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Film scores with violent strings

Some examples are The Menu and Poor Things it is just riveting and dissonant, makes you feel evil and cunty

@bchan

Jan 22, 2024

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@colinlrhoades

I think a lot of Jonny Greenwoods scores have kinda dry sounding strings. Good ones: Spencer, Phantom Thread. Others: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Blow the Man Down, Jackie

Jan 23, 2024

@didyousaywheat

I'd say Under the Skin. Maybe A Zed and Two Noughts as well? Big fan of Michael Nyman's scores in Peter Greenaway's movies. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a good one too but less strings. Still deeply evil

Jan 23, 2024

@tommy

I like the string sections in a lot of 70s-80s Bollywood/Indian film soundtracks, they are disco-influenced, fast, and compressed in a way that might not be violent, but definitely aggressive. This song only really has strings in the first five seconds but still a good example — https://open.spotify.com/track/6RY2fEKYTORAsKKpbky5Qt?si=a24259a8010d4dfe

Jan 22, 2024

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