Music for our Thriller

Music is used in films to add emotional tension and in thriller films it is especially used to build tension and mystery to get the audience on the edge of their seat. Without music films would be extremely boring and tedious. For example, watch this emotion scene from ... including the music.

Now watch this video on mute. This makes the scene feel empty and boring, and evokes no emotion in the audience.

This is why we have to carefully select the music for our thriller making sure that it suits the theme and adds something to the film, otherwise the film will not work and will be lost on the audience.After a long time looking for some music that is copyright free, long enough to fit over the entire (approx) 2 minutes of our film, and also a track that will fit the mood, Tom Kail finally managed to find a track that fitted. "The Four Of Us Are Dying" by "Nine Inch Nails" (shown below) was almost perfect for our thriller opening, however it had one major flaw because it was made by a popular band and we concluded that it was not copyright free. Despite this we still read the copyright laws surrounding the album 'The Four of us are Dying' was released on ('The Slip). we found out that it was released under a creative commons license which means that this song is suitable for use on our thriller opening.

This music is so perfect for our thriller due to the beat being at a walking pace to fit in with the opening sequence and the staircase. Also I love the way at the beginning the main beat sounds like a heart beat and after 20 seconds the beat builds with a 'psycho' like sound building in the background which adds tension to the plot of our opening. The music builds at the beginning which shows the audience that the film is leading into something and so keeps them on their feet. Obviously we will not be able to use the entirety of the track which is useful as I do not like the track as it starts to whine and has a ringing noise in the background. However throughout the track it sounds very dark, which is great for our thriller as it climatises the audience to the theme of the film at the very beginning. This song has no lyrics, as we purposely looked for one without, this is because during our very first group meeting we had a look at some amateur videos on 'youtube' and the ones that we disliked the most were those who had picked a song merely for the sake that they liked it and those what had lyrics just did not fit because it distracts from the film and does not seem like back ground music but music that has to be listened to word for word.

Plus the music has many different beats all put together along with the unusual (almost whiny) guitar sound make this song very mixed up and confusing which adds to our films sense of mystery and twists. All these reasons are why we have chosen to use this song for our background music.