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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

AHH! How music can make scary movies even scarier

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We listen to music with our ears – and that amazing electric meatball between our ears: our brain! But why do our brains find some music scary? We’re born with some fears baked into our brains, because our ancestors thought they were scary too! That’s why sudden loud noises startle us sometimes. But there’s another reason certain sounds freak us out – we’ve been taught to find them scary. We’ll hear how composer Heather McIntosh uses these fears to write scary film scores, and we’ll explore some of the ways scary sounds make their way into music with pianist and musical magician, Jae Kyo Han. Plus an extra mysterious mystery sound! This episode was sponsored by: Mathnasium (Mathnasium.com - Contact Mathnasium for a free in-center or online consultation) Indeed (Indeed.com/BRAINS - For a $100 sponsored job credit Terms and conditions apply. Offer good for a limited time.) Shopify (Shopify.com/brainson - For a free 14-day trial and full access to Shopify's entire suite of features) Outschool (Outschool.com/brains - Save $15 on your child's first class) Bombas (Bombas.com/brainson - Get 20% off your first purchase) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hi there, Molly here. I'm coming to you from Brains on Headquarters with some exciting news.

0:05.3

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Smash Boom Best Forever Go and Moment of UMM, plus a bonus episode of one of our shows every month.

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And you get to listen to it all right here in your favorite podcast listening app,

0:26.8

including Spotify and Apple podcasts. Pretty cool, right? If you don't subscribe to Smarty Pass,

0:32.9

your original free feeds will still be going strong just as they are now. But if you do choose

0:39.1

to subscribe, you'll get ad free feeds for each of our shows and some awesome bonus episodes

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on top of it. Subscribe now to get your Smarty Pass at SmartyPass.org slash Brains on. That's

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SmartyPass.org slash Brains on. It's just $3.99 a month or $36 for the whole year, which is

0:58.4

three months free. Thank you so much for helping us make this show. Again, it's SmartyPass.org slash

1:06.3

Brains on. You're listening to Brains on. We're very serious about being curious. Brains on is

1:12.5

supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

1:17.6

Thanks for coming to see the first screening of my horror movie, Sandin. Of course. I am so excited

1:26.1

to be totally scared by what's it called again? Duck Duck Ghost. Let me get it going here.

1:38.8

Stacey, I don't know about this. Maybe we shouldn't go to the duck pond alone at night.

1:44.0

What if it's haunted? Come on, Brett. There's no such thing as a haunted duck pond.

1:50.4

Of course there is. Where do you think poultry guys come from?

1:54.2

I just want to see some cute sleeping ducks, Brett. There's one.

2:00.8

What was that? Um, that duck looks different. It's got red eyes. And are those fangs in its beak?

2:09.5

It's coming closer. It's... it's...

2:20.1

So what do you think of the first scene? Well, the dialogue is great. The set design

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