The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is regarded as one of the best psychological Thrillers ever made. It won Oscars for Actor/Actresses and best film.
The soundtrack was created by Howard Shore.
THE OPENING:
The music which is played during the opening makes the audience think something bad is going to happen. We see Clarice (Jodie Foster) running through a wood which the audience later find out is an assault course. Whilst she is running the audience think she is vulnerable. The music from the start is an eerie piece of classical music which is immediately unsettling; in fact, we are almost waiting for something bad to happen. The music makes the audience predict something in the visuals.
THE INTERVIEW SCENE:
The audience hear the same soundtrack playing throughout the interview scene as we did during the opening. The soundtrack begins as Clarice walks towards Hannibal Lecter’s (Anthony Hopkins) prison cell. It is used to unsettle the audience without getting to its full tempo.
THE ESCAPE SCENE:
The scene opens with diagetic classical music playing. This suggests a peaceful scene. It joins two different sounds together – classical music to the soundtrack. The high tempo soundtrack creates immediate anxiety within the audience. Then the soundtrack stops and the classical music comes back.
BUFFALO BILL IS KILLED:
As Clarice staggers around in the darkness the soundtrack builds up again to its crescendo (peak) until she shoots him and then the music dies down. The audience is familiar with the soundtrack from its use during key moments in the film. It is very loud which can be draining.
EVALUATION:
-how this film influenced our final piece
we liked the way that this film had only used one soundtrack for all the key moments in the film. we thought it was very powerful as it got the audience familar with it so when they heard it they knew to expect sopmething bad to happen. We wanted this effect too so we found one soundtrack that fit with our film and used this throughout.
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