| 1 | So you're listening to a nice, pleasant song about bunnies and rainbows and [[RomanticRain running in the rain with your best lover by your side]]. Then the final note of the song falls and, instead of a nice soft resolution, it's a heavily played {{Sting}} note in a minor ScareChord. Then the music fades into a series of dissonant arpeggios with a creepy mechanical voice muttering some nonsensical gibberish that sounds like {{Satan}} reciting an Creator/EdgarAllanPoe story. It's surely not the ending you expected this particular song to have -- and if you happen to be ''really'' unlucky, it'll burrow into your mind playing itself over and over like some self-regenerating NightmareFuel. Musicians most likely put these kinds of stingers at the ends of their songs to make them memorable. They may even have been intended as humorous, showing that the artists don't take themselves too seriously. |
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| 3 | Last Note Nightmare can be very comparable to a JumpScare, especially of the ScreamerPrank variety. The opposite of a Last Note Nightmare is LastNoteHilarity. |
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| 5 | (Music geeks might be interested to [[{{Pun}} note]] that there is an [[InvertedTrope opposite technique]], the "Picardy third," or "Tierce de Picardie" in which when a song that has been in minor the whole time goes into major on the very last chord.) Compare HaHaHaNo and DarkReprise. |
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| 8 | !!Examples: |
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| 12 | !!!Media and artists with their own page: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * LastNoteNightmare/{{Music}} |
| 15 | ** LastNoteNightmare/TheBeatles |
| 16 | [[/index]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !!!Other Media: |
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| 20 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 21 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaFwGcHQ7Y George and Betty]]", a [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public information film]] for electric blanket safety, starts off with a romantic jazzy theme as an old couple enjoys their night together and later get into bed. The music then suddenly becomes very screechy right at the end; the accompanying image (a picture of their ''burnt-out bed'') and tagline ("Old Electric Blankets Can Kill") makes it even more terrifying. |
| 22 | * Early commercials for Verizon's Android offerings started with MoZella's upbeat, "It's Magic" to parody iPhone commercials, switching midway to a much darker theme, to establish Droid as a more serious operating system. |
| 23 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mbS-CdNm4c The Nissan Juke commercials]] use FrederikaStahl's [[CoveredUp cover]] of a NurseryRhyme, namely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXZrqCZP8o4 "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".]] Said cover begins with a melancholy wail, but that alone is not nightmarish (and therefore not even one of the cases of "First note Nightmare"). However, some versions of the commercials [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSnve_nG1k use such an opening as their]] ''ending'', thus not only coming off as mildly scary but also just plain ''[[TearJerker sad]]''. |
| 24 | * An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpqlZKQXegc old commercial]] for Hudson Toffeepops shows a young couple playing around the house while holding the biscuits, and eventually they recline on the sofa, as the commercial looks like it's wrapping up. Then the commercial cuts back to the scene and shows the couple has been '''devoured''' by the sofa, as it lets out a terrifying EvilLaugh and smiles. |
| 25 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSPnXY2p0lM This landmine PSA]] created by [[Creator/CookieJarEntertainment Cinar]] features a little girl and her dog catching butterflies in the hills, accompanied by a gentle music box tune. [[spoiler: Then the two jump on a landmine, and the music changes to a DroneOfDread.]] |
| 26 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qooJ1an6LAQ In a fireworks safety PSA by Dutch-based private advertiser SIRE]], a pair of hands display shadow puppets of various animals (including a dog, bird, and swan) as whimsical, happy music plays in the background. But when the last animal shown is a "rund" (ox in Dutch, the equivalent of "ass" in English-speaking countries), the music suddenly takes a sinister twist as it's revealed that [[spoiler:one of the puppeteer's hands is completely blown off while the other hand [[{{Fingore}} has a missing pinkie]], splayed out to imitate an explosion]]. |
| 27 | * Many people might disagree about this one, so please be careful while reading this. ING in Poland made the ads from October 2014 to February 2020 with the [[{{Tagline}} Tagline]] "Liczą się ludzie" ("People matter" in English), and they have a song, that almost 10 seconds before the commercial was about to end, the notes suddenly changed to the creepy. All of these commercials were just completely normal, so it's clear that this song was [[AccidentalNightmareFuel not intended to look creepy at the end]]. For the 52 seconds,the music sounds actually calm and pretty cool, but at the end, as we said before, the music has a completely different tone and has a [[DroneofDread Drone of Dread]]-like sound. The fact, that the "scarier" part is louder than a few seconds before, doesn't help. This example can be found in [[https://youtu.be/hnn_ChnlBnY?si=aVFMvlkYIQQ-5pJL this ad]]. Said ad was the first one, the normal commercials were obviously 30 seconds long and they have only a "scary" part of a song, [[NothingIsScarier there is no music before]]. There are othere variations, which may be even creepier. |
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| 32 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 33 | * ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' plays background music normally and then as the Corrupted Mook is about to be summoned from the Chaos Gate, the music begins to slip. |
| 34 | * In ''Manga/SoulEater'', the soundtrack 'So Scandalous' has a creepy piano playing in between the techno/hip-pop/jazz number. |
| 35 | * "Reborn," the first ending song from ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler,'' is a mellow guitar song with lyrics about love and happiness, while images of the various cast members who are clearly ''not'' thinking about love and happiness float by in the background--for example, Ando is gritting his teeth and swinging an axe. And then as a coup de grace, the song ends with a slightly eerie echo and an image of Yujiro looming over Baki. |
| 36 | * "Amusement Park", from the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' boxed set. The song is a creepy carnival theme that fades out into a rather loud eerie note. |
| 37 | * There's a version of Pachelbel's Canon in D on disc 2 of the "[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] Symphony" album that is completely normal. Considering the popularity of the piece, your mind tunes it out as background music... until about five seconds before where it ''should'' end, there is a noise like a gunshot and all of the string instruments screech to a halt. |
| 38 | ** The track "Honeymoon with Anxiety" (Fuan to no Mitsugetsu) from the ''End of Evangelion'' soundtrack is a cool bit of music that ends with an unsettling... violin... thing. |
| 39 | ** And then from ''Rebuild 2.0'', there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knFqOa_vYaI Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara]] (Farewell for Today). You know, that wonderfully sweet little song that was playing [[spoiler: [[SoundtrackDissonance when EVA 01 ripped 03 apart with Asuka inside while Shinji begged his father to turn off the Dummy System.]]]] It's wonderful and sweet, but on the soundtrack, we get a weird little... thing at the end, which consists of a somewhat distorted repeat of part of the song... which then gets some absolutely chilling violin chords and echo effects. |
| 40 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has lots of character songs that start out happy, then turn... disturbing. The best example of Last Note Nightmare is Keiichi's song, ''Cool ni Nare! ~Keep On Our Love~'', which is a HotBlooded appeal to ScrewDestiny, the final line being [[spoiler:Keiichi abruptly saying "Oops, I screwed up" (and, since this is ''Higurashi'', presumably dying).]] |
| 41 | ** Actually, the line before that is "Yes, Hinamizawa", which is a reference to ''another'' character song that featured Keiichi (and Mr. Delicious). So, it was probably more of an "Ah crap, wrong lyrics" thing. |
| 42 | *** ... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZyoSjTPfw that song]] has it's own LastNoteNightmare. It's a silly nonsensical rap mainly consisting of phrases from the anime...[[spoiler: until Keiichi starts scratching out his throat.]] [[BlackComedy And it's played for laughs.]] |
| 43 | *** At the very end, you can hear Keiichi over the phone saying very quietly [[spoiler:"Please, someone end this case", with the last word being cut off as soon as he says it. Then you hear a quiet scream. It's a goofy scream, but...]] |
| 44 | ** The anime gives us its own soundtrack and the track "Oyashiro Sama". It's already creepy on its own, but its creepiness has a musical pattern... and then the final note is not what you musically expect, it goes ''lower'' instead of higher and the percussion ''vanishes'' as if it wasn't even there in the first place. Absolutely nightmarish and fits the anime incredibly well. |
| 45 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYcREjNUHGc "Warera Gatchaman"]], the closing theme of ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman II]]''. The song itself is a rousing anthem about how awesome the Gatchaman team is and how they're going to defeat Galactor and save the day... but then, out of nowhere, the song ends with a sudden and nasty ScareChord. |
| 46 | * Russia's version of "[[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Marukaite Chikyuu]]" appropriately has the character singing the chorus cute as anything until his "Kolkolkol" chant comes out of nowhere, and then ''just goes right back into being cute again'' before you have the chance to process the horror of what you just heard. It also didn't help this was the first time the fans actually ''heard'' the chant. |
| 47 | ** Then, of course, there's the part where his voice dips to a deeper, not-so-much-cute-as-menacing tone as the end of the third repetition of the chorus. |
| 48 | ** Then there's the ending of his character song Winter, where there's chanting for the last roughly 40 seconds, and grows louder when the music itself ends. His Hatafutte Parade starts to be this trope too with some surreal echoing, but he stops and screams about Belarus at the last second, acting as NightmareRetardant. |
| 49 | * ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZRiXmO5AU Kanashimi no Mukou e]]'' is hardly a happy song; it's moody, depressive, almost heartbreaking. But when it's almost over, a very ominous and slightly out-of-place drum music starts playing... and you suddenly get the feeling that something has gone [[BreakTheCutie very]], [[MurderTheHypotenuse very]] wrong. |
| 50 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VbCm3iTHbU This song]] is inspired by ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. The song is entitled "Nice Boat." Watch till the ending and be spooked. |
| 51 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNvLf4kDh8 Misa's song]] from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It starts out [[ParanoiaFuel slightly]] creepy, then evolves into a very heartwarming song, only at the end, the piano begins playing a goosebump-inducing minor chord. The lyrics also hint at [[spoiler: Misa's suicide at the end of the series]]. |
| 52 | * Every episode of ''Manga/GhostHunt'' ends with a last note nightmare. After the slow, eerie ending song, a sudden burst of maniacal piano starts playing, then a voiceover Mai warns us about the next episode. |
| 53 | * ''Anime/SailorMoon'' has Sailor Mars' song, "Sei Hi Ai" (or "Fire Soul Love"/"Holy Flame Love" in English). What is heard throughout the track is a nice, upbeat, [[Music/JanetJackson "Rhythm Nation"]]-inspired tune that ends abruptly with the sound of glass shattering. |
| 54 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 55 | ** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mewbPAtkbAw "Another Face, Same Mind"]], which starts out as an eerie reprisal of the main villain's theme... before abruptly turning into hardcore thrash metal. As silly as that may sound on paper, it's executed in such a way that it's ''scary as shit.'' One should expect nothing less from Yugo Kanno. |
| 56 | ** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': Mista's theme song is chiefly an upbeat dance tune reflecting his formerly carefree existence until the sounds of the gunshots that began his life as a criminal intrude, causing what's left of the track to go heavier and darker. |
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| 59 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 60 | * The popular czech cartoon ''Animation/TheLittleMole'' has various catchy and upbeat tunes that accompany the episodes, since the cartoon has really little talking. Luckily this trope almost never appears and the episodes end with their main themes. The exception is the episode is literally the one called “The mole in a dream” After the titular dream ends the mole and a man (who had the dream) gets along and goes to a joyride, only to witness a [[SuddenDownerEnding that they are going to experience similar things like what was in a dream]] (The mole presents the same stone hammer to the man he found in the dream too). During the last frames of the episode an [[https://youtu.be/vhUc5ar50po?t=1653 eerie melody takes over the lead and after the closing iris, it turns into a creepy tribal drumming.]] And it’s a cartoon that usually broadcasted as a bedtime story in Europe |
| 61 | * European kids might remember the polish cartoon Zaczarowany ołówek (The enchanted pencil). Its intro is a simple whiteboard that shows the credits while a soft guitar melody plays in the background but then comes a sudden loud orchestral part, along with the pencil (with the title flashing on it) suddenly zooming out. No wonder many kids always muted the television when they saw the show coming. |
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| 64 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 65 | * In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' after Cell asks the DJ to play "Video Killed the Radio Star", he breaks into the studio and kills them. The last DJ dies and the video cuts out with the last note from the song echoing. |
| 66 | -->''Pictures came and broke your heart...'' |
| 67 | * The ending of ''Music/SomethingBroke'' (a fan-made rock opera based on ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''). Tarby begins the song's last part singing in a fairly normal voice, but then you notice that the [[LyricalDissonance lyrics start to get a little disturbing.]] [[spoiler:In the basement, not a sound/can be heard above the ground/so the ponies up above/can go on in peace and love/down below some tasty treats/being made for them to eat/granted at a friend's expense/they don't know it won't hurt them/so down in the dimly lit/down comes knife, another hit/draw it forth, eviscerate/soon they'll be on someone's plate.]] And before you can fully register this, he starts painfully screaming [[spoiler: "HELP ME CHASE AWAY MY FEARS!!]] over a series of loud, abrasive {{Scare Chord}}s before his voice abruptly cuts off mid-note. Doesn't help that this was a reprise of a much lighter part earlier in this. |
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| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 71 | * The song "The Theatre" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'''s soundtrack. Now, quite a few songs on the soundtrack are rather creepy, but this one stands out. It starts with vaguely cheerful tinkling, accompanied by a distant-sounding snippet of the earlier track "Sirens of the Sea", progresses to some low-key {{Ambient}} noises, and then suddenly ''explodes'' into... some kind of discordant noise. |
| 72 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ybo3Z8k3aE Here's the song.]] Just so you can hear firsthand how creepy it is. (Probably best not to turn the volume up too loud.) |
| 73 | * On the 2000 American DVD of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', the background music that plays on the Title Menu is the Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor [[StandardSnippet (aka "stereotypical Halloween organ music")]]. Seeing as the last piece of the film is Music/FranzSchubert's "Ave Maria", having the DVD cut straight back to the Toccata is rather jarring. |
| 74 | * Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'': When the Pterodactyl drops the egg... |
| 75 | * The song "A Girl Worth Fighting For" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' is a rather optimistic ditty sung by the soldiers during their march across the Chinese countryside about how they're trying ''not'' to go to war. The song ends with said soldiers arriving at the mountain village they're supposed to protect from the Huns, [[spoiler: only to find out that said village was already burned to the ground]]. It should also be noted that after this scene, the movie is no longer a musical. |
| 76 | * At the end of Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', the end credits of the film starts off with some cute animations of the passengers and crew of the Axiom landing back on earth and re-civilizing and replenishing the earth's environment, followed by more animations of Wall-e and Eve playing around the scrolling credits with M-O while all being accompanied by Peter Gabriel's gentle and understated "Down to Earth". However, following the end of the obligatory Disney and Pixar end-film logos (complete with [[LogoJoke Luxo Jr.'s light going out, Wall-E replacing it, the "R" in "PIXAR" falling down and Wall-E coming over to replace the "R"]]), from out of nowhere we are suddenly greeted by a jarring Buy n Large {{Vanity Plate}} accompanied by the company's "BEEE-ENNN-EEELLLLL!!!!!" chant that accompanies every Buy n Large advertisement featured within the film's setting.\ |
| 77 | Whereas at first, it might not seem like much, there is an air of this being scary both in-universe and in the meta-sense. The fact that such a company logo that represents a fictional [[MegaCorp Mega-cooperation]] within the film's own setting can just appear up alongside the logos of the actual companies that helped create the film's own setting (particularly after such soft-running credit music) not only comes off as unexpected but given that this is a film about a mega-cooperation essentially contributing to the mass-pollution and subsequent decline of the earth's livable environment ([[AnthropicPrinciple thus setting up for a premise about a lonely robot on earth still gathering up garbage]] while the humans in the Axiom starships are watched over by an [[{{AIIsACrapshoot}} extraordinarily reliant]] [[{{Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey}} on-board ship A.I.]]), this logo and its upbeat chant becomes terrifying in its own right in that it indicates that Buy n Large is still in business and [[{{Slogans}} providing everything all the time.]] [[SelfDeprecation ...in a film developed by]] [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company.]] [[{{WhatHappenedToTheMouse}} The fact that there are indicated to be more than one BnL starliners]] [[{{WildMassGuessing}} supposedly]] [[TheEndOrIsIt still in space]] [[{{FridgeHorror}} doesn't help either]]. |
| 78 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', the version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" sung by Timon and Pumbaa in this version has them go up to the second verse ("In the village/the peaceful village..."), only to suddenly be interrupted [[JumpScare by an adult Nala attacking them.]] |
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| 81 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 82 | * ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'' had the standard 20th Century Fox fanfare, right up until the final bar. Instead of finishing the triumphant ditty, it hangs and turns into something [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9kiI_iiee4 quite the opposite]]. |
| 83 | ** Repeated with ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem''. |
| 84 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhEhuixplXs Something similar]] happens in ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl''. |
| 85 | ** A similar example happens in the 2012 remake of ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}''. When the Disney logo settles down and you hear the soft notes of "[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} When You Wish Upon a Star]]" play, suddenly the music changes (on where "star" would be heard) into a ScareChord. [[ButWaitTheresMore Also]], the logo's color is sucked out and fog forms around the castle. |
| 86 | ** Again from a Creator/TimBurton film: The Geffen logo at the beginning of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' features an upbeat but somewhat hollow chorus of "Day-O" that swings into a hauntingly creepy minor key halfway through, just in time to introduce Music/DannyElfman's main theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-5Jnxs276M&t=41s Here, have a listen.]] |
| 87 | * Similarly, ''Film/EventHorizon'' has the typical opening Paramount fanfare, but then hits a sour note before lifting into space with an aggressive, dark string section. |
| 88 | * The soundtrack for ''Film/GhostShip'' has the track titled [[https://youtu.be/Pt24zcUtESk "The Souls Ascend"]], which is the hauntingly beautiful score in which Maureen defeats the BigBad, frees all the lost souls trapped on the ship, and is later rescued by a passing ship. The score gently fades, as if to say the worst is finally over... but NOPE! We're suddenly greeted by a blaring ScareChord to indicate the film's [[HereWeGoAgain ending]]. |
| 89 | ** Funny enough, the ScareChord isn't in the film proper, but we still get MoodWhiplash as the score suddenly cuts to Music/{{Mudvayne}}'s "Not Falling". |
| 90 | * The end of the music playing over the credits of ''Film/JurassicPark'' ends on a creepy, deeply unsettling note. It gives the impression that something [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark survived.]] |
| 91 | * The grand opening music of ''Franchise/StarWars'' ends in a dark ominous tone once the narrative text begins to fade. |
| 92 | ** The soundtrack album for ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' provides a different variation - instead of trailing off like the other movies, the music [[ScareChord launches immediately into a brassy fanfare]] for the ActionPrologue (the movie cuts this and uses a DramaticTimpani instead). |
| 93 | ** The full theme continues the dark theme and switches tempo and timbre several times before ending. |
| 94 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cdi_bKjg1U Anakin's Theme]] is sweet, soft, and innocent except in the last part which [[{{Foreshadowing}} we hear the notes of the Imperial March]]. Punctuated when played over the end credits of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''; after the final fadeout, the last sound in the movie is [[FromNobodyToNightmare Vader's breathing]]. |
| 95 | ** Not so much in the movie itself, but when on its own, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJob_-m-gDE Han Solo and the Princess]] becomes this. |
| 96 | ** In an instance of a First Note Nightmare, ''Film/RogueOne'' literally [[https://youtu.be/rR-vm4xdGGc begins]] with a ScareChord. Making it even more jarring is that it follows the obligatory "A long long time ago..." Text, so more than one person who is used to being jumpscared by a loud horn ''definitely'' was in for a nasty surprise. |
| 97 | * In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', the final note of the upbeat "The Candy Man" is off-key. Tellingly, it's on that note that the audience first sees poor Charlie Bucket, who's apparently been on the outside of the shop looking in all along. Later, one of the many variations of "Pure Imagination" plays as the boat starts down the chocolate river, and when it enters the psychedelic tunnel, the music appropriately turns ominous. |
| 98 | ** Parodied somewhat in the scene just before the Grandmaster's introduction in ''Thor: Ragnarok''. |
| 99 | * A milder, but still significant example: At the end of ''Film/WestSideStory1961'', there is a touching reprise of the song "Somewhere," but just as the scene is ending and the music is calming down, dissonant, deep chords start playing in the background... |
| 100 | * The soundtrack to ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' is a great find as it includes all the Celtic folk songs featured in the movie, including the classic round "Sumer Is Icumen In," which is sung by the townsfolk at the film's climax. It takes a turn for the horror however when that track on the album ends with Sargent Howie [[spoiler: screaming, "Oh, God! Oh, Jesus Christ!" in absolute terror as he sees the wicker man.]] |
| 101 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG-0s5BnO-0 Here.]] |
| 102 | * Two words: "[[Film/WithnailAndI Withnail's Theme]]." The melody itself is haunting and fitting for a SadClown but the flat note at the very end of the movie makes you wince every time. |
| 103 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txiEcd1lKoc "Nature Boy (reprise)"]] from the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' soundtrack. The instruments are creepy enough as is, but the ending was edited to sound like the CD was scratched, for a very strange effect. |
| 104 | ** There's also the other version on that soundtrack, in which David Bowie is singing along very nicely until the last word, which is about a million decibels louder than the last song, accompanied by an intensely creepy swell of music. |
| 105 | * "The Hunt Builds" from the soundtrack to ''Bram Stoker's Dracula''. Not only does it end with 4 scare chords, but sad music can also simultaneously be heard playing as well. |
| 106 | * The scene where Cyclops reunites with Jean Grey in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' starts off with a romantic/melancholic theme...then quickly delves into a [[https://youtu.be/E6lVZ-y0ULc?t=1m37s loud dramatic chorus combined with drum heartbeats.]] |
| 107 | * The famous ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' ThemeTune ends suddenly loud with a jarring chord. |
| 108 | * ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'': the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIom2DNVI "Kirk's Explosive Reply"]] from the soundtrack album. It's somewhat averted in the film itself, as the music fades out by about 3:30 of that track as the film cuts from the bridge of the ''Enterprise'' to an exterior shot showing the ship's damage. However, on the album track, we're [[OrchestralBombing bombed]] at 3:32 with a four-note ScareChord that repeats once, before fading out on a final note. |
| 109 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhoa7oWPPhk opening theme]] for ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' is a warm, slow and dramatic one. Then as it fades into silence...'''WHAM'''. |
| 110 | * After the credits of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Harry says "Mischief Managed... Nox." The map parchment folds and we see the film's title and the seven iconic notes of the Potter theme. The screen fades to black, and after 20 seconds of silence, Peter Pettigrew's eerie theme can be heard. Sure to scare a few. |
| 111 | ** The Chamber of Secrets' Theme ends with no less than four {{Scare Chord}}s, each when you think that the piece is ending. Made even more unsettling in the film proper, which is followed by a creepy silent Post-credits scene. |
| 112 | * The opening to ''Film/StarTrek2009'' (while you watch the {{Vanity Plate}}s) starts with a warm horn-and-strings combo (a slow variation on the main theme). Roughly 40 seconds in, you see the Bad Robot vanity plate (which is a bit creepy) while the music lets a little dissonance pop in. About 55 seconds in, the music just ''slams'' and cuts off--right as the movie begins. |
| 113 | * "Furious Angels" by Rob Dougan (from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'') ends with unsettlingly loud and distorted violins. The fact that Rob sounds a lot like Tom Waits doesn't help. |
| 114 | * The end credits piece from the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' soundtrack. It starts out with the epic Island theme, then transitions into a soft, gentle version of the main theme. However, it ends on a rendition of the rather unsettling Raptor theme. |
| 115 | * The theme from ''Film/Poltergeist1982'' is a soft, pleasant tune with children singing...that ends with some very creepy high-pitched laughter. Not that surprising when you consider the source material. |
| 116 | * "I See Dead People In Boats" from the soundtrack for ''Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End''. Instead of having the violins play the last note, it's done by an organ. |
| 117 | * "528491" from the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' soundtrack has a 'kick' at the end of the song, followed by the sound of a train. |
| 118 | * ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' has the hip hop song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ua7Xa-Krj4 T-U-R-T-L-E Power]]" which for the most part is a pretty steady-paced dance number... and then the last "Power" hits in the song and a very chilling, nails-on-the-chalkboard echo follows it (it's even louder in the end credit version compared to the one on the soundtrack). |
| 119 | * "A Swan Song (For Nina)" from ''Film/BlackSwan'' is mainly a paraphrase of the swan lake ballet theme: it begins as a mourning piano piece, but around halfway through the music slows down considerably, the ballet theme barely recognizable, the tune and instruments becoming gradually darker and ominous, until the final note, that fades in an unexpected, truly unsettling high pitched wail-like sound. In the movie itself, although not in the soundtrack, the wail is coupled by a fluttering of wings. |
| 120 | * "Vide Cor Meum" from ''Film/{{Hannibal}}''. A beautiful and calming classical opera piece. In the version for the soundtrack of the film, it all goes well until you reach the end. For those who wanna know, check it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkE4pkJ4k_A here.]] |
| 121 | * "Overtones" from ''Film/TheMaster'' is a lush, orchestral track up until the end, where it has a FakeoutFadeout and ends with [[ScareChord a sound that could be best described as]] [[HellIsThatNoise a cross between a train pulling into a station and an orchestra suffering collective heart attacks.]] |
| 122 | * "You Baby" by Music/NeilDiamond from the remake of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' falls into this trope, especially if you're listening to the soundtrack instead of watching the film. An upbeat pop number ends with the sounds of glass and wood breaking, screams, and a siren -- which [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes sense in the film]] as the song ends with a bar fight. |
| 123 | * ''The Norliss Tapes'' does this for the film itself. It closes with a shot of the main character listening to tape 2 of the titular tapes during the credits.....but then, all of a sudden, it {{jump scare}}s the living daylights out of you by suddenly cutting to shots of the vampires from the movie. And as if that weren't enough, the movie ends with a slow zoom-in on the vampire's NightmareFace, complete with horrifying eyes, which ''continues throughout the credits'' as the background score intensifies beyond belief. |
| 124 | ** A similar thing happens in ''{{Film/Caligula}}''. The film's last scene is Caligula and his entire family being slaughtered by Roman soldiers. The film's final shot is ''Caligula's corpse with a panicked and bloody face'', and said shot accompanies the entire end credits. Lessened in the Italian release ''Io, Caligola'', where the film's final shot is his horse running away. |
| 125 | * ''Film/TheSixthSense'' has some of the more relaxing musical cues that appear in the film played over the end credits. However, the credits end with a reprise of the film's opening theme... And as the credits finish rolling, the Spanish ghost voice from the tape earlier in the film frightenedly yells "¡No me quiero morir!" ("I don't want to die!") one more time. |
| 126 | * In ''Film/TheTerminator'', as the Terminator homes in on Sarah for the kill at Tech Noir and the action goes into SlowMotion, the driving dance number "Burning in the Third Degree" slowly fades to a metallic DroneOfDread. |
| 127 | * In the soundtrack version of [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide Judas's death]]]] in the 1973 film version of Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar, there's a FakeOutFadeOut with a chorus droning out '''''"SOOOOOOO LOOOOOOONG, [[spoiler:JUDAAAAAAAS.]] POOOOOOR OOOOOOOOLD [[spoiler:JUDAAAAAAAS.]]''''' In the film, it comes after [[spoiler: Judas kills himself]], but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Ultx9Czc0 the soundtrack lets you hear his final words as the choir sings]], which are a MadnessMantra of "YOU HAVE MURDERED ME! MURDERED ME! MURDERED ME! MURDERED ME! MURDERED ME!" |
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| 130 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 131 | * Invoked in ''[[Literature/TheShipWho The Ship Who Sang]]''. The protagonist, a sentient "brain ship", is captured and [[ItMakesSenseInContext forced to sing by her captors]]. She sings the song fairly normally, then makes the last note of the song "pure sonic hell", knocking out many of her captors and even ''killing'' some of them in the process. Last Note Nightmare indeed... |
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| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 135 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 136 | ** Reversed with regard to the first note of the opening and closing theme music which, in the 1970s and early '80s, and again in the revival series of 2005-date, is an electronic "scream"-like sound. |
| 137 | ** Just as [[spoiler:the Master and the Time Lords disappear back into the Time War]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]", and the Tenth Doctor thinks he's somehow managed to avoid his own prophesied demise, we hear four knocks, and the chords played by the strings appropriately fall apart and gliss down with tons of dissonance, mirroring the Doctor's own sinking realization. |
| 138 | ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]]", when [[spoiler:the Doctor is sealed in the Pandorica, a beautiful score begins playing and swooping, then the camera zooms out and shows the universe exploding... and the music suddenly stops... mid-note]]... |
| 139 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'''s soundtrack is full of these, most notably at the end of the episode in which Aaron is born. They can be rather jarring when you're listening to an emotional piano piece, only for it to end with some creepy twinkling followed by a loud brass note. |
| 140 | * BBC's ''Sea Monsters'' ends with an epic credits theme on each episode... when suddenly the final credits pop up with a loud shocking theme. |
| 141 | * The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDr742MGZJ8 Bub-Bubs]]'' music video from the ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' kind of has this more for the video than for the music itself, because [[spoiler:the part dancing fetuses at the end can be very disturbing, especially since the music already ended at that part, so the only noise being made was from the dancing fetuses and the woman's man dancing in the open womb.]] |
| 142 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg "My Lovely Horse"]] DreamSequence from Series/FatherTed is a happy song about the eponymous horse, and how the owner wants to shower him with sugar lumps, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment with random pool and table tennis scenes.]] Then it suddenly cuts to a picture of the horse's head with rainbow-colored outlines coming out while a creepy distorted saxophone plays. |
| 143 | --> '''Ted''': We have to lose that sax solo!" |
| 144 | * Reversed with the opening credits of ''Series/CSIMiami'' which features The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and begins with a blood-curdling scream. Many a poor mook has been blown out of bed by a 3 am rerun after leaving the TV on and having ''that'' come on. |
| 145 | * The opening credits for the US broadcasts of the UK series ''Series/DangerMan'' (carrying the new title ''Secret Agent'') feature Johnny River's rock and roll hit "Secret Agent Man". Those familiar with the song are likely caught off-guard when the opening credits of the series end with the song being suddenly cut off mid-note by a loud gunshot! (Note: the very first episode of ''Secret Agent'' does not do this, only subsequent episodes.) |
| 146 | * A skit from ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' involves a golddigger marrying a member of the British royal family, maybe a king, for money. The sketch ends on a close-up of the now widowed and rich woman having married her real lover. The soundtrack playing TheWeddingMarch ends on a ScareChord as she [[spoiler:realizes her husband is killing her the same way she killed her old husband.]] |
| 147 | * ''Sugarfoot'' - After a rather uncharacteristic episode of dark ghostly doings, the final sting is the camera moving silently in on a guitar (which had a major part in the episode) sitting upright against the wall. The sting is about a minute of silence with the camera pulling in closer and closer to the guitar until only the strings and soundboard are visible. At that exact moment, one of the guitar strings breaks with a loud, discordant, and really scary sound. The camera pulls back quickly and the normal light theme music ushers you out of the episode in the normal way. |
| 148 | * The opening credits of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' feature Music/FrankSinatra's rendition of "Love and Marriage"...which is abruptly cut off at the end by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAKaJE4gjYg a slamming door]]. |
| 149 | ** [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship The]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong DVD]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xad-StH-7BY version]], however, ends normally, followed by a less startling clang. |
| 150 | * ''Series/BarRescue'' - Done subtly at the end of the Jazz Katz/Back Beat Piano Bar episode. After the rescue, the closing scene is Taffer overlooking the pianist playing to a packed bar. As the scene fades out, the very last chord of the song is edited to sound dissonant before a negative WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue appears. |
| 151 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fce6tlwwjQo original version]] of the ''Series/StElsewhere'' GrandFinale's credits involving Mimsie the Cat, [[Creator/MaryTylerMoore MTM Enterprises]]' mascot. The credits show her unconscious and hooked up to an IV and end on her flatlining. |
| 152 | * The jaunty-yet-sinister theme to ''Series/IClaudius'' ends with an unsettling metallic shriek at the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQfCeSSoCk&t=51m0s closing credits]]. |
| 153 | * ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'': In "The Devil You Know," Wilson Fisk puts on his iconic white suit for the first time as the penthouse where he is under house arrest is redecorated, accompanied by the Courante from Bach's ''Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 in G'' (the Prelude to the same piece had previously underscored Fisk's morning routine in season 1). As the piece ends and the camera pans up on Fisk's face, the tempo and notes stretch and scratch as if all this beauty and refined luxury can't help but be corrupted by Fisk himself. |
| 154 | * ''Series/{{Helix}}'': The intro credits theme starts off as something resembling TheElevatorFromIpanema, but the last note suddenly reverses itself to indicate that something ugly is lurking beneath the surface. |
| 155 | * The image of Commander Balok staring directly at you at the very end of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPW5QV4Ymw end credits sequence]] has unnerved many throughout the decades, serving as a kind of visual last note nightmare. |
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| 158 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 159 | * ''Everything Everywhere Daily'' from Glassbox Media concludes each episode's subject with [[https://youtu.be/Y-BKFFvOvLo?si=Ufb8tH9eqKCG6U9t&t=379 a loud sound]] that could easily come from a horror movie score. |
| 160 | * ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': [[spoiler: The ending of Episode 050. Ties into the story to Episode 051, after all.]] |
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| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Software]] |
| 164 | * The Music/{{Vocaloid}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBgUhO-V__A song]] "Alice Human Sacrifice" is a rather creepy parody of carnival music - which ends with the music getting slower and slower, and then just one note that is creepily off-key. |
| 165 | ** And don't forget the Nico Nico Chorus version of "Daughter of Evil". At the song's end, a few bars start to play from the sequel song, "Servant of Evil", until they're brutally cut off by a terrifying, realistic guillotine sound. ''Literal'' LastNoteNightmare, there. |
| 166 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LciylndQPu8 DYE]] by [=AVTechNO!=] is at its loudest and busiest near the end, and then the song [[NothingIsScarier ends abruptly]]. It's not as bad in this upload because of the ending credits, but on the version that can be found on ''[DYE] -synthesis-'', the sudden stop is the last thing you hear on the track. |
| 167 | ** Inverted with Kemu's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxmWBiFKilE Invisible]]. It starts six or so seconds of soft piano, which is promptly interrupted by some heavy guitar work that continues throughout the song. |
| 168 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZ6V6CZtcg Cyan Inc. logo from 1993 to 1997]] has a creepy sounding tympani at the end of some peaceful sounding music. |
| 169 | * The "Chime of Death" used on older Macintosh computers to indicate that normal startup was not successful may very well count as an "all note nightmare", but for a few models, particularly the Macintosh Quadra, Centris, Performa, LC, and the Macintosh Classic, the Chime of Death consists of four upward notes, followed by four more notes of a descending and dissonant sound. |
| 170 | * The Amiga sequencer software MusicX started up by playing a short arpeggio, and then very quickly playing a single note on every MIDI channel in turn, no matter how your MIDI setup was configured. This could easily become a Last Note Nightmare depending on the instrument configuration (or the exact opposite if you had something goofy like a culca or a honky horn on the highest channel) |
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| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 174 | * "Music of the Night," from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera.'' The Phantom has lulled Christine almost to sleep, the song's soft, everything's pleasant, then DUN! DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN loud discordant organ. Especially seizure-inducing if you're listening to the song at night in bed and do not expect the ending. |
| 175 | ** ''Phantom'' has another example in the song ''Masquerade''. Most of the song is a cheery, fun, ballroom dance, but the Phantom's theme plays right at the end, jarring viewers (and characters) and shocking them into reenterng the plot. |
| 176 | * More frightful fun from Webber: The opening of ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'' (just before "Heaven on Their Minds") is a First Note Nightmare. It's 10 meandering notes played on a slightly distorted "Middle Eastern" guitar, repeated four times, then followed up immediately by [[HellIsThatNoise a wailing, ghostly Moog synthesizer]]. It's ''guaranteed'' to give you the heebie-jeebies, especially if you're sitting in a theater and are expecting some nice "Broadway" music to open the show. |
| 177 | ** At least [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5ugbEIRCE one recording of the comical "Herod's Song"]] (performed by Creator/JackBlack at a one-night benefit performance) has Herod still acting fairly mellow, if put out, when he decides that Jesus is nothing but a fraud, starts effeminately shooing him away -- and then, suddenly, he ''screeches'', "GET ''OOOOOUT!''" |
| 178 | * The song "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" on the ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}} 1998'' Broadway Cast Recording is already kind of creepy since it's intentionally made to sound low-quality and distorted. Then it stops and the MC harshly whispers the last two words. At least they give you a few seconds to brace yourself. |
| 179 | ** Also from the 1998 cast, there is the beginnings of a lovely reprise of "Married" between the sweet old couple. Which is then promptly interrupted by a brick being "thrown" through a shop window. Well, there go all the good feelings. |
| 180 | * The song "So Happy" from ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' starts out nice and happy... until halfway through when there's a crashing noise and the number takes a very dark, eerie turn. Then there's the blood-curdling scream that occurs after you've think the song has faded out. Something similar occurs with the bouncy, romantic "It Takes Two" abruptly switching to "Stay With Me" (which ''opens'' with a blood-curdling scream!) Music/StephenSondheim loves this trope. |
| 181 | ** The witch's version of "Children Don't Listen" after [[spoiler:Rapunzel]]'s death is a flowing albeit sad song. The last note ends with the witch's voice breaking causing the song to go very sharp. |
| 182 | * The song "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" from the musical ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' is a Last/First VERSE Nightmare, combined with LyricalDissonance. It begins with a melancholy and gory description of war wounds, switches to an upbeat tune about "beginning to kill", then reprises the first verse. |
| 183 | * The rehearsal version of a ''Theatre/AChorusLine'''s "One", is a [[SarcasmMode joyful and optimistic song throughout]], but the final four shrieks of the word "one" over a ''terrifying'' major chord take the cake. |
| 184 | * The loud factory whistle that screams at seemingly random times in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Definitely something you don't want to be listening to with headphones. In the show, the whistle blows every time the title character kills someone - there's no such siren-like sound in songs without Sweeney Todd. Most of the victims have no lines, so the audio recording provides no warning for the shrieking whistle. That Sweeney is slitting throats casually while singing about other things adds to the nightmarish quality of the recordings. |
| 185 | * Occurs at the end of [[InspectorJavert Javert's]] final soliloquy in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', after he [[spoiler:kills himself]]. The orchestra plays a soaring reprise of "Stars," his IWantSong from earlier in the play, which ends on a horribly dissonant note, revealing it to be not a reprise, but an IronicEcho. |
| 186 | * In ''Theatre/PokemonLive'', Giovanni's reprise of "Everything Changes" ends on a creepy minor key. This is exacerbated onstage, where helicopter sounds are played over it as Delia and Professor Oak are captured. |
| 187 | ** The first version of "Everything Changes" ends on minor key violins as Team Rocket enters, interrupting Delia and Oak. |
| 188 | * "School Song" from ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'' starts as a reprise of "Miracle", then at the line "Mum says I'm an angel", a series of {{scare chord}}s lead into the main body of the song, where the upper-class students warn the newcomers of the terror that Miss Trunchbull will bestow upon them. At the climax of the second act, "Chalk Writing" inverts this trope when it segues into "[[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Revolting Children]]". |
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| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 192 | * Happens in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' when you win but your partner's at 0 HP. The ''victory'' music can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to-Y5i_pyts quite chilling.]] |
| 193 | * Magic School Bus: Ocean is guilty of this, of all games. The short theme for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyQI5_hda4 diatom puzzle]] is peaceful and relaxing, but the end note is very dark. |
| 194 | * 111.mp3, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN61-FfozBM "Good Morning"]] from ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' starts off as a peaceful and upbeat piano tune, then at 1:06 onwards starts to slip. It makes more sense when you consider the place where this song plays in-game. |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O35Pt8hUpOU World X-8 theme]] is very creepy and filled with PsychoStrings, but there are no surprises and it's actually quite calm. Then the music slowly fades out... All of a sudden, there's this really loud, startling drum. It's hard to describe, but really creepy. |
| 196 | * ''Franchise/SilentHill'': |
| 197 | ** In the secret "Revenge" ending of ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWl13Gk-5o8 "Silent Hill Song"]] ends with the singers being shot to death with a machine gun. It's actually kind of funny, because of how ludicrous and over-the-top that whole ending was. |
| 198 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'': The end of the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhtDJnPKBs ''Null Moon'']] fades down to the chime chords, then the instrument shifts to an ominous tone in the last couple of phrases. |
| 199 | * Much of the music in ''VideoGame/EndgameSingularity'' sounds like this; it starts out one place and goes somewhere else entirely. This holds particularly true for the music that plays when you win, which starts out something like the twilight zone theme and somehow manages to get ''more'' chilling. |
| 200 | * ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'': During the cutscene in the bad ending that plays upon [[spoiler:accepting Maruki's world]], an ominous note plays as Joker looks down near the end, heavily implying he regrets taking the deal. |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'' has the moderately cheerful background music trick you into thinking it's just an endless loop like the title and boss music. Then, at the 2-minute mark, the music plays backwards for a second or two and then proceeds to play normally again, except that it's much lower, much slower, and bizarrely warped. You WILL jump five feet into the air the first time you hear it. With such a piece of utterly bizarre warning music, it makes you wonder why they need an ultimate invincible enemy coming in at 2:30 to encourage you to hurry up. |
| 202 | * The song from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCvJHDzi0ZI End Credits]] of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' springs to mind. As the song starts, it's a pleasant recap of how village life used to be when everything was pleasant...and then [[PuppeteerParasite the Plagas]] showed up. |
| 203 | * When you get a TimeParadox in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ofFFio-Y_g the music]] goes on for a while until the whole screen reverses color and plays a loud noise followed by a gunshot when the letters become "TIME PARADOX". |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/SugarySpire'': The [[TimedMission Sugar Rush]] theme, "[[https://soundcloud.com/switchtower/glucose-getaway?in=bellhoping/sets/sugary-spire-soundtrack&si=1d8f1590ac4f4488a91c1e4af8ff5e31&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Glucose Getaway]]" starts out as a fast-paced, chaotic drum & bass song, but eventually, at the end, it slows down humongously into a creepy DroneOfDread, which is fitting, given that you're now being chased by [[StalkedByTheBell Coneball]]. |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': |
| 206 | ** The title demo sequence. It originally shows various scenes of Clock Town and its inhabitants, with a peaceful-sounding rendition of the Clock Town theme playing in the background. But at the last 30 seconds, the scene shifts toward the Skull Kid and the falling moon in the night sky, and at this point, the Clock Town theme starts to blend into the ominous theme of the Skull Kid, before transforming into it completely. A definite change from the simplistic yet cheery demo of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' (the previous N64 Zelda title), reflecting this game's comparatively darker atmosphere. |
| 207 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbWrGr_of0 Termina Field]] starts off as an off-kilter but upbeat and catchy remix of the series' main tune, up until the very end, where the chord progression starts repeating itself over and over again, sounding increasingly depressing and ominous for each repetition. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'': |
| 209 | ** ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4z82byt5mA "Pokey Means Business"]]/ Sounds like a fairly epic 8-bit final boss music, and just when it should end (or start looping), [[MoodWhiplash cue the heavy metal section.]] |
| 210 | ** From ''VideoGame/Mother3'', Tazmily Village's two themes from Chapter 4: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOIej1AMqIQ "A Railway Through Our Village?"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-P1HnqR8wE "Happy Town?"]]. Their final notes really capture the UncannyAtmosphere the village now has... |
| 211 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingWildWorld'': One of the many songs you can play in your house is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F3PyZTpJb0 "K.K. Lullaby"]] which is basically what it sounds like - a calm music box tune. The version you hear sung in the coffee shop is normal, but then when you bring the CD home it's a case of Last Note Nightmare; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZDzahBrLo the song]] goes for about 2 minutes before suddenly devolving into four screechy notes and then abruptly cuts of. Then starts looping the pretty music box tune again as nothing happened. This is probably the tape rewinding, but it still comes off as unexpected. |
| 212 | ** ...how can you [[FridgeHorror tape-rewind A CD]]? |
| 213 | ** A certain note from the normally calm and quiet song that plays at 11 PM in the original (''Wild World'' for the DS and ''City Folk'' for the Wii use a different soundtrack) has a similar effect, as well as the unexpected (during the first time hearing it) and bizarre sneezing sound effect in K.K. Cruisin'. |
| 214 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puj89z-MOzM K.K. Swing]] has an effect very similar throughout the whole song. |
| 215 | * The track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrV8cRMRaMo "Showdown at Hollow Bastion"]] from the ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' OST. The abrupt transitions are heart-quickening (no pun intended) and can be slightly nightmarish: it begins with a mild little score, suddenly picks up the tempo and sounds like montage music, and THEN suddenly becomes all-out battle music complete with a choir that has a similar effect to OminousLatinChanting. And the entire piece is under a minute long. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/PacManWorld2'' features a boss fight called "Pinky's Revenge." The BGM starts out as a very upbeat piece meant to evoke happy feelings about the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snowy surroundings]] ... but then a dissonant chord strikes, followed by a couple more ... then it gets back into the happy groove again. But at 0:53, it totally breaks down, with blaring PsychoStrings and sudden hard percussion as the whole thing turns absolutely horrifying. It gets a little {{Narm}}-y when it starts using StockSoundEffect muted-trumpet hits later on, but overall it's quite effective. |
| 217 | * The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series: |
| 218 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has the soundtrack version of Ghost Train theme. While the entire song is basically a funeral march, the song ends with a loud, piercing train whistle. It also starts with that same whistle; the ending is the first few seconds of the song, slowly fading out. |
| 219 | ** Most versions of "One Winged Angel" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' have the instrumental break segue right into "Veni, veni, venias" (the creepiest part of the song, but okay if you have buildup to it). This even goes for the ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' version that you hear in the movie. However, a new release of the ''Advent Children'' version on iTunes kicks it up a notch. The instrumental segue fades into another instrumental, this time a reprise of the verse and chorus that is almost corny. Then it ends, or so you think. Then after a few seconds of dead silence, [[HellIsThatNoise MI FILI VENI VENI...]] |
| 220 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'''s "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec," from the orchestral arrangement album of the same name, has a beautiful, dramatic rendition of this iconic piece... and ends, about a minute before the final note, with a horrific, ear-piercing wail with unintelligible (and honestly quite infernal-sounding) lyrics. Even people who know to expect it are jolted by its sudden intrusion. |
| 221 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has the soundtrack version of the Last Battle, which ends with [[HellIsThatNoise Lavos's cry of agony and the noise of the dimension it created crumbling and fading white]]. Similar to ''Final Fantasy VI'' above, it starts with Lavos' bloodcurling scream. |
| 222 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 223 | ** Two particular remixes of "U.N. Owen Was Her?" included (1) gradually overlapping lines followed by a somewhat sudden cutoff of the voices, with the music slowing down to normal after the overlapping voices have been building to a more and more frenetic pace, and (2) putting in an increasingly less subtle creepy laugh. Then you remember that this is [[{{Tykebomb}} Flandre's]] [[CreepyChild theme...]] [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJZA-O_B78 Do you really want to lose your sanity!?]]]] |
| 224 | ** Listen to "U.N. Owen Was Her?" again. Doing it right now? ''Lah lah lah lah la-lalalalah~'' |
| 225 | ** The original song has a last note nightmare of its own, ending with a disturbing piano crash that is very out of place in a high-energy techno track. |
| 226 | ** "Marisa Stole The Precious Thing" also features a nasty bit near the end, where the song pauses for a moment so loud static can be played. It's all techno popping along and suddenly DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. |
| 227 | ** Music/{{IOSYS}}'s (the fellows who brought you "Marisa Stole The Precious Thing") [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ia38dvaZuQ "Blue Cirno"]] is an extremely jovial song that sounds like a mix of upbeat Latin music and happy Christmas music. That is until it ends off with a Last Note Nightmare that makes people think their souls are being sucked out. |
| 228 | ** [[Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault DRR you say?]] |
| 229 | ** ''"Sleeping Terror"'', Yuuka's stage 5 boss theme in Lotus Land Story is this. Starts out creepy, then a pause, and the real song starts. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZM4kM_G0iU Are you not afraid yet?]] |
| 230 | ** ''"Bewildering Impending Spiriting Away ~ Border of Death"'' is not frightening, right? Now, get that stereo headphones or earplugs. Can you hear ''Her'' singing behind you? [[Music/{{IOSYS}} Guess who made this remix.]] |
| 231 | * ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'': |
| 232 | ** The [[MultipleEndings "bad" ending]] that you see if you don't get all of the crystal shards is a nice, happy, appropriately victorious song... which happens to end on [[https://youtu.be/lsRAJjHsS_0?t=44s the creepiest five notes you will ever hear in a ''Kirby'' game]], synced up with the fairy queen's PsychoticSmirk. |
| 233 | ** This also applies to the music in the cutscenes where Dark Matter possesses Waddle Dee, Adeleine, and Dedede. The first two end with a [[ScareChord Scare Chord]], the latter shifts to a darker tone when Dark Matter shows up. |
| 234 | ** Also from ''Kirby 64'' comes the OST version of the 100-Yard Hop theme. It's a rendition of the classic Gourmet Race tune, and it plays exactly as you'd expect it to... until the final seconds, where it ends abruptly with a loud crashing noise. |
| 235 | * ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': |
| 236 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' |
| 237 | *** The "Antediluvia" movement of the High Charity Suite starts off the same as "Wage" from Delta Halo Suite, but then is interrupted by a ScareChord and dark ambient noises, as the Flood arrive on High Charity and infect the Prophet of Mercy. BTW, the title is Latin for "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin before the flood]]". |
| 238 | *** "Epilogue" from the game's end credits for the most part is mournful, starting with some plaintive strings accompanied by a lonesome electric guitar, followed by a solemn rendition of ''Respite''. The track then concludes with a freaky crescendo of distorted electronic noises and roaring, before petering off into a silent void, which plays alongside a short cutscene of the Gravemind approaching Cortana in High Charity's High Council Chamber. |
| 239 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'': |
| 240 | *** The last movement of "Black Tower" starts with a series of ascending EtherealChoir notes, but then the choir switches to a [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] dirge-style tune, which is the music heard during Cmdr. Keyes's death cutscene. |
| 241 | *** "Halo Reborn" starts with an EtherealChoir remake of "Under Cover of Night", then becomes a dark drum and bass piece, then finally a rendition of the PsychoStrings piece "Shadows", before concluding with a ScareChord. |
| 242 | *** Similarly, "Roll Call" begins with a triumphant remake of the Halo title theme, followed by a medley of "Farthest Outpost" and "Under Cover of Night", but the last movement is a sad piano and strings tune, similar to the EasterEgg music "Siege of Madrigal". Apparently to underscore Master Chief's absence from the "roll call", and his presumed death. |
| 243 | *** Then last, but not least, there's "Legend", the Legendary bonus cutscene music, which starts off the peaceful drifting music similar to the opening scene, transitioning into PsychoStrings before abruptly ending with this. |
| 244 | |
| 245 | * From VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1gsKeTi1Bg "I AM NOT A MORON,"]] which shifts from upbeat techno to horrifying orchestra when [[spoiler: Wheatley betrays you.]] |
| 246 | * ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'': |
| 247 | ** At the end of the game, you're teleported back to Earth after fighting through the legions of Satan and the fires of Hell itself, treated to a scenery shot of a frolicking meadow before noticing that the demons got here first. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wFiRLMf0is music]] reflects this. |
| 248 | ** [[http://youfailit.net/music/dwremix/Mythril_Nazgul_-_The_Man_Alone.mp3 This remix]] [[Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability of a song from]] the original soundtrack basically keeps the same tone as the original song, which is more quiet and mysterious than anything else, but at the end the song begins to rather literally break down and some unidentifiable but hellish noise plays in the background. |
| 249 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBW_R61WGYU "Sweet Dead Little Bunny"]] gives a real "SuddenDownerEnding" feel (or rather, an "EarnYourHappyEnding In The Sequel" feel). |
| 250 | ** The soundtrack to the GameMod ''VideoGame/MyHouse'', referencing Music/LeylandKirby's "Everywhere At The End of Time", begins as the standard ''Doom II'' Level 1 theme "Running From Evil", then upon transitioning to the [=GZDoom=]-enhanced house, [[https://youtu.be/X3zrtIIbEpc?si=IWK8AiffcMpxMuRo the instrumentation begins to fall off-kilter]], and in subsequent iterations of the house, it [[https://youtu.be/ruQVkh2MUP8?si=X1IiFigEB36pDPiw completely disintegrates]] into DroneOfDread and chaotic HarshNoise. |
| 251 | * The [[VideoGame/StepMania J-core]] song "to luv me I *** for you" by t+ Pazolite starts off with a sorrowful, gentle melody, then kicks into an extremely fast tune that borders on scary, and ends with the same melody, only playing at a slower tempo and [[NothingIsScarier stopping one measure before it were to completely finish playing]]. |
| 252 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Scratches}}'', when quitting the game before finishing it, you are taken to a rolling credits screen with soft piano music, at the end of it there's a very unsettling ScareChord. |
| 253 | * The worst ending in ''VideoGame/MystIIIExile'' starts with the return to Tomahna theme (just like two of the other endings), which is a soft wind-instrument piece. Bt then it's interrupted by a violent, percussion-heavy ScareChord right when [[spoiler:your character is hit and killed from behind by the BigBad, who then goes onto likely kill Atrus and his family]]. In the official soundtrack, this piece is appropriately titled, ''You've Been Followed''. |
| 254 | * The ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series Nightmare Fuel page cites the death-against-K-Rool music [[DummiedOut to have been cut]] (from a game with so much Nightmare Fuel, no less) because it was ''too scary''. |
| 255 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 256 | ** The European/Japanese version of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'''s GameOver theme starts as a low-pitched DarkReprise of ''You Can Do Anything'', but it ends with a high-pitched sound resembling a scream. The US version, though, is entirely NightmareFuel. |
| 257 | ** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' has a slightly inverted case of this in the form of its ending theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRAI1gM7AKM "Never Turn Back"]], which starts out as a slow, sad and somewhat pleasant piano cover of 'I Am... All Of Me' before the drums abruptly kick into the main song. |
| 258 | ** The final boss music for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2''. The song looping comes with blaring klaxons. |
| 259 | *** In the mirror section of Amy's Twinkle Park stage, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6Yg1fCEik the music]] initially starts out as cute, quiet, and innocent... Then the music seems to take a darker turn, becoming much tenser, you can also hear a child laughing for a brief moment. |
| 260 | *** An inversion in the Egg Golem/King Boom Boo boss fight music: just before the main melody starts, a sudden hushed voice asks "who's there?" *guitars* |
| 261 | * While not ''entirely'' a Last Note Nightmare, because the transition happens only a third of the way in, the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' Engineer's theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NTfCbfvwM8 More Gun]] qualifies. The song starts out as the pleasant guitar riff (Taken from the Wilco song "Someone Else's Song") that the Engineer plays throughout his ''Meet the Team'' video. At 0:54, however, the song quickly changes gears, with a sudden shift from major chords to minor ones, with a louder, deeper, and more ominous guitar riff overshadowing the original and a low, foreboding trumpet playing backup. |
| 262 | ** From the ''Expiration Date'' short comes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeDI-ahJT04 It Hates Me So Much]], a twangy pseudo-surf-rock number playing on the dance floor Scout sets out. The song becomes altogether more sinister near the end, at the part where [[spoiler:Soldier reveals that he has been teleporting bread for ''three days straight'', after having learned that teleporting bread monster-izes it.]] |
| 263 | * "The Rowhouses" from ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorFrontline'' starts with a continuation of the "Nijmegen Bridge" theme [[SiameseTwinSongs from the prior OST track]], adding a jaunty oboe motif to it a third of the way through, but then the ominous Panzer {{leitmotif}} starts to creep in, completely taking over in the last third. |
| 264 | * The Mars Maze theme in ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'' slows down as your OxygenMeter depletes, decaying to a HeartbeatSoundtrack and heavy breathing that progressively speeds up prior to the GameOver {{flatline}} sound. |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' actually features one of these. In the record "11", all that can be heard is the sounds of what could be a man loading a gun, or simply shifting around in his chair. For the most part, it's a quiet song, devoid of any music and comprised absolutely of ambiance. Near the end, however, the music abruptly shifts to the man walking down a path, then breaking into a run. As the music builds, we hear some type of inhuman noise roar at the man before it abruptly cuts out, switching to a soft beeping noise before going completely silent. |
| 266 | * The last few seconds of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l26RYMtD6U Alexander's Suicide]]" in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow''. It gets coupled up with HeartbeatSoundtrack, as it is incurred by [[spoiler:Alex]]'s heartbeat slowing down to a stop [[spoiler:via "Drink Me" potion]]. |
| 267 | * In ''VideoGame/ThePath'', "forest theme" sounds perfectly soothing and calm in-game. But when you listen to it in the soundtrack, the last two minutes end with a rasping screeching echoey voice screaming repeatedly "and I will eat you!" for the rest of the track without any music playing. Also, the in-game version of "the girl in red" ends with a disconcerting staticy scream overtakes the whole song. |
| 268 | * ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution:'' |
| 269 | ** The FinalBoss song of ''X2'', "Valkyrie dimension", ends with a sudden jump to 744 BPM and, on its hardest charts, a sudden stream of notes that can result in stage failure for unsuspecting players. |
| 270 | ** ''X3'' has perhaps one of the most literal examples. The boss song "Tohoku Evolved", primarily played as an [[BrutalBonusLevel Encore]] [[BonusStage Extra Stage]]. The entirety of the song is difficult, but the ending is what makes it fit this trope. You land on a jump hold and keep it held for a few seconds. The doors have not closed signifying the end, and (for those that use the screen darkening mods) the screen is still dark. You know something is coming. That something is a [[RandomEvent random]] [[LuckBasedMission jump]] that scrolls up at about 3 times its speed. Considering that this song's BPM is 340, that means [[OhCrap having to GUESS at where the note lands since it's very hard to even try to read notes at that speed]]. Factor in that the Encore Extra Stage is in forced OneHitPointWonder mode, and you have the worst note in the game to hit. |
| 271 | ** Also from ''X3'', "PARANOIA Revolution" pays tribute to past songs in the "PARANOIA" song series, including samples of AnnouncerChatter from ''[=DanceDanceRevolution=] [=2ndMIX=]''. The song seems to end with a clip of the announcer saying, "I'm so impressed I could cry! Thank you very much for your best dance!"...but one final drumroll hails the actual end of the song. For those playing on Expert, which is a [[NostalgiaLevel mishmash of past DDR charts]], this final section is hailed by a replica of "Valkyrie dimension"'s ending stream of doom. |
| 272 | * "Drok" from ''[[{{VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2}} Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge]]'' seems to stop at 2:20 before playing a [[http://youtu.be/cBhfwUF1kdU?t=2m20s slow, droning track plays for a few moments]]. |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' begins with "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" playing on an old radio, which fades into the ominous main game theme as the camera zooms out to reveal the landscape of the Capital Wasteland. |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' makes this with a loud self-destruction siren interrupting a low, sad tone [[spoiler:that interrupts Samus while she was hugging Adam's helmet.]] |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' uses a variation for dramatic effect in the song "Leaving Earth" early in the game. It is a quietly sad piano piece as Shepard watches [[spoiler:the evacuation of Earth.]] Suddenly, a Reaper fires its main cannon, making its trademark [[HellisThatNoise BWOOOOOOORRRRRNNNGH]] sound, which is [[MoodWhiplash quite shocking]]. It happens several more times over the course of the song. Also played straight with the ScareChord at the end of "An End Once and For All", when the Crucible's beam catches up to the Normandy. Inverted if Extended Cut is installed and you have sufficiently high EMS. |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/LunaGame 3'''s soundtrack starts with Eurobeat Brony's remix of "At The Gala", but it progressively [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand slows down]] as the world darkens, ending with a static ScareChord followed by a DroneOfDread. |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/TheTownWithNoName:'' Among many other reasons the song that plays after the line, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314Nm0h5ysQ "Do you have the right time, old man?"]] assails the player's ears. |
| 278 | * An extended and potentially terrifying variation occurs in [[spoiler:the Good Ending of]] ''VideoGame/DreamingMary''. [[spoiler:You're congratulated for helping Mari escape in the real world. Mary is shown passing through a diorama of the dream seen in the game, accompanied by peaceful yet exulting music. Then halfway through, everything goes to hell when the question arises: "Is this the real world, or is this still a dream?" The title theme is reprised, twisted by nightmarish dissonances.]] |
| 279 | * Probably the heaviest use of this trope is ''Tamura'' from the game ''The Silver Case''. One wonders why they would put something that sounds like a dialing revolver at the end of such a lighthearted track. |
| 280 | * The battle theme to ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', Pepper Steak, is a very cheerful electro-swing theme. In-game the horns and percussion loop normally twice, and on the third time, only the horns play for a few seconds before the percussion gets three heavy BANG BANG [=BANGs=] in and then the entire song loops. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9xbgTHpLA OST version]] of the song, however, the song ends with the first few seconds of the song being played five times over, slowed and pitched down each time until the song is reduced to a grating, dragging nightmare of a sound. |
| 281 | * "Restoring the Light, Facing The Dark" from ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'' is initially a ThemeMusicPowerUp as Ori escapes the rising waters of the Ginso Tree, then it turns sinister when Kuro appears at the top and attacks Ori. |
| 282 | * In ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', Eddie falls asleep while preparing for a stage battle and dreams of sharing romantic moments with his LoveInterest Ophelia (read: skipping down a beach together holding hands while slaughtering Tainted Coil demons), set to the suitably romantic "Holiday" by Music/{{Scorpions|Band}}. As the dream ends and Eddie wakes up, the music transitions into a particularly [[MetalScream screamy]] part of "So Frail" by Mirrorthrone, which becomes the background music during the stage battle against [[spoiler:Drowned Ophelia]]. |
| 283 | * A weird, fairly {{Downplayed}} example is [[WordPureeTitle z30huri2ba0tt12le1110]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''. [[NightmareFuel It's an utterly terrifying, loud, unpleasant song]] that violently abuses {{Scare Chord}}s throughout, but by far the part of it that's ''strangest'' is the ending, where it very abruptly goes from creepy orchestra to [[NothingIsScarier near-silence]] [[https://youtu.be/MS-oMrE0_DQ?t=2m40s and some strange clicking noise.]] |
| 284 | * Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}'' has the music track "Resurrections", which is a very upbeat piano tune with some drum machines for good measure, albeit a tune with a creepy edge (due to it playing while your character is being chased by her cynical subconscious given human form). At the end of the stage, where it's revealed that most of what Madeline just experienced ''[[OrWasItADream may]]'' have been a dream sequence, we get a synthesized DroneOfDread followed by a ScareChord to cap everything off. |
| 285 | * In the prologue of ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'', "Ku's First Flight" begins with a TriumphantReprise of her {{leitmotif}} as she takes to the skies with Ori onboard, but gives way to the sinister theme of [[BigBad Shriek]] when the two are caught in a [[TheCorruption Decay]]-induced [[HostileWeather thunderstorm]] over Niwen and separated. |
| 286 | * On ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'''s OST, the last song, "19:07" by Danger, abruptly ends with a {{Flatline}} tone. |
| 287 | * The ending song of ''VideoGame/FatalFrameMaskOfTheLunarEclipse'', "Torikago ~In This Cage~" is an awesome J-Rock song that ends on a pleasant calming piano solo... until the very last note, which is a very abrupt ''slam'' on the piano. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAwN4gC24g0 "The Smell of Mushroom,"]] one of the seasonal tracks that plays during Fall. It's a very relaxing and nostalgic song, which perfectly captures the feel of exploring an autumn forest on a windy day. But as the song fades, it ends with a few seconds of just the wind, an odd grinding noise... and then a very faint, impish giggling can be heard right as the wind dies. |
| 289 | * In ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBIJFTPPp-8 "Deep Stone Lullaby"]], which plays at around the halfway point of the Deep Stone Crypt raid. It starts off as a LonelyPianoPiece, gradually building up with other instruments, strings soaring as you explore [[spoiler: the outside of the space station you've infiltrated]], but shortly before it ends, the strings and brass take on a very ominous tone, [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinting that something is about to go horribly wrong]]. [[spoiler: It does, as the next encounter immediately after this is the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Nuclear Des]][[ColonyDrop cent Protocol]]]]. |
| 290 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skullmonkeys}}'': More like ''Middle'' Note Nightmare, in "Little Bonus Room Song". |
| 291 | -->''There are no monsters here -- hey, wait, look over there...'' '''[LOUD DISTORTED GUITAR NOISES ACCOMPANIED BY PAINED SCREAMS]'''\ |
| 292 | ''I was just kidding, don't be scared.'' |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 296 | * The song "[[https://soundcloud.com/alex-abraham-music/rwby-vol-3-chapter-11-such-arrogance Such Arrogance...]]" from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' which is used at the end of the episode "[[WhamEpisode Heroes and Monsters]]". |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 300 | * [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/let-the-squiddles-sleep-end-theme "Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme)"]], from the "Squiddles!" album, a collection of songs meant to be the soundtrack to [[ShowWithinAShow a made-up kid's TV show]] that exists in the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' universe. It's especially jarring after the rest of the sickeningly adorable songs. It somehow becomes even worse when used for the [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004748 "Jade: Wake Up"]] Flash update. |
| 301 | ** From Volume 5 of the music for Homestuck itself, "[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-2 Savior of the Waking World]]" plays like a grand, orchestrated version of the theme for the Land of Wind and Shade. Even if not totally upbeat, it's at least somewhat hopeful sounding, especially with the title. And the song gets to its end, the melody becomes the same as the original song, except heavily distorted by static, and it fades into nothing as a deep gong sounds three times. |
| 302 | ** In an inversion of this trope, ''Hardchorale'' starts with the word "MEOOOOOOOOOOOOW" screamed at the top of the vocalist's lungs. |
| 303 | *** Technically could also be viewed as playing it straight - both Hardchorale and the previous song (Happy Cat Song) are remixes of the same song, both with cats meowing. So you're just listening to the happy (if slow) Happy Cat Song, it ends, and then... "MEOOOOOOOW!" |
| 304 | ** While not whiplash-tastic, Midnight Calliope from the Alterniabound soundtrack (also used in one of the flashes) may also qualify for this, as what starts out as a vaguely spooky carnival tune descends into a low, menacing drone. And just as the track fades out... HONK. |
| 305 | ** Also on Alterniabound, the track "[[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/killed-by-br8k-spider-2 Killed by [=BR8K=] Spider!!!!!!!!]]" is an awesome-sounding tune that gives a healthy serving of Vriska's cocky badassery. However at around twenty seconds from the end the notes turn sharp, the guitar playing gets sloppy, the tempo slows, and it ends with one last, faltering note that echoes into silence. |
| 306 | ** A Picardy third is used in Calamity at the very end - then again, Calamity was an upbeat minor action song from the start... |
| 307 | ** Octoroon Rangoon starts out as an active orchestral piece, only for the last thirty seconds or so to move into a menacing piano refrain culminating in a ''heavily'' distorted "Make her a member of the Midnight Crew..." that sounds rather like it was remixed in hell. |
| 308 | ** {{Inverted}} with [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum-2 Umbral Ultimatum]]. The song is scary intense, but then the song ends with a light refrain, which is uplifting compared to the circumstances of the rest of the flash. |
| 309 | * The ''Webcomic/VGCats'' comic [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=275 "A Magical Wonderland".]] Even more so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHHoFcZ-iaA here]] (6:08) |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 313 | * From ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', the ending of [[spoiler:"Everything you Ever"]] goes from [[spoiler:bold and triumphant to TearJerker.]] [[GainaxEnding And then it ends]]. To elaborate, the final verse of the song is Doctor Horrible singing triumphantly as he finally joins the Evil League of Evil [[spoiler: after [[IShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally]] [[StuffedIntoTheFridge killing Penny, the only person he loved]] in an attempt to kill [[DesignatedHero Captain Hammer.]]]] |
| 314 | --> (Doctor Horrible walks into the chamber of the Evil League of Evil, putting on his costume...) |
| 315 | --> '''Doctor Horrible''': Now the nightmare's real! |
| 316 | --> Now Doctor Horrible is here to make you quake with fear, |
| 317 | --> To make your whole world kneel! |
| 318 | --> '''Chorus''': ''Everything you ever...'' |
| 319 | --> (The doors to the chamber begin to close before the viewer's eyes, a la [[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather's ending...]] The instruments build to a crescendo.) |
| 320 | --> '''Doctor Horrible''': And I won't feel... |
| 321 | --> (The instruments cut off abruptly, cut back to Billy, Doctor Horrible's alter-ego staring blankly at the viewer.) |
| 322 | --> '''''A thing.''''' |
| 323 | --> ([[SmashCut Smash Cut]] to black. Roll credits.) |
| 324 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqToFk7ZYEM Slender Man's rendition of "Still Alive"]] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. He sings the last bit normally, and then the very last "STILL ALIVE" gives the impression that he's right behind you. |
| 325 | -->''And believe me I am still alive.\ |
| 326 | I'm doing Science and I'm still alive.\ |
| 327 | I feel FANTASTIC and I'm still alive.\ |
| 328 | While you're dying I'll be still alive.\ |
| 329 | And when you're dead I will be still alive.\ |
| 330 | Still alive\ |
| 331 | STILL ALIVE!!!'' |
| 332 | * Website/NicoNicoDouga's first medley. Everything is fast, upbeat, and happy, but then a little bit of silence, and following that is a '''very''' off-key, '''very''' off-beat, 8-bit rendition of Sakura Sakura. |
| 333 | * ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'': |
| 334 | ** The whole second half of [[Recap/DontHugMeImScaredOne the original video]] is a collection of scary moments put together to make up one big Last Note Nightmare. First, there is a sudden switch in the animation, and there's a continuous, soul-crushing long chord. It switches back to "live action" but [[spoiler:only to show the cast do art projects with human hearts, cut pies made with gore, and painting the word "DEATH". All while playing horribly distorted music that will stick to your mind for days. After all that, you think everything goes back to normal, but the notepad with a face sings "Let's all agree to never be creative again!" right before the song surprisingly closes out on a regular Last Note Nightmare within an extended LNN. Even after the music video, it also shows credits play with ink coming out of a mouse hole while what sounds like Squidward's clarinet plays in the background]]. |
| 335 | ** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DontHugMeImScaredThree The third episode]]'s song is the most cheerful of the show, [[spoiler:even in the last part where Shrignold presents Yellow Guy to their leader, but when he wakes up, all we hear behind is a sinister choir]]. |
| 336 | * ''Music/TheLivingTombstone''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18A5BOTlzE Five Nights at Freddy's Song]] has the final chorus be abruptly cut off [[spoiler:by the animatronics' signature screech]]. An attentive listener can see it coming, since it's also played at the end of the first chorus, softly. |
| 337 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vPRu1bR5fc This protest video]] against BP's greenwashing at the 2012 Olympics. The music starts out with peaceful piano, but when the BP cyclist shows his true colors and starts turning the environment into a CrapsackWorld, the music changes to a dark {{industrial}} tune accompanied by dissonant 8-bit-style jingles reminiscent of "game over" music. |
| 338 | * Brentalfloss's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ldhe504Mw DK Rap 2018]] shows how all the protagonists of the game are doing. Eventually, we get to Chunkey, [[spoiler:[[BusCrash who's dead]]]]. |
| 339 | * While this one is AccidentalNightmareFuel, Yello - Oh Yeah is playing the background in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrokeSu-00Q Dog on Rollercoaster]] and the video ends during a scary part of the song. |
| 340 | * Ace's Adventures' tour of the dead [[https://youtu.be/KayGkZZ6kfw Mountaineer Mall]] in Morgantown, WV is set to heartwarming vintage Muzak until the "Coming Soon" teaser at the end, which shows a shot of the darkened mall interior at night accompanied by creepy ambient music and Anthony shouting "Hello?" into the darkness, followed by a flash to color bars and static. |
| 341 | * Dead By Bed Spread's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDWorse52ZE What if Pokemon were CREEPYPASTAS?]] inverts this trope. After an entire video of some pretty terrifying Pokemon, it ends on a moment of hilarity with the [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2 Pizza theme]] playing over a Tangrowth based on sphagetti that's literally called the Creepy Pasta Pokemon. It plays even over the patreon credits - though the video [[DoubleSubversion does end proper on a]] final JumpScare. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 345 | * The triumphant [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxQaUFjg9Q end credits theme]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' concludes with an ominous flute sound, signifying the dark threats that lurk within the otherwise [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome amazing world]] of Xadia. |
| 346 | * At the end of some 1990 Disney VHS tapes such as ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'', after a split second of silence, the copyright screen appears with the chime tune from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d9t8kWPKTc the 80s/90s Walt Disney Television logo]] (usually if the copyright screen is replacing said logo) that can startle you and catch you off guard, especially if you have your television at high volume. [[https://youtu.be/YuaMY-Nuwzg?t=1m44s Here is one example]]. |
| 347 | ** In fact, this was actually more common on releases outside North America, namely the "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics" releases over there, so its certain this would have definitely scared quite a few children all over the world. |
| 348 | * Unsurprisingly, the song "Source Music of Doom" from the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' soundtrack has this. Not at the end, only about 30 seconds in, but definitely worth mentioning. Starts out with a strange tune about tacos before going into light flute-ish tune that seems very happy and cheerful before an out-of-place chord blares in your ears and kids sing "Bloaty's Pizza Hog!" over and over in your ears. |
| 349 | * "Rock-A-Bye Baby" in the Crashcup segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', namely the ones where he invents the bed and the baby. Played at the end of the episode - normally the first time around, then as things go awry for good it repeats - but "rolls" like a warped record. |
| 350 | * The recorder song in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s "World Wide Recorder Concert". Everyone in the WORLD will remember [[BrownNote the last note of that song]]... |
| 351 | * Oddly enough, ''WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|1984}}'' features one of these in its ending credits theme from the second season onward: the very last part where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2dyF-XeetA Spider-Man jumps down onto the Marvel logo]] segues from the cheery instrumental theme to a dissonant, screechy horn. It was actually the theme to "Muppets, Babies and Monsters", the short-lived hourlong pairing of ''Muppet Babies'' and its unsuccessful companion show ''Little Muppet Monsters'', which was a live-action show with animated segments about three "kid" Muppets airing a TV station from the basement of the Muppet house. The theme for that combined the two individual shows' themes into a medley (remixed slightly with castanets and the aforementioned trumpet solo). ''Little Muppet Monsters'' was yanked from the CBS schedule after only three episodes, but they kept the ending theme as the ''Muppet Babies'' ending theme until the show ended in 1991. |
| 352 | * Happens at the end of the closing sequence in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', just after Fred screams, [[SayMyName "WIIIIIIIILLLLLLMAAAAAAAAAA!"]], while continuing to pound the door. |
| 353 | ** Also, in the episode "Hot Lips Hannigan", Fred sings "Do Re Mi" to Wilma. He holds the final "Do" for a ridiculously long time, causing the Flintstones' glassware to shatter. |
| 354 | * Similarly, the original closing sequence for ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' has George crying out to Jane for help as he gets caught in Astro's dog-walking treadmill. |
| 355 | ** Even the later syndicated reruns of the 1980s, which feature just static shots of the characters over an instrumental of the theme, can be abrupt as the last note of the theme is followed by the loud spinning star logo used for Hanna-Barbera at the time. |
| 356 | * A "three-note nightmare" happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. It occurs right after the end of the PSA's[[note]] "Doing the right thing makes you a superstar"[[/note]], and before the "JEM!" at the end. |
| 357 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiytkIXTkAo The 'O' Song]]", an old animation from ''Series/SesameStreet'', ends with one of these. |
| 358 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}} Rupert and the Frog Song]]'', which is a cartoon about a little bear cub and several cute singing frogs, actually ends with [[OminousOwl a demonic-looking owl]] swooping down and scaring away all of the singing frogs. |
| 359 | * Some of the BGM from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' can come across as this. Notable examples include "Maniac Pursuit" and "Terror". |
| 360 | * For your consideration, WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget. Wonderful cartoon, catchy theme song, but that last low note sounds rather ominous compared to the rest of the tune. Even more frightening with the end credits variation with Dr. Claw's booming voice saying, "I'll get you next time, Gadget, next time!" |
| 361 | * The short version Season 1 theme for ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' was a triumphant and brash brass-led flourish. The Season 2 theme is the same until it suddenly switches to a somber dirge for the TitleIn of the "Invasion" subtitle. |
| 362 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': |
| 363 | ** The music that plays during the end credits of the episode "Under Chuckie's Bed/Chuckie Is Rich" has one of these. It's a very elegant and mellow-sounding piece but abruptly ends with a ''brutal'' symphonic crash. |
| 364 | ** Another one at the end of "Dust Bunnies/Educating Angelica". It is a very triumphant superhero-like theme that ends with some creepy dissonant notes. |
| 365 | ** Also the ending to "A Visit from Lipshitz/What the Big People Do", where the latter short ended with a long ScareChord that echoed into the first few seconds of the usual credits theme. |
| 366 | ** The original pilot episode, "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing", ends this way as well; towards the end of the credits the sound of Stu, Didi, and Grandpa Lou arguing fades back into the music and continues to play over the Nickelodeon logo. |
| 367 | * A variation of this: During Season One of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', the closing credits music would abruptly change when Porkchop donned his headphones (usually to the central theme of the first of the episode's two sub-episodes). That could be pretty spooky sometimes (which is probably why this was dropped after S1). |
| 368 | ** Related, there is also the first Jumbo Pictures logo after the credits, which was still, indigo blue, had a relatively low singing of "Do-do-do, do-do-do!" and was accompanied by some scatting. This was also dropped after season two with the second "sunrise" Jumbo Pictures logo, which was a yellow-orange color, animated (to resemble a sunrise shining over the logo), and more light-hearted, cornball horn playing. |
| 369 | * Happens almost ''literally'' in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "Long-Haired Hare." Giovanni's final note during his performance (where he holds the same high note for a ridiculously long time, consequential disasters happen, and then he STILL has to hold it one last time) ''definitely'' ends in a nightmare for the poor singer!!! |
| 370 | * For the [[FiveEpisodePilot original mini-series]] that started ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', the end credits theme starts out as an instrumental version of the theme song only to suddenly turn into a very loud, booming noise by the end. |
| 371 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS_wPv9uLHM Lovely Scenery C]] from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. Don't let the title fool you. |
| 372 | * In the original ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' show, the moment where any short ends and the screen goes black with the credits for "A Mirisch-Geoffrey-Depatie Freleng Production" while that creepy and loud music sounded. Check it near the end [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-NrkJ_XW50 here]]. |
| 373 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipISMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The Cutie Mark Chronicles]]" when the Sonic Rainboom interrupts Fluttershy's "So Many Wonders" song and scares away the animals. |
| 374 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XEoz_rf40A "Telegraph Line"]] from ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'', a cheerful ditty about how the nervous system works. Then you get to the part where "THE END" displays on a telegram, accompanied by two oddly dissonant notes that stick out way more than the rest of the song. |
| 375 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 376 | ** In "The Message", the fourth-to-last episode of the first season, the usually calming end credits theme is suddenly drowned out by creepy static. The ending for the following episode, "Political Power", is [[NothingIsScarier nothing but static]] getting louder, especially at the end, which is emphasized by a ScareChord. |
| 377 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7dmHmNoL2g "Lion's Mane"]] is a very ethereal song used when Steven explores the PocketDimension within Lion's mane that supposedly belonged to his mother. The last few seconds of the song become panicked as Steven runs out of air and scrambles to get out of the mane before he suffocates. |
| 378 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWgqFk_6KR4 Synchronize/Sugilite]] starts with Amethyst and Garnet's themes being remixed together. When the music reaches the point where they fuse into Sugilite, the themes combine into a distorted bass with an echoing diving beat that emphasizes just how menacing Sugilite herself is. [[https://youtu.be/IAhozLQLF-U?t=1m28s The scene in "Cry for Help" where she briefly reappears]] manages to make it even worse, due to her [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristically]] [[TranquilFury quiet rage]]. |
| 379 | * The ending to each ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNOW'' short has this, with a slightly higher-toned version of the show's signature fanfare theme suddenly becoming a menacing ScareChord. |
| 380 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': In spite of being a serious scene overall, the song "You Didn't Know" is largely uplifting and triumphant until its last few seconds where Adam [[InternalReveal reveals]] that [[spoiler:Vaggie used to be an Exterminator.]] The song ends with a few [[ScareChord Scare Chords]] that sound like they were ripped right out of the climax of an opera. |
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| 385 | * At the end of his "Guitar Fever" [[https://youtu.be/JhHOaMXYXU4?t=385 review]], an episode which established numerous standards that have been in place on the channel ever since (such as the iconic "Hello!" intro and the use of Sad Onions) Ashens puts a monstrous sound of 8-bit terror. It's actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IbgHr_9-7E code for a ZX Spectrum computer]], so he didn't put it there to be mean. |
| 386 | * Maybe this doesn't count as a last note, but look on Website/YouTube for video people have taken of the US analog TV switch-off. It's just creepy, as most of them went from everything as normal, to static. As if all of civilization had just suddenly collapsed. |
| 387 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUDSG8L5Jw Goodbye.]] '''''[[NothingIsScarier TSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSH]]''''' |
| 388 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OK3qDWxAjQ Can we make a]] {{pun}} without mentioning [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Fade To Black"]] here? |
| 389 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CI-TWWrwLg "Let's flip the switch right now--]] [[KilledMidSentence WHAM]] |
| 390 | * Music boxes, especially older ones that have been played many times, will often distort the sound as they wind down. No matter how cheerful the song, the final notes will often sound creepily off-key. |
| 391 | * The [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Television]] logo used from the late '60s to the mid-'70s is infamous for its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXGI1peAszE jarring music]], combined with its in-your-face animation. It has been nicknamed as the "Closet Killer" logo, mainly due to said theme sounding quite suitable for a horror movie scene where a serial killer jumps out of a closet. |
| 392 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txln02o16DQ Morgan Creek DVD]] logo, wherein the logo's normally triumphant and uplifting theme is suddenly cut off midway by three loud clangs. |
| 393 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUkiI1yLYA&ab_channel=shanksmare8 Surround Sound]] [[VanityPlate Vanity Plate]] from 1996 to 2007, in which the logos music starts off with a loud clang, followed by a haunting choir that takes its time to fade out completely. |
| 394 | * Porter Robinson and Madeon's live version of ''Goodbye To A World'' (In ''Anime/Shelter'' World Tour), with the instrumentals and vocals, both skipping, then they fade out, '''[[ScareChord only to fade back in instantly]]''', followed by degrading distortion and an audio version of NothingIsScarier, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment before going to the next song]], Language. |
| 395 | ** In General, some people, considered the vocal of Vocaloid character, AVANNA, becoming more [[HellIsThatNoise fuzzy and distorted at the end of the song]] to be NightmareFuel and Tearjerker combined, [[FridgeHorror when you realize that it's literally simulating]] [[NoodleIncident the destruction of rin's planet]], with her suffering from {{ElectronicSpeechImpediment}}, before [[IncrediblyLongNote she sings one final, long note]], only to be cut of by a faint, long beep. Many, if not all, even stated, that it makes the MoodWhiplash of Shelter, both [[{{TearJerker}} emotional]] and Heartwarming, than it already is. Although, this mostly because people thinking that, Rin (the character she portrayed) almost died. Fortunately, she didn't. |
| 396 | * Creator/RoaldDahl wrote several poetry collections based around subverting and/or [[{{Grimmification}} Grimmifying]] fairy tales with his trademark dark humour, including ''Literature/RevoltingRhymes'' and ''Literature/DirtyBeasts''. In the [=1980s=], they were released as audiobooks with musical introductions for each poem; most of the introductions were synthesiser renditions of nursery rhymes (eg "Boys and Girls Come Out to Play", "Humpty Dumpty") which, in keeping with the theme of the poems, ended by collapsing into dissonance or suddenly using a much louder or darker synthesiser track. |
| 397 | * The WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Thrill-O-Matic dark ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach ends with a surprise JumpScare courtesy of a roaring Were-Rabbit. |
| 398 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwqFF6wH6tE Droid Room]] song that played in the queue for [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's]] Ride/StarTours ride ends in a [[ScareChord loud keyboard chord]], mix with an atmospheric example of LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand. [[AiIsACrapshoot This audializes the moment the system detects a malfunction in sector two, initiating an ''Factory Shutdown'' scenario]]. |
| 399 | * ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'': Done in the second part of "Come, Wayward Souls", where the angelic and heavenly chorus suddenly ends on a flat tone. |
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