'The Most Terrifying Song': Can Music Be Genuinely Disturbing?

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Published on January 7, 2023 7:30:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAgaf-xRVI

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In 1977, a song was released that has since been dubbed 'The Most Terrifying Song Ever'. Today, I'm taking a look at that tune, as well as a litany of others, to try and get to the bottom of one simple question: can music be genuinely disturbing, and what are the key elements when it is?

Songs Mentioned:

Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Erica Pomerance - You Used to Think
The Evil Dead - Jazz Traditional Charleston
Jason Hill - Main Titles (Mindhunter)
Alexey Omelchuk - A New Home
Alexey Omelchuk - Roads Ahead
Mamoru Samuragochi - Basement Theme
Agent-RedJackal - Basement Music Fix/Rehash
Michael A. Levine feat. Jordan Reyne - Go Tell Aunt Rhody
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
The Doors - The End
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - O'Malley's Bar
Costello and the Attractions - Oliver's Army
The Doors - Horse Latitudes
Tom Waits - Oily Night
John Williams - Main Theme & First Victim (Jaws)
Ennio Morricone - Humanity (Pt. 2)
Jed Kurzel - Arrival
Jerry Goldsmith - Main Title (Alien)
Christian Henson, Joe Henson, Alexis Smith - Main Menu (Alien: Isolation)
Jason Graves - Dead Space Theme
Tobias Lilja - March of the Guests
Tobias Lilja - Hypnosis
Tobias Lilja - The Lady Circles
Tobias Lilja - Six's Theme, Pt. 1
Tobias Lilja - Six's Theme, Pt. 2
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Theme
Patty Water - Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair
György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna
György Ligeti - Requiem
Mick Gordon - Typhon Voices
Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori - Devils... Monsters...
Alexey Omelchuk - Reminiscence
Olivier Deriviere - Inquisition
Nick Arundel, David Buckley - Inner Demon
Goblin - Suspiria
Hans Zimmer - Supermarine
Justice - Stress
Jason Graves - Lacrimosa

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