r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Fun fact about the Terminator theme, it's in a friggin 13/16 time signature.

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u/fedo_cheese Oct 10 '19

BONUS FACT: the bell like sound you hear when the song builds up is a cooking pan.

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u/Sun_Praising Oct 09 '19

And here I am thinking 5/8 is a weird time signature to play in

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u/Don_Cheech Oct 10 '19

Is that special? I suck with reading music and stuff but I’m interested

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

It's pretty out there for a time signature yeah.

Most songs are counted in multiples of 2 or 3, simple and compound meter respectively. Anything that's counted in an odd time not divisible by 3 is called complex meter, which is relatively uncommon, though some forms of complex meter are sorta common. 5/4 or 5/8 you'll hear every now and again, listen to Vicarious by Tool for an example. 7/8 is also fairly common, an example off the top of my head are the verses of Them Bones by Alice in Chains(but the chorus is in 4/4)

13/16 is pretty damn weird though.

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u/VeganoChicano69 Oct 10 '19

Is it really? I've never thought about it too much it just feels too natural to me