History Main / SongsOfSolace

For someone whose personality is based around this trope, see HeadphonesEqualIsolation.

* In ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', while Kyousuke is in hospital with an injured hand, Sayaka tries to cheer him up by getting him to listen to classical music. It has the opposite effect, because it reminds him that he can't play the violin any more. Later in the series, when [[spoiler: Sayaka becomes a witch out of despair after realising she can never be with Kyousuke, she has her familiars (who look like him) play music for her.]]

* In ''{{Glee}}'', lovesick school counselor Emma sings/cries along to Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" while sitting in her car in the rain.
* Xander plans to do this when Buffy rejects him in the first season of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

* In ''{{Angel}}'', not only does the titular vampire listen to sad music when he's depressed, but his song of choice is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK8-gZVkYsk Barry Manilow's "Mandy"]].
* The ''DeepSpaceNine'' episode ''It's Only A Paper Moon'' has Nog listening to "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Seeing_You_%28song%29 I'll Be Seeing You]]" loudly and repeatedly as he tries to get over his PTSD.

* After the death of his teammate Jetstream, Achilles, leader of the ''[[GlobalGuardiabsPBEMUNiverse Global Guardians]]'', sat in his office with Peter Gabiel's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ3wpjdYMqk I Grieve]]" playing at blaring at maximum volume. For seven and a half hours.

* After the death of his teammate Jetstream, Achilles, leader of the ''[[GlobalGuardiabsPBEMUNiverse Global Guardians]]'', sat in his office with Peter Gabiel's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ3wpjdYMqk I Grieve]" playing at blaring at maximum volume. For seven and a half hours.

* "Soon" is sung by {{Thumbelina}} to comfort herself because she's lonely. Her mother later sings it to comfort herself over her missing daughter.

* In ''StarTrekFirstContact'', after being denied permission to take part in the defence of Earth, Picard stays in his office with Berlioz turned up full blast to the point it is causing vibrations on surfaces.

** "Lie to Me" reveals that when her friend Ford moved away she would spend hours locked in her room listening to the song "I Touch Myself". She hastens to add that she had [[ADateWithRosiePalms no idea what it meant at the time]].

** After Xander's wedding goes pear-shaped he gets drunk listening to "Sao Paulo Rain" by Tom [=McRae=].
** Also from ''Buffy'' the episode ''Lie to Me'' reveals that when her friend Ford moved away she would spend hours locked in her room listening to the song "I Touch Myself".

** After Xander's wedding goes pear-shaped he gets drunk listening to "Sao Paulo Rain" by Tom McRae.

* "Baby Mine" from ''{{Dumbo}}'' is sung by Mrs. Jumbo to comfort herself and her baby because they've been separated due to the former's going MamaBear to protect her baby.

* Edward in ''{{Twilight}}'' listens to music in his car to calm down after meeting Bella and almost killing her.

* In ''StarTrekFirstContact'', after being denied permission to take part in the defence of Earth, Picard stays in his office with Klingon Opera turned up full blast to the point it is causing vibrations on surfaces.

** Also from ''Buffy'' the episode ''Lie To Me'' reveals that when her friend Ford moved away she would spend hours locked in her room listening to the song "I Touch Myself".

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* In ''LiloAndStitch'', Lilo slumps on the floor and listens to "Heartbreak Hotel" after being rejected by the other girls.

* "Baby Mine" from ''{{Dumbo}}'' is sung by Mrs. Jumbo to comfort herself and her baby because they've been separated due to the former's going MamaBear to protect her baby.

* "Soon" is sung by {{Thumbelina}} to comfort herself because she's lonely. Her mother later sings it to comfort herself over her missing daughter.

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* In ''LiloAndStitch'', Lilo slumps on the floor and listens to "Heartbreak Hotel" after being rejected by the other girls.
* "Soon" is sung by {{Thumbelina}} to comfort herself because she's lonely. Her mother later sings it to comfort herself over her missing daughter.
* "Baby Mine" from ''{{Dumbo}}'' is sung by Mrs. Jumbo to comfort herself and her baby because they've been separated due to the former's going MamaBear to protect her baby.

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* In ''LiloAndStitch'', Lilo slumps on the floor and listens to "Heartbreak Hotel" after being rejected by the other girls.

* "Soon" is sung by {{Thumbelina}} to comfort herself because she's lonely. Her mother later sings it to comfort herself over her missing daughter.
* "Baby Mine" from ''{{Dumbo}}'' is sung by Mrs. Jumbo to comfort herself and her baby because they've been separated due to the former's going MamaBear to protect her baby.

Besides the usual entertainment value people listen to music when they are feeling depressed, sad, or if they have gone through a rough time. Turning the volume up all the way helps block out the various sounds of the world around you and enables you to forget reality, for a little while at least.

For someone who has their personality based around this trope see HeadphonesEqualIsolation.

* In ''LiloAndStitch'', Lilo slumps down on the floor and listens to "Heartbreak Hotel" after being rejected by the other girls.
* In the anime ''ElfenLied'', during her horrible childhood, a lonely Lucy meets Kohta and spends the summer with him. One of the most notable things they did was sitting out in the rain together while listening to the song "Lilium" coming from Kohta's music box. For the first time in her life, Lucy closes her eyes and is able to forget everything terrible that's happened to her thus far, for a moment. At various points during the series she hums the song, reveling in the wonderful memories she shared with Kohta. In her words she "was able to survive that long because she clung to the hope that she would be able to meet Kohta again someday and apologize".

* "Baby Mine" from Dumbo is sung by Mrs. Jumbo to comfort herself and her baby because they've been separated due to the former's going MamaBear to protect her baby.
* Shown above, in the earlier episodes of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' Shinji regularly listened to Track 25 for "You are the only one" and Track 26 for "Blue Legend" on his SDAT player in an attempt to shut out the world. In episode 25 when the batteries finally go dead, he ignores it, which is a sign of his increased apathy.

* In ''{{Angel}}'', not only does the titular vampire listen to sad music when he's depressed, his song of choice is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK8-gZVkYsk Barry Manilow's "Mandy"]].

* In ''{{Angel}}'', not only does the titular vampire listen to sad music when he's depressed, his song of choice is Barry Manilow's "Mandy".