The main strings from "Adagio for Strings" I heard in some movie from the 80s...I think it was Platoon. So yeah even William Orbit ripped it off. Still like the dance versions though.

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Originally posted by Nobbie Q The main strings from "Adagio for Strings" I heard in some movie from the 80s...I think it was Platoon. So yeah even William Orbit ripped it off. Still like the dance versions though.

Yup. It was definitely Platoon.

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Originally posted by slingshot McGill is kinda a hot spot for this type or research huh? Daniel Levitin is a faculty member there. For those interested in the scientific aspect of music and how it's perceived/processed in our brain I would highly recommend reading some of his stuff. He's quite brilliant and his books are very enjoyable to read. http://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/academic.html http://www.yourbrainonmusic.com/

Great post. Levitin is awesome. Read YBOM last year and it has terrific insight into one of most interesting areas in science, with a link to brain plasticity. Also 80% of people at Guv et al (conservative estimate) are already getting a generous dompamine reward. Add on the music connection and it's no surprise there's a link between going to see "chilling" music live and maxing out your dopamine receptors.

Oliver Sacks is also someone to check out. Norman Doidge as well.

Aside from it being undeniably a great opportunity for shots at Tiesto, the research findings are pretty interesting (suggestive of an evolutionary response to music - I suspect based on its positive effect on bolstering human interaction through communal activities, pre-historic raves).

IMO some of the ISOSs (3,4,5) for me were highly dopamine-inducing, without any exogenous help. Of course that's when I was still in my honeymoon phase with EDM. It's the novelty thing. If you think back to the first time you started "getting" this kind of music (i.e. considerably different from pop), the novelty factor was pretty huge, hearing sounds and compositions you never had. Maybe it's just an inundation of the industry or just a lack of creativity, but it's a hell of a lot harder to find tracks that give me chills these days, so I'll thank Tiesto/Ferry/Armin (shivers days) and those featured on their compilations (who are obviously big names now or who disappeared) who did give me chills.

If they did an additional study combining a scene from a movie where the music/sore accentuates the emotional response, you could draw conclusions (which already exist) about the nature of certain isolated sounds and combined sounds that elicit certain responses. Off hand, any scene in The Dark Knight. Then again, Mixed In Key already has its own take on that

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess lol. you should listen to Adagio for Strings by Tiesto. I dare you not to get chills. It's quite nice. I mean, I can't handle trance for too long but the music composition is quite awesome. (not necessarily the sole work of Tiesto, obviously).

ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKING KIDDING ME?

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I just want to add something to this thread.

When I listen to some of the tracks you guys refer to as dopamine inducing I get headaches.

Here is the thing, dopamine gets released when the brain likes whats happening. It has nothing to do with music inherently.

The way the brain decodes music (expectations, harmonies, rhythm, even spl levels etc etc) is the interesting process some of you are actually talking about. It is here when the brain decides if it likes the drop in adagio for strings or if in fact it dislikes it because it already associated what its hearing with the original that It in fact really enjoyed. Maybe this person just likes classical or whatever.

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Originally posted by slingshot http://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/academic.html http://www.yourbrainonmusic.com/

Also, this is such a great book, so enjoyable to read and full of USEFUL information. I like the way it is split up, my favorite stuff was when he was talking about tamber.

I'm going to look for this site I found that contained all sorts of excellent papers pertaining to music-psychology and neurology. Cant find it right now

But here is a cool video that shows how much our brains have adapted the Pentatonic scale and the western scale system in general. Also keep in mind people who grow up in other cultures have significantly differentiated expectation/reward systems, wish I could find this one paper strictly about that topic, so interesting.

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Originally posted by UXC But here is a cool video that shows how much our brains have adapted the Pentatonic scale and the western scale system in general. Also keep in mind people who grow up in other cultures have significantly differentiated expectation/reward systems, wish I could find this one paper strictly about that topic, so interesting.

i saw mcferrin live about a year and a half ago, the guy is a vocal genius

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