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* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' has [http://youtu.be/nftxDrStny8 "The Real Folk Blues"] as the answer to the intro theme [http://youtu.be/T6zDfxZ4NcE "TANK!"]. The series as a whole also has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qBqP2I4p8 "Blue"].
* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' [http://youtu.be/d5yjcPHEhIk features this] for the first 13 episodes, and [http://youtu.be/EYh-dCFb4Sg a slightly less solemn one] for the rest of the series. Yes, both far more somber than the [http://youtu.be/xrjUj-FRorY opening theme].
* ''[[Baccano!]]'', "Calling". Extremely noticeable in contrast to the jazzy upbeat opening, "Guns & Roses".
* The 3rd season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' featured this in the original Japanese, it was changed to an instrumental version of the US opening credit song when it ran in syndication on [[Cartoon Network]].
* ''[[Gasaraki]]'' features one.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' features Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" sang by several different female vocalists, each with her own unique voice style.
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' ends with a parody of this, where Menchi laments her role as the [[Eat the Dog|emergency food source]], while a woman translates her howls. The last episode parodies the parody with Menchi and the translator's roles reversed.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVS610rIqYY&feature=related ending theme] of ''[[Queen Millennia]]''. True, the title theme isn't exactly [[Hard Rock]] either, but the ending seems to be a bit more solemn.
** More pronounced in the film version where the ending theme (different from the TV series) is sung by Dara Sadaka.
* ''[[Future War 198X]]'': "Pathetic Love is My Destiny" by Kazuko Kawashima. Only in the original Japanese version. The Macekered dubs replace it with a song by Asia.
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* [[The Mickey Mouse Club|"Now it's time to say goodbye to all our company..."]]
* [[Kamen Rider Black]]: "Long Long Ago 20th Century"
* Friday episodes of ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' from 1971-72 closed with the solemn-sounding "Weekend Song".
** A part of this song would also serve as the coda to the closing version of "It's Such A Good Feeling" used since 1972, but the solemn effect was less pronounced because the preceding portion was upbeat, and the tempo picked up again for the instrumental as Mister Rogers said his closing words.
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** Also inverted in the UFO ending of ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' with a [http://youtu.be/_t5jZvH7xwA children's song parody] and amusing cinematics.
* ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' has a very sad [http://youtu.be/NWInWdKBIVs "Battle over" theme]. It's appropriate considering that during the game you are basically {{spoiler|killing the last of an ancient race. Nobody will ever see creatures like them ever again}}.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' features a Gaelic one. Almost all the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' ending songs are like this, with the exception of "Can't Say Goodbye To Yesterday" and the one to the original ''[[Metal Gear]]'' (which was ridiculously peppy). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9hagVL-__c "Way To Fall"] by Starsailor in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is a mournful alt-rock ballad, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyE0UabtLn0 "The Best Is Yet To Come"]'' is a Gaelic ballad and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPH7deyMRI "Calling To The Night"]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOVkYAxHvkk "Here's To You"]'' and to a slightly lesser extent ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzgI6xJEH0 "Heaven's Divide"]'' are all [[Large Ham|super-melodramatic]] [[Power Ballad|Power Ballads]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKv1JyQgV8 "Late Goodbye"] by Poets of the Fall in ''[[Max Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne]]''.
* ''[[Turn Based Battle]]'' parodies this with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVrh3tXgRy4 "Cheesy RPG Song."]
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* ''[[Legend of Legaia]]'' uses this trope. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDxsTK-EGbk&feature=related: See for yourself.].
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0iFMuEHoag Small of Two Pieces]", the [[Narm Charm]]-loaded [[Power Ballad]] that caps off ''[[Xenogears]]'', might not be solemn enough to qualify for this trope, but the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Fr8gP_k8U Myth remix]" likely is.
* ''[[Tetris Attack]]''/''[[Panel De Pon]]'', a game with a very upbeat soundtrack, ends on "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LnnxaOh18U A Walk on a Rainbow]".
* ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' ends with the exquisite ballad "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBE3c9X0BoA Radical Dreamers ~ The Jewel Unstolen]".
* ''[[Radiant Historia]]'' ends with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bp_nwZ8O4k -HISTORIA-], with its mellow instrumentals and [http://princess-jakilna.deviantart.com/art/HISTORIA-English-Lyrics-263417038 retrospective, vague, sad lyrics] (spoiler, but won't make much sense for anyone who hasn't played the game).
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