'''Basic Trope''': The soundtrack doesn't fit the rest of the scene.
* '''Straight''':
** BossBattle music plays when [[{{Tsundere}} Annie]] and [[CampStraight Barry]] are eating dinner at a table.
** Violin music plays during a war.
** [[{{MusicGenreDissonance}} A dubstep song is the only heard music while a jazz band is seemingly playing jazz.]]
** Heavy metal music plays during a funeral service.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** RealLife footage of a concentration camp is shown where the prisoners are being cut alive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU "Don't Worry, Be Happy]]" plays in the background.
** An animated movie about Tropia where very cute [[FunnyAnimals funny animals]] live [[{{SugarBowl}} only peacefully and happily]], without any [[{{Conflict}} conflict]] is apparently aimed at young girls. An extremely harsh song, [[{{Music/Whitehouse}} Whitehouse's]] [[https://youtu.be/EGNKgah948s "Why You Never Became a Dancer"]], plays in the background for the rest of the movie.
** A montage of Annie suffering SanitySlippage after crossing MoralEventHorizon is accompanied by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkrwxsHkK5pY8es61J5oGg Iggy Pop's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r08Ca8fk5Y The Passenger]].
** A SliceOfLife series is full of ominous music. Even in sex scenes.
** A scene of Annie and Barry slowly dying and saying their last words to each other is accompanied by extremely happy and cheerful music.
* '''Downplayed''': A Music/LadyGaga remix plays while Annie and Barry are shopping in Abercrombie and Fitch. A ''true'' techno song[[note]]Think Armin Van Buuren and Jeff Mills.[[/note]] would be more appropriate, but it's good enough.
* '''Justified''': The background music is [[SourceMusic played in-universe]].
* '''Inverted''':
** A soundtrack fits perfectly with the rest of the scene.
** Alternately, the music that's playing [[BackgroundMusicOverride goes with everything]].
* '''Subverted'''
** An Arabian-themed song is playing while the setting is in an Amazon jungle. Then it turns out that the jungle was just a backdrop in an Arabian theatre.
** Heavy metal suitable for a battle plays in an otherwise historically accurate music backed Norse setting whenever a mysterious stranger appears. Said character is eventually revealed to be [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Odin]] making the 'inappropriateness' [[RoboticReveal foreshadowing]] [[TranquilFury of several things]] about him.
* '''Double Subverted''': A later scene appears where Barry dies to the song [[Music/TheBeatles "Yellow Submarine"]].
* '''Parodied''': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U Walking on Sunshine]]" plays while [[ButtMonkey Chris]] gets stabbed.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
** [[Music/NevermindAlbum "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]] plays while [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe Dana]] and [[HighSchoolHustler Eddie]] are slow dancing. Then it turns out [[{{Goth}} Fran]] was playing it on her iPod and [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] outside the dance. Then [[Music/LouisArmstrong "What A Wonderful World"]] plays while Dana [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin dies from a drunk driving incident]], to showcase how teens are morons. Then it turns out Dana was actually a BitchInSheepsClothing AlphaBitch, [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing and her death...]]
** Under normal circumstances, playing the jovial [[Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm "Frolic"]] or [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia "Temptation Sensation"]] wouldn't be appropriate for a scene where Nina and Oscar explain their incredibly bullheaded plan. Then you remember what situations the songs are associated with, and they suddenly become the most jarring ''and'' apropos tracks to use for the occasion.
** A song with LyricalDissonance plays in a scenario where its background music certainly does not fit, but the lyrics do (or vice versa).
* '''Averted''':
** The music fits the mood of the scene.
** No music is playing.
* '''Enforced''':
** "We can't have just 10 minutes of blood and {{Gorn}}! We need pretty music, too!
** "Hey this just isn't scary," "What if we add in some unfitting music to make the audience uncomfortable?"
** The creators hated or didn't care about appropriate soundtracks for their works.
** "Oh for crying out loud, this damn thing isn't working! It's playing the wrong music." "Oh well, just ThrowItIn They won't notice."
* '''Lampshaded''': "[[{{Understatement}} This part could use better music.]]"
* '''Invoked''': Fran plays "Happy Together" on her iPod while examining how [[SadistTeacher Mr. Stern]] teaches, to {{Foil}} what a {{Jerkass}} he is and how happy the music is.
* '''Exploited''': Gina knows Fran plays music that is opposite to whatever is happening, so she asks Fran to share her iPod with her, to make her feel less sad when bad things happen.
* '''Defied''': Annie, hearing the strangely inappropriate songs playing, stops the music.
* '''Discussed''': "All these disasters are set to [[Series/TheBennyHillShow 'Yakety Sax']]!"
* '''Conversed''': "The creators chose... strange music for this scene. "
* '''Played for Laughs''':
** [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra "Mr. Blue Sky"]] plays during an [[BloodyHilarious over-the-top violent scene]] as an act of CrossesTheLineTwice.
** [[Series/TheBennyHillShow "Yakety Sax"]] plays as people try to OutrunTheFireball of a nuclear bomb Emperor Evulz dropped in a city.
* '''Played for Drama''': Barry is walking down the sunny street. A very melancholic song with HeartbeatSoundtrack is playing in the background.
* '''Played for Horror''':
** A slow and creepy nursery rhyme plays while Annie, Barry and Chris are being chased by a serial killer.
** An eerie moaning sound is the ''only'' "music" that plays in a show aimed at preschoolers. Sometimes there's a {{Jump|scare}} ScareChord here and there to keep the audience uneased.
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Dodge the bullets on the way back to SoundtrackDissonance as "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on toy piano plays in the background.
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