Have you ever cried because a song was THAT good?

[mr.wholesome]

The closest i ever came to crying was the theme song to elfen lied. haunting as fuck.

[Avatar of Justice]

Oh hell ya. That who album is just gushing with emotion.

The end of "Sons of Fate" is just epic and beautiful. When Megaman yells "The Fight of Protomaaaaaaann!" as the Humans sing behind him.

Anyone who loves Megaman and rock n roll owes it to themselves to listen to The Protomen album.

I get choked up because of The Stand because I empathize with Protoman's feelings every single day.

[Matney X]

This one got me blubbering like an idiot the first time I saw it. The song starts at 7:45.

Granted, the imagery and how that scene plays into the whole movie probably helped.

[LuketheXjesse]

Geez, 2 years? I've been here longer than I thought.

Anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-e5rIpO4Ho

[Thin Crust]

Yea, two years is a long time for some people. Here's a new one. The Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05LM0Y_7Q-U&playnext_from=TL&videos=-VhGgAIk55E&feature=sub

That and the main theme for Final Fantasy 14 Nobou FTW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbuto9wfEHE

[Schwaltzvald]

Yea, two years is a long time for some people. Here's a new one. The Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05LM0Y_7Q-U&playnext_from=TL&videos=-VhGgAIk55E&feature=sub

Needs moar battlan, go to 6:05

Nonetheless the song stings so much more when you reach the absolutely last fight...

[Archaon]

You bastards.

It's probably for the best that I've never actually had the chance to play Skies of Arcadia. This track is bad enough as it is; it'd be ten times worse when combined with the feeling of "This game that you really enjoyed is now over."

EDIT: Also, if they'd only played the five minutes that had

in it when I went to see the Transformers movie, I would not have asked for a refund.

[DMaster]

To name a few:

Metal Gear Solid Main Theme (MGS3 version)

Star Fox 64's Main Menu

Majora's Mask Astral Observatory

Don't judge me.

[LuketheXjesse]

You bastards.

It's probably for the best that I've never actually had the chance to play Skies of Arcadia. This track is bad enough as it is; it'd be ten times worse when combined with the feeling of "This game that you really enjoyed is now over."

Oh yes, I've gotten teary eyed at this track myself, I've always been a MASSIVE fan of that game and its music. I highly suggest getting a copy for your Dreamcast or Gamecube. Seriously, it's worth it.

[Benjamin Briggs]

I put it in large letters to emphasize that everyone needs to hear this song

it came on shuffle the other night at like 4 am, and by the end of it I was crying heavily

love it or hate it you can't deny its (his) expressiveness

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

Frequently.

While I can't remember exactly which songs caused which tears at which moments, I can certainly cite some songs for which I probably did.

- Fuck, I'm tearing up now just looking this one up. It's so damn pretty to me.

I'll post more later as it comes to me.

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

Hans Zimmer has a way of making me well up with some of his film scores. I can think of key moments in the Lion King and Pirates of the Caribbean and plenty of his other works. He has a very moving style.

Double post... sorry; anyone else find the scoring in Inception alone worth the price of admission? I have a theory that the entire score was an exercise in climax and suspension for the ending which resolved in some of the most tender, intimate, and vulnerable sounds ever put on film. I actually bawled at the ending second time I saw it.

[ShrackAttack]

- Fight scene with Miguel in Chrono Cross. I guess it's not necessarily the song itself but the visual and the track together.

And obviously a spoiler if you've never played Chrono Cross.

[Mirby]

http://compo.thasauce.net/files/cyrilthewolf_-_Snowing(FBRC2010).mp3

Seriously, this brought tears to my eyes. ^.^

[ArmadonRK]

This thread reminded me that I had Awesome God on my computer. Had to play through that a few times for good measure.

(Where I first heard Awesome God: http://sweetraptorjesus2.ytmnd.com/)

Now, there are a few songs that have made me teary-eyed for sure, and a many more I don't quite remember how much they impacted me, but that have definitely struck a powerful chord. Was it "just because they were that good"? Well, they're all incredible songs I hold in very high regard, so maybe, but a lot of what we feel about music is the thoughts and feelings we associate with it, so maybe that's not an easy way to look at it.

The Latter - Songs that make me emotional:

Lithium Flower ~Yoko Kanno with Scott Matthew

Divenire ~Ludovico Einaudi

Amazing ~Andy Hunter

A Watchful Guardian ~Hans Zimmer

Hunger & Leave No Man Behind ~Hans Zimmer (also off Black Hawk Down, Deniz Prigent's Gorto A Ran, with Lisa Gerard) - Ya know what, just the whole score. One of Zimmer's best and most emotional.

1+1=3 & Poem ~LoLo

The Former - Songs that have made me teary [at least]:

Translucent ~Andy Hunter

Lifelight ~Andy Hunter

A Dark Knight ~Hans Zimmer (Find it in your music library, there's no excuse not to own it, and go to the 7 minute mark and just listen to the next minute and a half of the song, it's beautifully tragic and heroic, simultaneously new and reminiscent of the classic Shirley Walker themes. Incredible.)

Blue ~Yoko Kanno & the Seatbelts with Mai Yamane

Earthman ~Poets & Pornstars

I could go on and list everything Kanno and Zimmer have ever done, but that wouldn't be a productive use of time. Their stuff is amazing, and more of it that I can list is incredibly powerful. Instead I'll just give you,

The Be-All-End-All of Emotional Music:

Space Lion ~Yoko Kanno & the Seatbelts

Anyone who can listen to Space Lion and not tear up is dead inside. Period.

P.S. Not really, you still have a heart.

P.P.S. But no, dead inside.

[RoadiePC]

adagio for strings.

....THIS.

Although, some context may help explain. Despite my usual lurker-tendencies, I will rarely post to mention the awesome emotionality of Homeworld. if you've played it, you know what I mean. If not, I don't want to spoil it.

The buildup/crescendo from 6:00 to 7:00 pushed me over the edge(gameplay context included). To this very day, undoubtedly due to that experience, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings/Agnus Dei is bar none my favorite piece of music. ever.

Also, the ending to Chrono Trigger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMIXAkUBHM

That moment, when an all-too-familiar theme becomes something totally new, and EPIC(at 0.47), after everything I'd been through in that game, was what totally brought on the waterworks.

Maybe I'm a sissy, or maybe these people are truly masters of their art. I tend to think the latter.

EDIT:

also THIS:

The ending to MGS3. the part starting at 8:20 did it for me.

[Chernabogue]

The Metal Gear Solid Theme (MGS 2 and 3).

Some Zimmer works too.

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

Yoko Kanno

Oh man, I FORGOT about her.

Where does this ocean go is a good one too. Too bad it's a complete ripoff of Bjork's hyperballad. Yoko Kanno actually rips off other musicians a lot.

[Cyril the Wolf]

Never really cried but songs that touch me are:

Tears by Rush:

and

Prancing Dad: http://dwellingofduels.net/dodarchive/10-06-Free_Month/01-Prince%20of%20Darkness-Final%20Fantasy%206,%207-Prancing%20Dad-DoD.mp3

Props to you PuD

[DrumUltimA]

That dr. mario remix by hyadin made me bawl like a blubbering idiot...

aside from that, a lot of music has made me get misty. Mostly watching somebody perform, though.

[Deep Thought]

When the Day met the Night, by Panic at the Disco

[Damashii!!]

I've lost count on the Hans Zimmer praises, but I also find his music moving.

Honestly though, the four songs that currently make me look away from people and try to act tough have been:

Muse's "Invincible" (If I ever make a movie for my comic, this would be the scene where all the heroes die, despite working together).

Yanni's "Standing in Motion" (This is more like pumped up ready-to-kick-some-butt crying, not sad crying.)

Nujabes' Feather" ( R.I.B. Nujab).

and John Williams' "Flying Theme" from E.T. (I think the melody is blissful).

I used to think crying from music was kind of weird, but I guess it's healthy every now and then.

[WillRock]

That dr. mario remix by hyadin made me bawl like a blubbering idiot...

This. No song has upset me more than that one, but it doesn't have its emotional power without the video to accompany it

[prophetik music]

I've lost count on the Hans Zimmer praises, but I also find his music moving.

it's really too bad that every one of his soundtracks sounds very similar to everything else he's written.

[The Coop]

Not many songs get me to the point of tears forming. Not because I don't feel the emotion the music is trying to convey, it's more along the lines that I need more than a moving song to... well, move me so much as to make me tear up. But if there are visuals to go with it, then it stands a better chance of impacting me.

As an example, the song in this video, on its own, likely wouldn't get me misty-eyed. There is certainly emotion in it, but its coupling with the animation... well, it got to me the first time I watched and listened.