Music

The Music For Our Thriller Opening:


For the thriller opening sequence, we thought that we should have slow but intense piece of music to set a tone of mystery and create an uneasy atmosphere. We used the software 'Garage Band' to create this piece of music.


We decided to make the music mysterious and slow paced which matched what was happening on screen, which doesn't make it contrapuntal, this makes the connection between the visual film and the music easy to understand for the viewer. This was instead of choosing to make the music fast paced and sound more upbeat which would confuse the audience.


Initially we looked through the available sounds to find ones that were slow paced, intense and dark. We narrowed down the search by choosing certain instruments we notice in other similar thriller openings, so first we looked into strings especially violins. We found a lot of pieces that worked, so before we discarded all but one, we found a collection of pieces from piano to see which ones matched well.


Soon we realised that we wanted the music to build up, much like the scene does on screen, to build the tension with the visuals. We did this by adding extra samples over a period of time, so at the climax of the film the music is equally as aggressive for the audience. Also, we used the volume fader to increase and decrease the volumes of individual tracks when we wanted them to be louder and softer.


Finally, we took the finally edited piece of film and adjusted the timing for most of the instruments and volume levels, to make the music match the film perfectly.