the song that returns her to this moment\'\'
-->\'\'He said this isn\'t the one that she should try to find\'\'
-->\'\'Anything will do, but we\'re running out of time\'\'

* SpongebobSquarepants manage to make the ridiculous Goofy Goobbers song a TearJerker in TheMovie, having Bob and Patrick sing it while being dried.

* Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming ''Bink's no sake'' in OnePiece.

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* "The Millenium Earl he's looking for, for his precious heart..." If you hear this and you are a DGrayMan character, you\'re screwed.
* Talleran the Spider Monkey dies a few seconds after [[MusicalAssassin Brook]] stops humming \'\'Bink\'s no sake\'\' in OnePiece.
** Scratchman Apoo\'s powers allow him to turn his body parts into instruments...and somehow cut peoples to pieces with their sound.
* In TheLegendOfKoizumi, Georges Bush dies while his son W. sings a TearJerker rendition of \'\'Take me to the ball game.\'\'

* 'cause it may be the last time, that you hear [[NightmareBeforeChristmas the Boogie song !]]

* In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Ratigan specially recorded the song \"Goodbye So Soon\" for the death trap he puts Basil of Baker Street into.

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You\'re gonna die. And the last thing you will hear will be this song. Maybe you just got killed by a MusicalAssassin, or the BrownNote ended your life. This trope applies whenever a character can hear a song during his last moments, whether said song killed him, was sung by his killer, or by a relative at the dying man\'s demand.

\'\'\'This is a DeathTrope, beware of spoilers.\'\'\'

* \"The Millenium Earl he\'s looking for, for his precious heart...\" If you hear this and you are a DGrayMan character, you\'re screwed.

* \'cause it may be the last time, that you hear [[NightmareBeforeChristmas the Boogie song !]]

* In \'\'Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective\'\', Ratigan specially recorded the song \"Goodbye So Soon\" for the death trap he puts Basil of Baker Street into.