This index page lists tropes applying to music, songs, artists, and the listening experience. See also Poetry Tropes, Dancing Tropes, and Theatre Tropes.

Tropes about scores, soundtracks, background music, and their interaction with the other parts of a medium.

Music may refer to... Awesome Music · Music Albums Index · Music Tropes · Music and Sound Effects · Music Video Tropes · Score and Music Tropes.

The Villain Song is an over-the-top, gloating cackle about their Evil Plan, philosophy of life, or why they do what they do (their leitmotive?) Best Quotes for Villain Song · Video Examples · VillainSong / Western Animation

The "I Want" Song can do an excellent job of establishing the character of the protagonist and their one burning desire that will motivate their actions from ...

A song specific in content and tone to a character from an anime, often sung by the character's voice actor—usually on a soundtrack CD.

The I Am Great Song is sung by someone who can't sing an "I Want" Song, because there's nothing left for them to want. Their accomplishments, popularity ...

At its most basic, this is a song sung just to kill time, with a fairly thin excuse. The song doesn't tell us anything about the characters or the setting, it ...

A playlist consisting of the tracks used for each round in the TV Tropes forum's 'VG Music Game', at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion= ...

a suspiciously similar song — an instrumental version of the tune with a note tweaked here and there, designed to sound as much like the original as possible ...