Sound track research in Horror trailers

The Cabin In The Woods
In recent years many horror films have started with some cheery music which is then leads into creepy, normally slow paced and high pitched, music. In The Cabin In The Woods the trailer starts with a popular pop song, this mirrors the mood of the college students. This has been done to emphasis the contrast in moods between the beginning and the end of the film. The pop music the develops into dark slow paced music which has random snippets of a high pitched note, this adds character to the dull music. The boring music then progresses into the sounds of something ticking or counting down with random sounds of action music. The music then becomes more intense which contains loud, quick paced and low pitched sounds thus creating suspense. The music again changes to a rock/ screamo genre of music, this will attract an audience who enjoy this genre. Therefore through the use of pop and screamo music they would of attracted a broad audience.

The Purge
Again the purge used the new stereo type of using a piece of actual music, although classical music a lot of the time comes across as creepy the music they chose was calming and soothing. Later on in the trailer it becomes a bit darker however throughout the music it sounded a bit like music used in an action movie trailer. This made it seem more sophisticated compared to most horror films. The use of sirens and digital sounding noises makes it seem more than a horror film therefore could bring a broader audience due to the mix of genres. The church choir music which is very slow paced makes the characters look like heroes .The diegetic sounds of screams and weapons contradict the calm non-diegetic music in the background and mirror the mood of America before the purge and now.

Deliver Us From Evil
For the first half of the trailer there is a very slow paced, quiet and eary piece of music played, this builds up tension as the audience will be waiting for the big reveal. Whilst the slow paced music is being played there are random quiet builds up of music that go to silence. For some of the second part of the trailer there is use of a fast paced beating sound which gives the impression that something is going to happen, this is a contrast from the slow paced music from before.