This index lists tropes about music that indicates evil. It includes music genres that are typically portrayed as evil, instruments that are usually used for creepy effect, and musical numbers about creepy things.
Compare Simple Score of Sadness.
Tropes:
- Boss Remix
- Conducting the Carnage
- Creepy Children Singing
- Creepy Circus Music
- Creepy Jazz Music
- Dark Reprise (in cases where the reprise is scarier rather than sadder)
- Descent into Darkness Song
- Drone of Dread
- Evil Diva
- For Doom the Bell Tolls
- Freaky Electronic Music
- Ghost Song
- Ironic Nursery Tune
- Last Note Nightmare
- Ominous Latin Chanting
- Ominous Music Box Tune
- Ominous Pipe Organ
- Pirate Song
- ''Psycho'' Strings
- Rotten Rock & Roll
- Scare Chord
- Sinister Tango Music
- Theremin, when used in horror movies or for similar effect.
- Villain Song
- Xylophones for Walking Bones
