Why Does Horror Music Scare Us?

What movie in 1933 had the first full length score? ("score" = soundtrack)

• Jaws

• King Kong

• Star Wars

• It Chapter 2

What is the term for when music matches a character's action on screen?

• Humpty Dumptying

• Copy and Pasting

• Mickey Mousing

• Movement Painitng

When a character has a "theme" that is heard many times in music, what do we call it?

• Leitmotif

• Repetitive Music

• Copy and Pasting

• Lazy

From what movie can we find one of the earliest examples of a "jump scare?"

• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

• Frankenstein

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

• Psycho

What is a "stinger chord?"

• When bees play instruments

• When string rays pile on top of each other

• When musicians attack a chord to reinforce the moment of surprise

• When string players poke each other with their bows

A fear-based scream has a certain scraggly-flutter vibe called...?

• Roughness

• Ratchedness

• Grossness

• Katniss

What movie changed horror music film?

• Star Wars

• It

• Psycho

• The Exorcist

What horror-related music-writing skill does the composer Penderecki utilize in "Polymorphia?"

• Almond Clusters

• Tone Clusters

• Mass Effect

• Jump Scares

The "tritone" is a dissonant interval that doesn't hit the ear very pleasantly. It has garnered the name...

• "The Devil's Interval"

• "The Ugly Sound"

• "The Fear Sound"

• "The Angel's Interval"

Often, horror movies will have familiar or non-threatening music put into a creepy context. What's a popular example of this?

• Lullabyes

• Children singing

• Religious songs

• All of the above