"Musically, Post brings a ton of choices that establish the mood and get us in justice-seeking mode. Let's start with the opening "dun dun," created by, essentially, two bass notes and bass drum hits. Though played via sampler, the hits sound like they've come from a timpani, which is a very large set of drums that are used to emphasize moments of drama in an orchestral setting (think the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, where timpani hits crescendo in a dun-dun-dun-dun fashion)."
"But the notes themselves tell a story, too. Together, they create a minor second, which is a short step away from a tritone. A tritone, usually found in alerting sounds like car horns, elicit tension and unease in the listener, at least in the Western musical canon. Post picking these specific notes is intentional, because they suggest that what the viewer is about to see comes from something unresolved and unsettling. They trigger an immediate emotional response: something is wrong, justice is needed."
The theme's opening "dun dun" is produced by two low bass notes paired with bass drum hits delivered via sampler, producing a timpani-like impact that conveys gravity and high stakes. Those two notes form a minor second, which sits near a tritone and evokes tension and unease within Western musical perception. The intervalal choice signals unresolved conflict and primes listeners for justice-seeking narrative action. The timbre blends orchestral percussion and sampled metallic elements to create a dramatic, attention-grabbing motif. The precise physical source of the percussion remains ambiguous and is described with metallic, anvil- or brake-drum-like imagery.
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