A lot of pieces of music or sounds that are used in Thriller films, start off with a loud distinct noise that the audience recognises, it is often a loud bang or a slam in a door. It then quite often goes into a piece of music that is quite fast and quite often the piece of music sounds like someone is running, maybe away from someone as this is a frequent convention from a thriller film. It gives the audience the idea that something bad is going to happen or has already happened and that character needs to get away. The music sometimes slows down but has sudden noises which makes it seem like the character could be trying to hide.The music sometimes picks the beat back up and we can just hear certain sounds such as breathing, dripping water or footsteps.
However, some pieces of music that are used are quiet pieces which are soothing but they have a beat to them and the beat is consistent throughout that whole piece of music. This type of music can have the opposite effect and the audience may feel as everything is very calm and relaxed and then if something that makes the audience jumps suddenly happen, this music may pick up this freight as the audience weren't expecting it. Slow music is sometimes used when I character is hiding but wouldn't be used during a chase scene. Most of the time, in Thriller films, classical music is used.
The type of music that is chosen can cause a lot of tension and create the whole atmosphere.
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