With creepy chords and horrific harmonies, music has a direct line to our terror centers

阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克很快point out, Janet Leigh behind the wheel of a car could just as easily be on her way to the supermarket. It’s only when you put Bernard Herrmann’s justly celebrated score for “Psycho” behind that scene – with its jabbing string textures and angular rhythms – that the viewer’s stomach begins to tighten in …Continue readingWith creepy chords and horrific harmonies, music has a direct line to our terror centers