Soundtracks

Film (1965)-This is a silent movie made by Samuel Beckett. Although there is no speaking in this film, we found that the soundtrack to be interesting because we feel that something like this would suit our opening perfectly. The soundtrack has a fairly high pitched quality which gives the piece a sinister tone, which is something we would definitely try to capture in our opening. The other reason that we would like to use something like this for our soundtrack is because the soundtrack is played over the top as a shot which is panning over an area, which is exactly how we will be using our soundtrack in our opening.

The Godfather(1972)- Another piece that we looked at was the soundtrack to The Godfather. The elements from this soundtrack that we will take for our own, will be the very orchestral sound that this piece has. This piece has shown us how we do not have to use a piece of music that would necessarily be scary on its own, to still achieve an opening that the audience will find frightening. As a group will also liked it because it was quite and we felt that if we were to have a more quite soundtrack then it would suit our piece better.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)- We also listened to the soundtrack from the thriller movie Silence of the Lambs. What we liked about this soundtrack was that the mood of the music changes throughout the piece and this is something that we want to do with our piece so that it will fit with what is happening at the different points in the opening. We also liked that with this piece of music it felt scary without any footage, which helps add to the tension when it is eventually added to recording.

The Shining- This opening is very different to the other ones that we have listened to. This one has a sense of irony because although it is a thriller, the soundtrack isn’t particularly scary. We don’t think that something like this would work in our film as we think we need our soundtrack to be more obviously scary and something that will create suspense.

Jaws- After listening to this soundtrack we decided that we wanted something that was more instrumental then this soundtrack, however we have taken inspiration from this soundtrack because we feel that this soundtrack creates tension, which is something we want to do for our piece.


Posted By Chloe Barnham