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* The audiobook novella ''Literature/{{Hours}}'' features a couple scare chords, although tastefully done using an original sound effect which fades into a creepy musical jingle.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fable2}}'' Winter Lodge. That is all.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fable2}}'' Winter Lodge. That is all.''[[{{VideoGame/FableII}} Fable II]]'' has the winter lodge area, which first appears as a pleasant lodge. [[spoiler:Upon entering, the entire level smash cuts to a burned out version of the same location with an accompanying scare chord.]]
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* The first episode of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ended with the Vogon commander threatening Arthur and Ford with either being ThrownOutTheAirlock or ''(dramatic chord)'' [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment having to appreciate his poetry]]. This sequence was repeated at the beginning of the second episode, where the sound cue in the script read "DRAMATIC CHORD ([[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail SHRUBBERY]])." The actual chord used in the recording is a snippet of Ligeti's ''Volumina'', an organ piece which amounts to a lengthy discordant scare chord.
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* The first episode of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ended with the Vogon commander threatening Arthur and Ford with either being ThrownOutTheAirlock or ''(dramatic chord)'' [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment having to appreciate his poetry]]. This sequence was repeated at the beginning of the second episode, where the sound cue in the script read "DRAMATIC CHORD ([[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail SHRUBBERY]])." The actual chord used in the recording of the first episode is a snippet of Ligeti's ''Volumina'', an organ piece which amounts to a lengthy discordant scare chord.
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* The first episode of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ended with the Vogon commander threatening Arthur and Ford with either being ThrownOutTheAirlock or ''(dramatic chord)'' [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment having to appreciate his poetry]]. This sequence was repeated at the beginning of the second episode, where the sound cue in the script read "DRAMATIC CHORD ([[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail SHRUBBERY]])."
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* The first episode of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ended with the Vogon commander threatening Arthur and Ford with either being ThrownOutTheAirlock or ''(dramatic chord)'' [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment having to appreciate his poetry]]. This sequence was repeated at the beginning of the second episode, where the sound cue in the script read "DRAMATIC CHORD ([[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail SHRUBBERY]])."" The actual chord used in the recording is a snippet of Ligeti's ''Volumina'', an organ piece which amounts to a lengthy discordant scare chord.
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* The scraping, shrieking noise that Husk spikes make in ''MassEffect.'' Worse, the newly spawned Husk will usually charge straight at you, gibbering and screaming the whole way.
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* The scraping, shrieking noise that Husk spikes make in ''MassEffect.''VideoGame/MassEffect1.'' Worse, the newly spawned Husk will usually charge straight at you, gibbering and screaming the whole way.
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* In ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', Gmork gets an absolutely ''terrifying'' one. It comes in at about a minute and a half in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKiwYk6ylEg here]].
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** Sort of happens in NFS II and III with the VariableMix music when crashing your car before resuming the previous section of music it was playing.
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** Sort of happens in NFS II ''NFS II'' and III ''III'' with the VariableMix music when crashing your car before resuming the previous section of music it was playing.
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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has a recurring one, as heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYJ0N1JiYEI&feature=related here.]]
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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has a recurring one, as heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYJ0N1JiYEI&feature=related here.]]here]].
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* NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors ''LOVES'' doing this. Mercifully, the scariest moments are usually not accompanied by these.
* VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun just knows how to play this trope. The distinctive sound that comes with a declaration of war is by far the loudest and terrifying one. It doesn't help either when the full message reads "Sir, the rotten swines in [[ImperialGermany GERMANY]] have declared WAR upon US".
* VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun just knows how to play this trope. The distinctive sound that comes with a declaration of war is by far the loudest and terrifying one. It doesn't help either when the full message reads "Sir, the rotten swines in [[ImperialGermany GERMANY]] have declared WAR upon US".
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* NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors ''NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' ''LOVES'' doing this. Mercifully, the scariest moments are usually not accompanied by these.
*VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun ''VictoriaAnEmpireUnderTheSun'' just knows how to play this trope. The distinctive sound that comes with a declaration of war is by far the loudest and terrifying one. It doesn't help either when the full message reads "Sir, the rotten swines in [[ImperialGermany GERMANY]] have declared WAR upon US".
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* Parodied in one episode of ''PeeWeesPlayhouse''. Several of Pee-wee's kept turning up missing, and every time, Pee-wee would exclaim "It's a mystery!" It would then cut to a creepy looking organist playing a scary chord. At one point, the organist missed a cue and Pee-wee had to repeat the line. Finally, at the end of the episode, Pee-wee turned to the organist and asked, "By the way, who are you?"
-->'''Organist''': It's a mystery! [Plays scary chord]
-->'''Organist''': It's a mystery! [Plays scary chord]
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* Deathspell Omega, quite atypically for a BlackMetal band, have a chant section in their song "Carnal Malefactor" (frequently mistakenly assumed to be Gregorian chant, it's actually in Old Church Slavonic). What qualifies the song for this trope is that immediately after its conclusion (before it's even finished echoing, in fact), they go straight back into blasting black metal, and if you're not prepared for it, it is ''terrifying''.
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* Deathspell Omega, quite atypically for a BlackMetal band, have a chant section in their song "Carnal Malefactor" (frequently mistakenly assumed to be Gregorian chant, it's actually in Old Church Slavonic). What qualifies the song for this trope is that immediately after its the chant's conclusion (before it's even finished echoing, in fact), they go straight back into blasting black metal, and if you're not prepared for it, it is ''terrifying''.
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* Deathspell Omega, quite atypically for a BlackMetal, have a chant section in their song "Carnal Malefactor" (frequently mistakenly assumed to be Gregorian chant, it's actually in Old Church Slavonic). What qualifies the song for this trope is that immediately after its conclusion (before it's even finished echoing, in fact), they go straight back into blasting black metal, and if you're not prepared for it, it is ''terrifying''.
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* Deathspell Omega, quite atypically for a BlackMetal, BlackMetal band, have a chant section in their song "Carnal Malefactor" (frequently mistakenly assumed to be Gregorian chant, it's actually in Old Church Slavonic). What qualifies the song for this trope is that immediately after its conclusion (before it's even finished echoing, in fact), they go straight back into blasting black metal, and if you're not prepared for it, it is ''terrifying''.
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* Deathspell Omega, quite atypically for a BlackMetal, have a chant section in their song "Carnal Malefactor" (frequently mistakenly assumed to be Gregorian chant, it's actually in Old Church Slavonic). What qualifies the song for this trope is that immediately after its conclusion (before it's even finished echoing, in fact), they go straight back into blasting black metal, and if you're not prepared for it, it is ''terrifying''.
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the bwong is not a scard chord- wrong soundd, wrong placement
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** And of course, as made famous by the trailers, '''[[MemeticMutation BWONG!!!]]'''
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*** In the original HalfLife, the same chord played when you killed the Gargantua with the generators in the level "Power Up"
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* Machinima/RedVsBlue: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeoNDckp0ZE The Meta's theme,]] because you just ''know'' something bad is about to happen.
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* ''ThereWillBeBrawl'':
** The music playing when [[{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] takes Luigi to his spaceship in Episode 5 is haunting, but not quite scary. It does, however, start setting the tone for what comes next. Once they enter the spaceship, the music gets creepier, and the [[PsychoStrings violin screeches]] when Olimar [[spoiler: kills and chops up the Pikmin, combined with their death screams,]] will make you shudder every single time, even when you know it's coming.
** The music playing when [[{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] takes Luigi to his spaceship in Episode 5 is haunting, but not quite scary. It does, however, start setting the tone for what comes next. Once they enter the spaceship, the music gets creepier, and the [[PsychoStrings violin screeches]] when Olimar [[spoiler: kills and chops up the Pikmin, combined with their death screams,]] will make you shudder every single time, even when you know it's coming.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'', Diesel was always accompanied by his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHGtTjlzWGA theme music]] to put viewers on edge.
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* From ''TheSimpsons'': The music at the end of "Rosebud".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Amon's {{Leitmotif}} probably counts.
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* ''{{Rugrats}}'':
** The first Halloween episode had some pretty creepy background music.
** The ending credits music from the episode "Mega Diaper Babies".
** The music that plays in the background when Not!Tommy and Not!Stu speak, while the voices of Not!Tommy and Not!Stu are a HellIsThatNoise to Chuckie.
** The first Halloween episode had some pretty creepy background music.
** The ending credits music from the episode "Mega Diaper Babies".
** The music that plays in the background when Not!Tommy and Not!Stu speak, while the voices of Not!Tommy and Not!Stu are a HellIsThatNoise to Chuckie.
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* [[NightmareFuel/InvaderZim Unsurprisingly]], ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.
** "Dark Harvest" gives us the music that plays when Dib goes looking for Torque after losing sight of him.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrQXYlu9hkA The credits music]] and the theme music (especially that growling/screaming noise at the end when the title "Invader Zim" comes up)
** In "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy", you can hear what sounds like a ticking clock in the background starting after Dib is hurt for the second time and lasting up until he flatlines.
** "Dark Harvest" gives us the music that plays when Dib goes looking for Torque after losing sight of him.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrQXYlu9hkA The credits music]] and the theme music (especially that growling/screaming noise at the end when the title "Invader Zim" comes up)
** In "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy", you can hear what sounds like a ticking clock in the background starting after Dib is hurt for the second time and lasting up until he flatlines.
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** ''Ren and Stimpy'' owed most of its horrific atmosphere to this trope. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2mE3Tf9Z8 This saw theme]] is a good example. Practically every episode has some of this, particularly whenever Ren went AxCrazy, which was often.
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** The OminousMusicBoxTune that is heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ8IpWuJTFE during]] Patrick's BreakTheCutie moment in the episode"Nature Pants": "If I can't have you as a friend, I'm gonna make you a ''trophy''!"
** The song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=482CpyWqH6U "Ghost Child"]] from "Scaredy Pants".
** The music that plays in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5ApsYq5fQ#t=8m40s this]] video. It's the 'generic' Spongebob creepy music.
*** It also plays during the sequence in "Squid's Day Off" where we see Squidward going insane and blocking off his door to his house to prevent him from going back to the Krusty Krab to check up on Spongebob.
** The "I DON'T NEED IT" scene in "Tea at the Treedome". Spongebob's dried up face is zoomed in on in terrifying detail, complete with an unnerving heartbeat sound.
** The song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=482CpyWqH6U "Ghost Child"]] from "Scaredy Pants".
** The music that plays in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5ApsYq5fQ#t=8m40s this]] video. It's the 'generic' Spongebob creepy music.
*** It also plays during the sequence in "Squid's Day Off" where we see Squidward going insane and blocking off his door to his house to prevent him from going back to the Krusty Krab to check up on Spongebob.
** The "I DON'T NEED IT" scene in "Tea at the Treedome". Spongebob's dried up face is zoomed in on in terrifying detail, complete with an unnerving heartbeat sound.
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* Every single time the camera focuses on Azula's face in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Though instead of the standard blaring piano keys, she gets a [[{{Leitmotif}} distinct bell-like sound]] that is a lot quieter and means she's [[TheChessmaster up to something sneaky]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** Every single time the camera focuses on Azula'sface in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. face, a ScareChord plays. Though instead of the standard blaring piano keys, she gets a [[{{Leitmotif}} distinct bell-like sound]] that is a lot quieter and means she's [[TheChessmaster up to something sneaky]].sneaky]].
*** It seems like a modified gamelan...which would sound pretty weird to western ears. But even if you're used to the noise, this one is a little ''off''.
*** Pretty much any music during her VillainousBreakdown, and the noises she makes when she finally breaks down and cries.
** Every single time the camera focuses on Azula's
*** It seems like a modified gamelan...which would sound pretty weird to western ears. But even if you're used to the noise, this one is a little ''off''.
*** Pretty much any music during her VillainousBreakdown, and the noises she makes when she finally breaks down and cries.
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* ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' loves this trope.
** Whenever Katz made an appearance. You could tell a few seconds before he was actually shown, by the creepy beat that suddenly started playing. And it kept playing. Until it could cause shuddering years later.
** Whenever Katz made an appearance. You could tell a few seconds before he was actually shown, by the creepy beat that suddenly started playing. And it kept playing. Until it could cause shuddering years later.
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* The shrill, piercing factory whistle in StephenSondheim's ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' is first used to make the audience jump and shut up in time for the opening number. Every subsequent use of the thing gets more and more hardcore - Sweeney's first kill, for instance - until the final use of the factory whistle coincides with [[spoiler:[[TheWoobie Toby]] killing the main character in the world's creepiest FreakOut]]. Yeah, you're still going to jump when you hear it on the soundtrack later.
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* In Bach's St. Matthew Passion, the movement "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" starts out as a peaceful duet, only with very startling and unexpected interjections of "Laßt ihn, haltet, bindet nicht!" (Leave Him, stop, don't bind Him!). This happens several times in the duet, before it turns into a chorus filled with [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous German Chanting]].
* The very last movement of Handel's ''Messiah'' oratorio, "Worthy is the Lamb", contains a moderately long and soft instrumental part in the middle of the movement's famous "Amens". At the end of the instrumental, the chorus abruptly starts singing "Amen" again; this can be startling to even those familiar with the work.
* The very last movement of Handel's ''Messiah'' oratorio, "Worthy is the Lamb", contains a moderately long and soft instrumental part in the middle of the movement's famous "Amens". At the end of the instrumental, the chorus abruptly starts singing "Amen" again; this can be startling to even those familiar with the work.
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For an aside called \"Music Theory Nerdiness\", it\'s surprisingly non-nerdy. F sharp and G flat sound the same, but aren\'t the same notes. There is no F sharp in a C diminished 7th chord. Same goes for A and B double flat.
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(Music Theory Nerdiness: Actually, the reason these are so prone to becoming cliches is that the chord most frequently used in such a case - the diminished 7th - has only 3 different ways of playing it. If you play it on C, it sounds exactly the same as on E flat, F sharp and A. That's just how they work. So it's a very easily recognizable sound.)
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(Music Theory Nerdiness: Actually, the reason these are so prone to becoming cliches is that the chord most frequently used in such a case - the diminished 7th - has only 3 different ways of playing it. If you play it on C, it sounds exactly the same as on E flat, F sharp G flat and A.B double flat. That's just how they work. So it's a very easily recognizable sound.)
