What Makes Scary Music Scary? The “Obsession” Composer on Crafting a Killer Horror Movie Score
In the second half of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, there’s an iconic sequence that’s arguably as terrifying as Jack Nicholson’s ax-wielding rampage. It begins quietly, the camera following Shelley Duvall as she walks toward a shadowy room. Her footsteps echo in the silence before an ominous sound creeps in, almost like distorted white noise. The […]
