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Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:44 am
by marshy
Alright gentlemen.

Just on the lookout for any techniques or samples i could potentially use as music to a horror film. I'm pretty clueless on ideas to create tension so any help on dischords and literally any techniques used in horror scores would be great. I say samples too as this doesn't need to be an original composition it can all be samples if need be - I just need to demonstrate my ability to put together a soundtrack that fits in with the video and then EQ in prep for the human speech, automated dialogue replacement etc.

TLDR - Any eerie or screeching samples to create tension, or any playing techniques to do the same thing.

Cheers!

Re: Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:25 pm
by Trichome
marshy wrote:Alright gentlemen.

Just on the lookout for any techniques or samples i could potentially use as music to a horror film. I'm pretty clueless on ideas to create tension so any help on dischords and literally any techniques used in horror scores would be great. I say samples too as this doesn't need to be an original composition it can all be samples if need be - I just need to demonstrate my ability to put together a soundtrack that fits in with the video and then EQ in prep for the human speech, automated dialogue replacement etc.

TLDR - Any eerie or screeching samples to create tension, or any playing techniques to do the same thing.

Cheers!
Take a sample of a train horn, and slow it down. haven't acctually tried it yet, but from this video it sounds pretty scary.

Watch from 0:23.

Re: Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:15 pm
by rubiconguava
pitch bend is your friend... use it subtley

Re: Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:50 pm
by koo
Well big range in dynamics can help alot, so loud crashes really sound loud if you get what i mean.

Re: Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:22 pm
by 2mb1o
some basic techniques :
- really pitched down sample.
- lot of reverb
- distortion
- somes chords
- fm synth
- granular stuff
- field recording

Re: Horror film techniques/samples

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:20 pm
by deadly_habit
dsf google my friend ;)