1 | A song (the genre of the song can be rock and roll, heavy metal, pop, country, alternative rock, etc.) has intervals of music that sound like they came from a music box. These music box intervals may sound light-hearted, nostalgic, or calming compared to the rest of the song. Sometimes it can serve as a creepy contrast to the actual song, or it may actually go well with the general theme/sound of the song. |
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3 | Compare OminousMusicBoxTune. |
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6 | !!Examples: |
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8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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10 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
11 | * ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'''s "Sleepless Beauty". |
12 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Sadness And Sorrow, Grief And Sorrow, Man Of The World, Loneliness, etc. |
13 | * The ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' anime has the song "Kabe no Mukou", which is quite [[NightmareFuel creepy]]. |
14 | * "Lilium", the opening song used in the ''Manga/ElfenLied'' anime. |
15 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Soundscape To Ardor (Morning Remembrance) |
16 | * A music-box theme plays periodically in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', and the box itself is shown in one episode to belong to a certain character. It has a tune designed to invoke nostalgia. |
17 | [[/folder]] |
18 | |
19 | [[folder:Film]] |
20 | * [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hedwig's Theme]], although it is actually played on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta celesta]] (a large music box that you can play like a piano). |
21 | * The song "I Am Listening" from ''Film/IAmLegend''. |
22 | * The theme song of the movie ''Literature/RequiemForADream.'' |
23 | * The theme song of the movie ''Film/ForrestGump'', that plays in the opening. |
24 | * ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'''s "My Heart Will Go On". |
25 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'s'' "Once upon a december". |
26 | [[/folder]] |
27 | |
28 | [[folder:Music]] |
29 | * The British group Music/{{Muse}} tends to have introductions like this. |
30 | * The song "Blue" by Music/TheBirthdayMassacre. |
31 | * ''Music/SecretTreaties'' by Music/BlueOysterCult'' has tinkly little music-box rhythms linking the tracks. |
32 | * "Nemo" by Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}. |
33 | ** Also, "Taikatalvi" |
34 | ** From Tarja Turunen's solo output, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85o7cEsb4ug "I Walk Alone."]] |
35 | * "A little pain" by Olivia inspi' Reira (Trapnest). |
36 | * "Saeglopur" by Music/SigurRos. |
37 | * "Bizarre Love Triangle" by Music/NewOrder. |
38 | * "No Don't Shoot" by Foxy Shazam. |
39 | * Frank Mills - "Music Box Dancer." |
40 | * Music/TheAlanParsonsProject: "Eye In The Sky", "Don't Answer Me", the main theme of "The Turn Of A Friendly Card" suite. |
41 | * Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, "Bitches' Crystal". |
42 | * ''The Dresden Dolls,'' "Coin-Operated Boy." |
43 | * A few Music/{{Evanescence}} songs. Most notably, "My Immortal" and "Bring Me To Life". |
44 | * "Flyswatter" by Music/{{eels}}. |
45 | * "Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy" by Music/MrBungle (complete by winding up and down). |
46 | * "Kuso Breakin No Breakin Lilly" by Music/MaximumTheHormone opens with this. |
47 | * Frosti by Music/{{Bjork}}--actually much of Vespertine. |
48 | * The song "Music Box" by Thrice opens and closes with a music box playing. |
49 | * "Kid A" and "No Surprises" by Music/{{Radiohead}}. |
50 | * "Every day", by Music/BuddyHolly. |
51 | * Music/TheProtomen song "Father of Death" from Act II. |
52 | * The beginning of "Gz and Hustlas" by Music/SnoopDogg. |
53 | * "Sunday Morning" by Music/VelvetUnderground. |
54 | * "Just Trying To Be" by Music/JethroTull. |
55 | * "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room" by Music/{{ABBA}}. |
56 | * Music/BlackSabbath, of all bands, has a moment with this in "Fluff". |
57 | * "Time In A Bottle" by Music/JimCroce. |
58 | * Music/OzzyOsbourne: "Mr Tinker Train" opens with some music-boxish music. The song itself is kinda creepy, though. |
59 | * The opening riff to "Sweet Child Of Mine" by Music/GunsNRoses. |
60 | * "Wahrheit" by Music/YouseiTeikoku starts off with these, intersperses them within the chorus, and ends with them. |
61 | * "Listen To My Song" by Arthur Lee and Music/{{Love|Band}}. |
62 | * "Old" by Music/{{Starflyer 59}} begins with a music box getting wound up and playing a few notes. The music box continues, very faintly, for the whole song, even after the rest of the instruments stop at the very end. |
63 | * The second half of "Spanish Caravan" by Music/TheDoors has an organ that sounds like a music box. |
64 | * "Streamline" by Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} ends with one of these. |
65 | * "Freak", by Music/MollySanden, especially at the beginning. The music video also prominently features a ballerina music box. |
66 | * "Song 2" and "Nothing Passes" by Music/TheBody, provided in both cases by ambient artist Braveyoung. |
67 | * A music box arrangement of the Chorale from "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" [[BookEnds bookends]] Isao Tomita's version of Music/GustavHolst's ''The Planets'', playing at the start of "Mars, the Bringer of War" and the end of "Neptune, the Mystic.'' |
68 | [[/folder]] |
69 | |
70 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
71 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' has an entire level set in a music box. The music for this level is, fittingly, a slowed down music box rendition of series mainstay "Vampire Killer". |
72 | * A lot of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' songs: Kairi's theme, Namine's theme, Roxas's theme, Dearly Beloved, Hikari, etc. |
73 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d357LkWN5U This song]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. The ocarina songs in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' (Song of healing, Stone Tower Temple theme, Elegy of Emptiness, etc. ) and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' (Zelda's lullaby, Song of time, etc.); no doubt there's more songs in the Zelda video games that fit this trope. |
74 | ** The Song of Storms is technically played on a music box when you first hear it, but the device lacks the iconic tinny sound and more resembles a concertina. |
75 | * "Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix)", a remix of a song from ''Gradius 2'' heard in ''DDRMAX 2: VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution 7th Mix'', drops back to NES-style bleeps for eight seconds. |
76 | * In ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'', there are several songs with music box arrangements, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdP_CbUfvPY "Dispossession"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2yaLaULpEI "The Shadowlord's Theme."]] |
77 | * ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFJ1r6_4mW4 "Blue Bird Lamentation,"]] a sad song which begins and ends with a music box melody. It's the melody that Luna's music box pendant plays in-game. |
78 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' has Despair, its SimpleScoreOfSadness, done in this fashion for the light and super light arrangements of it. |
79 | * ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuLT0Hg1u80 "Eternity's Moment."]] the menu theme. |
80 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has "Mergo's Lullaby", the theme for one of the final bosses. In this case it actually ''does'' come from a music box, making an EarlyBirdCameo as the song played by the music box Gascoigne's daughter gives you. |
81 | [[/folder]] |
82 | |
83 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
84 | * ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' uses a gamelan during the Crystal Chamber sequence. |
85 | * "Fixing WesternAnimation/WallE" by Thomas Newman. |
86 | * "Tears To Shed" from the movie ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''. |
87 | * A majority of the songs in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''. |
88 | * Mrs. Potts singing ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' in the movie's ballroom scene. |
89 | [[/folder]] |
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