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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Tom's songs are stronger songs."''|'''Tom Bombadil''', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''}}
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Compare with [[The Power of Rock]] and [[Magic Dance]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''
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== Fan Works ==
* The capabilities of Sonic's Mystic Melody in ''[[The Blue Blur of Termina]]'' range from healing the souls of the lamenting dead to outright time manipulation.
* The primary metatalent of Doug Sangnoir from ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' could be seen as a variation of this trope. He is a wizard with a "broken" mage gift, unable to make conscious use of his magic. But whenever he hears a song, his subconscious mind interprets it as "instructions" for his gift, resulting in often-complex magical effects thematically appropriate to the music and its lyrics.
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** Don't forget all those monsters with hypnotic songs, like harpies or cloakers.
* In ''[[In Nomine]]'' reality is controlled by something called "the Symphony;" the setting's "magic" consists of manipulating the Symphony in a couple of different ways. The most direct, used by angels and demons (and some special humans) are Songs, which are basically specific melodies which (when coupled with Essence expenditure) produce all sorts of special effects from healing to blowing stuff up. The less experienced have to actually vocalize the Song (and perform specific movements/gestures), while the more skilled can just invoke them mentally. The use of Songs creates "disturbances" in the Symphony which can be tracked down to their source (both the place and the person) by anyone with supernatural abilities who is close enough and perceptive enough to "hear" them.
* The premise of ''Jazz Voodoo'' from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140423123101/http://www.beyondthestorm.us/ Beyond the Storm: Shadows of the Big Easy]''.
* In ''[[Shadowrun]]''/''Earthdawn'', Thayla's singing was so beautiful it could keep the Horrors at bay.
* In ''[[Ars Magica]]'' the Enchanting Music ability fits the mold as do the "Holy Music" (Holy) Method and the magic of the Hyperborean Hymnists. Certain applications of Performance Magic and the Enchantment (Faerie) Method also work.
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== Video Games ==
* [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s tend to be hungry for new classes, and often feature a bard class who uses this.
* Most spells in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series require Link to use an instrument and a certain tune to cast them.
** This is most explicit in ''Ocarina of Time'', ''Majora's Mask'', and ''Wind Waker'', with several varieties of magical effects available through music, but nearly every game has at least one example of Magic Music, most often as the [[Warp Whistle]].
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** ''[[Skyward Sword]]'' has the harp, which is stated from the very beginning to have been passed down by the goddess. [[Fairy Companion|Fi]] also dances along to the songs that Link plays.
* Elena in ''[[Grandia II]]'' sings a song that seemingly lifts the spirits of everyone in the world, brings Ryudo back from oblivion, and gives the heroes the power to defeat a dark god.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' just loves to abuse this trope. The Pokéflute/Pokémon Whistle can magically wake Pokémon up. In ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'', in lieu of a Pokéflute, you can tune to a certain radio station to wake your Pokémon up. Another radio station, depending on the time of day, an increase or decrease encounter rates with the Pokémon March and Pokémon Lullaby respectively. In ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'', the event item Azure Flute is used to awaken Arceus. In fact, a good number of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130713022114/http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Sound_moves sound-based moves] in the game are musical.
* ''[[Wario Land]] 3'' has several treasures that release off-key, broken, strange melodies that unlock events in other stages. These short melodies come together during the credits music and create ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH70CwY__Ms&feature=player_detailpage the best fucking song ever composed]''.
* The 5 Instruments of the bard from ''[[Romancing SaGa 2|Romancing Sa ga 2]]'' they are required to meet with the Iris race.
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* One of the trademarks of the Heterodyne family in ''[[Girl Genius]]'' is their way of "Heterodyning", or [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030228 humming] in a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070606 very complicated] way which helps the Spark at work to concentrate. While not music that causes magic by itself, certainly a side effect and assistant to the [[Mad Scientist|Sparkiness.]]
* ''[[Soul Symphony]]'': In the Soul World, music can be used as magical spells. Olivia, a musical prodigy, gains flight and barrier powers from playing scales and trills on her clarinet.
* In ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'', Mentl, a second-rate busker from our world finds himself, like Jon-Tom in the ''Spellsinger'' series, transported to a magical world where he finds that his skill at and knowledge of modern music has devastating effects both [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303185044/http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/zona/2007/07/24/page-138/ on the ladies] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120706032622/http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/zona/2009/05/26/page-276/ on his enemies].
* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', Doc finds himself in a bind when he is attacked by ghosts and runs out of holy weapons to use. [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|Sucked into his own mind]] by one of the ghosts, he [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p66 receives advice] from his dad and spends the next 3-4 pages doing nothing but humming the catchy ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' theme, which (of course) enables him to {{spoiler|punch, chop, and finally ''stab'' the final ghost}}.
* ''[[Wooden Rose]]'': [http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter4/88.html Aidan is playing it in the dream.]
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