Sound track samples:

1.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4

This is the ‘Jaws’ theme song, this song is the perfect example of a thriller song. This song creates tension and suspense straight away and follows all the basic conventions of a thriller theme soundtrack. This track is mainly played on strings as well, and follows the staccato (up and down scales) sound that is familiar with thriller songs.

 

2.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwsK36BzcY

This is the ‘Kill Bill Whistle song’ and is another extremely good example of a thriller song. I think that this works really well because the woman whistling throughout is it is extremely high pitched and almost threatening. The strings and percussive sounds go really well the whistling and add to its eeriness. Again it is good because is follows a lot of the main expectations of a thriller song. Its high pitched, gets louder and incorporates the diegetic sounds of the scene well, such as foot steps and thunder. It is also good because at first it sounds really happy but quickly sounds sinister.

  

3.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waW6gnA2t-I

For my third choice I have chosen ‘The Pirates Of The Caribbean’ theme song, this is because I feel it creates tension and mood with its use of strings. At the beginning it is also staccato which is a common thing to have in a thriller song. The music also builds up to a huge climax of sound which is over powering. It is also good because the music speeds up and become frantic before dying off and then building up again by doing this it creates suspense.