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From the violins pulsing in Hitchcock’s famous shower scene at Bates Motel, to the deep, rolling bass double note letting us know there’s a shark in the water, movies use music to set the mood. But when Hollywood needs a narrative to help set the premise in the short two minutes of a movie trailer, Dave Foxx is the one to call.