What musical tropes make science fiction music recognizable?
Anyone who has watched a science fiction movie knows the importance of sound for creating a believable environment. The power of sci-fi is to take you to another world, and so its music should reflect that. If done right, a mix of typically larger-than-life movie soundtracks is combined with unique texture and tones of exploratory sound design to create an audibly stunning experience. The tropics are quite broad in terms, but sticking to the terms associated with the style, we can remember theremin, synthesizer, Sliding Synth sound, echo. Sounds found in an atmospheric soundtrack can use instruments that are soothing, emotional, minimalist, epic and unobtrusive.