Final Ideas For Music For Trailer

The music we needed to use for our trailer needed to fit in with a horror genre so using my knowledge gained from my analysis of existing horror trailers i realise it needed to start off slow and sad then gradually get faster to add that stereotypical drama effect which is evident in all horror trailers. It was important that the faster piece of the music was dramatic and therefore added due to several reasons. Firstly from my questionnaire i received feedback that the majority of my target audience thought slow music which got faster and dramatic would be more effective but also this adds the excitement factor to the trailer which in affect makes it memorable. This will therefore attract my target audience who are typical horror film fans and enjoy that excitement and adrenaline the fear and suspense brings. Further more we needed to find a suitable piece of music which was eerie and provided that ghostly feel to it as it would be inappropriate to use music which was more dramatic in the sense of an action film.As a result we researched famous composers which had already composed music for existing horror films, and found lots of music by Hans Zimmer who composed music for famous horror films such as 'The Ring'. We managed to find a song called 'This is going to hurt which consisted of an eerie tone which portrayed a ghostly feel to it, yet also contained drama and was a perfect combination for our video. The song starts very slow and therefore portrays a very sad tone which is perfect for the start of our trailer as it is going to be showing the scary figure drowning herself. At around 26 seconds into the song instruments which seem to be violins make up the next part of the music, the fact that violins are used makes the sound of the song seem very cold and chilling showing the audience even just by the music that something is going to happen. This sudden change in pace and sound of music is also ideal for distinguishing the past (when the girl drowned herself) to the present (the two present day girls going to investigate what happened). In the middle of teh song there is a bit of silence which is good for creating suspense and representing how the characters feel for example teh silence represents that they are feeling numb, trapped, desperate and many more. The ending of the song is very dramatic which is perfect for adding that essential stereotypical climax editing and panic scenes at the end.