The soundtracks used in horror films are normally quite eerie and slow paced, the type of music played is normally violin or string music as it's slow and creates tension.
Diegetic sound that is found in horror films can usually be things such a doors creaking, footsteps, screaming etc. Whereas non-diegetic sound that is common can involve creepy music, a narrator or a spirit.
These clips below are soundtracks that I have researched for that can be found in certain supernatural horror films.
This first clip found is a track called 'sleepy time 98' from the film the 'Sinister', which is a supernatural horror and can therefore be related to our film opening. This soundtrack plays string music which starts off slow and quiet, but becomes fast and loud. The fact that it starts off slow and gets faster and then keeps getting quieter and then louder again, makes it seem more eerie and creates more of a creepy tone to the film.
This next clip I found is from 'The Orphanage', which is also a supernatural horror. This music is also string music, however it starts of by playing a slow piano piece which is very quiet. After this quiet piano music, the violent and other string instruments come in which makes the soundtrack a lot more eerie and louder, it goes from loud to quiet and so on. These two pieces show that there is a common theme in the soundtracks from supernatural horrors as both these soundtracks have string music which is both loud and fast, and slow and quiet.
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