Sounds of the nightmare machine.

[BluesRunTheGame]

The Apprehension Engine: Brian Eno called it "the most terrifying musical instrument of all time".

[Drum]

1. Way cool! Nt

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Scary stuff.

[Midnightwalk]

3. Wow

[hunter]

4. Why do we think those sounds are nightmarish?

Is it because we associate them with horror movies?

If happy movies all had sound tracks like that would we think these were happy sounds?

[Dem2theMax]

5. I can't answer that question.

All I know is that when I am watching something scary on TV, I turn the sound off so I can get through it.

Now I know what to blame!

[chowder66]

7. Here is a good article on your question

https://medium.com/@easternblot/what-makes-scary-music-scary-125751198aa7

[hunter]

8. That's really cool, thanks! And here is a link fixed for DU:

https://medium.com/%40easternblot/what-makes-scary-music-scary-125751198aa7

[chowder66]

9. Thanks for fixing that! nt

[Harker]

11. Good questions.

I don't find the music the least bit disquieting. It makes me smile.

I think we are culturally conditioned, though, toward expecting certain dramatic musical cliches, and there's a consensus on what's appropriate under certain circumstances.

Put some bouncy Mozart behind a violent murder, or screechy violin to accompany a tender love scene, and there will be some troubled minds.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I want one.

The possibilities are endless.

[burrowowl]

12. Me too!

[lunatica]

10. These are really cool sounds!

I like them a lot. I don’t watch much horror but it fits perfectly with science fiction.

[Nitram]

13. Very cool!

I've been into weird sounds most of my life. First got into them surfing the ozone layer with my Dad's shortwave radio. In between the human signals, there are a lot of very interesting sounds going on. I have a collection of vintage analog synthesizers, and a few more recent digital synths that I use to explore sound.