Thrillers typically feature diegetic sounds like gunshots and screams to build tension. The music often starts slowly and speeds up throughout tracks. Common musical techniques include using low, deep sounds or high pitches that get progressively louder or deeper as scenes intensify. For example, Psycho features repetitive noises that crescendo during the murder bath scene. Successful thrillers contrast screams with deeper background music, and often employ a slow tempo with escalating high pitches to foreshadow tension and unpredictability.

1. ICONIC SOUNDS
CONNECTED WITH GENRE

2. • The most iconic sounds that are used in thrillers are diegetic sounds such as gun shots, screams and sounds of
weapons. The music which is mainly used in thrillers are songs that start of a slow pace and speed up throughout
the song to build up the intensity of the film. Through the research that I did of the sounds in thrillers, they mainly
use either very low deep sounds or very high pitched sounds in the music. One example of a film that I've
researched is Psycho. This film mainly uses repeative sounds throughout the film but build up louder and louder
when the scenes get tenser. In the murder bath scene, it starts with a slightly high pitched sound and then the
sound gets deeper and deeper as the scene goes on.
• A lot of thriller films use screams contrasted with a deeper noise in the background like music. The ideal iconic
sound recognised with the thriller genre is that type of slow tempo, high pitched sounds. The reason for this is
because in most of the thriller films that people tend to watch, this is the type of sound that comes up usually
when there is a sense of tension, or when something unpredictable is about to happen. In most cases it has
escalating sounds till it reaches the moment.