diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mixer.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mixer.pyi
index 555375c1fd..309ce5e1a2 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mixer.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/mixer.pyi
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from pygame.event import Event
 from pygame.typing import FileLike
 from typing_extensions import (
     Buffer,  # collections.abc 3.12
+    Self,
     deprecated,  # added in 3.13
 )
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ class Sound:
     def get_num_channels(self) -> int: ...
     def get_length(self) -> float: ...
     def get_raw(self) -> bytes: ...
+    def copy(self) -> Self: ...
+    def __copy__(self) -> Self: ...
 
 class Channel:
     def __init__(self, id: int) -> None: ...
diff --git a/docs/reST/ref/mixer.rst b/docs/reST/ref/mixer.rst
index 69f34e5f10..82b5161714 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/mixer.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/mixer.rst
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ The following file formats are supported
    an exception when different. Also, source samples are truncated to fit the
    audio sample size. This will not change.
 
+   .. note:: ``bytes(Sound)`` and ``bytearray(Sound)`` make use of the buffer
+             interface, which is implemented internally by ``pygame.mixer.Sound``.
+             Because of this, there is no need to directly implement ``__bytes__``.
+
    .. versionaddedold:: 1.8 ``pygame.mixer.Sound(buffer)``
    .. versionaddedold:: 1.9.2
       :class:`pygame.mixer.Sound` keyword arguments and array interface support
@@ -500,6 +504,26 @@ The following file formats are supported
 
       .. ## Sound.get_raw ##
 
+   .. method:: copy
+
+      | :sl:`return a new Sound object that is a deep copy of this Sound`
+      | :sg:`copy() -> Sound`
+      | :sg:`copy.copy(original_sound) -> Sound`
+
+      Return a new Sound object that is a deep copy of this Sound. The new Sound
+      will be just as if you loaded it from the same file on disk as you did the
+      original Sound. If the copy fails, a ``TypeError`` or :meth:`pygame.error`
+      exception will be raised.
+
+      If copying a subclass of ``mixer.Sound``, an instance of the same subclass
+      will be returned.
+
+      Also note that this functions as ``Sound.__copy__``.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 2.5.6
+
+      .. ## Sound.copy ##
+
    .. ## pygame.mixer.Sound ##
 
 .. class:: Channel
diff --git a/src_c/doc/mixer_doc.h b/src_c/doc/mixer_doc.h
index 92da671ab3..011a0c5868 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/mixer_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/mixer_doc.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETNUMCHANNELS "get_num_channels() -> count\ncount how many times this Sound is playing"
 #define DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETLENGTH "get_length() -> seconds\nget the length of the Sound"
 #define DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETRAW "get_raw() -> bytes\nreturn a bytestring copy of the Sound samples."
+#define DOC_MIXER_SOUND_COPY "copy() -> Sound\ncopy.copy(original_sound) -> Sound\nreturn a new Sound object that is a deep copy of this Sound"
 #define DOC_MIXER_CHANNEL "Channel(id) -> Channel\nCreate a Channel object for controlling playback"
 #define DOC_MIXER_CHANNEL_ID "id -> int\nget the channel id for the Channel object"
 #define DOC_MIXER_CHANNEL_PLAY "play(Sound, loops=0, maxtime=0, fade_ms=0) -> None\nplay a Sound on a specific Channel"
diff --git a/src_c/mixer.c b/src_c/mixer.c
index a31db5454e..27925128ca 100644
--- a/src_c/mixer.c
+++ b/src_c/mixer.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ pgChannel_New(int);
 #define pgChannel_Check(x) \
     (PyObject_IsInstance(x, (PyObject *)&pgChannel_Type))
 
+static PyObject *
+snd_get_arraystruct(PyObject *self, void *closure);
 static int
 snd_getbuffer(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
 static void
@@ -514,11 +516,18 @@ mixer_quit(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
         Mix_HaltMusic();
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
+        Mix_ChannelFinished(NULL);
 
         if (channeldata) {
             for (i = 0; i < numchanneldata; ++i) {
-                Py_XDECREF(channeldata[i].sound);
-                Py_XDECREF(channeldata[i].queue);
+                if (channeldata[i].sound) {
+                    Mix_HaltGroup(
+                        (int)(intptr_t)pgSound_AsChunk(channeldata[i].sound));
+                }
+                if (channeldata[i].queue) {
+                    Mix_HaltGroup(
+                        (int)(intptr_t)pgSound_AsChunk(channeldata[i].queue));
+                }
             }
             free(channeldata);
             channeldata = NULL;
@@ -801,6 +810,65 @@ snd_get_raw(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
                                      (Py_ssize_t)chunk->alen);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+snd_copy(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
+{
+    MIXER_INIT_CHECK();
+
+    pgSoundObject *newSound =
+        (pgSoundObject *)Py_TYPE(self)->tp_new(Py_TYPE(self), NULL, NULL);
+
+    if (!newSound) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_MemoryError,
+                            "Failed to create new Sound object for copy");
+        }
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    PyObject *dict = PyDict_New();
+    if (!dict) {
+        Py_DECREF(newSound);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    PyObject *bytes = snd_get_raw(self, NULL);
+    if (bytes == NULL) {
+        // exception set already by PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
+        Py_DECREF(dict);
+        Py_DECREF(newSound);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "buffer", bytes) < 0) {
+        // exception set already
+        Py_DECREF(bytes);
+        Py_DECREF(dict);
+        Py_DECREF(newSound);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(bytes);
+
+    if (sound_init((PyObject *)newSound, NULL, dict) != 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(dict);
+        Py_DECREF(newSound);
+        // Exception set by sound_init
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // Preserve original volume on the new chunk
+    Mix_Chunk *orig = pgSound_AsChunk(self);
+    Mix_Chunk *dst = pgSound_AsChunk((PyObject *)newSound);
+
+    if (orig && dst) {
+        int vol = Mix_VolumeChunk(orig, -1);
+        Mix_VolumeChunk(dst, vol);
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(dict);
+    return (PyObject *)newSound;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 snd_get_arraystruct(PyObject *self, void *closure)
 {
@@ -858,6 +926,8 @@ PyMethodDef sound_methods[] = {
     {"get_volume", snd_get_volume, METH_NOARGS, DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETVOLUME},
     {"get_length", snd_get_length, METH_NOARGS, DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETLENGTH},
     {"get_raw", snd_get_raw, METH_NOARGS, DOC_MIXER_SOUND_GETRAW},
+    {"copy", snd_copy, METH_NOARGS, DOC_MIXER_SOUND_COPY},
+    {"__copy__", snd_copy, METH_NOARGS, DOC_MIXER_SOUND_COPY},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}};
 
 static PyGetSetDef sound_getset[] = {
diff --git a/test/mixer_test.py b/test/mixer_test.py
index 9bc08bf6e9..e1b17cadc0 100644
--- a/test/mixer_test.py
+++ b/test/mixer_test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 import os
 import pathlib
 import platform
@@ -1330,6 +1331,114 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, incorrect.get_volume)
 
+    def test_snd_copy(self):
+        class SubSound(mixer.Sound):
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        mixer.init()
+
+        filenames = [
+            "house_lo.ogg",
+            "house_lo.wav",
+            "house_lo.flac",
+            "house_lo.opus",
+            "surfonasinewave.xm",
+        ]
+        old_volumes = [0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0]
+        new_volumes = [0.2, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0, 0.1]
+        if pygame.mixer.get_sdl_mixer_version() >= (2, 6, 0):
+            filenames.append("house_lo.mp3")
+            old_volumes.append(0.9)
+            new_volumes.append(0.5)
+
+        for f, old_vol, new_vol in zip(filenames, old_volumes, new_volumes):
+            filename = example_path(os.path.join("data", f))
+            try:
+                sound = mixer.Sound(file=filename)
+                sound.set_volume(old_vol)
+            except pygame.error:
+                continue
+            sound_copy = sound.copy()
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_length(), sound_copy.get_length())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_num_channels(), sound_copy.get_num_channels())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_raw(), sound_copy.get_raw())
+
+            sound.set_volume(new_vol)
+            self.assertNotEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+
+            del sound
+
+            # Test on the copy for playable sounds
+            channel = sound_copy.play()
+            if channel is None:
+                continue
+            self.assertTrue(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.stop()
+            self.assertFalse(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.play()
+            self.assertEqual(sound_copy.get_num_channels(), 1)
+
+        # Test __copy__
+        for f, old_vol, new_vol in zip(filenames, old_volumes, new_volumes):
+            filename = example_path(os.path.join("data", f))
+            try:
+                sound = mixer.Sound(file=filename)
+                sound.set_volume(old_vol)
+            except pygame.error:
+                continue
+            sound_copy = copy.copy(sound)
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_length(), sound_copy.get_length())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_num_channels(), sound_copy.get_num_channels())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_raw(), sound_copy.get_raw())
+
+            sound.set_volume(new_vol)
+            self.assertNotEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+
+            del sound
+
+            # Test on the copy for playable sounds
+            channel = sound_copy.play()
+            if channel is None:
+                continue
+            self.assertTrue(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.stop()
+            self.assertFalse(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.play()
+            self.assertEqual(sound_copy.get_num_channels(), 1)
+
+        # Test copying a subclass of Sound
+        for f, old_vol, new_vol in zip(filenames, old_volumes, new_volumes):
+            filename = example_path(os.path.join("data", f))
+            try:
+                sound = SubSound(file=filename)
+                sound.set_volume(old_vol)
+            except pygame.error:
+                continue
+            sound_copy = sound.copy()
+            self.assertIsInstance(sound_copy, SubSound)
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_length(), sound_copy.get_length())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_num_channels(), sound_copy.get_num_channels())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+            self.assertEqual(sound.get_raw(), sound_copy.get_raw())
+
+            sound.set_volume(new_vol)
+            self.assertNotEqual(sound.get_volume(), sound_copy.get_volume())
+
+            del sound
+
+            # Test on the copy for playable sounds
+            channel = sound_copy.play()
+            if channel is None:
+                continue
+            self.assertTrue(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.stop()
+            self.assertFalse(channel.get_busy())
+            sound_copy.play()
+            self.assertEqual(sound_copy.get_num_channels(), 1)
+
 
 ##################################### MAIN #####################################