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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Needs Image}} A music box tune that sounds a bit ''off''. It may have an overly cheery or depressing sound to it or the tune just seems to be completely out of place. Either way, the effect is just [[Nightmare Fuel\|creepy]], and there is something not quite right about it. Something not quite right at ''all''. Line 15: * ''[[Elfen Lied]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5zmx_9x2cI Heji], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_SChDmSedM Lilium], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHbu0bOvJH4 Uso Sora], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPqg4lPTFE Katsubou], and especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flt6JLIglSc Yureai.] In fact, there's even a physical music box as part of the plot. * ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': The Crime of Innocence, Rei I, M-4 piano, The passage of emptiness, Jesu: Joy of Man's Desiring (which is played in the DVD menu). * ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n39oJXDg_GQ Kabe no Mukou (The Other Side of the Wall)]'' is played whenever Kaede becomes depressed or slips into insanity, in the anime ''[[~~Shuffle~~SHUFFLE!]]''. * ''[[Vampire Knight]]'': Maria Kurenai's theme. ** One could also count the music box version of "Still Doll" (the ending song)as well. Line 40: * The music from a musical box entrances the killer into a homicidal state of mind in Dario Argento's ''[[Deep Red]]''. * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbkp8yRxUGI The Sandman] in ''[[Hanna]]''. * Davey Jones' music box In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest''. It was supposed to be ~~romantic--because~~romantic—because of Davy Jones and {{spoiler\|Calypso/Tia Dalma}}, but the effect was kind of ruined when they did that [[Ominous Pipe Organ\|crazy-evil organ arrangement]] while the fish-pirates were scrubbing the deck. ** This is also an instance of the planet wide cinematic regulation which says that wistful music-box melodies must slow and eventually stop just ''before'' the final note. * The above Pirates of the Caribbean example seems like an homage to ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'', where El Indio (sexy weed-smoking Mexican baddie) is addicted to a musical pocket watch, which plays Morricone music, and he uses it every time he has a duel, or just kills someone. Line 72: * [[Criminal Minds]] makes use of the ''very'' haunting "Illabye" to great effect on two separate episodes. * [[Power Rangers RPM]] features a haunting tune whenever Dillon (Ranger Series Black) has a flashback of his past prior to the series beginning. The dark lighting in those flashbacks don't help, either. * The [[Ominous Music Box Tune]] is used to a fantastic effect in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrtQCCT8kpk this advert] for ''[[Eastenders]]''. == Music == * The song "[[Blue (video)\|Blue]]" by [[The Birthday Massacre]]. * "Grisly Reminder" by Midnight Syndicate. * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgEGVKwURKc "Sæglopur,"] by [[Sigur ~~Ros~~Rós\|Sigur Ròs]], manages to combine this and some of the most haunting bowed guitar '''ever.''' ** [[Sigur ~~Ros~~Rós]] uses music boxes quite a lot, actually, especially in Takk and Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do. Most of the time the sound is meant to be pretty rather than ominous, however. * "Haunted Music Box," Made By Sirfinix. * "Kid A" and "No Surprises" by [[Radiohead]]. Line 125: * In [[Donkey Kong Country\|DK64]], the tune that plays in [[Toy Time\|Frantic]] [[Eternal Engine\|Factory]] opens with a singularly creepy music-box segment, complete with "winding up," and it returns several times throughout the tune. * Just about the entire soundtrack of [[American McGee's Alice]] comes off as this. * The "Game Over" music in ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~BlazBlue]]'' sounds like a generic, slightly [[Soundtrack Dissonance\|dissonant]] "better luck next game" tune (mostly "ominous" because the player just lost). Early in Ragna's Story (the first most players are likely to try, since it's at the top of the list), it's revealed to be the song from ''Saya's'' music box. [[Jigsaw Plot\|Who's Saya, you ask?]] [[Figure It Out Yourself]]. * ''[[Meteos]]'' gives us the theme music for Jeljel. * ''[[Fable]] 2'' has the music from the music box from the beginning playing during {{spoiler\|the breakdown of the [[Lotus Eater Machine\|"Perfect World"]] part of the game, including the music becoming more and more disjointed as you run away from the bright, shiny place}}. * "[[Luigi's Mansion\|Luigis Mansion]]" especially the remix which actually incorporates a few cords from a music box. * "Baby Bowser's Lullaby" in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. * Also, before you reach a miniboss in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', a music box version of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)\|Super Mario Bros]]'' Underground theme will start to play. * The church music box in ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''. ** Alexia and Alfred's music box in [[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]. * The music box in the hotel lobby in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''. * In ''[[Scratches]]'' there is a music box in the attic whose melody starts off rather prettily but quickly turns creepy. Line 150: == Web Comics == * In ''[[Silent Hill: Promise]]'' Vanessa finds a music box on the roof of the hotel that plays a tune she recognizes. * "Clockwork Melody" and "Clockwork Sorrow" from the fifth ''[[Homestuck]]'' album are versions of the "Endless Climb" song played that come across as this. "Clockwork Contrivance," too, to a much lesser extent. ** Rose gets one with a mournful violin right [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005595 after she goes grimdark]. 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