The music you hear when Dumbo flies will make you happy. Courtesy of Disney. Disney’s live-action re-imagining of Dumbo was directed by Tim Burton. You know what that means. The music had to be ...

Amy Winehouse performs during the 46664 concert in celebration of Nelson Mandela's life at Hyde Park on June 27, 2008 in London. Sadness takes on different forms, from regret to depression to loss; ...

The Walking Dead is like, a really depressing show. How depressing is it? Well, for starters, only four cast members from the first season are still alive on the show, and pretty soon here, it’s going ...

Where does sad music get its sadness from? And whom should you ask—a composer or a cognitive psychologist? Scientific American recently reported on a Tufts University study that purportedly lends ...

That song is still a banger. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I mean, the theme meant a lot to us. It’s iconic, as you know. Yeah, ...

Tuomas Eerola receives funding from Academy of Finland (grant # 270220 for Sweet Sorrow - understanding the mechanisms involved in deriving pleasure from sad music). Tear-jerkers such as Adele’s ...