History NightmareFuel / PokemonMusic

** It’s [[https://youtu.be/15w1IMcvhY8 even more dissonant and intense]] in ''[[UpdatedReRelease Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl]]''.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQCMnVjK9g Lavender Tower's music]] is very ominous and ghostly as well.

* Years after the release of ''Red and Blue'', an incomplete, [[DummiedOut unused track]] has been found in the game's coding. Although it was meant to be an upbeat song that played while trading Pokémon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNWZj2cC_8 fanmade restorations of as heard in the 2020 source code leak,]] the track in the game is damaged and almost seems like it could rival the Lavender Town theme in terms of creepiness. Listen to it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBsA5Bh4d0 this video.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD_1FxIuyqo The music]] that plays inside Aether Paradise's secret labs is ''incredibly'' creepy, sounding very disturbing and with an ominous bellow playing in the background. It also gives off vibes of the Galactic Hideout depths theme, which is fitting, considering both are played in the secret labs of the respective teams.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z_1cCvVjA music]] played during the fight with Arceus in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond/Pearl/Platinum]]'', [[DummiedOut while ultimately unused,]] is a mess of dissonance and thunderous MIDI-timpani. Fitting the situation, as Arceus is the Pokémon equivalent of {{God}}. The music ended up being used in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' in an event involving Arceus creating an egg containing either Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina for the player. Within this context the song becomes even ''[[FromBadToWorse worse]]'', considering the sheer MindScrew of the event, which involves strange geometric shapes and backgrounds made of actual photographs of the real world.

** [[https://youtu.be/HzfOAlFgyY8 Arceus's new battle theme]] for ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' is quite the sound to behold. It starts off the same way as its original theme, but as the battle progresses, the song grows increasingly faster in tempo, to the point where it starts ''sounding like it's glitching out,'' which really encapsulates just ''how'' [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm incomprehensible the God of the Pokémon world truly is.]]

* In Sword and Shield, the music that plays when Eternatus first Eternamaxes, but before Zacian and Zamazenta apperar to fight it. It's pure alien-techno, making it feel that Eternatus is so powerful, it ''corrupted the soundtrack''.

** Lets face it, there is no freaking way to make a theme of Diglett Cave/Mt. Moon any less creepy. A melody so haunting and foreboding. As the remakes came ( the most recent being Pokémon Evee/Pikachu and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp83pwzDS4 there failed attempt at making it calmer]]), the more the theme became more disturbing. G/S/C thought it was a good idea to have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKu474q8_A slower take.]] ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' still have a theme that arguably is the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyxVCqP6A94 unsettling.]] Gen 1 original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH1e2E2hKM gem]] still takes the cake from even Lavender Town.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSoUH_pNzCk The music]] that plays in the scene before Lusamine fuses to a Nihilego and attacks you and Lillie, is absolutely terrifying, even by the standards of most [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]], beautifully illustrating just how ''far gone'' she is.

* The Lavender Town music in the original ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJJ-QkZ8cM really creepy]], with its unnerving, very high-pitched notes. It got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g76W944CXzo toned down]] and sounded almost touching in some of the later games, but it didn't stop fan remixes from cranking the scary aspect UpToEleven.

** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4MrH2h2NUU Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza battle music,]] best described as "just as scary as the [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Raikou-Suicune-Entei]] battle theme's [[ScareChord first notes]], only with [[ForDoomTheBellTolls bells]] and with [[UpToEleven the scariness lasting throughout the whole song."]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIEZ1xxhm_Y Pokemon Mansion's theme]] is an unsettling piece, especially when you learn what went on in the place...

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z_1cCvVjA music]] played during the fight with Arceus in ''[=Diamond/Pearl/Platinum=]'', [[DummiedOut while ultimately unused,]] is a mess of dissonance and thunderous MIDI-timpani. Fitting the situation, as Arceus is the Pokémon equivalent of {{God}}. The music ended up being used in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' in an event involving Arceus creating an egg containing either Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina for the player. Within this context the song becomes even ''[[FromBadToWorse worse]]'', considering the sheer MindScrew of the event, which involves strange geometric shapes and backgrounds made of actual photographs of the real world.

** Lets face it, there is no freaking way to make a theme of Diglett Cave/Mt Moon any less creepy. A melody so haunting and foreboding. As the remakes came ( the most recent being Pokemon Evee/Pikachu and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp83pwzDS4 there failed attempt at making it calmer]]), the more the theme became more disturbing. G/S/C thought it was a good idea to have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKu474q8_A slower take.]] ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' still have a theme that arguably is the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyxVCqP6A94 unsettling.]] Gen 1 original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH1e2E2hKM gem]] still takes the cake from even Lavender Town.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7SrUYEKMOg&feature=related the music that plays when battling the Regis]] gives an ominous sense of ancient [[ShapedLikeItself ominousness]].

* The ''Crystal'' legendary beast BGM. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exG220Mur04&feature=related This song]] would be okay for the scripted event battle against Suicune, but not against against the roaming ([[ParanoiaFuel read: randomly-appearing]]) Raikou and Entei.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMavg1Y6wBg&feature=related Mt. Pyre's indoor theme,]] as expected from Hoenn's "Pokémon Tower equivalent".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w12R_PmXHEM&feature=related Deoxys's theme.]] [[ForDoomTheBellTolls Bong, bong, bong.]]
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJCn3LxRo3w&feature=related music]] that plays during a battle with an Event Pokémon (like Victini) in ''Black and White''. It sounds okay at first, but after a while, it starts getting increasingly - and subtly - deranged.

* Years after the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', an incomplete, [[DummiedOut unused track]] has been found in the game's coding. Although it sounds like it could have potential as an actual song (with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Eu1VX5lz0 fanmade restorations of it indicating]] such), the track almost seems like it could rival the Lavender Town theme in terms of creepiness. Listen to it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBsA5Bh4d0 this video]].
* ''Black 2 and White 2'' let us revisit Team Plasma's castle which is located under Victory Road and almost completely in ruins. Of course, this also includes N's room, and while this has always been something to send shivers down the spines of several players, we are now greeted by this ''wonderful'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7VORG3t2sA remix]] of N's music box version theme. The key is off, you can clearly hear the music box not running smoothly anymore, and all in all, it fits to a room that is as devastated as the rest of the castle, complete with no lights, N's toys scattered everywhere. Brrr...

Every game or show worth its salt has music with that proper feeling: AwesomeMusic/{{Pokemon}} has plenty of SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, but sadly part of that awesomeness is devoted to convey fear.

* The Lavender Town music in the original game was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJJ-QkZ8cM really creepy]], with its unnerving, very high-pitched notes. It got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g76W944CXzo toned down]] and sounded almost touching in some of the later games, but it didn't stop fan remixes from cranking the scary aspect UpToEleven.

** Add a Pokémon {{Creepypasta}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePPhPHtSyM with the Lavender music]]... good luck sleeping tonight...

** Arceus has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTCt_JJwx-8 different theme]] in ''Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs''. It's just as eerie and appropriate for battling God, but in a different way. It sounds like depressing, melancholic church music, and several commenters aptly describe it as a theme song for an apocalypse. Instead of riling you up for battle, this theme is telling you, "you have already lost and there's nothing at all you can do about it."

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Guardian Signs'' has an in-universe example; there was a song that was banned for being too scary for kids, talking about black clouds and lightning. Bonus points for the book containing it being found in a haunted mansion.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGCRxmqMkA This]] unused Pokémon track from ''Pokémon Yellow'', said to have meant to be used during a scene where players walk into the grass before getting their first Pokémon, and doing anything but run results in the message "Hurry, get away!"

** [[NightmareRetardant Somewhat lessened]] when you all you can hear is the choir chanting: [[{{Mondegreen}} Den-nis... DEN-NIS!]]

** Lets face it, there is no freaking way to make a theme of Diglett Cave/Mt Moon any less creepy. A melody so haunting and foreboding. As the remakes came ( the most recent being Pokemon Evee/Pikachu and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp83pwzDS4 there failed attempted at making it sweet]]), the more the theme became more disturbing. G/S/C thought it was a good idea to have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKu474q8_A slower attempted.]] ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' still have a theme that arguably is the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyxVCqP6A94 unsettling.]] Gen 1 original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH1e2E2hKM gem]] still takes the cake from even Lavender Town.

** In ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'', most of the scarier themes have been toned down. However, the GB Sounds item will change the music back to its original 8-bit form, restoring the creepiness.

** Lets face it, there is no freaking way to make a theme of Diglett Cave/Mt Moon any less creepy. A melody so haunting and foreboding. As the remakes came ( the most recent being Pokemon Evee/Pikachu and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp83pwzDS4 there failed attempted at making it sweet]]), the more the theme became more disturbing. G/S/C thoguht it was a good idea to have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIKu474q8_A slower attempted.]] ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]''still have a theme that arguably is the most [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyxVCqP6A94 unsettling.]] Gen 1 original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH1e2E2hKM gem]] still takes the cake from even Lavender Town.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_YpHz4vZtxc The Secret Side of Aether Paradise]] is probably the creepiest track in the entire franchise and is pretty much the musical personification of Paranoia Fuel in the Pokémon universe. The stark contrast to the original serene track that plays on your first visit to Aether Paradise makes it worse. ''Much'' worse.

* A teacher, a office worker, an actor or reporter (from both Sun and Moon and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) gets [[spoiler:brainwashed]] by a Gengar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62CIPLU6T8 in this music video]]. At the end of the video, the Gengar was later caught by the teacher.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z_1cCvVjA music]] played during the fight with Arceus in ''[=Diamond/Pearl/Platinum=]'', [[DummiedOut while ultimately unused,]] is a mess of dissonance and thunderous MIDI-timpani. Fitting the situation, as Arceus is the Pokémon equivalent of {{God}}.
** This music ended up being used in ''[=HeartGold/SoulSilver=]'' in an event involving Arceus creating an egg containing either Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina for the player. It's combined with strange geometric shapes and backgrounds made of actual photographs of the real world.

*** On the subject of Arceus, there's also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8HjlbrU0nY music that plays in the Hall of Origin]], which seems designed specifically to creep players out, given the place's [[PrimalFear ridiculous]] [[VertigoEffect height]]. It's a remix of the already creepy title screen music with screechy noises added... [[FridgeHorror which creepily makes sense,]] [[{{God}} given who you're about to fight...]]

** Let's not forget about the unsettling tune that plays when you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iylYxStrldA play the radio]] inside the Ruins.

** And ''Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire'' make both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vdxypeLxU Drought]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-O0OfhzMM Heavy Rainfall]] '''even creepier'''.

** This creepy theme is also used for the inside of Shoal Cave (north of Mossdeep City,) causing the otherwise not-scary-in-the-slightest cave to take on a decidedly creepy atmosphere.

* The music used for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQgHfVEGtk Distortion World]] really does capture the very separate-from-reality type of feel that the Distortion World (Or "Torn World" in Japanese) is supposed to have. Despite being creepy in its own right, it's also... eerily beautiful. Tranquil, even.
** When you switch from Spear Pillar's music to Distortion World's upon arrival, you get the eerie feeling that reality just ''crashed'' right there.

* The song that plays when you're in the Ultra Ruin where Guzzlord resides can be classified as possibly the most unnerving soundtrack in the whole franchise. It's simply indescribable and doesn't fit the situation at all. Just... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqpzSZV68z0 WHAT?]] Here’s the kicker: it’s actually Hau’oli City’s music reversed, with a bit of static tossed in. It’s implied that a disaster struck the power plant at the alternate Hau’oli City, causing everyone to flee off world, leaving only Guzzlord

* A teacher, a office worker, an actor or reporter (fron both Sun and Moon and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) gets [[spoiler:brainwashed]] by a Gengar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62CIPLU6T8 in this music video]]. At the end of the video, the Gengar was later caught by the teacher.

* A teacher (fron both Sun and Moon and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) gets [[spoiler:brainwashed]] by a Gengar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62CIPLU6T8 in this music video]]. At the end of the video, the Gengar was later caught by the teacher.