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People in [[Real Life]] usually don't have music following them everywhere they go. But often people do find they've got some underscoring happening in their ~~life -- be~~ it from their car radio as they're driving, a band at a bar, or a street musician outside.

People in [[Real Life]] usually don't have music following them everywhere they go. But often people do find they've got some underscoring happening in their life—be it from their car radio as they're driving, a band at a bar, or a street musician outside.

Source Music, also known as ''diegetic music'', is [[Truth in Television]] in this regard: it's music that the characters can hear, and that would be playing even if the scene were happening in real life. Of course, the music usually serves a dramatic purpose as well: either it helps establish setting and character, or it comments on the action happening in the foreground.

'''Source Music''', also known as ''diegetic music'', is [[Truth in Television]] in this regard: it's music that the characters can hear, and that would be playing even if the scene were happening in real life. Of course, the music usually serves a dramatic purpose as well: either it helps establish setting and character, or it comments on the action happening in the foreground.

See also [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] and [[Left the Background Music On]]. If Source Music becomes [[Background Music]], that's a [[Diegetic Switch]].

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* The Nightclub music in ''[[Perfect Dark]] Zero'', which [[Record Needle Scratch|grinds to a halt]] when you pull the fire alarm.

* There's one boss fight in ''[[Master of the Wind]]'' set to "Spirit Never Dies" by Masterplan. This is because the fight takes place in the middle of a rock concert. ''With the lead singer and his band of summoned music angels''. It's in the running for [[Best Boss Ever]].

* The main protagonist of ''[[Persona 3]]'' is never, ever seen without his Atlus Audio [[MP3]] player. He was even listening to the game's opening theme, "Burn My Dread," as he headed for the train station that would take him to his new home in Tatsumi Port Island. He listened to it ''on the train'', for that matter, and during the {{spoiler|[[Final Battle]]}} ~~--it~~ must be his favorite.

* The main protagonist of ''[[Persona 3]]'' is never, ever seen without his Atlus Audio [[MP3]] player. He was even listening to the game's opening theme, "Burn My Dread," as he headed for the train station that would take him to his new home in Tatsumi Port Island. He listened to it ''on the train'', for that matter, and during the {{spoiler|[[Final Battle]]}}—it must be his favorite.

* The final mission of ''[[Soldier of Fortune]]: Payback'' is set in a dance club, with a diegetic techno soundtrack.

* Fairly common in the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' series. In Fatal Fury 2 and Special, Krauser has a 90-piece orchestra in the background of his stage, obviously supplying the orchestral music. In Fatal Fury 3, the background music in Terry's stage only starts when a character turns on a radio. In Real Bout Special and 2, there is an opera singer visible in Krauser's stage, and she sings in time with the vocals of his new theme.