Music research

In most zombie/horror/thriller films, the music that is played has an eerie tone, the music featured usually uses a minor key, making the notes played sad and unhappy. A good example of this is the soundtrack to the film 28 Days Later, written by John Murphy, the soundtrack to this film contains a minor key. This soundtrack builds up throughout, giving a sense of suspense, the suspense is also shown through the large amount of instruments that are used in the piece, such as an acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, a choir and different, eerie sound effects to give an unusual feel to the piece.

In a lot of other horror films, the music still contains a minor key and an eerie feel, but can be more loud and sudden to match the action onscreen, this is used to impact on the audience to maximize the scary points of the film.

For our film opening, we will create a soundtrack which includes most of these features to show suspense and an eerie environment. Being a musician, I shall most likely create a piece myself that we will use for the film opening.