Music therapy can be used as a complementary approach to pharmacological interventions that aim to minimize anxiety and normalize blood pressure levels. A reduction in anxiety will affect how the patient will anticipate and deal with pain and discomfort. Bally et al showed that listening to music can help patients counterbalance feelings of depersonalization in the hospital environment.1 Patients often perceive themselves as at the mercy of unknown others. The atmosphere music creates can help channel a patient’s fears into positive emotions that can aid in coping. Bally et al looked at the use of music as an effective anxiolytic. In one study, patients showed significantly less “state anxiety” scores if they listened to self-selected tapes during procedures as opposed to those patients who received the standard protocol (the prescribed anxiolytic in the form of medication and other support interventions).1 Analysis of current literature also indicates that music is a beneficial intervention to alleviate preoperative patient anxiety.1 Pfister noted that the efficacy of music therapy may even reduce cost in providing the usual support interventions (e.g., sedatives) and enhance the subjective perception of the patient on the outcome of the procedure.4