History Main / LoudOfWar

* In the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' story ''Literature/PeaceTalks'', we see Harry Dresden use this trope by casting a spell which merely sung Happy Birthday as if sung by a T-Rex --- at 160 decibels. For comparison, a jet aircraft taking off is 130 decibels. This is nearly as debilitating to Harry and his ally as it is to the enemies.
* In the Literature/{{Discworld}}, we learn of [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Llamedosian]] battle choirs supported by specially reinforced battle-harps, who can set up subsonic harmonies that can make an enemy [[BrownNote feel very ill indeed]], or cause his fortress walls to collapse.
** The Pictsie folk have a battle-bard called the Gonnagal, who altenates awful poetry with the ultrasonic mousepipes, the least excruciating effect of which is to cause ear-wax to melt and run.
* The Biblical story of Jericho.

* In the ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book ''The Invisible Fran'', Franny makes a suggestion to Lawrence after he demonstrates his skill in playing the accordian that he could use a satellite to bother everyone with his accordian playing.

* The ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' episode "A Room with No View" where two boys are locked in room. Throughout it you can hear some kind of music playing, and yes, it's annoying after a while.

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* The video for Music/TheAllAmericanRejects’ “Gives You Hell” involves the band and their straitlaced neighbors doing this to each other.

* The video for The All American Rejects’ “Gives You Hell” involves the band and their straitlaced neighbors doing this to each other.

* ''Series/RaisedByWolves'': The android Mother was revealed to be a "necromancer", a superweapon whose sonic scream could either deafen people or explode them into bloody messes, depending on the intensity.

Loud of War is when a character harasses another through the use of sound or music. Perhaps Alice has pointed her speakers at the annoying neighbor and is playing Beethoven's Fifth at full blast. Or an exasperated Bob uses a megaphone at point-blank range to tell Carol [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend he's not her boyfriend]]. If the neighborhood is especially unfortunate, [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Deathtöngue]] and [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Toxic Vomit]] will be locked in a band practice [[EscalatingWar battle of ever-escalating volume]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz''[='s=] [[DirectToVideo Hyper Battle DVD]] introduced the Faiz Sounder, a boombox that transforms into a pair of sonic cannons. Noteworthy mainly because it was the winner of a fan design contest.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has one episode where the Scotsman counters the brainwashing song of some [[EnthrallingSiren sirens]] with his bagpipes.

* Some speculate that the majestic '''''[[MoreDakka BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!]]''''' of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II A-10 Thunderbolt II]]'s truly monstrous [[BFG GAU-8 Avenger Autocannon]] serves as a form of psychological warfare on its own. Imagine in the heat of battle, you're hiding behind whatever flimsy shelter you can find, and in the distance, all you can hear is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIJvPj_pjE this]]. With every passing minute, you hear the sound again, but it's getting closer, and closer, ''and closer''. It becomes the last thing you hear as the aircraft finally strafes your position, effortlessly chewing you to pieces with bullets the size of beer bottles, and the sound of your demise will only serve as further terror for your comrades.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Romeo and Smurfette" had a dueling Loud of War between two groups of serenading Smurfs led by Hefty and Handy who are trying to out-woo each other for Smurfette's affections, ultimately resulting in a brawl that Papa Smurf had to stop.

* Heineken ran an ad in the UK featuring a Godawful TastesLikeDiabetes Carpenters pastiche, played by PaulDaniels of all people, ending with a caption reading "Buy more Heineken or we'll keep playing this song".

* One store in England tried to drive away the nastier teen elements in the neighborhood by playing soap opera music and the like. They fought back with standing at the store's doors playing in their speakers... [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian marching music]], Music/GustavHolst's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I ''Mars'']], songs of Music/{{U2}} and... ''[[Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove Do You]] [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Remember]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZyHDA9I6A Love?]]''.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has a Dubstep Gun, which fires wubs that force anything hit by them to dance themselves to death. [[CrazyAwesome Leave to the Saints to find a way to weaponize dubstep.]]

* Disney Comics are full of this, in the form of the [[EscalatingWar ever continuing hostilities]] between DonaldDuck and [[SitcomArchNemesis his neighbor, Neighbor J. Jones]]. Their warfare encompasses the entire range of musical instruments and practically anything that can be used to make loud noises.

* "The Legend of Dratini", one of the [[BannedEpisode banned episodes]] of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' featured the [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket trio]] torturing the Safari Warden by (among other things) making him listen to Meowth's singing.
** In the ''Pokémon Chronicles'' series, Butch and Cassidy of Team Rocket attempt to torture information out of Professor Oak with the sound of a nail scraping on glass.

* One of the "banned" episodes of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' featured the Team Rocket trio torturing the Safari Warden by (among other things) making him listen to Meowth's singing.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': [[DreadfulMusician Giant's]] singing is so bad, everyone's scared of it. And his lifelong dream is to become a singer. Suneo even posits that his singing can be ''weaponized''.

* The video for Music/LindseyStirling's "Roundtable Rival", which takes place in the WildWest and involves fighting with loud music

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' uses a loud scream to defeat the Gentlemen in "Hush".
** In the first few episodes of Season IV, Buffy's roommate's playing of Music/{{Cher}} albums is driving Buffy crazy.
** On the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' end, Faith mentioned using 'loud' as one of the basic torture methods when she kidnapped Wesley, but she never got to use it.

* Tony from ''Series/TheSopranos'' resorts to this against a man who refuses to return him the entrance fee of a house that Tony no longer wants. The man lives by the sea so Tony's men play invasive crooner music day and night from a boat with almost sheer impunity. The man finally caves in.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Survivors", Deanna Troi is unexpectedly hit with music that won't leave her mind and drives her insane, specifically so she won't be able to use her mind-reading powers on the local PhysicalGod in human form, and discover that he isn't human.

* Appears on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when Skinner, Krabappel, and Bart have sealed themselves inside the school. Chief Wiggum tries playing romantic music to make them snap and leave. Skinner and Krabappel, who have fallen in love, merely begin enjoying a romantic dance. This causes Bart to snap and scream "Turn it off!", which only convinces a smug Wiggum that it's working and to turn on a spotlight...which gets reflected through a colander as mood lighting.
** When Homer's mom is trapped inside the Simpson house, Mr. Burns drives up in a tank, and threatens to blast her out with music. He turns on Ride of the Valkries, only for it to abruptly change to Abba's ''Waterloo''.

* The David Koresh incident (see Real Life) was spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in "Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub", when the ATF try to force people out of the house where a "comet party" is being held (believing them to be suicide cultists) by playing an obnoxious pop song that's a thinly disguised parody of "Believe" by Cher. It went unnoticed because the same song was playing on the stereo. They specifically refer to the Waco fiasco.
** Music/BarbraStreisand sang until Cartman told her the location of the Triangle of Zinthar.

** He again revealed information when a CIA agent scratched a balloon.