Explain the popularity of the discordant music in 60's/70's movies, to me.

by WillyPete

I've always wondered why this era featured such "strange" music.
Was it a movement within music, or a movement within the cinema industry that drove it?

randommusician

Can you elaborate some on what you mean by "discordant" and "strange" please? For example the famous theme from Psyco's shower scene is certainly both, but that was there to accentuate the cinema and create drama. Do you mean things like this or do you mean things like the soundtrack to Easy Rider, which was supposed to emphasize some counterculture ideas and as such included some music that might be considered strange to some listeners. (Strange and Discordant are both adjectives when it comes to music and can mean different things to different people)

Sorry, I'm not at home at the moment but once I get home and have print sources I'd like to know the best way to answer your question