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When [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]] hears for the first time [[MoralityPet Avalina's]] beautiful piano playing and singing, [[WhatIsThisFeeling he notices that it has a soothing effect on him]]. He makes her play for him for an hour daily. This months-lasting routine helps the girl [[DefrostingIceQueen get inside the lich's scary and cold shell]].

* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', when [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]] hears for the first time [[MoralityPet Avalina's]] beautiful piano playing and singing, [[WhatIsThisFeeling he notices that it has a soothing effect on him]]. He makes her to play to him for an hour daily. This months-lasting routine helps [[LivingEmotionalCrutch the girl]] to [[DefrostingIceQueen get inside the lich's scary and cold shell]].

* ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Ashes]]'': When Smaug's body first tries to turn itself back from [[HumanityEnsues human]] to dragon, he's locked in a [[PainfulTransformation painful]] [[BodyHorror half-state]] and driven animalistic. His LoveInterest Kathryn manages to calm him enough by using her melodic singing voice he has always treasured and then magically help his body to fully complete the transformation through [[PsychicLink their bond]].

* ''Film/DanceOfTheDead''(2008): The zombies are entranced once the band starts playing music, making it easier for the group to escape.

* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', the main character manages to return Te Fiti's stolen heart to her and transform her back from the terrible lava monster she's become. This process involves Moana singing directly to the goddess about who she truly is.

* In the 1959 WesternAnination/ClassicDisneyShort ''Noah's Ark'', the animals start fighting each other after being cramped inside the Ark for too long. Mrs. Noah calls out this trope by name, inspiring Noah and his sons to form a band to play music. Soon the animals stop their fighting and start dancing.

* Dogs are known to be much calmer when listening to classical music, and studies have shown they prefer soft rock and reggae music. It's common practice for owners of stressful dogs to leave music on for them to help keep them calm.
* There been some studies showing that other animals such as cats like music too but most human music is the wrong pitch for them. Animals tend to respond better to music that is closer in pitch to the animal's own vocal range, so cats prefer higher-pitched music. Using this information some people have created music specifically for cats.

** In "A Christmas Carol", [[Music/KatherineJenkins Abgail's]] singing calms both the storm and the flying sharks inside it, letting the spaceship land safely. The Doctor tries to provide a {{Technobabble}} explanation for it, but young Kazran insists the fish just like it. Given that fish keep biting the Doctor for talking (and as such, making it harder to hear Abigail), Kazran is probably right.

** [[WasOnceAMan Human-turned-Monster]] Tsuchikera from ''Series/UltramanGaia'' was only able to retain what was left of his human mind thanks to his friend Hirano playing a music box that once belonged to his daughter Chei in order to keep him from attacking people.

* In the 1959 WesternAnination/ClassicDisneyshort ''Noah's Ark'', the animals start fighting each other after being cramped inside the Ark for too long. Mrs. Noah calls out this trope by name, inspiring Noah and his sons to form a band to play music. Soon the animals stop their fighting and start dancing.

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* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', the Fairy Flute is the only reliable way to defeat the ridiculously overpowered Golem boss, which puts it to sleep.

* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', bards can use their songs of power to calm down beasts. The young bard [[{{Adorkable}} Arcturius]] uses his songs several times to to this effect such as when he pacifies the panicking kitsune [[MysteriousWaif Haruko]].

* ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute''

* ''Series/TheGoodies'': In "The New Office", the Goodies are attacked bu dinosaur-like construction equipment. They are eventually cornered at the door to their office by a looming throng of lethal construction equipment. However Bill has a bright idea just in time and he quickly ducks inside the office and re-emerges with a saxophone, trumpet and drum. Working on the 'music soothes the savage beast' theory, the Goodies play a jazzy conga rhythm, which lures the machines to initially follow them in a conga line and then to continue over the edge of a cliff to crash heavily to their doom in a quarry below.

* The plot of the Creator/TexAvery-directed WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfRockabyePoint" concerns a polar bear trying to get fish from a fishing boat, getting the AngryGuardDog off his back by putting him to sleep with a lullaby, while Chilly sabotages him at every turn.

* In the 1959 Disney short ''Noah's Ark'', the animals start fighting each other after being cramped inside the Ark for too long. Mrs. Noah calls out this trope by name, inspiring Noah and his sons to form a band to play music. Soon the animals stop their fighting and start dancing.

* ''Series/MASH'': In one episode, a North Korean soldier was wheeled into the O.R. only to reveal he had a live grenade under his arm. Hawkeye and the rest of the staff ended up singing "Hush Little Baby" to calm him down long enough for someone to find the grenade pin. Lampshaded at one point:

''B.J.'': Music hath charms, Hawk.

-->-- '''[[Literature/BooksOfSamuel 1 Samuel 16:23]]''', ''Literature/TheBible'' (NIV)

* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', when [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]] hears for the first time [[MoralityPet Avalina's]] beautiful piano playing and singing, [[WhatIsThisFeeling he notices that it has a soothing effect on him]]. He makes her to play to him for an hour daily. This months-lasting routine helps [[LivingEmotionalCrutch the girl]] to [[DefrostingIceQueen get inside the lich's scary and cold shell]].

* At the climax of ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', the main character manages to return Te Fiti's stolen heart to her and transform her back from the terrible lava monster she's become. This process involves Moana singing directly to the goddess about who she truly is.

** In "A Christmas Carol", [[Music/KatherineJenkins Abgail's]] singing calms both the storm and the flying sharks inside it, letting the spaceship land safely.

* There been some studies showing that cats like music too but most human music is too low pitched for them. Animals tend to respond better to music that is closer in pitch to the animal's own vocal range. Using this information some people have created music specifically for cats.