History Main / SimpleScoreOfSadness

* Used in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', when Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, dies in front of his son Luke.

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* ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}}'''s "The Lonely Man" closing theme - piano solo.

* "Midna's Desperate Hour" from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''.

* Used in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', when [[strike:[[ItWasHisSled Darth Vader]]]] [[ItWasHisSled Anakin Skywalker dies in front of his son Luke]].

* Most of the songs in the Heisei ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films are upbeat or sound like they're best suited for action/suspense scenes. And, then you have the [[TearJerker far more somber]] "Requiem" which plays at the end of ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' while [[spoiler:Godzilla dies]].

** Also, the music playing during the final Agni Kai between [[spoiler:Zuko and Azula]]. There is just something so '''final''' about the score, probably because it's only slowly beating drums and string instruments playing a series of chords. It's oddly fitting for this action scene in Sozin's Comet. Definitely a TearJerker, especially since it follows this exchange:
-->[[spoiler:'''Azula''': I'm sorry it has to end this way, brother.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Zuko''': [[CainAndAbel No, you're not.]]]]

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'''s "The Lonely Man" closing theme - piano solo.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA5PpkNdKbM Via Purifico/Path of Repentance]] from the same game. As haunting as it is sad, it plays over [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Yuna's section]] of the eponymous dungeon, just after she learns [[spoiler:her religion's leaders are all [[MagnificentBastard hypocritical bastards]]]], and reunites with her guardians.

* "Thankful Moment" in ''SOUND DUEL 4'' of ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' is composed of a gentle, yet sad melody, reserved for tearjerking and heartwarming moments. It plays mostly during moments which involve Aoi Zaizen.

* Those haunting first few minutes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVNNC52Q_o Grace Omega]] from ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' only has [[Music/YokoKanno Gabriela Robin's]] singing accompanied by simple arrangements of keyboard and the occasional strings. This would get reprised in several other songs within the soundtrack

* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has a lot of these: "[[LonelyPianoPiece All]] for [[MonsterSobStory the]] [[TragicMonster Pest]]", "[[WretchedHive Sad Meadow]]", "[[DrivenToMadness Citharede]] [[DownerEnding Requiem]]", "[[LoveHurts Love Lost]]", etc.

** Then there's "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables", which starts simple and sad as Marius suffers his HeroicBSOD - and in the movie, begins completely a capella to emphasize how truly alone Marius is. Same goes for "Turning", which is about peasant women (in some versions, it's implied to be the Revolutionaries' girlfriends/lovers, as it's the same actresses playing both) singing about the outcome of the revolution and sometimes [[spoiler:''cleaning up the bodies and blood from the very men they're singing about'']].

* ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': The scene where the dwarfs mourn Snow White is underscored with a quiet theme played on an organ.

-->--'''Investi-Gator''', ''VideoGame/InvestiGatorTheCaseOfTheBigCrime''

* Any of the versions of the Rohan theme in the film of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'' that are stated on solo hardanger fiddle.

->''But really, jail isn't so bad. I like the sad guitar ambience!''

* Those haunting first few minutes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVNNC52Q_o Grace Omega]] from ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' only has Yoko Kanno's singing accompanied by simple arrangements of keyboard and the occasional strings. This would get reprised in several other songs within the soundtrack

* The soundtrack to ''Film/{{Moon}}''. The main theme is rather fast-paced (though still simplistic), but it slows down for the main dramatic moments.

* "Homesickness" from ''{{Tsukihime}}''.