Analysis of music in Thriller

1. Musicanalysisin a Thriller
Musicanalysison seven:
The music used in Seven in the opening credits is very simple and effective. It was
reproduced by Coil who remixed “closer” by the Nine Inch Nails. The scoreis by Howard
Shore.
The piece is very hard to listen to because it has a lot of scratching and high pitched sounds
which make the audience feel uncomfortable. Italso sounds distorted and works very well
with the images it shows. Thepiece has a constant low pitched note which sounds as if it
were underwater which could be interpreted as if everything in this film is quite deep and
dark.
The piece finally ends with the lyrics “you’vegot me closer to God”. This was a very
successfulstep becausethroughoutthe whole piece there are no lyrics and as the piece ends
there are lyrics which refer to God. The use of the lyrics “You’vegot me closer to god” to end
the opening is very compelling and has the audience question whether someonein this
movie seeks for God or could foreshadow death and someone going to heaven hence why
they are closer to God.
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