Timeline for Is there a reason in music theory for certain songs sounding creepy
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| Dec 13, 2016 at 2:59 | comment | added | General Nuisance | Creepy like atonal Boulez stuff creepy? | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 1:57 | answer | added | RA Ruzzo | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 2, 2016 at 17:28 | comment | added | José David | This episode of the 99% Invisible podcast is fascinating and quite a propos the subject of this question. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 13:41 | answer | added | Richard | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 13:19 | comment | added | Bacs | There are scales, chords and intervals which one could point to as being creepy (or sad or happy etc) in one context, but there will always be counterexamples. Are minor songs always sad? Of course not. You mention the Lydian mode. It has that sharpened 4th which makes it sound odd, a bit out of kilter, and yes possibly creepy, but there are melodies which use it which are anything but creepy. A most apt example springs to mind - The Simpsons theme tune. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 2:26 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | In the case of the Spongebob theme I don't think it's music theory as much as production. It sounds like at least one instrument is repeatedly going in and out of tuning, which is probably intentional to make it sound like the music is coming from underwater. But that is a weird sound that could make listeners find it strange and unsettling, since normally we expect solid tuning when we listen to professional music. | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 2:25 | history | edited | Morella Almånd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 1, 2016 at 2:20 | history | asked | Morella Almånd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |