@Dave, my respect for you just doubled.
@Hal, just to let you know, I really won't be offended if you don't listen to everything I just posted in my... thing that I wrote when I was stilll trying to wake up, having had insomnia last night.

Haha, I know the feeling. Don't worry I will take a stroll through some of it at least. :)

I believe I can, having not conferred with others on this, I can't guarantee that I'm getting the inferring the right emotion from the music, but I believe that I can.

That makes sense.

The prime example I would give here, is the Jaws soundtrack, on it's own it doesn't illicit thoughts of sharks, but it does build suspense, when combined with the imagery it makes for a more suspenseful scene than the images alone or the music alone.

That makes perfect sense, but as I don't really know where to go to find music, without having some pre-existing frame of reference, I'm at a loss about where to start.

I actually do have a good (In my opinion) pair of Sennheiser headphones, which I use for watching films occasionally, so I'll break them out

I'll give some of this stuff a listen, later on this evening and get back to you :)

-Pandora. If you like any of the songs that The Bullet posted, just type it in, and Pandora will create a station filled with songs that have similar musical qualities.
-last.fm. Another site with online radio stations. Once you have a music collection and add it to your library, you can go listen to your Recommended station, which is comprised of artists similar to what you listen to (although it's not always accurate. I don't think that Sigur Rós are similar to Radiohead).
-RateYourMusic. The custom charts can be useful if you're looking for specific genres, albums released in a certain year/decade, etc.

Actually, I think the fact that you appreciate music when it's in films and shows and everything shows a little more than just "it being there."

Music is there for a reason.
They don't just pick a random song and go with it.
They search of one, try to get one that has a good feel to it, one that fits the situation.
Start there, maybe you'll appreciate music once you realize how much work goes into it and goes into using it.

On that note, I think going to a different forum is a bad idea.
The people who said that are being rude.
I would love to think that we're the reason you began to appreciate music.
Any type of music.

I was asking if you felt any emotion was implied by music, not necessarily a "right" emotion, because any art form is suggestive. You're talking about the intended emotion. I almost believed based on your post that you didn't even see music as a volume of expression.


I can confidently say from this that you're clearly not completely numb to music even if you think you are. You let it effect you when you watch these movies, why can't it effect you anywhere else? Don't get me wrong, music and image can combine to create something greater than either one alone, and if you're simply not a music person as much as you are some other type of artist that's cool with me. I'm just saying that you might have a sour attitude toward it that might not really be helping you. I find myself using music as backing noise sometimes, too, usually when I search the web. I'm not exactly proud of it, as I feel like as someone who will probably end up a musician myself I should give it more respect, but I still find myself doing it occasionally. There are other times where I can really pay attention to the same music, let it throw through me, and wonder how I ever could've ignored it and had it as background noise. Attitude effects everything.

The music used in films is often atmospheric, helping to convey a message and accentuating the visual medium so. The popular music on the charts, while occasionally containing undeniable emotion and messages, is for its primary purpose meant to appeal to a wide audience. As such, it's not going to resonate with most as deeply as some other sorts of music, but it's still going to affect most in the form of foot tapping, head bobbing, or some other similar acknowledgment.

You say that you like the music from films, acknowledging that they seem to add something to the films. With that knowledge, I'm trying to find some songs that could potentially appeal to you.

Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal:
Some of these have some screaming, but the ones selected are musically atmospheric and competent, and really do evoke strong emotions via the music itself.

Woods of Desolation - Somehow...


Midnight Odyssey - Never To Return


Petrychor - Of Grandest Majesties


Photophobia - If My World Ends Without You


Heretoir - To Follow the Sun


Shoegaze / Post-Rock / Dream Pop
Several genres, just a few to represent their vibe

My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes


Ride - Seagull


Seefeel - Spangle


World's End Girlfriend - Garden In the Ceiling


Mono - Moonlight


Mazzy Star - Fade Into You


Pale Saints - Shell


Prog / Prog-ish
Just a few of these.

Porcupine Tree - Gravity Eyelids


Dream Theater - As I Am


Assorted Stuff
Other things which came to mind

David Lynch feat. Karen O - Pinky's Dream


Tuxedomoon - The Cascade

I've not come across many people that don't like music.

If you don’t like music, please don’t call yourself a human..

I would have thought making him sit through about 6 hours of youtube videos would put him off even more.

Can I ask what age you are?