In a newly posted video, film score composer Mark Korven shows off his demon baby, a one-of-a-kind noisemaker he’s affectionately dubbed The Apprehension Engine.
You know it, you’re afraid of it, and now you must learn its name: meet the fiendish contraption known as the Apprehension Engine.
We all recognize them when they creep into the score, but can hardly describe them beyond “ominous creaking” or “reverb-heavy clang” or “wailing screech.”
Horror movies have sounds that we can’t quite assign names to.