Analysis of The Music

The music John has composed for the piece is very atmospheric and ambient. I think this fits the ghostly and disturbing images of our film. The texture of the piece is very thin and sparse, this is good as it creates a feeling of loneliness and isolation in the audience. The sound is also panned which adds depth to the stereo field, this would give the audience a feel of an overwhelming desolate landscape.
The piece is also full of repetetive motifs which also gives the audience an uncomfortable and droning sense of impending doom. The use of repetition is heavily influenced by Steve Reich's minimalist compositions. The steve Reich influence can also be hard in the use of odd time signatures and dissonance. Both these things make the piece uncomfortable to listen to and therefore make the piece perfect for a psychological horror film. This is because odd time signatures dont sound natural and are hard to follow and latch onto. I believe this lack of a determinable structure and inability to latch onto the piece would keep listeners on edge throughout the piece.
The use of dissonance also sounds disturbing and can create a subtle inferrence of a human scream. I believe this is more effective than just including a human scream as it is usually used in horror films during intense points in the action such as a murder and as such i feel it would be innapropriate to include one during our title sequence. I also think subtle inferrence is more effective as sometimes the audience wont even realize what they are hearing until sudden realization dawns on them. This should slowly cause a sense of fear and discomfort to wash over the audience.