History TearJerker / MusicInMedia

* Anyone can tell you the songs from the ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' OVAs are hardly happy, dancey numbers, but the knife gets driven in ''hard'' with "Kaze to Tori to Sora" (wind, birds and sky).

** Even more so than in Metal Gear Solid 3, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4's'' "Here's to You", given the context in which it was playing, can be enough to make one break down and bawl. Hard.

* "Again" from ''Anime/LostUniverse''. [[http://sarajaye.superbusnet.com/Again%20(English).txt Just...read the English translation.]]

** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' much later gives us "[[https://youtu.be/n42kjrhOMzs Reminiscence – A Sad Memory]]," which plays as it becomes clear [[spoiler:how much of a StepfordSmiler [[GenkiGirl Athena]] is]].

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5nelkxMKQ The People Left Behind]]", from the soundtrack to ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. It's the song that plays when you fight Miguel, [[spoiler:Leena's father, trapped forever in the Dead Sea unless you kill him and unfreeze it]], as well as the BonusBoss fight against [[spoiler:Riddel's possessed lover Dario]]. The song itself is an extremely melancholy melody that emphasizes how hopeless the situation is.

* Two songs from the VideoGame/EarthBound series: "Pollyanna," but that's kinda only teary if you know the lyrics -- and "[[http://starmen.net/mother1/music/36%20-%20MOTHER%20-%20Eight%20Melodies.mp3 The Eight Melodies]]". Seriously, it's a really sad tune.

** And that's just the ''regular'' song! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urLDbg3m3Sk One scene that was cut from the film]] had her singing it while imprisoned in the Wicked Witch's castle, but she couldn't do a take without sobbing legitimately.
* "When Love is Gone" from ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' was apparently so heart-wrenching that it was cut from the theatrical version and some versions of the DVD. Luckily, it was announced at the 2022 D23 Expo that the song would be fully restored and the new version would screen on Creator/DisneyPlus that December.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmRiVdB-EI Yasashii Boukyaku (Tender Oblivion)]], from LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya (specifically, TheMovie) of all things.

* Series/{{Scrubs}} How To Save A Life by The Fray before Dr Cox's Heroic BSOD. Rips you to shreds.

** Music/LordHuron's [[https://youtu.be/juKGjUGPyHs "When the Night is Over"]] for 2018, and “The Night We Met” for 2022.

* The song "When Somebody Loved Me" is easily one of the most heart-wrenching songs of all time. Although it's from the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' soundtrack, you needn't have seen the movie to be affected by it. You might still need tissues. It's worse, when you think of how it's basically about how Jessie's owner grew up and didn't play with her toys anymore. It can make you want to dig all your toys out and just hug them all. Especially your old childhood stuffed animals and/or dolls. Sarah [=McLachlan=] really has a way with the song.

* Anyone can tell you the songs from the ''Anime/RecordOfLodossWar'' OVAs are hardly happy, dancey numbers, but the knife gets driven in ''hard'' with "Kaze to Tori to Sora" (wind, birds and sky).