Häxan (Spec Cue)

Short cue for a scene in a 1922 silent film about witchcraft, where a dry documentary tone slides into grotesque, darkly funny horror. Goal: uneasy, whimsical dread. Solution: C minor composite scale, a minor-major seventh tonic and borrowed bVImaj7 for unsettling sweetness, plus diminished chords and a V7 cadence for sudden jolts. Scored for viola, violin, piano and bass guitar in rounded binary form.