Sound effects and musical scores can be highly influential towards a film's ability to grasp the emotions of it's audience as well as their attention. Since the first time i watched Paranormal Activity i had always hated the use of the low frequency sound effects it used right before a common jump scare. Though i hated enduring this effect i admired it greatly and still do. This effect is one i plan to use in future films of my own and hopefully enhance rather than just re-use. More classic films especially horror have always grabbed my attention more when they are able to produce a soundtrack that leaves me or anyone watching with an unnerved or trapped feeling to the point where they wish to just their eyes or walk away but cannot seem to push themselves to do so.
Two scores which i have always admired were the themes of Michael Myers in John Carpenter's "Halloween" as well as the theme of Jason Vorhees in "Friday the Thirteenth."
Though these emotionally changing scores may be able to grasp your audience in an unbelievable way they always have the power to ruin an entire film. Audiences do not want to walk into a movie with heightened expectations only to be handed a great film but supplied with a poor or annoying soundtrack which accompanies it.
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