@Talimze Haha nice. Yeah, children singing during any kind of mood is pretty outdone…so much so that often, in horror movies, they have singing children music to a scene, or even a whole movie that has nothing to do with possessed children or any other reason that would be good to have singing children in. Ugh.
I’d love to answer this. But I’ve watched so many horror movies that I have become immunized to the techniques used to attempt and convey moods in most horror movies. I see it coming miles away and it never scares me or makes me sit on the edge of my seat. Since it’s a given that some creepy music will play during an intense moment or some buildup, it’s easy to have it all ruined for you. I find that movies like The Birds or Cookers that don’t use any music to build anything up work much better. Cookers scared the shit out of me.
Music is awesome but it’s also a double edged sword. It conveys emotion very well, but the problem is, I am of the mind that most emotional impact that people derive from many scenes in entertainment only comes from the music and nothing else. Especially not horror movies, where most of it is just funny or unrealistic.
For example, in Final Fantasy VI, which isn’t a movie but still, I always have this tear shedding thing going on when you find out that Nanaki’s father actually stayed behind to protect the village and was turned to stone in the process. Nanaki always thought his dad ran away and abandoned the village when it was under attack, but he actually saved it through sacrifice. I always weep. But I’m pretty it’s just the music. It,s all sad but mixed with a tinge of pride. If I saw it on mute I’d probably be all like, dude, lame.
Where the hell was I going with this…yeah, music creates, but it also steals. If you wonder around in your basement because you heard something, you’ll never hear screeching violins or singing kids, unless you live in a really fucked up neighborhood. So my point is, no matter what kind of music is used, it won’t make anything scarier. There are exceptions…Jeepers Creepers has a pretty freaky fucking music playing in the beginning, with that metal truck…
Anyways, to actually answer the question, I griped about singing children. I still like it though. Same for violins. But what I think would work great to at least change things, would be some very systematic and leveled violent droning. Something that’s barely even music, more like a very music-y sounds effect, like scraping metal or rocks or something. Like thrash metal, only not so hyper. Whether music steals or creates moods, seeing Michael Myers chase some bugger around with music like that would probably be a lot more intense than the famous theme song. Mind you however, I love that theme song to death, and if I ever get married I want that to play.
Actually, Halloween II had one chase scene where my ideal music I described plays…lemme see if i can find it. Aaah there we go. Music like this would be great for intense buildup scenes. Not too hyper, which usually gets on my nerves anyway, and droney and hypnotizing enough to really mess with your nerves.
Also man do I love this scene. It traumatized me as a child.
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