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braaam

braaam noun: a low, loud sound, originally produced by brass instruments and a prepared piano but sometimes made synthetically, included in film and trailer scores to increase audience stress.

Noun (1)

braaam (plural braaams)

  1. A low, loud sound, originally produced by brass instruments and a prepared piano but sometimes made synthetically, included in film and trailer scores to increase audience stress.
    • Most agree that Hollywood's obsession with braaams began with a series of trailers for Christopher Nolan's 2010 film, Inception. But just who invented them is "a very, very, very touchy subject," according to Bobby Gumm, head of music for Trailer Park, the company behind such braaam-filled trailers...2015, Seth Abramovitch, “'Braaams' for Beginners: How a Horn Sound Ate Hollywood”, in Hollywood Reporter
    • From Zimmer’s Batman scores, via the many knockoffs for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, to Marco Beltrami’s score for World War Z, the main ingredients — churning strings hectically repeating the same four- or five-note motif, with a BRAAAM dropping every so often — are both pulse-quickening and...2016, Adrian Daub, “'BRAAAM!': The Sound that Invaded the Hollywood”, in Longreads

Noun (2) capitalized: BRAAAM

BRAAAM (plural BRAAAMs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of braaam (onomatopoeia for a low loud brass sound).
    • From Zimmer’s Batman scores, via the many knockoffs for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, to Marco Beltrami’s score for World War Z, the main ingredients — churning strings hectically repeating the same four- or five-note motif, with a BRAAAM dropping every so often — are both pulse-quickening and...2016, Adrian Daub, “'BRAAAM!': The Sound that Invaded the Hollywood”, in Longreads

Forms of braaam

pluralbraaams
alternative formBRAAAM
pluralBRAAAMs

Origin of braaam

Onomatopoeic.

Questions about braaam

What does braaam mean?
Braaam means a low, loud sound, originally produced by brass instruments and a prepared piano but sometimes made synthetically, included in film and trailer scores to increase audience stress.
What part of speech is braaam?
Braaam is a noun.
What is the plural of braaam?
The plural of braaam is braaams.

Words near braaam in the dictionary

  1. bra-burner
  2. bra-burning
  3. bra-ket
  4. bra-kets
  5. BRAA
  6. braaam
  7. braaams
  8. braai
  9. braaied
  10. braaiing
  11. braaing

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