Why the music in ‘Hereditary’ scared the [censored] out of me! | s c o r e s t u d y 1 7
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
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0:00- Intro
(Where I introduce the semitone via John Williams' "Jaws" theme. How original?)
2:55- Part One: Satony
(You were thinking of Bernard Hermann's "Psycho.")
7:19- Part Two: Hail Paemon!
(Going deep into a few sequences from "Hereditary.")
16:20- Part Three: Complete the Ritual
(One last thing! Oh, and Schoenberg was dumb about this one thing.)
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#Hereditary #ColinStetson
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Ok: what two (or one) horror scores were you actually thinking of when I tried to read your mind?
The most beautifully haunting drone of sound - The Lighthouse by Mark Korven (god damn those ship horn sounds)
Slightly different vibe but Wendy Carlos has been on my mind and her work on A Clockwork Orange and the Shining is ICONIC!
I was thinking of Jaws, so you got right.
Jaws and Friday the 13th. I couldn't think of anything quickly enough.
Riz Ortalaniz soundtrack for Cannibal Holocaust! The soundtrack is such a GODDAMNSLAP!
Also Psycho, so I'll just have to store the secret information on the Cannibal side of the brain.
I was thinking in the exorcist theme... kinda disappointed when you didn't get it . hahaha
One of the scarier aspects of the film to me was when flipping the scrapbook you see the photos and just see how natural and normal all those people are.
Oh man, what a treat! I somehow convinced my fiancé to watch _Hereditary_ with me and it so deeply unsettled him that he asked me to ward our house for the first and only time. Also that tongue click being incorporated was an absolutely brilliant move, I literally cannot associate it with anything else now.
I’m no musician but damn the soundtrack (and background sounds) was almost hypnotic to me, terrifying and eerie. Like the sound was a major part of the movie. I can’t imagine hereditary without it.
No joke, I have to listen to Reborn at least a couple times a month. And I still get chills as the song builds up, every time.
Stetson uses the singing/growling technique in his wider music. For good examples of how it works/sounds, see "The love it took to leave you", "Between water and wind", and "The Lighthouse I" (the first two are footage from the Adult Swim 2020 festival available via his youtube channel, and the third is a song from his latest album.)
I knew there was something different about the music in this movie but i couldn’t pin point what it was but it encapsulated me so much especially the ending scene. Colin Stentson is pure genius for creating such incredible, intense, and powerful music using impressive techniques. thank goodness Ari Aster hired him cause wow every single time i get so many chills i love it, and thank you for explain this and showing other movies that used these techniques it was explained so well and helped me understand how powerful certain sounds in music are :)
Good analysis! Colin's music is impressively restrained tonally. Of the details I've noticed about the music, my favorite is how the percussive sax-playing resembles hooves, especially during the intro and car-scene... Perfect for visceral tension as well as symbolic implications - brilliant score.
Some of us LIVE for overly long and overly complicated info on obscure topics. Thanks for this video. It was a great walk and time well spent!
Also I think Reborn is inspired by "Das Rheingold - Vorspiel" by Richard Wagner.
Plus, I'm absolutely obsessed with the string-like crescendo at the end of the track "Peter". Most unsettling thing I've ever heard.
Holy crap you're right.
Colin stetson is an extraordinary musician. he has the ability to convey emotions in a way that is both beautiful and unnerving
the music is scary for me because it's very unpredictable i'd usually expect scary violin music or piano but never a saxophone. and the intense and loud but not scary music at the end really makes this movie completely different from the rest.
This is great! I just want to add that the track 'Reborn' sounds like it was inspired by 'Das Rheingold Prelude' by Richard Wagner (minus the opera singers). I can't be the only one who thought this?!?
You most definitely are not! I recognized it instantly. And it's so deftly referenced, a new thing but clearly honoring Wagner's work.
Exact same thought
That's it. You won youtube. Sorry literally anyone else.
Great video! I recognized it was Colin Stetson from the first note. The man is from another world!
That is EXACTLY the kind of video I was hoping for when I searched "Hereditary soundtrack"! Please make more videos like this, and also similar to the "Eliot Smith accord ". Awesome awesome music-nerdy stuff.
I haven't actually seen Hereditary, so I'll come back to watch this later - I can't wait!
The soundtrack is unbelievable and this video is also super too
Watch it with headphones!
I swear nobody knows the true potential of the low clarinet family. They have such a great sound and it can add a lot of tension to music. Same with bassoons, both go unrecognized unless your a super nerd like me. But by god, the sound sticks with you.
You're killing it Brian! Thank you for another amazing video!
That’s so nice- thank you!
Wasn't expecting to hear Meshuggah in this Video, but I love it. You have a really wide array of music references.
Im so happy I discovered this channel today, through the super interesting Pino Palladino & Blake Mills interview and now this. Liked, subscribed, I even hit that damned bell. Well done sir.
Please consider making a score study about the 'Omen' (by Jerry Goldsmith),, and how and why a major 6th interval can sound so scary...
Dude! That sound track messed with my head when I was a kid. It's masterfully written...
Goldsmith is THE MASTER. Thanks for the suggestion!
If I'll follow Brian's reasoning, the major 6th interval is the weakest overton of a harmonic series (when searching for a 12 TET chromatic approximation). Simultaneously, the major 6th is one of the closest friends of the fundamental by the circle of fifths, just 3 fifths away...it is kind of Among Us situation - and this is what can make the major 6th interval scary as s**t IMHO!
Dang Brian, this was a stellar analysis of a likewise incredible film and score! Side note, when you asked what are the most exemplary horror film scores of all time, I thought of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme). It's a fantastic work in its entirety that you'd probably enjoy if you haven't listened to it in its entirety already!
I do love Tubular Bells & Oldfield in general! Thanks for the suggestion.
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Bro this is so good! One of my favorite movies and film scores.
Love this video! I've been obsessed with this score since I saw the film (as well as Midsommar's). The chords you hear in the scene where Annie finds *spoiler's* body are seared into my brain! Hate to be a downer, but that's not the deer. It's the family dog :/
You are not a downer! I was wrong about that- others have let me know. #shouldvereadthescript
But wait, the dog shows up later in the film when Peter wakes up and his mom scares him
Ha! I was thinking of Tubular Bells from The Exorcist!
Did you just bring up Meshuggah's song Bleed as a Reference?! Easiest subscribe of my life.
So so gooood!!!’ Thank you for putting this together and digging inside the techniques with the sax
Such a good analysis. Always liked both Colin and Hereditary but seeing an explanation so perfectly laid out was very satisfying. congratulations!
Thank you for showing the scientific breakdown of something so ,'emotional, you're like an alchemist or the man behind the curtain, telling us how they did the magic tricks. Music is humanities greatest achievement. Its a true 'religion' and you are a disciple.
Just found your channel, and I have to say you are super underated. You're quality of production seems equal to some of the bigger channels in this sphere.
How is this not viral... incredible work Brian
That theme at the end is SO GOOD.
Very clear and entertaining analysis. I stopped halfway because you convinced me to watch the movie, but I'll have to get back when I'm done. Also, Stetson's music is pure fire, so i wouldn't want to miss it anyway.
What an great analysis! So informative and rich. Great job Brian!
all your videos are fascinating, thanks brian!
Thank you, Luca!
spilled my coffee when I saw the excuses gag
Excellent vid, Brian! I just have to make *one* extremely pedantic, not-at-all-related-to-the-point-of-the-video point: according to the script, the dead thing near the treehouse was Max, their dog, not the deer (there *are* other things that suggest that the crash was engineered, though!)
Could it be that max was also the dead thing in the middle of the road, and not a deer? Because, it’s so conspicuous that the dead-thing-in-the-middle-of-the-road is missing the morning after the accident! (And thank you for the correction!)
@@BrianKrock I had watched the car scene again and it seems a lot like a deer - I didn't notice whether or not it's missing from the morning after, but I'll take your word for it (hard to watch again - not for the head, but because Toni Collette's grief wailing is legitimately the most upsetting thing in the movie!)
Selfies kill more than sharks. This is a fact.
Someone aptly described the crescendo in Reborn as music for a sunrise in hell
UNDER THE SKIN has a great score by Mica Levi.
In reborn, he used the instruments that is said to be played by spirits for Paimon's arrival: trumpets and cymbals
Hey really great vid! I'm currently working with the music from Hereditary and it's for one of my final exams. I would love to know where you got the scores for the music. Did you download them somewhere or did you make them yourself? Would really like the score myself it would help me out a lot!
Is it weird to be a fan of a interval?
Asking for a friend.
Major seventh is my favourite!
Great stuff! I'm gonna try to keep these things in mind next time I watch the movie.
11:01 excuses.. made me spit out my coffee...😂 Also, i really vibeing on augmented minor 2nd's and micro tones rn.
i really really really love this channel, hugs from brazil
Finally subjected myself to this movie last night so I could watch your video. Awesome analysis
Did you dig the movie??
@@BrianKrock yeah! I used to not like horror films but then I was convinced to watched the Shining. Hereditary had the slow burn of dread but borderline campiness with the graphic violence that I like. The score to It Follows by Disasterpeace was also fantastic. Have you checked his work out? Mostly does games
@@julianbrezon I watched It Follows, but I don't remember much about the score... I guess it was perfect, because I was really absorbed by the movie. I'll have to revisit the score sometime!
great as always 👌
So good! But had to pause halfway to go watch the movie. Didn't know Colin Stetson had done this filmscore! Thanks as always!
I think Colin Stetson would do great with a score for a film adaptation of Blood Meridian. He can capture a tone that's both bleak and rich.
Brilliant as a b9 and scary as a b2!
Amazing video. Thank you!
I rewatched this video after our new Williams Sonoma tea kettle, which plays a C and D, reminded me of Hereditary.
The climax of this song reborn had me rethinking the whole movie and actually agreeing and looking forward to paimon and his new host 🙏🏼 see what music can do
Rarely do great white sharks attack people. It's usually the Tiger or bull sharks that do it.
HA! ...I was thinking of Cape Fear and the Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby.
Wait.... those are also chock-full of semitones.
Epic video Brian! I always learn sooooo much from you. Thank you!!
Haha! Thanks, Luka. We should compile a list of all the scores that rely heavily on semitones!
@@BrianKrock That's an awesome idea! ...Although I think it's gonna take a while (good thing this pandemic is still going strong). Where do you suppose we do it? This comment window has a limited character count :D
Yessss. One of my favorite filmscores and films overall
Mine, too! I ended up going twice in theaters.... and then at least four more times on 📀. It was really helpful to watch it slowly as I was making this vid
@@BrianKrock Dude, had the same experience... I was absolutely devastated by it the first time around and subsequently had to go see it 2 more times in the theater. I've now watched it 8 times and after the previous watch, I realised it wasn't obsessing me anymore 😂 It did it's job.
Please do Midsommar too! Loved this video
This was amazing!!!!
Thank you, Christiana!
Great video! but just wanted to point out that you would almost certanly not hear the interval between C & Db as 3465:3270 rather than maybe 17:16 depending on context. However when a semitone is low enough in register I believe you would mostly experience it as an out of tune unison, with accompanying beatings from being an out of tune unison. The reason is that the lower interval limit of the semitone would be so severely broken that it would be hard to identify it as an interval rather than a rumbly sound with maybe one identifiable notes and some beatings.
17:16 is still a fairly complex ratio however, especially in the context of the soundtrack which except for the semitone mostly uses very stable harmonies like major chords which would have the ratios 6:5:4. It other context it might be surprising how harmonious it can sound though, Like if you are playing a C add9 chord and also play a C-Db-D cluster a bit higher in the register it can blend in like an overtone series.
great video man
..wow,..that was pretty intense.
On the track "the classroom",i thing. Theres two notes,like the knowed song of mussorgsky.
I do my best in english.im from hellgium
Another great video! W person Brian
Definitely thought he was gonna say The Exorcist but Psycho and Halloween are legit.
this was mad interesting!
I hope you mention the shinning...
fascinating video, thank you
great vid thanks!
FINALLY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT COLIN STETSON
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Hello are semitones also present in James Horner's jumanji leit motiv ?
(I would enjoy your analisis about it btw, as it is really awayking strange feelings)
Very detailed and diligent analysis as always. Gonna have to rewatch this soon
What does that say about the minor third???
Hail Brian! :D
Lol.. I’m uncomfortable with this comment... but, points for the reference!
Soon ill be too powerful to stopped with this information
What instruments are in the beginning of the last song reborn playing that Harp like sound
How do you know they're down bowing? It's really a question. Thanks!
Hey Max- truthfully, I don't *KNOW* that they are down-bowing. But I would be willing to bet my life savings that they are, lol. And here's why: attacking the strings with a down bow (in other words, starting at the frog of the bow and moving towards the tip) creates a completely different sound than up-bowing. So, because each consecutive 'stab' sounds essentially the same, we can rule out the option that they are alternating between down- and up-bows.
Down-bowing creates a much stronger attack because there is more weight of the arm/hand involved. You can visualize the players hand being almost directly above the string. Whereas, in the up-bow position, the players hand is a couple feet away from the strings, and thus produces a much more subtle attack. When you want your strings to "sneak in" at a soft dynamic, you should ask them to up-bow. When you want them to powerfully enunciate, you should ask for a down-bow. So, I think it's safe to say that these are all down-bows.
Came from Adam Neely, holy shit is this channel underrated
fantastic. instant sub.
I was thinking of Halloween and The Shining
Thought Kip from Napoleon Dynamite was going to tell me stuff.
Agree! It's terrifying
22:10 don't forget to simplify the fraction! Otherwise you're implying 3000/2000 is an extremely dissonant interval. Also, since the intervals in equal temperament are irrational even a perfect 5th can be approximated by ugly fractions like 442/295. We still hear it as consonant because it's so close to 3/2. Who's to say we're hearing the semitone as 3465/3270 (or rather, 231/218) instead of 89/84 or 18/17?
you should hear the opening song from midsommar
I loved Midsommar, saw it twice in theaters… and my main thought about the music was that it was a missed opportunity to not have Colin Stetson do the soundtrack! Could’ve been the start of a director+composer team along the lines of Greenwood+PTA
just want you to know that when you said to pause and go watch hereditary i actually did for the first time and now i am not okay
Great movie; great video! Personally I'd take Midsommar over Hereditary, but both were incredible.
Ya know, I gotta agree with you! EXCEPT: I think Aster missed a great opportunity to establish a “dynasty” type partnership with Stetson. The score for midsommar is not as good as hereditary. They could have a thing like PTA/Greenwood, or Reznor/Fincher, etc
Yeah absolutely, and hopefully they choose to work together in the future because that sort of thing is always cool to see develop. I think I was so wrapped up in the stunning visuals of Midsommar that I didn't pay as much attention to the score.
That was the dead deer and not their dog ? Interesting
It was their dog! I got it wrong!
18:47 GarageBand saving the day
Great vid!!! Fucking hell, I had to stop it and go watch the film and I was blown away..... FUCK!!!
Sent this to my high school’s music instructor because he’s a massive music nerd like me. I wasn’t in band, but he and I got along very well in my music appreciation class, since I was one of the few people who took the class because I like and understand the different components of music. Great video
I only just clicked this video, and I have to say, I had a violent fear reaction to that accursed tongue click. Thumbs up!
3 day cocaine binge locked in studio I bet
20:35 LMAO
OMG he did it ! Ouvre and out!
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But what when was it for?…
Hail paimon?….why?
This video is testing my patience
LowT
Great video Brian! The effort you put into these is amazing and motivating. I just did a video about the grand zaddy of musical dissonance if you're interested :D
Thank you, Mattia! I’m excited to check out your video.
@@BrianKrock Thanks! Let me know what you think about it.
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