The most effective and scary example of a soundtrack that I remember is from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho movie. Bernard Herrmann, the famous composer of the soundtrack, created a refreshing effect using piercing and squeaky violins that are played in their highest registers. As the movie progresses, when you hear a beep, you know that something really bad will happen. Another famous sign that works this way is a 3-note phrase in a low-string orchestra that announces the presence of a killer shark in the first movie, Jaws.

Such moments from the soundtrack as in Psycho are great for portraying evil and horror, but emphasizing the feeling of fear can be done in a more subtle way.

Ordinary shares become extraordinary.

Sometimes, the soundtrack notifies the audience that what they see has a darker meaning. The movie Michael Clayton, which I saw last weekend, does a lot. The events on the screen are quite common: a woman dresses for work, but is accompanied by a chilling soundtracks stillwater ok.

Music acts against the scene, on the contrary. This tells us that these events are not ordinary and that they matter outside their actions. In fact, music tells us that these normal events are somehow scary. Something terrible will happen.

The public knows the secret.

Sometimes, the audience reveals a secret, perhaps a dark secret, about which the main characters of this story still do not know. Observe how events unfold and see that they get more and more in trouble. Here again, a dark or alarming underline can work wonders, creating tension against what is happening on the screen.

Internal fight

For example, in his story, his main character, a salesman, gets on a plane, but we already know that he is very afraid of flying. The hostess’s welcome families and other travelers aboard a plane. The cabin is full of background music quite harmless but pleasant. Then we cut the main character that tackles the plane. Now the music is changing to a terrible and terrible soundtrack. Music represents their internal psychology, their feelings of fear.

News event / World crisis

If you create documentaries or news programs, you may have to show painful images of current world events from time to time. This is again that a dark underline works well. It establishes the basic emotional atmosphere for accompaniment shots.

Part of the soundtrack arsenal of each media producer includes the ability to emphasize fear, fear and events that are difficult or painful. Horror music tracks look like dark colors, dark shadows in their set of soundtracks. Its use paints a cold or frightening image.