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, started by EdmundMeinerts on Oct 14th 2011 at 11:32:45 PM
Anyone else here attend Latin mass or know Latin and have issues when the spooky scene is accompanied by prayers you know the words to? It's hard to be creeped out while listening to a nice schola chanting things like, "Praise to God our Father."
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Depending on what they're saying, I'd say this can actually enhance the creepiness. There's something very unsettling about singing the praises of the creator of the universe when the planet's burning away like a lit match, for instance.
What's precedent ever done for us?
Wouldn't it then become Soundtrack Dissonance rather than this trope? Or worse, this trope because it's Soundtrack Dissonance?
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Does this trope still apply if the choir is just going "ah" instead of saying words?
"Pardon me, you dropped your handkerchief!"
Is there a trope for awesome/uplifting Latin Chanting - like the kind that would play to The Big Damn Kiss or Heel–Face Turn?
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Anyone know where I can find a track of Ominous Latin Chanting that's really just Lorem Ipsum? Probably doesn't exist, but I'm hoping it does.
If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is
Ace Combat has a collection of these. You think the boss Lost Prototype (trope) / Ace Custom (trope) is dead from your last missiles and guns, then... cue the Ominous Latin Chanting. And you thought your Awesome Plane (trope) could have used some duct tape, before the chanting...