Music Research

Marco Beltrami, was one of the main influences for the  2 minute opening section of Viral Terror

Marco Beltrami is an American Film Composer best known for his work scoring Horror films, such as Mimic and Woman in Black.

To create atmosphere, heighten the audience emotion and deliver intensity to the scene it was important to have dissonance in the notes.  The sound had to be sharp and eerie to match the mood of the scene.  The sharp notes are employed when people are dying to emphasise the key moments in the video.

When researching into the woman in black, there is a section of the film where it is in complete silence, which can be very risky. However i wanted to have a section where you can see exactly what was going on, but there is no sound to match it. This creates a more disturbing effect. which also heps to lure the audience in to opening.

previous work:

songs/credits:
Scream
World War Z
Fantastic 4
Warm Bodies
The wolverine

The above examples are some of the most well known or iconic films with a memorable score or soundtrack.

Studies suggest that Music triggers the brain to relate the song or soundtrack to a certain memory or impulse.

This is the idea we wanted for our opening, to create original sounds and tracks to match up with the footage, to heighten the emotions of fear.  Our target audience is teenagers and young adults.
Psychological thriller is our Sub genre, so we already have the jumps and the fear in the footage, we just used our music to bring that out.