In the spirit of Halloween, I figured I could write about scary music and how music or various sounds when arranged a certain way can scare us. Growing up I remember trick or treating like it was my job. I would circle the neighborhood for hours with my friends with pillowcases to hold all of our candy. I loved when other families got in the spirit and decorated their house. When we saw houses decorated, we thought to ourselves “jackpot!”
All in all, I can honestly say I was never too scared of houses because of their decorations. What frightened me the most, were the terrifying soundtracks they had playing in the background! Music can have such an impact on our emotions. After seeing a movie such as Jaws and knowing the themed “da-da-da-da” shark attack sounds we associate those sounds with a scary movie scene. Music is what makes a scary movie so frightening.
Last night, a few friends and I watched the movie Mirrors, and the entire length of the film we were all pretty scared. Then I realized that the volume of the TV was half way up, so it was pretty loud. So we all decided to mute it when the suspenseful music started. After doing that, the movie was not scary at all. Because there was no lead in by sharp punching sounds you weren’t expecting anything scary to pop out. It was a different way to avoid being scared but proved to be very effective. J
I agree with you Jessica, music has an important role in determining the tone of a movie. Music can either make a movie or break a movie! Hearing Halloween music always scared me when I was little, but not so much anymore. Except for when I go to something like Howl-O-Scream because then I am anticipating someone trying to scare me!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you two, music definitely plays a major role in adding suspense of what is going to happen next. Horror films use scary music all of the time to build up to a scary pop up scene or killing scene.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, sometimes the sound effects and music playing in the background make the movie sooo much scarier, I am naturally a scary person so if I hear a suspenseful song I change the channel lol
ReplyDeletethat is so true. sometimes even when you close your eyes you still end up scared or screaming at the scary part because of the music. not only the but even if the volume is lowered, it also becomes less scary.
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