Music Used In Our Thriller (2)

After adding the first piece of music we chose to our film, we were very happy with it. It gave our film more dimensions and made it feel more professional, and it was genuinely tense. When we got to making the credits for our film though, that piece of music didn’t really fit in with the wording used on screen. We then decided to find another piece to play over the credits, to give our film more variation, create more enigmas for the audience and generally try to make our opening feel as creepy as possible.

We came across a piece simply entitled ‘Thriller.’ After listening to it we agreed that it had exactly the sounds we were looking for to go over our credits. The opening part has a sound very similar to glass shattering, or rain hammering against a window, but almost sounding like it is slowed down. We liked this effect, as it made the music sound almost supernatural and we agreed that was another interesting enigma for the audience to hear and try to figure out. Also during the piece, there are many high pitched sounds, some that sound like a woman faintly screaming, and some that sound similar to heavy breathing or ghosts. This gave us as a group the feeling of not being alone and not having a clear conscience, themes that are expressed throughout our film. We liked the idea of having these enigmas over the credits, as it is almost like saying to the audience subconsciously that nobody has a clear conscience, not even the makers of the film or even the viewer. We liked the thought that our film could affect people in more ways than one and then decided to use this piece over our credit sequence.

Below is the music we chose:



- Taylor Gladwin