How Can Music Be Scary?
What makes music scary? I pinpoint 3 approaches composers use to write horror music and use them to break down Dead Space 2's "Lacrimosa". Huge thanks to Jason Graves for sharing the score to the piece with me for this analysis! Jason Graves' 'Music of Dead Space' series: • The Music of Dead Space 0:00 - Music can be scary 1:35 - "Dementia Motif" intro 3:55 - "Isaac Clarke's Theme" 5:04 - Tense Intervals 7:22 - Unsettling Timbres 9:34 - Aleatoric Techniques 14:49 - Atonal Writing 17:34 - Lacrimosa's 3rd Movement / Horror Movie Ending 21:24 - Outro PATREON: / 8bitmusictheory Check out my album: https://8bitmt.bandcamp.com/album/let... DISCORD: / discord TWITTER: / 8bitmusictheory #deadspace2 #horrormusic #8bitMusicTheory
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