From randyrush51@gmail.com Wed Sep 16 10:21:21 2015
Subject:Re: HX3 settings

Daniel -

High tones in movies are not always used for "light color and weight" - e.g., the high, screeching violins in the "Psycho" shower scene. A lot of it is dynamics and what is being played. But Goff is right that low rumbling is a good indicator of obvious danger or doom. Then, at times film music can be used counter-intuitively to great effect. I just finished re-watching "Fargo", and the lush, slow, string-prominent orchestral background to scenes of base greed and violence were striking. It's an interesting subject for sure.


Regarding "Bolero" - what a fascinating use of dynamics. When my son was in high school orchestra, playing the lead off flute line, his mother asked him to play a recording of the piece at a family gathering. As it got louder and louder, she asked him to turn it down, it was interfering with conversation, to which he responded with spot on frustration - "That's the point!". LOL, Bolero as background music......