rdmPeople often underestimate the power of soundscapes in TV and movies.
And I am not talking about background music - I am talking about the actual soundscape built by the foley artists to portray a setting.
The sounds of desert winds, the rustling of leaves, the swoosh of long grasses, or the dripping of water in a cave.
We only really remember these when they are done wrong. A kookaburra in a South American rainforest, for example will pop any Australian's disbelief suspenders. Done right, it should just settle your mind into the setting, and be forgotten from the main memory.
But there are a few that deeply stand out and stick with you.
One in particular is the persistent and pervasive 50hz hum in #SerialExperimentsLaine . This hum fills the soundscape almost constantly. It fills the empty spaces, and underlays almost every scene. It is inescapable.
And any time you hear that hum afterwards - from a ground loop in a sound system, or one inducted in a poorly shielded cable, or whatever, you are instantly transported back to the pastel dystopia of Laine.
It is a masterclass in nonmusical earworming.
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