Evoking Emotion Through Music
🎧If Escape Rooms Had a Soundtrack…
See that image? Makes you feel a little queasy?
Claustrophobic. Trapped. Helpless.
That’s not an accident.
That’s the intention — of the visual, yes.
But more so… the song.
Because all of it starts with one thing: emotion.
🎧 “The songs that stick aren’t always the catchiest. They’re the ones that cut deep.”
🧠🫀Work Their Nerves
I’ve composed for horror films, hype reels, heartbreak scenes, even monster truck competitions. And here’s what I’ve learned:
🎵 You don’t craft songs for ears.
You craft them for nerve endings.
I used to obsess over “perfect mixes” and “radio-ready polish.”
Now? I chase the goosebump moment —
that split second where sound and story sync…
and something clicks.
🔧 Here’s how to write music that moves:
🎠Start with emotion, not genre.
Don’t ask “Is this pop, rock, or trap?”
Ask “Is this grief, rage, awe, seduction, or rebirth?”
🧠Use contrast.
Tension and release. Soft into sharp. Silence before the storm.
People don’t cry at noise — they cry at the shift.
đź«€ Leave room for breath.
If every second is filled, there’s no space to feel.
Let the reverb linger. Let the silence speak.
It’s the moments between the music that hit the hardest.
Because that’s when the listener absorbs it.
Processes it. Feels it.
đź’Ą If you want your music to move people,
stop writing to impress.
Start writing to disturb and disarm.
To motivate and inspire.
To wake the memory they buried.
That’s how sound becomes story.
👇 Your turn:
What’s one song that shook you emotionally and never let go?
Let’s build a playlist of pain, power, and presence below.
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It’s horror. It’s harmony. It’s something else.
