What is the saddest and/or most depressing song you've ever heard in a game or movie?

Edit: Oops, I guess I should have mentioned mine...

"Lament" - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (alternately known as "Anakin's Betrayal")
"It Can't Be" - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (cue present in the album track "Anakin's Dark Deeds")
"The Immolation Scene" - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
"Qui-Gon's Funeral" - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
"Lux Aeterna" - Requiem for a Dream

"Arnhem" - Medal of Honor: Frontline
"After the Drop" - Medal of Honor: Frontline
"The Fallen" - Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
"Theme from Schindler's List" - Schindler's List

All three songs easily elicit the heartfelt pathos and depressing sentiment of their environments, I find.

"After the Drop" - Medal of Honour: Frontline.
The most depressing and mournful track I've ever heard in my life. There's just so much beauty packed in it. Definitely one to be played at my funeral.


"Debriefing" - Metal Gear Solid 3
A close second. However, you need to have finished MGS3 in order to feel the power of this song. For those who just want to see MGS3's ending, here it is:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RWW0nFxTTsc

"After the Drop" - Medal of Honour: Frontline.

Say! Thanks for reminding me of that one! "After the Drop" is indeed a wistful composition. I'd say "Arnhem" only manages to beat it by a nose.

This thread screams "emo". I haven't heard any songs that I considered to be very sad, I have heard pieces of music that are quite sad or emotional. "Aeris' theme" mainly with the attachment to her death, "Hinata Vs Neji" played during the Hokage's funeral (from Naruto OST) is also quite sad.

I'm referring to pieces of music, not "songs" per se. Maybe I should have worded that differently.

"Forever Rachael" & "Celes" - Final Fantasy VI

Mention depressing/sad and I think of these right away, that soundtrack tied in so well with the story...

I'm referring to pieces of music, not "songs" per se. Maybe I should have worded that differently.

No you're fine I merely misinterpreted the topic title. :-D

The intro to Elfen Lied....sad....so sad....

"Like Shadow Picture Lantern" from Mother 3.

Movies
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings "Platoon"
Gary Jules - Mad world "Donnie Darko"
Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna "Requiem For A Dream"


few band
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon Cover)
Counting Crows - Colorblind
Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film), Parano�d andro�d, Karma police, Street spirit
Mozart - requiem
Ludwig von Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Albinoni - Musica relajante

Games
Alice OST
Silent hill 1 and 2
Empire Earth 2 theme
Mafia theme

Don't think I've heard it in a game, but Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is one sad and beautiful piece.

I edit my post for the movie

Weakness by Opeth
Anyone,Anywhere by Anathema
and others

I've always thought that this song sounds a little saddening but more calming:

Calm Before the Storm (Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus) (http://www.vincent-valentine.com/mp3/calm_before_the_storm.mp3)

There are other songs from that album that also have that same tone.

tidus and yuna's theme is really nice.

The Oath from FFVIII
Any variation of To Zanarkand from FFX

Toki no Puzzle by Yuko Goto
SELECT? by Minori Chihara

This is quite fitting:

Yakusoku no Chi ~The Promised Land (http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/ffacost/Disc+1/02+-+Yakusoku+no+Chi+~The+Promised+Land~.mp3) (Final Fantasy VII Advent Children)
Song should automatically start playing when you click on the link.

If you really like this song I should be uploading the FLAC [lossless] version of the soundtrack soon; keep an eye on the "Lossless VGM Glory (Thread 46470)" thread. :cool:

Immolation - Schindler's List (John Williams)
Remembering Munich - Munich (John Williams)
Prologue/The Early Days - Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams)
Requiem in D Minor - 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later (John Murphy)
Death of a Vesper - Casino Royale (David Arnold)
Of Helplessness - Heat (Elliot Goldenthal)
Death Scene - Moulin Rouge (Craig Armstrong)
Memories of Shell Beach - Dark City (Trevor Jones)
The Last Man - The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

The theme of defeat of Navy Field lol.

Seriously now: The Last Samurai - The Way of the Sword. (Awesome song yet very sad)

Its not my saddest song ever, but "Loss of Me" from Final Fantasy IX was pretty sad.


And whoever mentioned the end of Metal Gear Solid 3, and the song Debriefing, I agree wholeheartedly. Very powerful, and very sad.

Hmm. . .

At the Bottom of the Night - Chrono Trigger

That's the first one that comes to mind.

The Dirge of Cerberus soundtrack is like that. Haven't been able to complete the game (too uninteresting) but I've listened to the soundtrack; Deep Darkness of Shinra and especially Terminus send a chill up my spine every time.

"Blue Sky" from Front Mission: Gun Hazard is also great and terribly sad. Will immediately change your mood, like "At the Bottom of the Night" does.

Boogiepop Phantom:

Happy End
A Furrow dub
Several other songs on a soundtrack, the anime is like, a really deperessing anime overall



SimCity 4 - Terrain
Super Mario 64 - Dire dire Docks
Cowboy Bebop - Road to the west
Gary Wilson - Dream(s)
Daft Punk - Nightvision
Daft Punk - Something About us
Bomberman Hero - Loom
Samurai Champloo - 2 Messages

Kluke's song in Blue Dragon. That song is so utterly depressing...

VIDEO GAME MUSIC
Estarant - Albert Odyssey~Legend of Eldean
Corpse - Breath of Fire III
Like a Loser - Breath of Fire III
A Light Already Lost - Chrono Cross
Song of Sorrow - Dewprism
Reminscence - Genso Suikoden II
Broken Blade - Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
Mourning Bell - Lunar Silver Star Story Complete
Misty Rain - Star Ocean The Second Story
Sadness - Thousand Arms Complete gamerip
From Anxiety to Impatience - Wild Arms
A Distant Elegy - Wild Arms the Vth Vanguard

ANIME MUSIC
A Parting Eternal - Rurouni Kenshin OVA
Not An Angel - Trigun The First Donuts
Obokuri-Eemui - Samurai Champloo series
Rakuen - Trigun Second Donut Happy Pack

OTHER MUSIC
The Quiet Of Love (sarang eul wi han chim mook) - The Restless movie sdtk.
regret - Malice Mizer

Videogames

Chrono Trigger - Wings That Cross Time
Chrono Trigger - The Day the World Revived
Chrono Trigger - Singing Mountain
Chrono Trigger - Memories of Green (my favourite)
Chrono Trigger - Epilogue ~ To Good Friends
Chrono Trigger - At the Bottom of Night
Final Fantasy IV - Main Theme
Final Fantasy V - Cursed Earths
Final Fantasy V - Nostalgia
Final Fantasy V - The Land of Unknown (<3)
Final Fantasy V - Unknown Lands
Final Fantasy VI - Aria de Mezzo Carattere
Final Fantasy VI - Celes
Final Fantasy VI - Coin Song
Final Fantasy VI - Searching for Friends
Final Fantasy VI - The Day After
Final Fantasy VI - The Mines of Narshe
Final Fantasy VI - The Phantomtrain
Secret of Evermore - Ebon Keep ~ Castle
Secret of Evermore - Ebon Keep ~ Town
Secret of Evermore - Horace
Secret of Evermore - Introduction & Credits
Secret of Evermore - Queen Bluegarden
Secret of Mana - A Wish
Secret of Mana - Spirit of the Night (hell, that one was the first extremely sad tune I heard and it still makes me nearly cry ;-; )
Secret of Mana - Pure Night
Secret of Mana - Close your Eyelids
Secret of Mana 2 - Meridian Child
Lufia 2 - Flute of Sleepwalk
Lufia 2 - Door of Journey
Lufia 2 - The Prophet
Terranigma - A Hero's Final Day
Terranigma - Birth of a Continent
Terranigma - Elle's Theme
Terranigma - New Waters (another one of those "I could cry"-tunes...)
Terranigma - Resurrection
Breath of Fire 2 - The White Wings
Breath of Fire 2 - Memories
Breath of Fire 2 - A Long Time Ago
Breath of Fire 2 - TownShip Well
The Lord of the Rings Volume 1 for SNES... although there's no OST of it available anywere, it still has probably the most beautiful music I heard, all very emotional and with a sad undertone.
And of course the most emotional and mournful tune from a Megaman game: Megaman X6 - Blizzard Wolfang's Stage / Northpole Area

From Animes I only have one in sense
Tsubasa Chronicles - Voices Silently Sing

Obscure 2 OST... You`ll get depressed in no time..

Oh and Silent Hill soundtracks, those are insane.

The saddest song and moment in a movie was in Gladiator, when he returned to his farm and finds his wife and his son dead... The song is so depressing =..(
Gladiator - Sorrow

also nice and sad..
El laberinto del fauno - Long, long time ago

Alan Howarth's Halloween III score is quite somber and moody.

The Heart of Davy Jones - Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack Treasures Collection

The Elder Scrolls Oblivion soundtrack.

Chrono Trigger - At The Bottom of Night
Chrono Trigger - Schala's Theme
Chrono Cross - The Girl Who Stole The Stars
Final Fantasy VI - Awakening
Final Fantasy VI - Celes's Theme
Final Fantasy VII - Anxious Heart (It'll always haunt me because of its placing in the Ancient City right before Aerith died.)

"Pandora's Box" and "Not Meant to be Found" ~ Alan Silvestri, from the Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life film OST. I love those two instrumentals so much.

"The Meltdown" - Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream)

Film/TV:

Central Park - King Kong (2005)
Beauty Killed The Beast IV - King Kong (2005)
Thought I'd Never Call? - Blood Diamond
I Cannot See His Colour - The Village
Fragments of a Prayer - Children of Men
A Small Measure of Peace - The Last Samurai
Waters of Irrawaddy - Beyond Rangoon
Journey To The Line - The Thin Red Line
Still - Black Hawk Down
Unable to Stay, Unwilling To Leave - Titanic
Lynn McGill's Sacrifice - 24


Video Games:

Life's End - MGS3
Debriefing - MGS3
High Charity Suite - Halo 2 Vol.2

Choir Theme from Metal Gear Solid

Video games:
Chrono Trigger - Epilogue ~ To Good Friends
Final Fantasy VI - Aria de Mezzo Carattere (no kidding, the last time I heard the song, I shed a few drops of tears).
Tales of Phantasia - Ary
Tales of Phantasia - Be Absentminded
Mother/Earthbound Zero - Eight Melodies
Mother 2/Earthbound - Smiles & Tears
Final Fantasy VIII - Eyes On Me
Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Doesn't count? Well there was a Journey arcade game that played the song when you won...)

TV/Movies:
Care Bears II: A New Generation - Forever Young (not related to the Alphaville song of the same name, although both has the same net effect on me)

Personally, I thought all the tracks for Angela's Ashes by John Williams and Schindler's List were sad and mounful. The tracks for Stepmom bring tears to my eyes every time I hear them.

Score from the Fountain

HGW_Jeepride_Rescue_v15 from Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Pegasus Bridge from Call Of Duty
and... too many to list them here... some kind of depressive you think? Well, i call it melancholy

This is quite fitting:

Yakusoku no Chi ~The Promised Land (http://bluelaguna.net/downloads/mp3s/ffacost/Disc+1/02+-+Yakusoku+no+Chi+~The+Promised+Land~.mp3) (Final Fantasy VII Advent Children)
Song should automatically start playing when you click on the link.

If you really like this song I should be uploading the FLAC [lossless] version of the soundtrack soon; keep an eye on the "Lossless VGM Glory (Thread 46470)" thread. :cool:

Good. I'm not the only one that thought the song could be VERY sad if thought of right.

My vote FOR NOW goes to My Immortal by Evanescence.

Room of Angel from Silent Hill 4.

Apologize and Sleep My Dear from the OST's for The Big O are kinda depressing..in the slow piano piece kinda way.
(all i can think of)

I would have to go with Lyric from the xbox version of Ninja Gaiden and Sacred Terrorist from the third Ghost in the Shell SAC OST.

The song from Final Fantasy 8 - Where I Belong, played at the ruined Trabia Garden is just melancholy.

Halo 2- Unforgotten

Currently listening to:

Empty Houses - Bioshock.

Games:

Heavenly Sword - Credits
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - Staff Roll
Metal Gear Solid - Enclosure
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Memories of Hal
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Debriefing
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - EVA's Reminiscence
Resident Evil (GameCube remake) - Barry's Betrayal (aka Lisa Trevor's boss theme)
Resident Evil 2 - Good Bye, Leon...
Resident Evil 2 - Mother
Silent Hill - Blood Tears (extended version of the official track Not Tomorrow 1)
Silent Hill - Last Goodbye (extended version of the official track Only You)
Silent Hill - Life
Silent Hill - Not Tomorrow 1
Silent Hill - Only You
Silent Hill 2 - Forest
Silent Hill 2 - Magdalene
Silent Hill 3 - Lost Carol
Silent Hill 3 - Breeze... in Monochrome Night
Silent Hill 3 - Please Love Me... Once More
Silent Hill 3 - A Stray Child
Silent Hill 3 - Dance with Night Wind
Silent Hill 4: The Room - Room of Angel

Films:

Battle Royale - Teacher and Student/Final Battle
The Grudge 2 - Shikyo
Ju-on: The Grudge - Distant Memory - Fate
Ring 0: Birthday - Prologue
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - The Birth of the Twins/Padm�'s Destiny
A Tale of Two Sisters - The Forest Knows
A Tale of Two Sisters - Prologue

TV shows:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Close Your Eyes (Buffy/Angel Love Theme)
Doctor Who - Madame de Pompadour
Farscape - Parting Comrades

Song of Sorrow - Dewprism

I dont listen sad music that much because then I get very depressed and when I get depressed...
Well, I do like Arnhem from MOH:F, but that isn't the saddest ever. Maybe something related to Elfen Lied?

We could actually make a great gather of all these depressing songs and upload it.
By author, like, one for John William
Other by games, and so on.
Like, Depressing Vol.1
or something like it.
It's preety boring looking for one at time.

Oh! I remember!
DEEP BLUE - KEIKO MATSUI
sad but still, beautiful

I have been looking for that album forever now. And I am talking about deep blue. Is it possible for you to upload it please. It would be really nice. or at least if u can link me to where I can get it.

I have been looking for that album forever now. And I am talking about deep blue. Is it possible for you to upload it please. It would be really nice. or at least if u can link me to where I can get it.
I'm sorry, I only got this song as a sample. I'm looking for the whole album, though.
When I had some progress I'll let you know, WAswas1717. :)

One of the songs in Devil May Cry 4 that's in the final trailer.

My contribution to this isn't directly from a game, but it's a remix.

Final Fantasy VIII: 'Everything = Nothing'

http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01349/

I guarrantee you, it's incredibly sad and melancholic, and sounds like a whole new composition. This > Nobuo's original song

The Host of Seraphim, by Dead Can Dance. It's used in the final moments of Stephen King's The Mist. Director Frank Darabont describes it as "a funeral dirge for the human race."

http://rapidshare.com/files/82080718/01_-_Dead_Can_Dance_-_The_Host_Of_Seraphim.mp3.html

Hmm.
Aerith's Theme -> MY FAVORITE!!

"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Vaughn Williams (that's what it says in my media library, so, whatever)
"Forgiven" from Battlestar Galactica S1 by Bear Mcreary
"Reflections" from MechCommander 2 by Duane Decker
"Blade Runner Blues" from Blade Runner by Vangelis
"March," "Journey," and "Failure" from Myth 3 by Zak Bellica
"The Siege of Madrigal" from Myth: The Fallen Lords by Marty O'Donnell
The DEFCON soundtrack by Introversion Software. Dowload the DEFCON demo and swipe this music now!!
"Strength and Honor" from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer

I've got plenty more, but I'm too lazy to list them all here - it'd probably be half my music.

Yeah, if someone would compile all of these tracks into an album and upload it, that would certainly be cool :)

Final Fantasy X - Wandering Flame
Vision of Escaflowne OST 3 - Farewell

i know of many more. if there ever a poll to put together a compilation we should all contribute to it

Wandering Flame-Final Fantasy X by Masashi Hamauzu. That song sends chills up my spine everytime.

I'm not sure if it's supposed to be sad because I haven't played the game yet, but "father and son" from MGS4 made me a little teary. Also Aerith's them from FF7 was probably the most beautiful and sad song I have ever heard.

Just some off the top of my head...none are sad or anything, but they have a mood to them mostly.

Old Snake - Metal Gear Solid 4 (theres something kind of sad or mournful expression about that track, most notably around the 50 second mark)

The Max Payne 2 soundtrack is somewhat dark and depressing, perhaps just due to the tone of the character itself.

The Indigo Prophecy soundtrack. The game is emotional, dark and filled with depressing characters and moments.

St Mary's Church & Jenny's Theme - The Darkness (something just a little off about the tracks. Not sad or anything, buts theres something about it)

Promise (Reprise) - Silent Hill 2 (Again, just something about it, not sure how to describe it)

Beauty Killed the Beast 4 - King Kong (I only find this track sad or depressing because of the movie, as its from the part when hes on the ESBuilding and as the planes are coming in for their final pass, as hes near death, the music builds and he lets out his primal roar and does the whole chest smack motion...kinda shows his will to live and to not back down, even in the end)

Debriefing - Metal Gear Solid 3 (It really only works with Eva's voiceover, but still a powerful track to go with the imagery and great voice talents)

Not sure what else I'd throw on this list, cause I really don't know how to classify "sad" music and all. Music that creates strong emotion and usually in sad, depressing or dark parts is all I could think of. Throw on the music you hear in Rocky Balboa whenever he thinks about Adrian and Light of the Force from Return of the Jedi when Darth Vader is cremated, but for now, thats about it.

End themes on gremlins 2 and Journey to Silius (NES)

Gau's theme, Forever Rachel FF6

Anything by To/Die/For (best songs - Crimson twins, forever, sorrow, rimed with frost)

Re-Acting by Dr.Gore2000 -found this on youtube, doesn't get more depressing that that

Don't Belong by Paradise Lost

Hollow by Pantera

My immortal by Evanescense

Apocolyptica has a few - Romance, Beyond Time

Can't Smile Without You by Berry Manilo -it'll grow on you...even if you don't listen to that style much

Shape of my Heart by Sting

Hope you like

Yeah, "after the drop" from medal of honor:frontline is one song that actually made me weep while trying to get through that mission.

Boogiepop Phantom:

Happy End
A Furrow dub
Several other songs on a soundtrack, the anime is like, a really deperessing anime overall



SimCity 4 - Terrain
Super Mario 64 - Dire dire Docks
Cowboy Bebop - Road to the west
Gary Wilson - Dream(s)
Daft Punk - Nightvision
Daft Punk - Something About us
Bomberman Hero - Loom
Samurai Champloo - 2 Messages

Those are my two favorite Daft Punk songs-- it's funny because they're so good at chill ambiance-- yet they're more popular for upbeat stuffs.

Brick Ballades - Houston St. - Big O OST II

Lost Carol by Akira Yamaoka from Silent Hill 3

There are quite a few powerful tunes that I've heard throughout my experience with games and movies. None that specifically make me want to cry or anything, but enough to send a chill down my spine. I get this feeling every time I hear the following tracks.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask:
This was my first Zelda experience. The songs that affect me most were as follows: Opening Sequence, Calling the Four Giants, The Progression of Clocktown (Days 1, 2, and 3), and Final Hours. Each of these songs held a sense of anxiousness that built up to the end of the game. Also great nostalgia moments for me here. The first of my heart felt moments with video game music.

StarWars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith:
This is a bit more specific, only including the track Anakin's Betrayal when you see Anakin turn to the dark side and he's hurting Padme. Most certainly a powerful theme for me.

Matrix Revolutions:
The last of the songs that truly make my spine tingle is Neo's final battle with Smith. This includes Neodammerung, Why Mr. Anderson, and Spirit of the Universe. This especially includes the sequence which shows Neo's body being carried away by the waste disposal unit in the Machine City. I love Don Davis's work with the franchise.

Save Themes from Resident Evil / Biohazard series are both calming and depressing. Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy - all music from and Love Theme from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots. As for the last one - it's one of the most depressing and touching songs I ever heard.

I was drawn to...

So Alone, Be Sorrow (Piano version) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time for quite a while...

This track has a bit of a horror edge to it, and I think it's definitely worth a listen:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B76XMW3G

It's the main theme from the Stone of Anamara.

The Silent Hill 3 soundtrack was rather depressing. That's what is great about it, though. It fits the foggy atmosphere perfectly.

Rob Dougan-One and the Same instrumental.
Saddest one ever.

Charlie Clouser sequence 26 is another one.

and yes the last few songs of the matrix revolutions songs were also sad.
Enya-Boadicea.

Jeepride rescue-Call of Duty 4
Town of Mysteries-Silent Hill Origins
Embalmed in Memory-Silent Hill Origins
Sorrowful Pity-SIREN:Blood Curse
Memory of the Waters-Silent Hill 3

ahh, you guys beat me to a ton of great music. I have a few songs that come off the top of my head.

Let's see. "Sorrow" from Front Mission 3, that song is already pretty sad, but after you play through and encounter more then 3/4's of the cast killed off tragically (especially when you play both sides of the games two plots) you are much more emotionally tied to it. They also have a very nice ending remix of the same song and is also epic and but not as sad.

What's this? Didn't anyone mention "Enclosure" from MGS? It's a beautiful work, and very moving.

Kizu darake no yume wo nigiri shimete, from G Gundam (The fourth CD). It's a pretty sad theme, especially when it picks up with the dramatic sharp rise of other instruments in the end. Anyone who saw Doman's Brother and later his master die can tell you just how powerful the track is.

Afterwards, Clear These Tears (Namida, Nochi Hare) from the Pokemon anime. Yeah, it's the song when Butterfree leaves. It was pretty sad, I was surprised one day during school in the morning when they reran that episode, and found so many of my friends still teary eyes from crying about that episode. O_o

"Requiem For The Gods" from Castlevania (SotN/NotM), such a lovely depressing theme, on par with "After the Drop" from Medal of Honor.

"An Epitaph to War" from the Movie Glory, when ever I hear this song or see the characters thrown into the pit, I start to choke, even start to cry when I see them charging in the climax of the movie as "Charging Fort Wagner" plays, even though it's not a truly sad theme like An Epitaph to War, but it's still very powerful and full of emotion. Only one thing keeps me from crying, and that's from a memory in highschool from when I showed the movie to my class ...well women love Danzel, and when he got shot towards the ending, one of the girls shouted out "On no! They Shot Danzel!" Thus this movie and music here holds a special space in my heart for both making me laugh inappropriately, and cry. Come to think of it, almost the entire soundtrack is pretty depressing ...yet lovely!

From one of my favorite anime and manga is the Guyver TV series. There are two tracks that stand out that make me sad. "Despair" which is a fairly sad theme, and "Tragedy of Enzyme II". Tragedy of Enzyme II is actually a battle theme, but one used in tragic events, and it's fairly done well. It really sticks to my head because of it's beauty, and the horrible event in the anime when Sho and his father fight to the death with neither in control of what they are doing. "Despair" of course also stands out thanks to the fact that some great characters died while it played, such as Murikami.

"Pain" AKA Ovelia's Worries from Final Fantasy Tactics. I love this scene, and if not for it's pure lovely tune of pain and grief, then it's attachment to the tragedy involving the romance between Ovelia and Delita.

"Eternal Seperation" from Code Geass. Lovely theme, and still incredibly sad. This theme actualy helped make me almost cry over the death of a character I had no love for (Rolo). This theme and another was played when our protaganist died in the end.

Have one more to add, forgot toe add it in the previous post. Stage 9 from Devil May Cry 3. When you finally enter hell, you are looking at the scene, it's a very white rocky looking area in the void of space, it looks like it could be heaven, but as a desolate broken remnant of it. The music is absolutely sad and haunting as it players, well at first it is, it has some stupid dribbling of a beat after the choir and the organs stop playing, but man was it such a cool moment in the game with that scene and music.

Wolf's Rain - "Heaven's Not Enough"

some of the most depressing and sad ever:

clint mansell - the last man (the fountain ost)
ryuichi sakamoto - solitude (tony takitani ost)
niki reiser - afrika (nowhere in africa ost)

Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road, Staff Roll

Street Fighter 2 - Staff Roll

Chrono Cross - Star Stealing Girl/The Girl Who Stole the Stars


Those songs can make you cry even if youve never played them

Someday the Dream Will End. I cry almost everytime I hear it.

oh, and Suteki da Ne. when I beat FFX for the first time, and that song was used during the credits, I started to cry...

The Road to Purgation, too. I think that music is very sad sounding.

umm... lol, I just named 3 things from FFX.

and the only other thing I can think of right now is the Love Theme from MGS4. it's pretty, but I think it's sad sounding, too. I have said that it's so pretty it makes me wanna cry...(hint: I have not played MGS4. so I really know nothing about that song and its being in the game or anything.)

uh... yeah. ^__^;;

I have another one in my mind, but I can't remember what it's called right now.

Here's 2 that nobody's listed yet:

From the movie Kung Fu Panda, the track "Oogway Ascends", and the track "Morning Mass" from the movie Breach.

Elegy of Emptiness from Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FBwnjTD95o :'(

The Real Folk Blues and Blue from Cowboy Bebop
Sorrow, Brothers, and Tune of Separation from Fullmetal Alchemist
For the Princess from Sailor Moon Sailor Stars

Eight Melodies From MOTHER (EarthBound Zero)
We Miss You ~Theme of Love~ from Mother 3
Jolene's Appreciation (or something like that) From TTYD
Requiem from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword
Sad Song from Super Mario RPG
Sadness from Oracle of Ages/Seasons
Toad Town Ruins from Partners in Time
Mario and Peach's Theme from Paper Mario

I find a lot of music from Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus depressing. The most depressing one is probably "Fragment of Memory" which is played on the scene select menu.

Debriefing - Metal Gear Solid 3 by Harry Gregson-Williams.

I'm speaking for the final fantasies.

To Zanarkand - FFX
Celes, Terra & Coin Song - FFVI
Eyes On Me - FFVIII
Aerith & Tifa - FFVII
Garnet's Song - FFIX

EDIT: Via Purifico (Piano collections version which is technically called "Path of Repentance" but I prefer "Via Purifico.) - That Is TRULY TRULY amazing for me. - FFX

The music from Finding Nemo and American Beauty is pretty damn emotional. Coincidentally they're both by Thomas Newman who is fucking great.

Final Fantasy V - Deception
Final Fantasy V - As I Feel, You Feel
Mario Kart DS - Credits (when you beat 50cc, 100cc, or 150cc Special/Lightning Cup. When you beat Mirror Mode, the credits music becomes way more upbeat)
Mario Party 2 - Credits (the second part of the song)

Moichidou Kimi ni Aitai - by Mikuni Shimokawa (from [I]Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid)
It's less "sad" or "depressing" and more "bittersweet." Her ending theme to the first season of FMP, Karenai Hana [Never-Withering Flower] is also grandiosely bittersweet.

The Tale Told by the Wind ~Ending Theme from Heroes of Mana~ - by Yoko Shimomura (arranged on her compilation album "drammatica")
I don't know what it is about this piece, but stylistically it reminds me very much of the somber/tender kinds of themes found in Don Bluth animated films...

Finale - by Randy Edelman (from Dragonheart)
It's uplifting at the same time that it's rather saddening. And you don't even have to have seen the movie/have the associated scene in mind for it to elicit the emotions. I had the track in my playlist for years before I finally saw the movie...

With Your XXX... and With Your XXX, The Heavens... - by Taku Iwasaki (from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
The former is a little more neutral and calming. The latter, though, is quite good at tugging on the heartstrings.

The Price of Freedom - by Takeharu Ishimoto (from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII)
I actually haven't completed the game yet, but I know what inevitable scene this track accompanies, and it's one of those tracks that's invigorating yet futilely sad.

Come What May - by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman (from Moulin Rouge!)
Another pick I would consider to be bittersweet... Lyrically, it's not really depressing at all. But the way it's sung and composed (the film version) is beautifully melancholy.

Rydia's Theme - by Nobuo Uematsu (from Final Fantasy IV)
Also include just about any remix/arrangement. It's a little heavier on the "sweet" than the "bitter," but the little tinge of bitter that's there is quality and very emotive.

Out There and God Help the Outcasts - by Alan Menken, et al. (from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
The first is sad simply because Quasimodo sings (however optimistically) about how he longs to be a part of the everyday lives of all the hapless people he can see from his towered prison. The second gets points for being one beautifully-sung, desperate plea for salvation.


And that's all I'll throw in for now. I must say, I've got to agree on a lot of the previous mentions, especially those from the Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy series, as well as some of the John Williams scores...

because we can
moulin rouge

BCOZ WE CANA CANA CANNNNNN

EDIT: 69th post
giggles

Sorrow - Metal Gear Solid 4. Possibly one of the saddest songs around.

Try listening to the soundtrack to the Sound of Music. No seriously, try it.

Shooting Stars from Thunder Force IV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfLiFFwKVY

I feel the life slippin' outta me whenever I hear the end theme from the original Splatterhouse. Oddly enough, this very theme appears in aria form on one of the King's flashbacks in We Love Katamari

"The White Room" (Final Fantasy XII) by Hitoshi Sakimoto & Masaharu Iwata, definitely gives the feeling that someone has died or a catastrophe has just occurred.

requiem for a dream - complete soundtrack album.

Legend of Mana - Of Glittering Tears
Pia: Benediction Moon - Siren Song
Ayumi Hamasaki: MY STORY Classical - A Song is Born
Dawn of Mana - An Unbreakable Heart
Seiken Densetsu 3 - Long Goodbye
Kevin Kendle: Tarot (Mind, Body & Soul) - Strength (The best sad music in all "New Age" music!) (Of course, it does sound majestic, which is why that love conquers all.)

Can't believe it took 3 pages, but glad that "Aeris'/Aerith's Theme" made it in here. Now, as for me...

"Eva's Reminiscence" ~ Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

"Pool of Tears", "Castle Keep" & "Herbacious Border" ~ music in those levels of American McGee's Alice

"People of the North Pole", "Someday the Dream Will End", "Suteki Da Ne" ~ Final Fantasy X (Especially the first one; Kimarhi's fight with his brothers really struck a chord with me, to my surprise)

"Where I Belong" ~ Final Fantasy VIII

"Memory of that Day", "Passing Sorrow", "Loss of Me" ~ Final Fantasy IX

"Memories" ~ Final Fantasy Tactics (beautiful song from a beautiful soundtrack)

"Can't Say Good-bye To Yesterday" ~ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

"Night Requiem" ~ Legend of Legaia

"Memory II", "Memories of Aya and Eve", "Femme Fatales" ~ Parasite Eve

Mmmm...yes.

Can't think of all of them off the top of my head, but the one that always gets me is "Here's to You" from Metal Gear Solid 4.

I went through the entire game, and my eyes were watering at the end, but when that mournful singing came on... I just lost it.

One of the first ones that I think of is the song that Pippin sings in Return Of The King (I don't know the name of it). And pretty much any track from Return of The King during the final battle at the Gate of Mordor. SO SAD!

Also, I can't wait to hear the track that plays during the battle at Hogwarts during the second Deathly Hallows movie. It is going to be EPIC! :D

I'll be back with more once I have found them... tomorrow ;)

For me these songs made the atmosphere blue

1. ICARO -Piano Arrangement- - Shadow Hearts 2
-->Was like the song of your "last moments"
2. Getsurenka (Love Moon Flower) - Shadow Hearts 2
-->The ending theme for SH2, the lyric tells about unrequited love and was wrote very bittersweet
3. Living with Determination - Persona 3
-->It gives me the feeling of "even struggling seems futile, I still stand forward and smile"
4. Suteki Da Ne - Final Fantasy X
-->As you follow the story of Tidus and Yuna, this song is a tear-jerker for me. Moreover listening to Ending Theme~Yuna's Monologue~Suteki Da Ne will instantly put me into sadness
5. Eternity : Memories of Light Waves - FFX-2
-->Just somehow relaxing, gives me the reminisce feeling
6. Theme of Love "Piano Version" - FFIV
-->Simply beautiful yet sad at the same time
7. 6 Ban-me no Eki (The Sixth Station) - Spirited Away OST
-->Seems hollow and hopeless
8. "Reset" ~"Thank You" Version~ - Okami
When Amaterasu was defeated by Yami, Issun (who said that he's not going to help Amaterasu anymore), made sketches and spread it throughout the land, saying that Amaterasu is a goddess-wolf. Making people remembers the wonder she brought upon them, and then they pray for Amaterasu's safe and believe that through pain and sadness, The Miracles of God truly exist

I'm sure everything that I list has been listed at least once in this thread, but some music off the top of my head include:

-Let the Right One In (the whole soundtrack has that "mournful and sad" vibe, but Eli's Theme, Then We Are Together, Eli Bleeds and Going Home stand out in my mind)
-Pan's Labyrinth (any tracks with the primary hymn/main theme in it)
-Final Fantasy (tracks like Anxious Heart, Find Your Way, To Zanarkand, etc.)
-Silent Hill (This is a must include for sure)
-Resident Evil (the earlier ones like 1 and 2 have some dark and moody music)
-In Bruges (the score of this movie has a depressing and mournful vibe which fits the movie)
-Other games like the Siren series

Just some off the top of my head.

Ahh, so many, but the one that comes IMMEDIATELY to mind is a composition by Taro Iwashiro, "Truth of Resolution." -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaMSiSJ5dSc

That and the main title theme from "The Corruptor," composed by Carter Burwell -- http://www.thebodyinc.net/audio/Corruptor_Audio/The_Corruptor.mp3. This song has a mesmerizing mix of modern techno beats - NOT dance - with traditional Chinese instrumentation including a truly stirring piece with the erhu. Please take a listen to both! ^_^

~ M ~

EDIT: Sorry! I forgot to mention that "Truth of Resolution" is from the game "Onimusha 2:Samurai's Destiny," mm! Ahh, such a great score. If the orchestral arrangement of the soundtrack has not been uploaded, I think I will do that later on, mm!

I didn't see Mage vs Mage FFIX.... so sad, especially with the FMV playing, youtube it.

Also just a few from games for now:

The entire Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy score by Angelo Badalamenti.
Dagger Remembers - FF9
The Theme from Gun
Remember this man - Knightshift
Max Payne 2 Theme - Violin and Cello versions
Intro Part 2 / Father's Death - Ninja Gaiden 1 NES

i find central park from king kong really depressing

zelda: majora's mask - last days

kingdom hearts 2 - roxas theme


only ones i can think of so far.


as for movies.....

crouching tiger hidden dragon - farewell

gladiator - honor him

from hell - in memoriam - pennys for the ferryman

Terminator 2 - its over goodbye

"Alia & Gate" - Mega Man X6
"Phantoms" - Final Fantasy X
"This is Your Story" - Final Fantasy X
"Macalania Forest" - Final Fantasy X-2
"I, 0 Your Fellow" - Rockman Zero TELOS

Nothing Can Be Explained (Vocal Version) - Mike Wyzgowski - The First Bleach OST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxMnY5eq4wk

This song always makes me teary-eyed ;_;:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxYtW_nNZg

Room Of Angel-Mary Elizabeth McGlynn ft. Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill 4 The Room

No original soundtrack in any game can beat Mary Elizabeth McGlynn paired with Akira Yamaoka talent in Room Of Angel projecting a sad life of Walter Sullivan in soul-stirring lyrics.

Homecoming-Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill Homecoming

Returning to hometown as Alex Shepherd simply leaves player disturbed by the haunting silence in Shepherd's Glenn and the music itself further saddens the players when nobody welcomes pitiful Alex home from a war.

Ritual, Siren Blood Curse

It feels like your soul slowly leaving your body when you hear this track eerie piano rhythm and strong vocals leaving one feeling helpless and despair,as if we are trapped in Hanuda Village.

Ahh, so many, but the one that comes IMMEDIATELY to mind is a composition by Taro Iwashiro, "Truth of Resolution." -- Truth of Resolution - Oyuu of Odani&#39;s Theme - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaMSiSJ5dSc)

This somehow reminds me alot about Iwasaku Taku's music.

For me:

Songs Not from games:

Mozart's piece he composed for his father's funeral.The same song was in the movie zardoz,but it was also in others.
I can't stand to listen to it because its depressing,and it reminds me of those movies.

A lot of radiohead's music is overly depressing.

Games:
Breath of fire 2 musical pieces:

Breath of Fire II - The Flower - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwp1KdHqEi4) The flower:It represents the death of ryu's mother as a necessity to defeat death evan.
Breath of Fire II - More Than Words - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl2vk-QCN0I&feature=related) ray wasn't evil,he dies and gave you the power of the dragon to defeat evan
Breath of Fire II - You Must Live! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Nb0PEIkfc&feature=related) You must live is sad because of the sacrifice made in the game.
Breath of Fire II - Sleeping Beauty - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjByTXe3hnM&feature=related) Every time i hear this,i think about people who are being stripped of their memories.

FF6
Final Fantasy 6 - Dark World - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-GNr1eqHU) Dark world,one if not the most darkest piece of music in games.It represents a world without hope.Some might even call it:Too dark

Final Fantasy 6 - Gau&#39;s Theme - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_C7BQ1wHU&feature=related) Gau's theme,its sad because he was abandoned.Thrown away like a piece of trash.

Chrono trigger:Dam, this game has some seriously depressing themes

Chrono Trigger OST- Sealed Gate - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znTWyMl-FVI) Sealed gate,amongst my top most depressing themes of games.It represents a world without hope,and doctor balthazar has gone mad because the world was in ruin and he couldn't stand it.

The Day the World Revived: Chrono Trigger Music - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFjhnaOiV1c) This song plays if you die.It is so effective,that it effects me as i write this.It also plays in once scene and represents that the world doesn't change and things only grow worse and people cease to exist.It is incredibly bleak.

Epilogue to Good Friends: Chrono Trigger Music - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8xInb9wmRI) Its sad only because its bittersweet.It ends in such a way that says:Thank you for coming,the game has ended and everyone lives happy ever after,and its just a single chord like a music box but its so effective.

Suikoden 2
Suikoden 2 - Reminiscence - The Friends - Riou & Jowy - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kLSTvCI3u0) This plays in several moments.It gets to me because this plays when the empire is defeated and jowy realizes that he lost and he might be executed,and is dying from using the runestone.I feel sorry for jowy.

FF4:This one has some cheesy but it works

Final Fantasy IV Music - Melody of Lute - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krROSpAzDq4) melody of a lute.I kind of felt sorry for edward,even if he is a spoony bard

FF9:this one has a few pieces i find sad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4mbIP4vbM:This one is really sad because it feels like all is lost and not much hope.Its also a pretty song.

Final Fantasy IX Music - Nobuo Uematsu - Burmecia Kingdom - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konP5NLKUOg) I find this one one of the saddest tunes.Its raining and its like saying:Why? why did you come in and kill our people? we didn't even fight back but you slaughtered our people and destroyed or beautiful city.I find it a quite nice tune to listen to as well.

I know this is a soundtrack thread, but I agree with you.
Huge Opeth fan. Katatonia is also good for slapping you across the face with some depressive stuff!

If you're looking for sad music, you really can't go wrong with Thomas Newman from the 90s/early 2000s. His whole score for The Green Mile is really quite depressing, specially the tracks: Cigar Box, Night Journey, Danger of Hell, Coffey on the Mile, Punishment, No Exceptions and The Green Mile.
There's also: Brooks Was Here and So Was Red (both from The Shawshank Redemption), There Was Snow (The Horse Whisperer), the main theme from Road to Perdition, a lot of tracks in Angels in America...

Aside from that, I would recommend:

Mychael Danna - Tsimtsum, I'm Ready Now, Back to the World, The Second Story (Life of Pi), and Finale (The Ice Storm)
Ennio Morricone - The Return (Days of Heaven)
John Williams - Stored Memories and Monica's Theme, The Reunion (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
Howard Shore - The Journey to the Grey Heavens (The Return of the King)
Hans Zimmer - The Way of the Sword, A Small Measure of Peace (The Last Samurai)
Abel Korzeniowski - Boat to Africa (Penny Dreadful - it appears on the soundtrack album for Season 3, but this cue is actually from the final scene of Season 2)

James Horner has a lot of them too, so much that I would have to do a long research only to find my favorite ones ;)

I think the Song of Healing from Zelda: Majora's Mask is pretty sad. Especially with the cutscenes of Darmani and Mikau.

Sadness and Sorrow from Naruto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGS9nrEwXmw)

Here are my lists.

Video Game:

Okami - Kaguya's Journey
Banjo Kazooie - Boggy's House, Sad Version
Missing You - Kingdom Hearts 2
Okami - Himiko's Sorrow
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Midna's Lament
Final Fantasy VII - Aerith's Theme
Sonic Adventure - Sadness
Paper Mario - Sad Sun
Conker's Bad Fur Day - Sad Bee
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Song of Healing
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Fi's Lament
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness - S.S. Libra
Sonic Adventure 2 - Shadow's Sacrifice
Undertale - Heartache
Undertale - It's Raining Somewhere Else
Undertale - His Theme (Asriel's theme)
Undertale - The Earth Refuses to Die
Sonic Adventure - Unbound
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Farewell, Hyrule King

Anime:
Sailor Moon R Movie - Serenade of Resurrection
Pokemon - Tears, then Calm
Pokemon: The First Movie - Tears of Life
Sailor Moon English Dub - Sad theme
Pokemon 4Ever Movie - Wrapped Up in Light
Pokemon Heroes - Latios' Death
Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew - Lucario's Sacrifice
Eto Rangers - Seiza no Yane No Shita De (2nd ED theme)
Jungle Emperor Leo: The Movie - Death of Raiya
Jungle Emperor Leo: The Movie - Leo's Death
Wolf's Rain - Gravity (ED theme)

Movies:
Lion King - Mufasa's Death
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Choral for Snow White
Lilo and Stitch - I'm Lost
Book of Life - Visiting Mother
Fly Away Home - 10,000 Miles
Gay Purr-ee - Paris is a Lonely Town
Millionaire Dogs - Miss Lilly's Death
Hunger Games - Rue's Farewell
Phantom of the Opera - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Cats - Memory
Prince of Egypt - Death of the Firstborn
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Vader's Death and Funeral
Watership Down - Violet's Gone
Yobi the Five-Tailed Fox - Yobi's Tears

Half the tracks in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate soundtrack
Olivier Deriviere -- To Earth (from The Technomancer)
Trevor Morris -- In Hushed Whispers (from Dragon Age: Inquisition)
Gustaf Grefberg -- After the Burial (From Brothers -- A Tale of Two Sons)
Clint Mansell -- First Dream (from Mass Effect 3, the music for dream sequences; actually, Thane's Farewell, too)
Starsailor -- Tie Up My Hands
S.I. Istwa -- Angry River

Am I allowed to bump a 6 month thread like this?
Well I'm going to anyways.....
..... because Visual Novels can be a goldmine for emotional music....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13tLPPhelg
Kasabuta
More on the foreboding side actually. I still get chills listening to it....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDByHOdbZKI
Waratte Itakute
Probably one of the most emotional pieces I've heard....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfSm5IoOtb4
Kutsuzoko
Really nails that depression vibe....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvGNfuMJUSQ
Depths of Hell
Perfect track for when something has gone irreversibly, tragically wrong...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDZtyOCt2o
Dreamin' Little Bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkzIj2y18Q0
Moment of Decision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM2-kPyE0fY
Loneliness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCIouU4IMf4
Rain in my Heart ~Sad~
Is this foreboding or what.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY3KpcrODc
Such a happy soundtrack ....... still somehow manages to have one of the better sad themes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN0WcHpApHM
What's Lost and Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRRYcKNxAnU
For You Who Departs

Hmm. Games.

"Welcome to Legend (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-K5RouvG0c)" - Castlevania Order of Ecclesia..

"The Burdened (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O82Hc_dMehA)" - Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

"In Mothers Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIevwk_JQBc)" - Rockman Zero "ἰδέα" (Remastered Tracks)
"Spreading Darkness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kXtkgv6YQ)" - Rockman Zero "ἰδέα" (Remastered Tracks)
"Cold Smile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFF0XIESt4)" - Rockman Zero "ΤΕΛΟΣ" (Remastered Tracks)




Then again, why games only ?

YGO DM Season 3 OST - The Lost Soul
- Destiny