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** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', Solid Snake can listen to music through an in-game [=iPod=], and can collect more songs at various points of the game. Most of it is the original soundtrack from various entries of the ''Metal Gear'' series.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' is the TropeCodifier for the modern day. Peter Quill, the protagonist, owns a vintage Sony Walkman that he uses to listen to a [[TragicKeepsake cassette tape filled with 1970s pop music that his late mother loved]]: "Awesome Mix Vol. 1." [[BerserkButton Do not mess with that tape.]] Highlights on the soundtrack include "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede and "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', LLENN is quite fond of songs by famous singer Elza Kanzaki, often shown listening to songs and even got to see her perform in a concert. These same songs are often used as background music for various scenes. One of the most frequent ones is "Independence" which is used as ThemeMusicPowerUp or for fight scenes, but Pitohui also asks to be played for her on one occasion.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is the TropeCodifier for the modern day. Peter Quill, the protagonist, owns a vintage Sony Walkman that he uses to listen to a [[TragicKeepsake cassette tape filled with 1970s pop music that his late mother loved]]: "Awesome Mix Vol. 1." [[BerserkButton Do not mess with that tape.]] Highlights on the soundtrack include "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede and "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone.

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* Most instances of music in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' are this: whether it be through speakers in the various shops, over the radio during single-player missions, your character's personal music player during multiplayer matches, live concerts during Splatfests, or even the enemies themselves playing it on whatever sound equipment they have. And in instances where it isn't any of that, then your character might be having an auditory hallucination. [[https://www.famitsu.com/news/201807/21160955.html?page=3 Yes, we're serious.]]

* All of the music in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' and ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' are played by in-universe bands, with your character hearing said music through speakers (like in the various shops), radio (stated to be the case in Hero Mode), their own music player (implied to be the case during most multiplayer matches), or live concerts (mainly during Splatfests).

* ''Film/BabyDriver'': Baby listens to songs on an iPod almost constantly to help combat the tinnitus that he otherwise experiences. Of course, that's some incredible {{Understatement}}, as the film blends music into its action in such an incredibly ''epic'' fashion that it's difficult to describe with just words. Highlights include "Bellbottoms" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and "Brighton Rock" by Music/{{Queen}}.

* ''Film/ReservoirDogs''' soundtrack is selections played by a radio station's "Super Sounds of the Seventies Weekend" the characters listen to.

* In the ''VideoGame/ExaPico'' franchise, it's very heavily implied that all vocal tracks in the games' soundtracks are actually being sung InUniverse as MagicMusic by the games' heroines.