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[ominous whooshing]

[ominous music]

[echoing rumbling]

[bubbling]

[Gustafson on the phone] I know it torments you, Katherine.

But imagine what a relief it would be to unleash it,

to give it to an audience, instead of holding it all inside.

[Katherine] You don't understand. It's evil!

No one can ever hear it.

Don't be so dramatic.

-Why don't you come in and-- -[Katherine] No!

You don't know what you're asking.

Think of your legacy, of the symphony.

Everything is riding on this.

I won't do it.

[scratching and thudding]

[grunts]

[music continues]

[shakily breathing]

[echoing whispering]

[thunder rumbling]

[gate creaking]

[panting]

[soft splashing]

[music increases]

[shakily breathes and gasps]

[fire whooshing and crackling]

[thud]

No. No.

No!

[thudding]

No!

[echoing snarling]

[grunts]

[gasps]

[thunder rumbling]

[shakily breathing]

[music continues]

[shakily breathing]

[dramatic music]

[screaming]

[fire crackling]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain splattering]

[ominous music]

[thunder rumbling]

[fire softly crackling]

[thunder rumbling]

[orchestra tuning instruments]

[indistinct chatter]

["Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy]

[soft click]

[muffled music playing]

[music playing in normal volume]

[muffled music playing]

[music playing in normal volume]

[soft clacking]

Mediocre.

An orchestra is a unit

and it needs to play like one.

Miss Walker, I asked you to play rubato,

but you seem to have lost yourself

daydreaming with the form.

I trust that next time, you'll play

the same piece of music as the rest of the orchestra.

[softly] Yes.

I can't hear you.

[louder] Yes.

It's been a dark week.

The loss of our dear friend Katherine

has upset our plans for our anniversary fundraiser.

We will no longer be able to rehearse her concerto tomorrow.

An alternative is in the works.

[footsteps receding]

[indistinct chattering]

[Melanie] I thought he was gonna keep us here forever.

When you go on your flights of fancy,

it makes the rest of us sound unfocused.

Can't keep up, Franklin?

Debussy actually sounds a lot nicer if you play the notes he wrote.

Mm. Yeah, well, Debussy actually encouraged improvisation, but fine.

Don't listen to him.

-[Melanie] What did you think? -I loved it.

[Colin] I think it sounds scary.

I guarantee he's making his case to replace Katherine.

You have got to kiss ass like he does.

-Better. You're better! He's just louder. -I know, okay.

I know you know. Does Gustafson know?

If you don't throw yourself out there, it's never gonna happen.

We'll be backstage.

Good luck.

Come on, get lost.

-Oh, and Mom. -Mm-hmm?

[chuckles] Zoe!

Mr. Gustafson, have you decided on what we're gonna play yet?

If it were up to me, nothing. It is not easily replaced.

Besides, the score is missing,

and Katherine's family are being difficult.

But the show, as they say, must go on.

I don't know if you've had a chance to look at my flute concerto, I--

I submitted it for one of the new composer spots next season.

If I were you, I'd be more concerned with holding onto my seat on the floor

-than chasing a pipe dream. -This isn't a pipe dream, Mr. Gustafson.

Please.

Miss Walker, Melanie.

[sighs] Let me be honest.

Your music, it is good,

but soft.

I'm looking for something robust,

muscular, like Franklin's.

Okay, well, I can make adjustments.

Just give me your notes and I'll go back to the drawing board.

You are young, Miss Walker.

I have no doubt you will have your time in the spotlight

when you are ready.

[footsteps receding]

[light ominous music]

[echoing growling]

Zoe?

[Zoe echoing] Colin...

Zoe?

[wind blowing]

-Boo! -[gasps]

Gotcha.

[Colin] I hate it when you do that.

[Zoe] Scared you'll see the ghosts in there?

What ghost?

[Zoe] There was a fire here a long time ago.

And a lot of people died.

Mostly kids.

I don't believe you.

It's true. My mom told me.

They had to build this whole place up again.

Fifty years ago.

But the ghosts never left.

Kids!

Don't play with these things.

They're death traps.

Let's go, come on.

-[engine rumbling] -[indistinct chatter]

[Melanie] Yeah, no, I, I know what lapse is.

That's why I need to reenroll.

Just, uh, um, the same plan, same rate.

[man on the phone] Our files show a dependent with a preexisting condition.

No, we were on that plan last year when she got sick. That's... [sighs]

...I just, um, I just need you to reinstate it. I just--

I'm sorry, ma'am. I can email you a list of plans you'd be eligible for.

Great.

Yeah, that would be amazing. Thank you.

[jazz music playing]

[coins clinking]

[rain splattering]

[Zoe practicing the recorder]

Oh, Stacey doll, clap.

[chuckles]

So rude!

[gentle music]

-[blows raspberries] -[Zoe chuckles]

I didn't do it right.

They don't work as well as before.

I will make you an appointment at a doctor's soon. I promise.

[softly chuckles]

Do you think I'll ever be as good as you?

If you keep practicing, you'll be even better.

It took me weeks to get the Faun right.

But if you practice enough,

what you hear isn't so important.

You'll know when you get it right.

You'll feel it. Yeah?

I'm gonna show you, okay?

-[Melanie mimics airplane] -[Zoe chuckles]

-Are you ready for this? -[whispers] Yeah.

[high-pitch ringing]

-Isn't that cool? -[Zoe] Yeah.

-Okay. Now you try. -Wow. It's--

But, um, take the aids off first.

[muffled scratching]

[Melanie muted]

[muffled ringing]

[muffled] Mm-hmm.

-[muffled ringing] -[laughter]

[horns honking]

[bells tolling]

[knocking]

-Now is not a good time. -[door opens]

Mr. Gustafson, um,

I made some adjustments to my score.

You're too late. We've decided to use Franklin's piece.

Will you at least look at it? Um, I worked really hard on it.

Look, I'm as disappointed as you are, all right?

Replacing Katherine was not an easy decision.

Is there something else?

What if I find Katherine's score?

Look, uh...

...I was born in Brighton, just like she was.

I followed every step of her career.

I even studied under her at the Royal Academy in London.

She was my friend, my mentor.

I know her family. Let me at least talk to them.

This should be her night.

We should be honoring her memory

by playing the last thing that she wrote.

And then, if I can't find it, it doesn't matter.

You already have your backup in place.

Franklin will be devastated.

[light suspenseful music]

He'll get his chance in the spotlight later.

But you're wrong about one thing.

It's not a new score.

Not really.

What do you know about Katherine's first concerto?

Um,

it was written while she was studying abroad in Hanover,

inspired by European folklore and myth, performed only once.

Until now.

You're gonna perform the Concerto for Children?

Oh, we were. For the first time since it premiered.

But what about the fire?

Sorry, I-- I thought she destroyed every copy.

She kept one for herself.

The hardest thing an artist can do is destroy their own creation.

But this music is controversial.

Dangerous. There are many people

who've waited a long time to hear it.

Was Katherine on board with this?

Uh, she was considering it.

The survival of Virgil Hall depends on this fundraiser.

And so does your career.

You have a daughter to support, yes?

With Katherine gone, you're in need of new friends at this symphony.

I could be such a friend.

Find the concerto and bring it to me.

And you'll be surprised at what doors open for you.

[music continues]

[engine rumbling]

[birds chirping]

[music increases]

[light ominous music]

Can I help you?

[softly chuckles]

Hi, um,

I'm, I'm Melanie Walker.

I was Katherine's friend.

You must be her sister, Alice.

I'm, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I don't recall her mentioning you.

W-- no, she was, she was my advisor at university.

Um, it's been a while.

I'm with the symphony now and I was just wondering if I could have a lo--

You're looking for the concerto, aren't you?

Your boss called a few times.

She's barely been in the grave a week and here you are,

trying to make money off her death.

Vultures.

No, I... [sighs]

...I really didn't mean to offend you--

I'm really just thinking about Katherine's legacy.

[bird cawing]

Like I told Mr. Gustafson,

she didn't want it performed.

If you really cared about her legacy,

-you'd respect her wishes-- -Well, how do you know

she didn't want it performed?

Because that concerto

was what she was trying to burn when she set herself on fire.

Trying to burn it?

That music will never see the light of day.

There is nothing for you here.

Please leave.

-[high-pitched squeak] -[bang]

[eerie music]

[engine rumbling]

[car door shuts]

[suspenseful music]

[rattling]

[birds chirping]

[blows]

[clattering]

[birds distantly cawing]

[eerie music]

[thuds and clanks]

[soft creaking]

[music increases]

[gasps]

[rattling]

[sighs]

[thud]

[deeply exhales]

[music continues]

[sighs]

[indistinct muttering]

[mouthing]

[soft rattling]

[clack]

-[clack] -[soft whirring]

[Katherine on record] Concerto for Children.

First movement.

Allegro.

[eerie music playing]

[music increases]

[whooshing]

[whooshing]

[bubbling]

[clicks]

[eerie music]

[thunder rumbling]

[deeply exhales]

-[thud] -[glass shatters]

[crow cawing]

[music increases]

[deeply exhales]

[thudding]

[Melanie panting]

[wind blowing]

[wind chimes rattling]

[rain splattering]

[thunder rumbling]

[panting and grunting]

[car door closes]

[panting]

[whispers] Where are my keys?

[keys clinking]

[eerie flutes playing]

[playing continues]

[wind howling]

Alice?

[indistinct whispering]

[dramatic music]

[panting]

[eerie flutes playing]

[wind howling]

[panting]

[dramatic music]

[panting]

[keys clinking]

[engine sputtering]

[groans]

[engine sputtering]

Fuck!

Fucking work!

No!

[panting]

[yells]

[engine starts]

[dramatic music]

Did you send anyone else to Katherine's house to look for this?

-Franklin, maybe? -No.

Where is the rest of the third movement?

This is all that was left.

And the tapes, what was on them?

A piano recital, but only of the first two movements.

Damn! It's useless. W-- we can't perform something that doesn't have an ending!

I know it looks bad, but--

Well, I was up all night studying the score.

I think I can finish the third movement.

Absurd. There's barely a week to the fundraiser.

-I need something to rehearse now! -Well, I work fast.

Start by rehearsing the sections that are intact.

The building blocks of the third movement are already there.

The instrumentation, the leitmotifs, I can hear it in my head.

Nobody knows Katherine's work better than I do.

I know how she balanced harmonies and how to rearrange them.

I can mimic it. This will be a tribute to Katherine.

Oh, come on, you know as well as I

you can use that as leverage.

You help me, I'll help you. Yes?

-Yes. -Well, the finale is the most important section.

If the first movement asks existential questions,

then the third provides the answers.

Well, I can do it.

Then do it.

[ticking]

[suspenseful music]

[gentle piano music playing]

-[clack] -[whirring]

[eerie music playing]

[music increases]

[whooshing]

[bubbling]

[ticking continues]

[suspenseful music]

[light whirring]

[eerie scratching]

[scratching increases]

[man] Music is a language, too.

Uh, abstract, perhaps, but emotionally resonant.

I mean, reading is a learned behavior.

But we don't have to learn to listen to music.

We, we surrender ourselves to it.

And because we surrender ourselves,

we must acknowledge that it can have powerful effects on us.

It can bring out our emotions.

It can make us elated.

It can make us sad.

It can be assaultive.

And it can even... scare us.

-[keyboard clacks] -["Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by J.S. Bach]

[laughter]

[Melanie] I mean, it's weird, isn't it?

Philip!

Philip, hey.

It's beautiful.

You know, the rhythm, it, it hooks you.

It's so different from Katherine's other works.

Artists evolve.

-Perhaps she wanted to distance herself from this. -Mm.

Hey, can I show you something?

Here, it's Latin.

"Bring discord to harmony, bring chaos to cosmos."

Why do you think she wrote that on the title page?

Harmony and discord, cosmos and chaos,

they're cosmic opposites.

I mean, music is literally a disruption of the air.

[whistling]

A disruption that can contain both harmony and--

-[whispering] Discord. -Yes.

But are you familiar with the deeper implications?

Now, here. Look at this.

-A harmonograph. -Mm-hmm.

Now,

harmony requires two or more elements working...

...together.

[sighs]

Now,

if we apply some discord...

...it ruins the pattern.

Same thing applies to music.

Now, in the Middle Ages, they believed that

discord affected the soul, it,

it threw it off its harmonious course onto, a,

an irrational path.

You're saying music can lead a soul astray?

[chuckles] No, I mean, that's what they thought back then.

You know, certain types of music were like incantations

that would send people into fits and trances.

They would hallucinate, go insane.

Called it demonic music.

Well, you have really made me feel so much better

-about that. Um-- -[chuckles]

Hey, there's, um, there's a voice at the end of the tape,

but I can't make out what it's saying.

Do you think you could clean it up for me?

Um, I could give it my best try.

[suspenseful music playing]

[gentle music playing]

-[thud] -Kids, can you close the door?

[thud]

-[music continues] -[thud]

I don't wanna listen to you play anyway.

I need to practice more.

My mom practices every day.

My mom says the ear is the most important part of playing an instrument.

Come with me.

[suspenseful music playing]

[crickets chirping]

Wait here.

[ominous music]

-[clank] -[whirring]

[music increases]

What are you doing?

You're not supposed to play with that.

It's an antique.

This, this music's weird.

-[thud] -[door creaking]

I'm serious.

Listening to it made me see stuff.

What sort of stuff?

A lake.

Why do we always have to play down here?

What? Still scared of the dark?

No.

Good. You're it.

Count to 20.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven...

[whispers] eight, nine, ten, 11, 12,

13, 14, 15, 16,

17, 18, 19, 20!

-[bang] -[gasps]

[whirring]

[light ominous music]

[water splattering]

[gasps]

[eerie whistling]

Zoe?

You in here?

[music increases]

Zoe?

[whistling continues]

[shakily breathing]

-[soft rattling] -[electric crackling]

[dramatic music]

[gasping]

[screams]

[thunder rumbling]

[Melanie] What happened?

The lights went out.

[shakily breathing]

Colin?

Yeah.

It went dark.

[Melanie] I'm sorry.

[muffled] I have told her not to scare him like that,

haven't I, missy?

[muffled] I didn't do anything.

[suspenseful music]

[door closes]

[Colin humming]

[Nancy] You were supposed to be asleep an hour ago.

I can't get this melody out of my head.

Well, try to think of something else.

Count sheep.

All right, good night.

[Colin whistling]

Colin?

Can you at least keep it quiet, baby?

I don't want you to pass your earworm on to me.

Sleep tight.

[whistling continues]

[thunder rumbling]

[music continues]

[wind howling]

[echoing whistling]

[gasps]

[echoing heavily breathing]

[echoing soft growling]

[clicks]

[breathing continues]

[thunder rumbling]

[eerie music]

[dramatic music]

[panting]

[soft squeaking]

[squeaking continues]

[gasps]

[dramatic music]

[gasps]

[indistinct whispering]

[banging on door]

-[banging continues] -[sighs]

-[Nancy shouts] Mel, wake up! -Hey, hey, hey.

-Hi. -Hey. Is Colin here?

Uh, no. Oh, what's wrong?

He's not in his room. How could he just disappear?

-Mel, he doesn't do that, Mel, he's not-- -I know, look, look, look, loo--

We're gonna find him, okay?

-He's gonna be fine. -No, he's scared.

I know, I know. He's gonna be fine.

[Nancy] Oh, God.

[indistinct chatter on radio]

[light somber music]

[sobbing]

[indistinct chatter continues]

-[softly] No. I... [indistinct whispering] -[cross talk]

[softly chuckles] It's okay.

-It's dark. -Mm-hmm.

A little too dark for a children's concerto, don't you think?

I don't care if they weep in fear or piss their pants,

so long as it's ready in time.

How long do you need?

Um,

I can get it to you tomorrow.

You don't sound confident.

Come with me.

Take a good look at this theater.

If inspiration is what you seek,

let me suggest this.

If you do not have the third movement finished

and ready for rehearsal tomorrow,

you will no longer have a seat in this orchestra.

[indistinct chatter]

[Gustafson] Gradual, it, it should be gradual.

I, I want to come in strong, compris, make a statement.

Melanie, what do you think?

-[musicians tuning instruments] -Mm?

Um, it should be andante.

The flute should be andante, it, it should contrast with the third section.

-Andante it is. -How can you expect us to know that

if we don't even have the full concerto yet?

[Gustafson] Calm yourself, Franklin.

Focus on the task at hand.

Enjoy your 15 minutes, Melanie.

[chuckles] Break a leg.

[instruments tuning]

[soft clacking]

I trust you are all familiar with the first two movements by now.

A special thank you to Miss Walker

for making this rehearsal possible.

[soft clacking]

She assures me that we will have the third movement by tomorrow.

Though with only three days until the show,

I have to wonder why you're sitting there and not working.

From the top.

[eerie music playing]

[eerie music]

[echoing indistinct whispering]

[music increases]

[indistinct whispers]

[high-pitched scratching]

[muffled bubbling]

[indistinct whisper]

[whooshing]

[indistinct whisper]

-[whooshing] -[echoing muffled scratching]

[echoing scratching]

[echoing twanging]

[indistinct whispering]

[thunder rumbling]

[wind blowing]

[eerie music playing]

[music increases]

[shouts] Franklin!

-[indistinct chatter] -[grunts]

Franklin?

-Franklin, ar-- are you all right? -I'm fine.

Who's in charge of the temperature?

It's too goddamn hot in here!

[indistinct chatter]

You know what you were saying the other day?

[grunts] Is it possible that enough discord in music can...

...actually have an effect on people?

-[Philip] Uh-- -Like, can it make people feel sick?

No, music can't hurt you.

Okay, that harmony and discord stuff,

it's just philosophical mindfuck, it's not science.

Hey, Phil, can I call you back?

[suspenseful music]

[whooshing]

[eerie echoing music]

[Zoe] That's my book.

I thought you were asleep.

I can't.

I'm worried about Colin.

Come here.

Which one are you reading?

The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Come on.

[deeply inhales] Okay, snuggle up.

"The town of Hamelin was infested with rats.

One dark night, a stranger arrived

and offered a solution to their problem.

He'd get rid of the rats in exchange for payment.

The townspeople agreed,

and so the Piper played a tune on his flute,

which led the rats away.

But the people went back on their word and refused to pay him.

Angered by their betrayal, he told them,

'If you will not pay me, I will take what is precious to you.'

That very night, the sound of a flute

woke up the children of Hamelin.

Following the sinister melody, they left their beds to never be seen--"

You know what? Maybe this isn't the best bedtime story. Yeah.

What happened to the Piper?

Oh, he kept his word.

The town got what they deserved.

[soft thud]

I have a lot of work to finish.

Go to bed.

Okay?

[door closes]

[thunder rumbling]

[somber music]

[sighs and sniffles]

[deeply sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain splattering]

[wind howling]

[clack]

[Katherine] Concerto for Children.

First movement.

Allegro.

[whooshing]

[eerie music playing]

[soft whirring]

[soft squelching]

[high-pitched ringing]

[music stops]

[muffled heartbeat]

[heartbeat continues]

[horn honking distantly]

[grunts]

[eerie music]

[Melanie] I didn't write this.

What the fuck is this?

[keyboard clacking]

[suspenseful music]

[cell phone buzzing]

[buzzing continues]

[children echoing shouting]

[indistinct shouting]

[soft whistling]

[ominous music]

[bird cawing]

[indistinct whispering]

[whispering continues]

[children shouting]

[soft whistling]

[music continues]

[high-pitched ringing]

[muffled echoing]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[muffled thudding]

[dramatic music]

[glass cracking]

-[glass shattering] -[screaming]

[Melanie] What happened?

Why won't you talk to me? Come on.

[Zoe] I listened to it.

[whispers] The tape.

No, I wasn't supposed to.

Colin did it first.

Wait, w-- Zoe, Colin listened to the tape?

He said it made him see something.

A lake.

[somber music]

I didn't hear anything because my hearing aid went bad.

[whispering] But I could feel it.

Like we made the glass vibrate.

-But I felt it in my head. -Okay.

-It's still there. The one I told you. -Okay.

-Why won't it stop? -Okay. Okay, okay, okay. Zoe, Zoe.

You're okay. How about we replace it with something else, okay?

Yeah?

When you were a baby, it always calmed you down when I played for you.

[gentle music]

Okay? Take your hearing aids out.

[softly] Okay.

[gentle music playing]

[thud]

[metronome 1 clacking]

[eerie music]

[sighs]

[metronome 2 clacking]

[echoing whistling]

[distant clatter]

[clacking continues]

[door creaking]

[echoing whispering]

[shakily breathing]

[music increases]

[gasps]

[shakily exhales]

[rat squeaking]

[gasps and shouts]

[slams door]

[panting]

[door creaking]

[door bangs]

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

[gasps]

[door creaking]

[Zoe] Can I come out?

Mom?

[ominous music]

[growling]

[gasping]

[music increases]

Wake up!

[Melanie gasps]

[grunts]

Zoe?

It's making you sick.

[shakily exhales]

[grunts]

She hasn't delivered it, has she?

She's late.

When I was preparing my solo, I dove into the concerto.

I mean, I really dove in. I know it intimately.

Is there a point to this?

She doesn't have what it takes to do the job.

I do.

[door bangs]

[loud creaking]

Nancy. I didn't expect you tonight.

I've been rehearsing.

You don't have to be here. B-- you can be at home.

Please let me call you a car.

No. No, I know where to go.

[Gustafson] Nancy...

...I'm very sorry about your son.

[echoing whispering]

[dramatic music playing]

[engine revving]

[sniffles]

[rain splattering]

[string breaks]

[sighs]

Oh, she graces us with her presence.

I trust you brought the third movement.

Mr. Gustafson, may I have a word?

[yells] Do you have it?

[shakily exhales]

I thought I was quite clear on what would happen if you were late.

-Just please, play something else, please. -Excuse me?

This music isn't what you think it is.

I don't think Katherine even wrote it.

Have you gone crazy? Am I talking

-to a crazy person? -N-- well, you can't play this in her name.

Mark my words, we will play it, all of it, in Katherine's name!

And if you have any regard for her legacy,

you will refrain from uttering a word

of this nonsense to anyone. Do you understand me?

[yelling] Do you understand me?

Just get me the third movement,

and you never have to set foot in this building again!

-I don't have it. -[yelling] Then get it!

You don't need her.

I've told you she'd never finish on time.

And like I was trying to tell you earlier,

I know the Concerto for Children intimately.

I have it. I wrote my own version of the third movement.

Please, you really don't know what you're saying.

-Please, just listen to me. -No hard feelings,

Melanie, but it's for the symphony. For Katherine.

-Just listen to me, please. -Miss Walker, leave

or I'll have security escort you out.

As far as I'm concerned, you are no longer a member of this orchestra!

[somber music]

[footsteps receding]

[dramatic music playing]

-[door opens] -Nancy?

[door slams]

[Melanie] Nancy?

Nancy!

[music increases]

Nancy?

I know where Colin is.

Now he's going to the lake.

You shouldn't be up here, sweetheart.

I have to find him.

Come on.

Let me help you down, okay?

[moaning]

[high-pitched ringing]

[Nancy] What's wrong with me?

[water lapping]

[music continues]

You think that's why he's going there?

No, N-- Nancy, no!

[softly] To drown out the music.

[Melanie] No, Nancy. Nancy, no!

No, N-- Nancy, Nancy, no, please! Please!

No, no-- N-- Nancy!

[screams]

[thuds]

Oh-- [crying and shouting]

[Nancy gasping]

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

-[Nancy moaning] -You're gonna be okay.

-Okay-- -[gasping and moaning]

[ominous music]

[shouting] What the fuck is wrong with you people?

-Help her! -[Nancy moaning]

[echoing whistling]

[music increases]

-[Melanie] Hey, thanks for coming up. -[Philip] Oh.

I just need you to stay with her a couple of hours,

-if that's okay? -Please, no problem.

Jesus, Philip.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I've just...

...not been sleeping very well.

-What is, uh, all this stuff? -Oh.

-Hamlin? Like the-- -Yeah. [chuckling] The fairy tale.

Uh-huh.

When did you start feeling sick?

Who says I'm sick?

I do.

Since the day I played you that tape, right?

You've been hearing it.

All the time.

All around.

[suspenseful music]

Hey, is that why you can't sleep?

-Look, I've just been busy with work. -Bullshit.

And when you do sleep you have strange dreams, right?

What do you dream about, Philip?

A lake?

-How do you know that-- -Yeah, it's because of this.

[whispers] Shit.

There is something very wrong with this music, the, um--

Look, the combination of the notes.

How they vibrate, I--

I don't think Katherine even wrote it.

Not by herself, anyway.

It seems to affect children differently than adults.

Just like in the fairy tale.

Puts them in danger.

Colin.

And Zoe.

-Mel. -Yeah?

That audio you gave me to clean up?

I think you need to hear it.

You know, at first, I thought it was a glitch in the recording,

but it's much weirder than that.

-Just play it. -[soft click]

[indistinct growling]

-[soft click] -[scoffs]

Okay. Well, that's not Katherine.

It's not even a real voice.

Not human, anyway.

Do you know what it's saying?

Well, th-- it's more Latin, I mean,

I haven't figured out what the second part says,

but the first part...

[whispering] "My world is discord."

[softly] Phil, this is gonna sound fucking weird, okay, but...

...I think this thing has been using me to finish the score.

Like, just like it used Katherine.

What happens if you finish it?

I don't know.

Hey, hey, hey, where, where are you going?

To Katherine's.

I think she knew what was wrong with the music.

Maybe she found a way to fix it. Something I overlooked.

Gustafson is set on this performance happening tonight,

and I have to do something about it.

Just clean up the rest of what's on the tape, and, um...

[thunder rumbling]

...Philip?

[light dramatic music]

-Don't listen to that melody again. -[softly] Yeah.

[Melanie] Okay.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[engine rumbling]

[suspenseful music]

[thuds]

[groans] Fuck--

[sighs and grunts]

[Zoe muffled] "But one child was deaf and could not hear the music.

She witnessed what happened, and led the townspeople to the lake,

where the Piper took the children.

But they were too late.

In their grief-stricken anger,

they chased down the Piper and took their revenge.

Before they drowned him, he warned them,

'As long as my music lives, none of your children will ever be safe.'"

[thunder rumbling]

[Colin echoing whispering] Zoe.

Colin?

[thunder rumbling]

[indistinct whispering]

[music continues]

[Colin echoing] Hide and seek.

Colin?

[suspenseful flute music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[eerie music]

[softly grunts]

[flute music continues]

[thunder rumbling]

[sharp scratching]

[flute music increases]

[gasps]

[thunder rumbling]

[eerie music]

[sharply exhales and whispers] Fuck

Fuck.

-[loud piano bang] -[gasps and whispers] What's--

[pants]

It wasn't enough for you to steal my sister's concerto.

What else do you want?

There's nothing in this house but rats.

There are always rats in this house.

No, I'm here to stop the concerto from happening.

A little late for that, don't you think?

I tried to warn you.

I told you to leave that damn score alone.

You knew about the melody.

She said writing the notes down relieved the pressure.

I never heard it.

I was only a child when she brought it back from Germany.

God knows how excited I was for the premiere.

But she forbid me to come.

At the time, I didn't understand why.

But as years passed and Katherine withered away,

-she started talking. -Did she tell you how to stop it?

There is no way to stop it.

It took 50 years, but that music finally killed my sister.

She stood guard between our world

and whatever is on the other side.

But in the end, she didn't have the strength anymore.

This music, it's a prison, impossible to escape.

-If you hear it, he has you captured forever. -No.

No, there must be a way to reverse it.

There isn't. Katherine tried everything.

She isolated herself, kept her loved ones away.

For what?

All that music did was bring pain and chaos into my sister's life.

Chaos.

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

"This world is discord."

A world of chaos.

I know he brings discord into harmony. I--

I have to put it back into harmony.

Fuck, oh, my God, that's it!

Fuck!

[footsteps receding]

[thunder rumbling]

[door creaking]

[soft panting]

[Colin echoing] Zoe, I'm scared.

[eerie music]

Colin?

[Colin echoing] I wanna show you something. I wanna show you something...

[thunder rumbling]

[suspenseful flute music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[Colin echoing] I wanna show you something.

I wanna show you the lake.

-...lake... -...lake...

[dramatic orchestral music playing]

[high-pitched ringing]

-[Zoe echoing shouts] -[woman on TV] ...always has your back.

You would never hurt a friend, would you?

But Bailey is no ordinary cow.

Bailey is a dancing cow.

Do you know how to make a cow dance?

[thunder rumbling]

With moosic.

[keyboard clacking]

You can whistle, can't you?

[echoing] What about you?

Can you whistle?

Then whistle with me.

[eerie whistling]

[eerie music]

[echoing whistling]

Um--

[engine rumbling]

[rain splattering]

[shakily breathing]

[high-pitched ringing]

[crying and moaning]

[ominous music]

Please stop, please stop.

Just do it!

[groaning] Just-- please, please.

-[grunting] -[ringing continues]

[moaning] Stop-- No--

[mumbling] Don't-- Stop--

[echoing whistling]

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

[music increases]

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

[crunching]

[screaming]

[moaning]

[high-pitched ringing]

[shakily breathing]

[moans]

[ringing continues]

[crying] Please, stop! Why don't yo-- why don't you stop?

[crying] Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Wait! [yells] Stop! Stop!

-Stop! -Stop it!

Stop it, Phil! Jesus.

-[whimpering] -Come here.

Where is Zoe? Phil, look at me, where is Zoe?

Where the fuck is Zo--

[dramatic music]

[thudding]

[music increases]

[crowd applauding]

Now we come to the centerpiece of tonight's celebration.

The intention of the Concerto for Children

composed by our friend,

the late, great Katherine Fleischer,

is to inspire the generation of tomorrow.

So tonight will be the first time since 1975

that the concerto will be played in full and uninterrupted.

I hope you enjoy.

[eerie music playing]

[echoing whooshing]

[indistinct whispering]

[brakes squeal]

[dramatic music]

[wind blowing]

[dramatic orchestral music playing]

[music continues]

[softly] Please, which one?

[music continues]

[shouting]

[music increases]

[clacking]

[whirring]

[ominous music]

[thunder rumbling]

[growling]

[shakily breathing] Fuck--

[dramatic music]

[Franklin moaning]

[squelching]

[screaming]

[squelching continues]

[yelling]

-[gurgling] -[squelching]

[screams]

[splashing]

-[moaning] -[growling]

[flesh tearing]

[thudding]

[growling]

I am Maestro Gustafson!

[moans]

[music continues]

-[crunching] -[Gustafson screaming]

[strings snapping]

[eerie music playing]

[creaking and rumbling]

[creaking and rumbling]

[music increases]

[wind blowing]

[shakily breathing]

[ominous ethereal music]

[indistinct whispering]

[whispering increases]

[music increases]

[eerie music]

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[water lapping]

[thunder rumbling]

[eerie flute music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[echoing shouting] Zoe!

Zoe...

Zoe!

[grunts]

[grunts and pants]

[crying] Come, Zo-- Zo--

Come on.

[sobs] No.

[heavily breathing] No--

[moans]

[ominous music]

[moans] God--

[thunder rumbling]

[muffled rumbling]

[muffled music playing]

[music playing in normal volume]

[muffled music playing]

[gasps]

[music playing in normal volume]

[water lapping]

[thunder rumbling]

[Melanie] Run!

[somber music]

[growling]

[whooshing]

-[thudding] -[panting]

[ominous music]

[panting]

[shakily] I couldn't save them.

[panting]

[thunder rumbling]

[moans]

[heavily breathing]

[Zoe screams]

[thudding]

[dramatic music]

[growling]

[screams]

[panting]

[electric crackling]

[thuds]

[panting]

[thunder rumbling]

[shakily breathing]

[thunder rumbling]

[music continues]

[shakily breathing]

[screaming]

-[panting] -[clanks]

[clattering]

[thud]

-[screams] -[growling]

[screaming continues]

[gentle flute music playing]

[screams]

[growling]

[roaring]

[thunder rumbling]

[screeching]

[growling]

[muffled gentle music playing]

[creaking]

[music playing in normal volume]

[muffled gentle music playing]

[roaring]

[music playing in normal volume]

[roaring]

[growling]

I like my version better anyway.

[thunder rumbling]

Zoe!

[growling]

[gasping]

-[growling] -[moaning]

[gentle recorder music playing]

[growling]

[panting]

[growling]

[panting]

[growling continues]

[Melanie] Thank God!

[crying]

[growling]

Zoe! Zoe, look at me.

[softly] Okay.

[growling]

[gentle music playing]

[roaring]

[music increases]

[sharp squelching]

-[sharp squelching] -[roaring]

[squelching continues]

[squeaking]

[rats squeaking]

[roaring]

[roaring]

[panting and crying]

[soft squeaking]

[whispering] Hey, Zoe,

it's over. Hey.

[wind blowing]

[whispers] It's over.

[ominous music]

[indistinct whispering]

[soft creaking]

[indistinct murmuring]

[coughing]

[door rumbling]

[gentle recorder music playing]

[Philip] Do any of those kids remember what happened?

Mm-mm.

They don't remember where they were,

what they saw, what they heard.

And Zoe?

No.

Zoe doesn't remember anything.

Good, Zoe! What an improvement.

Thanks.

Miss Augustin,

I wrote a song.

[Miss Augustin] You wrote it all by yourself?

Well, it's based on an old song I heard once.

This one's brand new.

Do you want to hear it?

I can't end up like Katherine.

Isolating herself, shutting herself away.

That's why she failed.

She couldn't fight it on her own.

[Philip] You won't end up like her, okay?

You broke the curse. You saved the children.

It won't affect you or anyone else anymore.

[light suspenseful music]

It's over.

[sighs] It's over.

[music increases]

[somber music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]