Intimacy comes from much more than the sound design for sex scenes, intense though they may be in Hulu’s 12-part Normal People. The music throughout the series, as with other audio queues, is meant to react along with audiences, not lead them. And then there are the physically intimate scenes: “That means adding a swallow, a breath, a stomach gurgle or the ruffle of material. … When they have their first kiss, you want the world to disappear. You want the audience to lean in.” – Variety