The Shepard tone: What it is and how it works - Blog | Splice

CinemaHow™ on Instagram: "Hans Zimmer weaponized sound for Dunkirk. The Mole sequence uses a Shepard tone, an auditory illusion that creates the feeling of endlessly rising tension without ever resolving. It’s a sound that climbs forever, tricking your brain into thinking the intensity keeps building even when it doesn’t. Zimmer layered these tones throughout the score, synchronizing them with Christopher Nolan’s ticking stopwatch motif to create unbearable anxiety. You feel trapped in the same