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Topic	THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) 5th Anniversary RANKINGS
Snake5555555555 10/22/20 1:39:59 PM #243:	50. Clock Tower \| Dont Cry, Jennifer (18 points) Nominated by: rwlh (0/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxrXvDdKuw Importance: 2 Fear: 6 Snake: 10 Clock Tower is the one horror series in gaming that I feel truly captures the tone of slasher movies, mainly Italy's giallo movement but in the American canon too, especially the Halloween films and secondary slashers like The Burning's Cropsey. The Argento tones are obvious here, taking subtle cues from the theme to Suspiria, but where Argento and his Goblins tend to be more of the progressive nature in their themes to emphasize the complexity of their narratives, instead Don't Cry, Jennifer opts to meld those mystery-thriller influences with the more paranoia-induced, plodding, stalking edge of themes from Myers, Voorhees, and Krueger. Clock Tower's most well-known track is actually the theme of Scissorman, despite what you may assume from the title, and those Psycho-esque stings right at the start of the track let you know pure terror has entered the area. You can just imagine Scissorman, cornering Jennifer in a corner, and creepily saying this track's title as he repeatedly and menacingly opens and shuts his weapon of choice. The song is pure synth, a deep bass that crackles with a pitch drop, as pounding kick-drums simulate the same reaction a quickening heartbeat would have. It is however, the string melody, dominant and ever-present, that truly grips you as synth straight-forwardly dazzles just lightly over top of it, this is truly a slasher theme now, you can just feel the dead, icy-eyes of the Scissorman inching ever towards you even if you can't see him yet. Don't Cry, Jennifer's strong motifs and influences make this a top ten video game track ever for me, and despite its actually quite simple compositional structure, it's a track that's hard to ignore due to its incredibly striking sound. When you don't even have to play the game to get what a track is going for, then the music has certainly done its job. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:946158676] in THE Snake ... [t:79012032]...</cite> <quote>50. Clock Tower \| Dont Cry, Jennifer (18 points) Nominated by: rwlh (0/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxrXvDdKuw Importance: 2 Fear: 6 Snake: 10 Clock Tower is the one horror series in gaming that I feel truly captures the tone of slasher movies, mainly Italy's giallo movement but in the American canon too, especially the Halloween films and secondary slashers like The Burning's Cropsey. The Argento tones are obvious here, taking subtle cues from the theme to Suspiria, but where Argento and his Goblins tend to be more of the progressive nature in their themes to emphasize the complexity of their narratives, instead Don't Cry, Jennifer opts to meld those mystery-thriller influences with the more paranoia-induced, plodding, stalking edge of themes from Myers, Voorhees, and Krueger. Clock Tower's most well-known track is actually the theme of Scissorman, despite what you may assume from the title, and those Psycho-esque stings right at the start of the track let you know pure terror has entered the area. You can just imagine Scissorman, cornering Jennifer in a corner, and creepily saying this track's title as he repeatedly and menacingly opens and shuts his weapon of choice. The song is pure synth, a deep bass that crackles with a pitch drop, as pounding kick-drums simulate the same reaction a quickening heartbeat would have. It is however, the string melody, dominant and ever-present, that truly grips you as synth straight-forwardly dazzles just lightly over top of it, this is truly a slasher theme now, you can just feel the dead, icy-eyes of the Scissorman inching ever towards you even if you can't see him yet. Don't Cry, Jennifer's strong motifs and influences make this a top ten video game track ever for me, and despite its actually quite simple compositional structure, it's a track that's hard to ignore due to its incredibly striking sound. When you don't even have to play the game to get what a track is going for, then the music has certainly done its job. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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