Thriller music

In film, music is a vocal or instrumental sound that can create a melody, rhythm, or harmony. Moreover, music is a non-diegetic sound that is used to set the tone/mood of a scene (the characters acting in the scene cannot hear the music being played, as music is included in a scene once the editing process has been carried out), in which it can be used to highlight the feelings/emotions of a character.

Furthermore, music in a thriller film helps create tension, suspense, and a sense of panic, as music is played at a dramatic moment in a film to create an atmosphere. The effectiveness of music on the creation of tension/suspense/a sense of panic is enormous because music helps to create the tone of a scene, in which music adds to the tension/suspense/sense of panic of a scene.

Due to a scene in a thriller, the tempo of music can either be a fast tempo beat (if there’s action/excitement in a thriller, which is effective as it can keep the audience/viewers on the edge of their seats because they want to know what is going to happen next in the film), or a slow tempo beat (if there’s tension/suspense/a sense of panic in a thriller, which is effective as it can keep the audience/viewers questioning what is going to happen in the film, due to the tension/suspense in a scene).

In film, there are different types of music, such as scary, tensed, sad/unhappy, happy/joyful, and excited/action music. However in thrillers, the type of music likely to be used is scary/tensed music, as in thrillers there are many scary and tensed scenes/moments that occur. Furthermore, music that is used can be classified as a soundtrack, theme song, and incidental music (sound that is played over the characters acting in a film).

The effectiveness of music in thrillers is massive because it is a major/essential factor of a film, in which it displays the different types of emotions/feelings of a character, and sets the tone of a scene (most commonly, tension/suspense).