Realized I was rating soundtracks based on my mood not the music itself

I always gave horror game scores low marks until I put on the Silent Hill 3 OST during a calm afternoon and finally heard what it was actually doing. Took me 5 years and a random thread here to figure out I was just angry at the genre. Anybody else catch themselves doing this with certain media types?

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morgan_butler22d ago

Wait, five YEARS of hating horror soundtracks because you were mad at the genre? That's wild... I gotta respect the dedication though.

tyler49222d ago

See, I don't think it was about holding a grudge so much as it was about having a weird mental block. I didn't hate the music itself, I hated how it made me feel when I was in a bad place with the genre. It took me awhile to separate the soundtrack from the movie experience. Once I did, I realized I was missing out on some really good composers. Funny enough, it was John Carpenter's simple synth scores that broke me out of it.

joseph93222d ago

Ngl man I had to read that twice to make sure I wasn't trippin'. Five years is a whole era of life you just gave up on soundtracks because you were salty at the genre? That's some serious commitment to holding a grudge. I get being annoyed but that's like burning all your music CDs over one bad album.