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The Booj Strikes Back: Why all modern trailers sound the same

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Trailers Are Boomerier Than Ever Before

The music will pause, breathe for a minute and usually within that breath sonically there's a character bite. We went with the secondary statement from a bad guy. I am the reaction. And then give you that last single note, smash in the face for the title reveal. Some flitled iteration of the chorus, which even feels more stupid. The 30s had many of the same overly dramatic music tracks. The 80s and 90s were dominated by two deep aggressive voices. Today's trailers have the bois and bois.

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