Sadness and Sorrow is a well-known instrumental theme from the Naruto anime soundtrack, composed by Toshio Masuda for the original series in the 2000s. The piece became closely associated with emotional flashbacks, grief and serious character moments, which helped it spread into anime edits and meme culture online. It is still widely used because the melody is instantly recognisable to Naruto fans and quickly communicates a dramatic, melancholy tone even when paired with unrelated footage.