Iconic Sounds

Some iconic sounds, which are commonly associated with the thriller genre, are:

• Screaming if it’s a horror/thriller films.

• Dark creepy music, with dramatic changes in dynamics and pace to create suspense and make people feel uneasy.

• Often there is a crow, crowing as an omen which is foreshadowing up coming death(s)

• In an action/thriller film, there is normally deep droning music to create suspense, and also there is normally and gradual build up of something about to happen e,g. if a train was about to come the sound of the train wouldn’t just start straight away, the sound of it would start very faintly and gradually get louder.

• Mainly in horror/thriller films, if the killer does speak, it tends to be a very deep low voice, with a constant creepy, angry tone mixed into it, to make the audience uneasy and more scared.

• In any thriller or sub-genre related to thriller films, the music being used would usually be deep, eerie and have a droning effect to it or, it would be a song being used which would have been taken from a rock or heavy metal band, loads of speedy guitar solo’s to match the action and make the scene more interesting for the audience.

In Psycho: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 triller 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, and in some thrillers it doesn't. however in most thrillers most of them have this type of iconic.