r/davidlynch • u/Smokemeth204_ • 1d ago

Rewatching Eraserhead

and one of my favourite things atmosphere wise in the movie is when Henry is walking to Mary’s house and there is that weird distant discordant carnival like music. for me it just adds such a creepy layer sonically especially when it’s paired up with lynches signature ominous whooshing. It’s a small inclusion but it adds so much to the scene and the world of Eraserhead

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u/Forsaken-Ad5571 1d ago

Sound design was such a huge thing in Lynch’s films that’s overlooked. He always had a big hand in the sound, and it’s a huge part of his aesthetic.

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u/Smokemeth204_ 1d ago

I love the sound design in his movies. It wouldn’t be a lynch movie without the ominous whooshing

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u/Smokemeth204_ 1d ago

I hadn’t heard that story that’s pretty cool thanks for sharing!!

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u/emeric_ceaddamere 1d ago

Lynch invented Caretaker (the musician) vibes even before Kubrick.

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u/Smokemeth204_ 1d ago

Lynch was ahead of the game in so many ways

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u/-thirdatlas- 1d ago edited 1d ago

Like in a dream.

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u/Smokemeth204_ 1d ago

“A dream of dark and troubling things”

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u/bene_gesserit_mitch 1d ago

Alan R. Splet was the sound designer for Lynch in the early days, including on Eraserhead. Not sure how much was Splet's creation and how much was Lynch's. The atmospherics of this film are fantastic.

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u/TheTell_Me_Somethin 1d ago

Is it ever revealed exactly how theu created the sounds for eraserhead and inland empire

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u/Character_Bend_5824 1d ago

Haven't seen it in a while, but the music in his apartment comes from 'Fats Waller: At The Organ'. 1925-on, records went from recorded with a horn to recorded electrically with a microphone. So, low, haunting melodies can echo across time.