Trailer Music.

Using the right music in a trailer is vital as it sets the mood and can effectively put people on edge. I looked at some websites that offered royalty free music, the best one being incompetech.com. This site offered free music from a wide variety of genres, including horror.

Although I did not find any music that could be used for the entirety of the trailer, I did find one track called 'Gathering Darkness' that we ended up using for the opening, which created a build up of tension. 

For the second section of the trailer in which the speed increases, I decided it would be best to use a soundtrack from an existing horror film, as the music has been purposefully made for the horror genre therefore is likely to be effective. After listening to music from several soundtracks, such as The Shining and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I decided to use a track called 'Gotcha' from the film 'When A Stranger Calls', as it sounds like a chase scene and also has different sections to it that change the mood of the trailer. I especially liked the use of Psycho strings in the piece, as they are very effective in creating tension.