Batman: Arkham Knight uses "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Frank Sinatra while Joker's corpse is being cremated.It is the exclamation point to how dark the game turned out to be and how things aren't getting any better from here on out and the worst for Batman has only begun. After the Joker's had his Swan-song, the credits continue to roll to some extremely disturbing ambient track (begins at 4:29) which sounds like wind blowing lightly, some infernal humming noise, and periodically uprising high pitched string noises. It actually sadly explains their relationship quite well. Batman: Arkham City: As the end credits roll, the Joker sings a sickly, sad rendition of The Platters' "Only You (And You Alone)" here, for Batman.
An example of this done to great effect is the final battle of Baten Kaitos Origins.While it could slightly fit, the first phase of the final boss fight is set to the game's theme song, which is a remix of the Space Jam theme.Also the background is inexplicably switched to a basketball court ( It Makes Sense in Context given that "Sweet Georgia Brown" is the Harlem Globetrotters' theme.) "Sweet Georgia Brown" is used during the Duel Boss in Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden.This trailer for Atomic Heart features footage of the protagonist exploring various creepy abandoned places while fighting mutants and killer robots, set to some oddly jaunty Russian folk music.Mission twelve of Asura's Wrath features a wonderful sequence of Asura transforming into his berserk state after watching The Girl die and destroying an entire fleet of enemy ships, all the while In Your Belief is playing in the background while Asura screams in absolute rage and sadness.The general game atmosphere doesn't help, what with everyone's mood in the game essentially being "YES, THEY'RE FINALLY DOING IT!!", even some of the people who were forced to move out because they have lived their entire lives on the part of the continent that's about to fall in. Its purpose is to create a path up to the satellite Sol Marta while destroying a third of the floating continent because otherwise there would not be enough power to create the pathway up. EXEC_VIENA/., one of the most cheery and upbeat songs in existence.
It helps that the lyrics are in Hymnos, and thus verses like "I will never forgive even the slightest mistake / Let's praise so the sinners can be judged" go generally uncomprehended. This is appropriate, considering that's the goal of said final boss(es).
The final boss battle is accompanied by a generally soft, peaceful choral/orchestral number whose composer says represents rebirth.with dark (although energetic) synthwave as the soundtrack. Art Of Rally is about rally racing in bright, colorful, and sunny environments.In Animal Crossing for GameCube, the music that plays from 2:00 AM to 2:59 AM is dissonant and upbeat compared to the quieter, more subdued songs that play during the rest of the early morning.The third game uses bouncy banjo music (albeit with a more appropriate dark tune playing alongside it) for most of it.The second game keeps a light, upbeat track for most the game, even when Elizabeth is summoning black magic.For example, this was used in a racing game, this ended up being used in a shooting gallery-type game and this ended up being used for a game based on Jack and the Beanstalk. Because the Sega Genesis version of Action 52 reuses its music quite a bit, this happens every now and then.It actually starts to sound really unsettling. Dual Destinies has Bobby Fulbright's theme, an incredibly upbeat jazz song, still plays when he's on the stand in the final case, and you've all but figured out he's actually a murderous international spy known as "The Phantom", and the real Fulbright is long dead.In the fourth case, it's a bit jarring that heroic "Great Revival" theme is heralded by the arrival of Manfred von Karma. Likewise, Shih-Nah/Calisto Yew's reveal is an intense dramatic moment, but the mood is rather ruined by her theme song being a happy, bubbly piece of jazz.While this makes sense, since he's become the focus of the scene, his theme song is a not-particularly-exciting piano and guitar piece that makes it feel a little less epic. When Dick Gumshoe bursts into the room for a Big Damn Heroes moment in Ace Attorney Investigations, his theme music plays.