music in thrillers

1. Music in thrillers
In all trailers there will be some sort of
music/sound, which would generally include a
soundtrack or sound effects. For this specific
genre, the sound effects tend to be quite choppy
and loud at specific moments where the
producers wanted to build tension; this is
common where the protagonist is facing a
disturbing/scary moment and there is no
background noise, sound effects are added in to
get the viewers to jump.

2. Furthermore, in terms of soundtracks, in thriller
trailers it is usually instrumental and at a fast or
slow pace depending upon the scene; the
soundtrack inclines to be instrumental as having
lyrics may give too much away about the movie.
Also, I have noticed that violins are always used in
these instrumentals suggesting that it is seen as an
instrument which holds that secretive and
mysterious vibe and I found a few different
soundtracks which are good examples of
soundtracks which are appropriate instrumentals
for thriller movies shown on this website:
https://www.marmosetmusic.com/browse/2642.
Consequently, after listening to these soundtracks
my group and I could possibly use one of these and
incorporate it into our own trailer to fit conventions
of a thriller trailer.

3. Finally, as mentioned earlier the soundtrack
could be fast or slow paced as if the scene is
quite intense where the producers want the
viewers to focus greatly on something then the
soundtrack may not be as fast and thrilling as
this would be disturbing. However, in many
trailers there is usually a moment where there
is a montage of scenes and they are own shown
for a few seconds each and this is where
producers like to add very fast pace
soundtracks to match the intensity of the
scenes.