How I Make Music

#033 Dungeon Of Fear

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The soundtrack in this week's episode is called Dungeon Of Fear. It’s a dark and brooding suspense track suitable for tension and brooding moments, like the ones you experience shortly before a horror ‘reveal’ or as the soundtrack to some underground torture cavern.

In this episode:

  • A bass drone represents plot stasis. The lack of harmonic progression mirrors the suspense in the narrative
  • Make it easy by avoiding the temptation to tweak everything. Use default patches.
  • Create a ‘reveal’ for your dusty skeleton moment
  • PItch drops with the Doppler Effect works in horror and tension
  • Purposefully de-syncing your LFOs to create more humanity
  • Allow yourself to be surprised by your software tools
  • Use glassy sounds above 10kHz for the ‘nails on a chalkboard’ effect

    • SHOW NOTES

    * John Carpenter’s Halloween soundtrack: the original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4FY3NrhGg and the remake (with the LFOs disappointingly synced!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVyois9mp4

    SOUNDS & DEVICES USED

    * Heavyocity Evolve “Gnarly Piano Gods”
    * Absynth 5

    DOWNLOAD THIS TRACK

    Download https://gum.co/Cobmp. Download and use the track from this episode in your podcast, audio drama or (non-commercial) video. Quick-search all my soundtracks at https://johnbartmann.com/music.

    ABOUT THIS SHOW

    How I Make Music is a show for aspiring music producers, podcasters, audio drama creators and film-makers. Hey, I'm John Bartmann. I make music and offer my own perspective on how to make it. My original music has been used in film, TV, radio and online. Each week, I write, record and release a new soundtrack. In this podcast, I deconstruct these original soundtracks one by one, sharing the separate musical parts, decisions and stories behind how each complete tune was made.

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