I made this thread to discuss a couple of things, as you might be able to tell by the title. The first (and more important, IMO) is how to best describe songs that make you feel a certain way. Now obviously, how music makes you feel is so ridiculously open-ended a question it's almost meaningless to ask. However, I think we can agree certain music is meant to illustrate tension, excitement, fear, etc. More visceral reactions than emotional ones. One of my favorite soundtracks is Kingdom Hearts II. This is because many of the tracks are, for lack of a better word, epic. And not epic like the Lord of the Rings theme either. They have the feeling of so many dark secrets waiting to be discovered, part of a massive world no single character could possibly hope to fully explore (flying in the face of most RPGs).
sends chills down my spine because it implies this so well.
does as well.I ask this question because I hate not knowing a better way to describe or create this, and I also wonder whether music theory might not reveal some light on the issue. I took music theory in high school, but had only been acquainted with the art form seriously for about three months prior. The instructor was understanding, and though I didn't do great, I learned a lot. Of course, since I didn't use it, it dropped out of memory. I don't imagine, of course, that a chord analysis will explain everything, but it may help. So can anyone help me?