Music in horror movies is essential, as the movie gets to the point of being creepy; the music in the background always increases the tension, thus making it livelier for the viewer.
Jaws by Steven Spielberg is a good example of music that is representative of its genre, his technique was to show the creature through music instead of showing the actual shark. This worked because; even now everyone knows the memorable menacing tune. Steven Spielberg chose to do this because he disliked how prosthetic sharks looked, so he decided to use a different method to show when the shark was present. He also attempted to use as little of the false shark as possible, without compromising the overall foreboding in the film. Another perfect example is Psycho, in which the menacing overture music played; is the point in which what we thought would be the obvious heroine, is murdered by Norman Bates. Each strike of the knife is characterised by a sharp threatening instrument, possibly a violin. Therefore our sense of fear is heightened by the knife stabbing. After analysing Jaws and Psycho in regards to the music, I took into account some of the instruments.
Here is a list:
Grand piano
Organ piano
Violins
Trombone
Trumpet
Base drums
Orchestral music
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