ITL #27: What Makes Music Scary?

Impolite to Listen: Classical Music Conversations

English - October 31, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 53.1 MB
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Previous Episode: ITL #26: Concerts in Caves

Next Episode: ITL#28: Gone Chopin

For this Halloween special, Chris and Sridhar ask: what makes music scary? They discuss "scary" associations with certain kinds of music, whether or not music can be intrinsically scary, classic scores for Alfred Hitchcock films, and Saint-Saëns' "Danse Macabre."

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Useful links:

Karl Richter - Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

German Brass - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Sideways - Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary

Stephen King - Three types of horror

Psycho - Shower scene

Cat watches horror movie

Bernard Herrmann - wikipedia

Psycho - soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann