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Music for the torture chamber?

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dommmu said:
Not too far from reality. Didn't the Americans play the "Sesame Street" song to the Guantanamo prisoners?
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Mikerytel said:
I'm not sure about the sesame street thing. I'd have to check
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yeah, i read about this, children's music on loop at max volume is sometimes used for torture and also to harass homeless people, i found it curious: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-fee...-childrens-music-is-used-in-torture/q1hvy90g9

A top shrink quoted in the article explains it:

“In the case of children's music, it's a way [of] inflicting further humiliation, (...) It's a way of trivializing, or minimizing what would obviously be a really distressing, frightening situation to be a prisoner and detained in that way. If you're perhaps blindfolded or if you are in solitary confinement, and you’re not aware of your surroundings, you're going to be very, very fearful. And then to have this kind of lighthearted music playing that's causing some dissonance, that's contradicting your experience and probably making all of your fear systems alarm even further.”
 
scrofetta said:
yeah, i read about this, children's music on loop at max volume is sometimes used for torture and also to harass homeless people, i found it curious: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-fee...-childrens-music-is-used-in-torture/q1hvy90g9

A top shrink quoted in the article explains it:

“In the case of children's music, it's a way [of] inflicting further humiliation, (...) It's a way of trivializing, or minimizing what would obviously be a really distressing, frightening situation to be a prisoner and detained in that way. If you're perhaps blindfolded or if you are in solitary confinement, and you’re not aware of your surroundings, you're going to be very, very fearful. And then to have this kind of lighthearted music playing that's causing some dissonance, that's contradicting your experience and probably making all of your fear systems alarm even further.”
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no, it`s easy

 
Generally, she and I prefer no music in the dungeon. We both have some neurodivergent tics that make us sing along, at least in our heads, which thus blocks us from reaching Dom/sub space. ;-)

That being said, perhaps I'm showing my age here, but why has no one mentioned:

Master & Servant by Depeche Mode. And several songs from their album Violator, especially Halo.

And of course Control by Puddle of Mudd.
 
Bandy said:
Men chanting a Latin mass very Catholic Church like
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Also, if your are careful are looking for something like that, but with a modern beat and instrumentation, you should check out Industrial Monk and in particular their album Magnificat.
 
Online_Ratt said:
I looked for an existing thread about this, and while I did find threads on general music, I didn't find any specifically about this.

In the movie "Death and the Maiden", an important plot point is that a torturer plays a piece of music by Schubert each time he tortures and rapes the victim. It made me wonder: what’s your position on music in the torture chamber?

[Note - I'm using the "she" pronoun for the victim as that's my preference and what was used in the movie, but read whatever pronoun you prefer.]
  • I prefer nothing so I can better hear my victim's delightful sounds
    • ie "I'll be too occupied by what I'm doing to even notice music, and my victim will be so occupied that she won't care about it either!"
  • A little something in the background while she waits for me to begin shows this is a fun pastime for me and heighten her fear and dismay, but I'll turn it off when the action begins
    • ie. "I want to be in the right headspace before I begin, and I want her to be disoriented and stressed. Some introductory music will help achieve that."
  • It adds atmosphere so I'm happy to keep the beats going all the way through
    • ie. "I like the juxtaposition of something beautiful in what, for the victim, is a horrific context, and the lifelong association she'll have of that music with her pain."
  • It depends on the situation adn who's there
    • ie. "If there's a group of torturers taking part, music enhances the party atmosphere and gets the blood pumping faster."
  • Something else?
If you do want music in the torture chamber, what would you play?

Some classical possibilities to start us off...
  • Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor
  • Summer, autumn, winter of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
  • Gregorian chants
  • Pier Gynt Suite 1 by Grieg
  • Lux Aeterna from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack by Clint Mansell
  • Elysium from the Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
And some modern ones...
  • Heaven by I Monster
  • Lost Girl Theme Song
  • Roman Agency Rock by Spencer Creaghan
  • I Know What Boys Like by The Waitresses
  • Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
  • Alice: Madness Returns by Marshall Crutcher
  • Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf

I'm sure some of these will make you laugh... what do you think would set the right mood?
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That would only distract me of the wonderful sounds the victim produces: her loud screams
 
Off the wall here and not as "cultured" as some others with this one but a few songs from LOZ Ocarina Of Time would fit quite well I think. In particular the Shadow Temple theme. Heck it is a level in the game that has an overarching theme of death and morose and their are torture devices found throughout. :)
 
Althanie J said:
Off the wall here and not as "cultured" as some others with this one but a few songs from LOZ Ocarina Of Time would fit quite well I think. In particular the Shadow Temple theme. Heck it is a level in the game that has an overarching theme of death and morose and their are torture devices found throughout. :)
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The oot shadow temple is unforgettable
 
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