Thriller Music Research

The website I used : http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/132333

The Bride Of Frankenstein

• The music throughout varies.
• Opens slowly, gradually becoming loud. The pitch is very high, making it conventional as it conveys that something is just about to happen in the storyline that will make the audience scared. The music then goes down to a very low pitch, possibly done by drums having a loud ‘bang’, which also signifies that it is thriller. This also happen again at 0.41, having the loud bang makes it effective as it makes the audience feel aware that something crucial, scary is about to happen. The pitch that increases, once again, but then the tone comes down leaving just an echo in the background, which gives a creepy feel to the film, making the audience frightened yet draws them in to keep watching.
• At around 0.56 – 1.22 the music sounds casual as if to say that it is a normal day but still anything can happen.


Hello Zep - Saw Soundtrack - By Charlie Clouser
From the beginning we get a sense from the music it is creepy. The beat through out is the same however there are times where the pitch varies as well as the volume (for example between 1.20-1.40) the pitch and volume is high. The music uses a lot of echo, which adds to the feeling that it is creepy. From 2.23 and onwards the music is very loud, and fast pace, it also sound as if it used a rock style to it, at this point. The fast pace and loudness signifies the panic that is happening in the particular scene. The music towards the end, finishes with an echo.

Friday the 13th Soundtrack 01 - Main Theme
The music from the bggining is very fast and high pitched. After a while the music becomes low and an echo is used, howver it then becomes high pitched again, possibly indictaing that something is just about to happening. From 0.20 the pitch is very high and fast pace, also the sound makes it evident to the audience that something "scary" is happening, or is about to. This happens throughout the soundtrack.

Jaws (John Williams):
The music opens very low, deep and slow, but then the pace increases and becomes louder with the use of drums, with the music being dark, bleak and pessimisitic you feel that something is about to happen, in this case " the shark attacking", the music ends loud, slightly faster than the rest.

Hellraiser (Christopher Young):
The music is very deep and slow as it opens, connoting the ype of genre the film is. The pace contiues to be slow, and seems 'creepy' making it conventional. As it goes on more instruments are involved and become much louder to the rest, and also becames slightly faster.

The Exorcist
The music throughout is the same, and makes people feel uneasy as it seems to be like a "hypnotic" sound of music, then there is a bang/hit which makes the audience jump. This style is used through out. The sound is creepy and is associated with a typical horror/thriller film.

Nightmare on Elm Street (Charles Bernstein):
Overall the sound for this movie is very creepy, and from the beggining you get a feel that there is something not right and makes you feel scared, the "breathy" sound makes you think something supernatural is there, and also the radio signal noise makes the audience feel scared, as that usually happen in a place where there is NO signal (somewhere that no-one goes), making it feel more eerie.

The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith):
The music opens with like a "chanting" which gets louder, as it goes on. It sounds like a ritual, or some sort of "demonic" activity. Overall the music makes the audience feel firghtened, due to the ghostly/ supernatural sounds in the clip.