Jaden Pinnock

Slasher film music research

Psycho music- the sound of the music soundtrack of psycho is
composed of high-pitched violins and a lower pitch violin. The highpitched violin sound highly resembles screaming and also creates a
sound similar to that of a saw cutting or a stabbing motion. This
indicates to the audience that is a horror film containing horrific
scenes. The stringed instruments create a tense atmosphere as it
fast paced driving sound. As our Opening is that of a slasher film we
may use a music soundtrack with stringed instruments of create a
sense of panic and tension. The stringed instruments also sound
sharp which mirror the tools of knives.

The Omen soundtrack- However, within our film idea our slasher
films contains religious aspects to it, as the killer was brought up
within a religious cult it may be useful to dark twisted soundtrack of
church prayers and hummings, some horror films such as the omen
contain sounds and humming from religious churches as it sounds
unnerving as religion is accepted to be true to some people in
society and the fact that it is beyond people may evoke fear.
Horror film music is usually start
off slow paced to create tension,
and then gradually get faster to
increase the levels of anxiety.
Soundtracks such as Freddy
Kruegers theme tune is slow
paced and has he sound of a
creepy woman wailing in the
background.
Most Horror music creates an eerie atmosphere, mainly through the
use of instruments such as the piano, which has both of a high and
low pitched film to it, which Is usually used to make a twisted eerie
sound.

Jaden Pinnock