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* ''[[The Matrix]]'': while they're acupuncturing Neo into being able to function as a physical person.
* The soundtracks of ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'' and ''[[Troy]]'' indulged in a fair amount of this.
** ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'' is [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813043738/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2004/05/25/wails/index.html probably responsible] for lending the trope much of its considerable current momentum. This kind of wailing, not always on soundtracks, constitutes some 75% of [[Lisa Gerrard]]'s career. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not that I'm complaining.]]
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' had several moments like this.
** A boy soprano cutting in at dramatic moments like Gandalf's escape from Orthanc, his fall at Khazad-dum and the Ents breaking Saruman's dam, and almost any other moment when nature shows resurgence.
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* "Ashes" from the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' OST.
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' with Bad Girl's theme, ''Pleather for Breakfast.''
* Notably in ''[[Star Ocean]]: Till the End of Time'', the background music on the aptly named planet Styx. [http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/so3music/33%20-%20Interval%20of%20Freezed%20Time.mp3\]{{Dead link}}
* This is a favorite technique of ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' series composer Yoshitaka Hirota.
* While the soundtrack of the original ''[[Deus Ex]]'' is [[Cyberpunk Is Techno|almost entirely techno]] - the second game, ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War|Invisible War]]'' features a One-Woman Wail remix of the original game's theme. The soundtrack of [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Human Revolution]], on the other hand, has a wail in almost every track.
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* A rare male example: Red sings one in ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'' while, across town, Peach is kidnapped. Later, {{spoiler|a recording of him does it again over Yoshi's murder and his own funeral.}}
{{quote|[[Tear Jerker|So, uh...was I any good?]]}}
* [[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]] is ''[[Pet Peeve Trope|not]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140217020910/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/30502-dougs-top-10-worst-cliches a fan].<ref>It's number 5 on the list, for those who don't want to watch the whole thing.</ref>
{{quote|''Ear poison! It is EAR POISON!!''}}
* [http://snd.sc/yfqNKb "Lockdown"] from ''[[Splinter Cell Extinction]]''.
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