music Music/sounds, that you find unsettling or creepy

[Kurai 304]

I find most nursery rhythms to be quite disturbing, given the right sound behind them and rumored meaning behind some of them. That and alot of music that is meant to be calming and relaxing, just feel odd when I listen to them.
 
So, what music/sounds do you find creepy?

Edited April 27, 2014 by Ritan Kurai

[ReverseFaller 2,483]

I've always found the X-Files theme so be extremely unsettling. Listening to it gives me the chills.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2014 by Mikami

[BayoUni2847 528]

When everything is quiet and dark and you hear a soft and quiet whisper. That just gives me the heeby geebies.

 

Oh and I can't forget Giygas' theme from Earthbound. That has to be the most unsettling and creepy music ever, especially for a SNES game.

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

Ice Cream van music: the jingles are really creepy like something out of a horror film

Having said that the jingle at 0:30 in the video linked makes me laugh

 

 

The Nursery Rhyme “boys and girls come out to play the sun is shining bright as day”. There’s something so creepy and depressing about that song, and it’s not the lyrics.

 

Are you afraid of the dark? Theme tune

 

http://youtu.be/3pBBLN0w7NY

 

 

[Envy 6,178]

Ancient wind instruments (including bagpipes) have a very unsettling sound to me. The bassoon (my instrument) very much can sound quite creepy, as well.

 

 

Then there's this... Atonal music I heard in Music Theory IV... Quite creepy, but fitting to its subject:

 

[RNgineer 161]

El Concierto de Inferno, este cancion me encanta, and the movie i love the movie

 

http://youtu.be/JZ1OgMjzMoo

Edited April 27, 2014 by RNgineer

[Scootalove 10,689]

The sound of an atomic bomb going off.

 

That can catch me off guard with an unsettling aftermath.

[Midnight Starfall 179]

The Lavender Town theme from Pokemon. It's just so unsettling..... and the high pitched notes don't help. After reading a bunch of creepypasta about it, it just freaks me out.

[CT-1138 3,182]

The sound of a dying cat and the howling of coyotes.

[Fender 1,283]

Basically everything in the album "EMOTIVE" by A Perfect Circle.

 

 

[Celtore 2,770]

Isolated footsteps. It just really unnerves me. You know, like you're walking down an empty hall and the only sound you hear is you walking? It puts me on edge.

 

The same goes for rustling bushes for the similar reasons. Particularly at night at work when there's no one around.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Celtore

[_Kurtis 636]

I find most of the music used in Creepypasta readings unsettling. 

[Cimarronboy 248]

Voodoo by godsmack is a particularily chaotic song. It's a great song but the hypnosis it can induce can be dangerous. Otherwise There are a few songs I avoid;

 

Last kiss by pearl jam ais one particularily haunting song 

 

There's an oldy I only know as dizzy. My step dad had that song playing all the time when I was younger and the song just drives me insane.

 

I've gotten better at handling my heart will go on (titanic theme) and it's haunting melodies

[Vinyl Scratch. 604]

Lavender Town theme song from pokemon creeps me the fuck out, and the creepy pastas didn't help 

I can only get about 20 seconds into this bad boy before I have to rip my headphones off

[Painted Lattice 131]

• Shrill screech-like sounds; anything similar to a scream or a cry for help but distorted.
• Human noises isolated or put in an unnatural way.
• Usually warm, comforting sounds just slightly ... "off."

These are common-types of noises used in horror. Anything that's unsettling is somehow not... quite... natural. It's the uncanny valley world of sound.

 

I think the Silent Hill series nails creepy sounds. It has everything from telephones ringing, creepy carousel music, and distorted crying baby sfx to the jarring screech of metal scraping, whispering voices, etc.

 

Edited April 27, 2014 by Painted Lattice

[Unikitty 1,212]

Lavender Town theme song from pokemon creeps me the fuck out, and the creepy pastas didn't help 

I can only get about 20 seconds into this bad boy before I have to rip my headphones off

 

Strangely, I find the Lavender theme(and it's covers) to be calming. It's sort of like an old grandfather clock, ticking away.

 

The X-Files theme always spooked me as a kid, but it's alright now.

I can't really call to mind any that have made me unsettled. Not that there are any, I just enjoy the style that many would put into a creepy genre.

[Painted Lattice 131]

Oh, I just want to add one last thing.

 

The creepiest sound of all?

 

Silence.

 

In the proper context(s), silence is the most powerful.

 

Sorry about that, I love my horror stuff very much.

[Arctic Night 884]

 

Pretty simple, but creepy to me nonetheless. 

[CT-1138 3,182]

Another one that creeps me out if I listen to it for too long: 

 

[Kurai 304]

Another one of mine is windchimes, just something about them make me uneasy, always giving me a feeling like something bad is coming. Odd I know

 

 

 

Isolated footsteps. It just really unnerves me.

Especially in hospitals. 

 

Sorry about that, I love my horror stuff very much.

I love horror a little too much myself. 

[White Lie 67]

When everything is quiet and dark and you hear a soft and quiet whisper. That just gives me the heeby geebies.

 

Oh and I can't forget Giygas' theme from Earthbound. That has to be the most unsettling and creepy music ever, especially for a SNES game.

OHMYGOD I know EXACTLY what you mean by Giygas.  I can't even.. was that supposed to be a kids' game??

[BayoUni2847 528]

OHMYGOD I know EXACTLY what you mean by Giygas.  I can't even.. was that supposed to be a kids' game??

Yes! Itoi, the designer of Earthbound, accidentally walked into a movie when he was a kid and thought someone was getting raped.

 

It's the reason behind Giygas' weird dialogue and fetus look when he gets close to being defeated.

 

That's a really fast summary of the story, correct me if I'm wrong.

[Nothing&NoOne 695]

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world she didn't exist.

Edited April 16, 2015 by Nothing&NoOne

[Guest]

Music from games such as Cry of Fear and/or the original F.E.A.R game. It's really nerve-racking when you're sitting inside, at night, your lights off, with only your headset on and no one else but you at home.

 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2014 by Guest

[Shady Bubbles 429]

Music would be Ave Satani, or anything from Sinister or Silent Hill.

 

Sounds? The sound of space is the most unnerving thing I've ever heard. It sounds like a giant creature is breathing slowly.

 

And the screams from Baron Blood (Usually seen as "Sounds of Hell" on youtube)