Music and sound in thrillers

In thriller films, the music is to create tension and suspense within the audience and to make them feel scared and frightened. The music helps to build climax when approaching a scary bit of the film. They often include synthesised sounds, this helps to create the mood of the scene in the film. The most commonly used sounds in thrillers are dark, eerie sounds. The music usually starts of in a slow pace at first whilst gradually speeding up the pace helping create the tension and build up climax.


I am now going to analyse Inception title sequence, this will help me as it will give me ideas what to include in the short thriller we are going to film as a group. I will listen carefully to the music and sounds they use in the short opening of Inception

Inception:
Ambient sounds of waves coming in
Slow but loud dramatic music
Sounds of children playing in the background-bringing back the past
Sudden loud music
Dark and eerie sounds
Build up of sounds
Repetition
Fade out of sounds then music gradually getting louder again
Child screaming when the music was peaceful
Sharp sounds
Deep sudden sounds