Members tuesday Posted January 31, 2003 Members Posted January 31, 2003 the question is already in the title, but i'm doing some music for a play which requires a creepy funhouse / circus atmosphere, and i was wondering if someone could recommend some scales or modes that would help in creating this feeling... circus music just doesn't seem like a major/minor scale kind of thing... more chromatic really...
Members Quart_Jester Posted January 31, 2003 Members Posted January 31, 2003 try a scale with a b2 and b5
Members ninjaaron Posted January 31, 2003 Members Posted January 31, 2003 Originally posted by tuesday the question is already in the title, but i'm doing some music for a play which requires a creepy funhouse / circus atmosphere, and i was wondering if someone could recommend some scales or modes that would help in creating this feeling... circus music just doesn't seem like a major/minor scale kind of thing... more chromatic really... that kind of stuff is usually a nice major melody, usually a happy Ice Cream truck type thing, but with odd harmonization, the level of weirdness is detemined by the the weirdness of the harmonies, for slight creepiness try lydian, for more try altered scales, for more try atonal, for more try clusters. don't use plain major and minor chords (make up some weird alterations), unless they have direct disonance with a resting tone in the melody. try using augmeted chors insted of major, and dimished of fully diminished for minor chords. exirment untill it sounds write to you, there is no set rules, also the instrument voice is important. a little organ will be in order for the chords.
Members Reposki Posted February 1, 2003 Members Posted February 1, 2003 Stepwise chromaticism is what comes to my mind...
Members Macblah-1 Posted February 1, 2003 Members Posted February 1, 2003 Try chords with stacked tritones, scales with both the major and minor 3rd. When I think of 'circus music' I think of 3/4 time signature, like in the Beatles tune 'For the benefit of Mr. Kite' from the Sgt.Pepper's album. I've always found the 'circus' part of the tune strangely creepy...
Members tuesday Posted February 3, 2003 Author Members Posted February 3, 2003 yeah, 3/4 and 2/4 time, and a keyboard patch that sounds like a circus pipe organ... thanks for the suggestions, everyone!
Members edeltorus Posted February 3, 2003 Members Posted February 3, 2003 I'm a collector of horror movie soundtracks, and I thought about this question yesterday at home. So I took an hour and looked through my collection. I found a very nice example of this kind of creepy music in the hellraiser 2 soundtrack. If anyone is interested i can put a short part on the net tomorrow. Btw, the scale this piece used was a minor with b5 played over a major I,IV,V progression.
Members tuesday Posted February 3, 2003 Author Members Posted February 3, 2003 minor with a b5 over a major progression... sounds interesting. go ahead and post it if you think it'll be relevant; i'd be glad to hear it.
Members edeltorus Posted February 4, 2003 Members Posted February 4, 2003 As promised I've put a short pice of that stuff on the web. Maybe you can get some inspiration from it. http://www.farb-rausch.de/~torus/HallOfMirrors.MP3
Members Jazz_Funk_42 Posted February 4, 2003 Members Posted February 4, 2003 If you haven't heard Mr. Bungle, you should. Creepy funhouse music to the max.
Members SuperBuggy Posted February 6, 2003 Members Posted February 6, 2003 wow that's the {censored}ing coolest thing ever! you have an awesome hobby, my friend
Members tuesday Posted February 6, 2003 Author Members Posted February 6, 2003 ze young man stepped into ze hall of mirrorsvere we saw a reflection of himself. thanks for the clip!
Members edeltorus Posted February 6, 2003 Members Posted February 6, 2003 Originally posted by tuesday ze young man stepped into ze hall of mirrorsvere we saw a reflection of himself.thanks for the clip! No problem. If you're looking for something else let me know. As long as it's creepy stuff I probably have it. Nils
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