After browsing through several horror-sounding pieces of music, I managed to pick something that would less likely be recognised to emphasise a more realistic atmosphere within our trailer. The song piece I found was created by Midnight Syndicate, whom are an American musical group that work mainly in the genre of gothic music since 1997. The music piece we've chosen is called "Grisly Reminder".
In the making: The music starts slowly to focus of creating mysterious tension, but in the middle I've decided to speed it up (since the song plays slow continiously) to make the trailer more fast-paced and horrific. The song then comes to a sudden halt for a dramatic pause whilst the audience takes in all the quick flashing images, and slowly reverts back to its normal speed to bring back the creepy atmosphere. Additionally, I've merged another piece of suspence-style music to emphasise that fast and snappy effect on the trailer and this includes the explosion effect that comes with the text.
Sound Effects: SFX can be heard from the beginning when hearing the sound of a moving train. The speech in the trailer ("I think someone's watching me...etc") was merged with a reverb effect to create that mysterious dream-like effect.
About the band: They refer to their CDs as "soundtracks for the imagination" or "soundtracks to imaginary films." Most of the songs on their thirteen albums are created with blend of instrumental music and sound effects and are commonly used to provide atmosphere during the Halloween season, in haunted attractions, and in the role-playing game industry.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Syndicate
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