Carousel of Curses (Soundtrack)

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"Carousel of Curses" is one of the song titles featured on the official Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack. Released alongside the Scream Fortress 2014 update, it served as the song that is played during a curse from Merasmus in the map Carnival of Carnage. It is also played when the underworld opens in the map Laughter, and during the tutorial video for the Zombie Infection game mode.

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Analysis

Like Misfortune Teller, this brief song is overall a pastiche to various themes and motifs associated with circuses and carousels/merry-go-round (though more explicitly with the latter), with a hypnotic and brooding constant melody. Fitting the Halloween connotations with Merasmus and the Carnival of Carnage, the melody is in a minor off-key that evokes a somewhat ominous feeling consistent with stereotypical "haunted circus" settings. This homage to the horror genre is similar to the track Dreams of Cruelty and the aforementioned Misfortune Teller in intent.

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