Music Used In Our Thriller (1)

After finishing our filming and edited all of our footage together, we decided to put some music in our thriller opening to give the scene a darker, grimier feel and to make the viewer feel more uncomfortable and create more suspense. We visited the website www.freeplaymusic.com and began searching for music and sounds that would fit in a thriller, and more importantly fit the theme of our film. We narrowed the list down to approximately 25. As a group we listened to each one and decided whether it would be a good choice for our film or a bad choice. We also discussed what part of our opening would fit best with heightened music and which part would work better with a slight sound in the background, if anything at all.

After figuring out which pieces of music was the best, we then decided where it would go in our film. Our first choice piece was one called ‘Waiting In The Shadow’. The whole group instantly liked this and we chose it as our main piece of music for our thriller, and ended up using it in our teaser trailer as well. We liked this piece because it instantly gave us a chilling feeling, that it was a piece of music that instantly grabs anyone’s attention. As the title suggests, it gave the feeling of someone being watched, having a predator stalk them and ready to pounce. The slight heightens in volume during the piece intrigued us also, as it gave us the feeling that someone or something could be getting closer, or that a particular person could be getting deeper and deeper into more trouble and danger. The music also made us agree that playing it while only one character is on screen would give the feeling that the character could be worried about something that they have seen or done. After all the enigmas the music had created we all decided that it would be perfect for our thriller.

The group also decided to use it in our teaser trailer, as we agreed that it was the sort of music that is typically used in thriller/horror films. By using it in our trailer, we would be targeting the correct audience, and anyone seeing our trailer would know what to expect from our film. We also thought that if this trailer was shown in cinemas, it would make many people uncomfortable and stressed, the kind of feeling we want people to have when watching our film.

Below is the music we chose:



- Taylor Gladwin