2. SHUTTER ISLAND
The soundtrack is in a minor key, and crescendos slowly to a climax because the
raising of the volume in the track represents the raising of the tension built up by the
soundtrack. Also, people associate the low sound of violins with spookiness. Also all the
sound is non-diegetic and there is no accompanying video so all it is, is the opening
soundtrack and credits. I feel that the compliments but also contrasts the genre of the
film because psychological thriller films are often very creepy and the music builds the
suspense to create this, however, the music is also just one note and therefore very simple
whereas the film genre often has very complex and complicated story lines. I feel that the
soundtrack is parallel to the clip because the screen is blank just like how the soundtrack
is very blank.
3. THE SIXTH SENSE
With the sixth sense, it also crescendos the same way as Shutter Island does but
there is a rhythm to the music because it lasts much longer. The instruments used
are violins and pianos because they create the very high pitched creepy sound which
is very slow. Also there is a sudden jump in the music before it becomes much more
flowing because more instruments come in. I feel the jump is used for the effect of
scaring the audience because of how loud it is. The music is very contrapuntal
because of how it is quite fast and changing compared to the opening credits which
are present on the screen. I feel that the sound represents the genre because of how
complex the tune/beat of it is.
