> > Does anyone know of any book or internet resource that doesn't
just give
> > "free music" but which suggests certain music (free or otherwise)
to convey
> > emotions like "sadness" or "tension" or even "joy", etc?
> > I'm sure such a thing exists and I just have to find it.
One thing to keep in mind is that the way music works depends a lot on the images on top of it. Somthing that's sad in one situation could be funny in another. So any reference work that suggests some type of absolute feeling delivered by a peice of music is likely to be of limited value.
This idea of the context-dependent way we respond to music (and other elements) is one of the things that really interests me, and I've been playing with it on my vlog.
For example, in this post of mine, I took what could have been a fairly saccharine set of images of me and my kids, and contrasted them with some fairly gruff music. I think the contrast is what makes it work. (At least, I think it works.) But it's not like everything contrasts: the music set the tempo for the piece.
http://more3.blogspot.com/2005/11/tag-at-guggenheim.html
One of the things that makes music pleasurable is the way it plays with your expectations--often by using contrast and contradiction. I talk about that here:
http://more3.blogspot.com/2005/11/annotation-roll-um-easy.html
On the other hand, in this one there's no contrast, because I wanted to treat the subject without irony:
http://more3.blogspot.com/2005/11/for-vicky.html
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