You know, that music they play in really bad movies to let you know that Something Bad Is About To Happen…
Does it have a name? Is there an MP3 of it somewhere online?
You know, that music they play in really bad movies to let you know that Something Bad Is About To Happen…
Does it have a name? Is there an MP3 of it somewhere online?
Well, this thread will certainly get a lot of views (and possibly a prima facie moving to El Pit
I believe the traditional way of typing out the music you’re refererring to is
“Dun Dun DAAH!!”. No idea what the name is- “That music from TV and movies when someone finds out a terrible secret”- seems to work as well as any.
That three-note music cue, played on horns, goes back to The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), whose score had no credited composer. The three-note cue was titled the “Creature theme,” and was heard many times during the score, and subsequently used in many other movies.