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The Science of Scary Music

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Jaws Theme Versus the Stabbing Violins

The jaws theme is, you now, the classic the two note progression, dundendenannd. You don't see the monster yet, but something bad is approaching. The notes not only are getting faster, they're etting louder. It's ye as if the song is approaching you. And that's what it's trying to evoke. But there's also something igenious about the jaws theme. Something about the jaws Theme suggests a form that isn't yet understood. Just know that there's this approaching menace,. That something awful is coming out of the, literally, out of the murk, but you can't find its form yet. A hundred %, i think

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