Horror music is the main aspect of a horror film which makes it scary for the audience. The music builds the tension and suspense among the audience and without it the horror films wouldn't be particularly scary.
The soundtracks are often hard to listen too with discordial sounds of high pitched violins and crashing chords.
Studies have shown that horror music scare us because of the harsh, discordant and unexpected sounds used in horror soundtracks imitate the screams of frightened animals. These sounds instinctively make us scared.
This music from the film 'Psycho' is very high pitched and screechy making it very unsettling. It gets faster throughout which builds suspense among the audience.
This is the horror music from 'The Exorcist' it has lots of high pitched notes played on a piano and has a sinister tone to it.
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