Conventional Music

Music

Usually music in thriller films is used to create even more suspense and to draw the audience in right at a crucial point. A widely used tool used is silence, often forgotten about as 'sound' it is one of the most effective, it creates huge fear and suspense in the audience, during silence diagetic sound may also be heard. One of the most commonly used diagetic noises is heavy breathing, with a tremor. This adds massively to the effect, on the other hand at this point non diagetic noise may be heard for example a heart beat, portraying the characters fear or exhaustion. Orchestral music is often used, mainly string pieces in the beginning which add to the delicate atmosphere showing how things are so fragile, it gradually gets louder drawing the audience subconsciously further and further in without realizing it, it also can be used to empathize with a character, the sound will come to a climax when there is danger etc and often be accompanied by heavier bass sounds.