You're listening to 20,000 hz.
What you're hearing is a clip from Terminator two.
Back in the early nineties, it won the Oscar for best sound.
In the scene, Sarah Connor is escaping from a hospital.
Then she runs into the Terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and she is terrified.
But I want you to focus on the soundtrack.
On her screams.
You can hear some added reverb.
Theres also some Foley as Sarah scuffles with the hospital staff.
Theres some dialogue and theres some punchy sound effects once Arnie starts throwing people through windows.
By todays standards, this sound mix is actually pretty tame.
Nothing feels overpowering and the music is kept fairly low.
I dont find myself thinking about the sound at all.
Im just completely lost in the story.
Come with me if you want to live.
But lately it seems like any time I watch a movie or a tv show at home, I have to constantly ride the volume on my remote control and its really annoying.
A sound effect like an explosion will be way too loud.
So I turn it down.
Then someone says something and I cant understand it.
So I turn it back up.