the circle sound score by: justin maribito. introduction: this is a string of songs mixed together,...
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Introduction:
This is a string of songs mixed together, meant to be programmatic to the circle. It could be seen as what the background music would be throughout the entire book
ExplanationMusic Therapy: a new study about how music’s emotional power can be used on humans
*Music has the ability to change a person’s mood based on its speed, rhythms, key, notes, and chords
Tendancy rules: These are rules of music that, while they aren’t always true, tend to be true.
Doctrine of affections: Music creates the 3 following sets of contrasting emotions:
*Love/Hate *Joy/sorrow *Wonder/Desire
ExplanationThree simple rules:
1. Faster music/more percussive music creates more aggression, where slower/less percussive music reduces aggression
2. Consonant music (resolved music) creates more resolved moods, such as pure joy/pure sorrow, where dissonant music (unresolved) creates more unresolved moods, such as wonder/desire
3. Songs that are major sound happy and create positive moods, and songs that are major sound sad and create negative moods
Example 1: the Jaws theme creates suspense because it’s music scale is dissonant making it unresolved, and it has a minor key which creates negative feelings.
*one thing I personally think is that songs with less lyrics/vocals and more electronic sounds feel less personal and more “transparent”. So, the more electronic a song is, the more transparent the mood in the book is
2. Mae tours the Circle with Annie, sees the Wise Men’s portrait
(Dare You to Move: Switchfoot) Excitement, joy
3. Mae goes to a party with Annie and meets Francis
(Dare you: Hardwell) Pumped, excited, transparent
6. Mae visits her parents/Mercer for the first time
(Team: Lorde) Bittersweet, but lack of transparency
7. Mae begins a relationship with Francis
(Alive With The Glory Of Love: Say Anything) Transparent and awkward
9. Mae ends relationship with Francis, begins relationship with Kalden
(Godfather Theme) Mysterious, impending doom
15. Mae visits family/Mercer, they no longer like the circle, reject transparency
(Team: Lorde VS Emergency: Steve Aoki) Bitter, Depressing, but transparent
16. Mae comes up with idea for it to be mandatory for people to have a Circle
account
(Emergency: Steve Aoki) Transparent, out of control
17. Annie takes part in an experiment to figure out origins, as disturbing facts are
revealed she slips into a coma
(The Unwinding Cable Car: Anberlin) Sorrow, remorseful, apologetic
18. Mae shows the power of the circle by finding a criminal in hiding, followed by
Mercer, who dies trying to escape
(The Unwinding Cable Car: Anberlin) Sorrow, regret
19. Kalden reveals himself as Ty, and warns Mae of the totalitarian regime that the
Circle is creating
(O Fortuna) Suspenseful, Dramatic, Climactic