History Main / SongsOfSolace

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

* "Baby Mine" from ''Disney/{{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.

* In ''Anime/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.]]

* ''Series/OddSquad: TheMovie'' has "The Saddest Song in the World of All Time"... which subverts and inverts this trope.

* Davy Jones' music box, [[NostalgicMusicBox a memento of his long-lost love]], is like this in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''. The melody can lull him into sleep or drive him to tears. The aforementioned long-lost love also has one, and it seems to have the same function for her.

* In the ''LonelyWerewolfGirl'' books, Kalix likes to listen to the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runaways Runaways]]'' loudly when she is depressed or angsty (which is to say, often). Daniel does much the same with his Goth/Death Metal music whenever he feels angry or frustrated with Moonglow (again, often).

* The 1989 Tony Danza vehicle ''She's Out Of Control'' had the teen protagonist lock herself in her room playing her music at full volume after a fight with her father and a breakup with her boyfriend. When one of her friends comes looking for her, she is directed "up the stairs, follow the sad music".

** Played straight at the end of "Someone To Watch Over Me", when the Doctor plays the title song on the piano after Seven of Nine [[AnchoredShip shoves him permanently into the Friend Zone]].

** Averted in "Parturition". Harry Kim has taken up the clarinet. His best friend Tom Paris insists he play something sad, as he's fallen in love with Kes [[AllLoveIsUnrequited who's already spoken for]]. Harry keeps playing cheerful music instead.
** Played straight at the end of "Someone To Watch Over Me", when the Doctor plays the title song on the piano after Seven of Nine shoves him permanently into the Friend Zone.

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

* In ''Series/{{Glee}}'', lovesick school counselor Emma sings/cries along to Eric Carmen's "All By Myself" while sitting in her car in the rain.

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

* 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".

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

* In Literature/{{AncillaryJustice}}, the AI HiveMind One Esk has a habit of singing and collecting songs. Later on after being reduced to a single body, One Esk often hums a particular song from their past in times of stress. [[spoiler: Someone eventually sees through their disguise by hearing a song they recognize.]]

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', not only does the titular vampire listen to sad music when he's depressed, but his song of choice is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIylF76-wc Barry Manilow's "Mandy"]].

* In ''Film/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.

* In ''Series/{{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"]].

* 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.

* After the death of his teammate Jetstream, Achilles, leader of the ''[[GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse 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.

GriefSongs are a SubTrope.