This document discusses three key aspects of horror film soundtracks: music, voices, and sound effects. It explains that music helps set mood and elicit emotions from audiences through techniques like isolated instruments before events and changes in pitch. Voices in horror films are often chosen to reflect fear through qualities like a distinctive and husky tone. Common sound effects that enhance horror include animals associated with fear and echoed voices that create an eerie atmosphere.

1. By Emma Bradshaw

2. Music
 This is one of the most important aspects of a horror film as it is
helping the film try to create a specific mood to the scene. The
effective use of music will help promote even more emotions to the
audience.
 Even though there are allot of diverse range in the music that has been
used throughout different horror films, some of these common
conventions include:
*Isolated instruments are often used just before a key event occurs
which helps link the idea of vulnerability, to the audience.
*Long suspenseful notes often help contrast with short sharp notes to
help shock the audience
*Extreme but intentional changes of pitch tones. For example low long
brass notes which suddenly change to very fast high pitched notes to
make the audience feel immediately tense.

3. Voices
 Lots of voices within horror films have been chosen to
reflect fear, tensions and panic. I found an example of
the voices used by big, well known production
film, the jigsaw in the SAW films.
 His tone of voice is well suited for the part it needs to
play , as it effectively creates fear and tension because
it is very distinctive which therefore stands out most
from any of the other characters.
 His voice also helps to create an immediate sense of
fear, intimidation and power because its has a husky
filter, strong deep tone.

4. Sound Effects
 There are lots of sound effects which can occur in a horror
film soundtrack, which could include:
*Classic- I found out that there are lots of sounds that have
horror type connotations which help make them
recognisable and iconic to the audience such as-
Crows, Bats, Owls, Church Bells, Witches Laughing and
more.
*Echoed voices- The helps heighten the audiences
mood, sense and emotion towards the film which can give
quite a ghostly feel.