Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA-S_iErwwwRSF3QaJezrg4tLTvCXv0QV&si=sZeGBa8riBuu1RTu

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

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