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What is the name of this sound effect?

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Zensteve said:
Dude... it took you two years of searching and you still had to accidentally stumble across it to find the sound you were looking for? :hmm:
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I was searching on google "suspense build up sound effect" and "action movie trailer high pitch sound effect" :P. Well anyways, thanks to the 2 posts above for the answer :)
EDIT: Actually, suspense chord wasn't really what I was thinking off, I'm thinking of a more longer sound effect like the one in the beginning of that video. Here is another example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5U8suTUw0 Listen carefully at 1:30 - 1:35. I want to know that sound effect name :)
 
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If you watch the BTS for some of The Dark Knight (a fave of yours apparently), Hans Zimmer & Nolan talk about using that rising tension as part of the Joker's sound design. Good stuff.
 
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Not sure how it's referred to in the sound effects world, but that's a tone cluster, compositionally speaking. Maybe if you look up "orchestral tone cluster" you might find what you're looking for. Essentially, you have a bunch of instruments playing close intervals (rather than a chord), so it sounds dissonant and ambiguous.

Of course, I'm guessing we're talking about the same thing, since the second video you posted was the same as the first!
 
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JoshL said:
Not sure how it's referred to in the sound effects world, but that's a tone cluster, compositionally speaking. Maybe if you look up "orchestral tone cluster" you might find what you're looking for. Essentially, you have a bunch of instruments playing close intervals (rather than a chord), so it sounds dissonant and ambiguous.

Of course, I'm guessing we're talking about the same thing, since the second video you posted was the same as the first!
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Changed the link to the video I intended xD
 
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Okay, lets start with some clarification on terminology.

Although it opens up what is essentially an ad for Sound Effects, it is not itself a sound effect. It is a musical build of the string suspension variety. So when you were looking for it among "Sound Effects" it wasn't there because it's a musical element.
 
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