Topic > Personal Essay: The Power of Music - 724

I thought I must be exceptionally good at reading expressions and situations, as I always knew when something bad was about to happen while I was enjoying a movie. Eventually I realized that the music would communicate what was about to happen, not my sixth sense. Before I made this thing, I was screaming at the screen, “No! Eh! If you hear a noise, don't come closer!” But without the high-pitched, staccato screech, my comment would be, “Oh, you're fine; just go!" Think of the initially slow and low brass sound that gradually speeds up: dunnnn dunn…. dunnnn dunn… dun dun, dun dun, dun dun, da da da DA! There must be a shark in the water! Who knew music could communicate something like this