Psycho Strings: Difference between revisions

* The soundtrack for ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''.

* In [[Mel Brooks]] Hitchcock spoof ''[[High Anxiety]]'', the ''Psycho'' shower scene parody uses the shrill cries of an angry bellhop in place of the strings: "''Here! Here's your paper! Here's your lousy, stinking paper! Happy now?''"

* Used in ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]''.

* The Joker's signature theme in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', "Why So Serious?" is built up of this. The best example is probably in the interrogation scene, where upon Joker's revelation that {{spoiler|both Dent and Rachel have been kidnapped}}, the music begins, and comes to a climax where the Joker laughs manically at Batman's attempts to force details out of him.

* This is more along the lines of Psycho Synths, but in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator 2]]'', that note [[Leitmotif|they play whenever the T-1000]] is [[Implacable Man|bearing down relentlessly]] on someone and it gets faster and more intense the closer he gets.