Thursday, March 20, 2014
Psycho
Without the music in Physcho, I doubt it would be any scary. The music is loud, and it usually goes from total silence to loud music. Rapidly changing pace from silence to disturbing screeching violins connected with sudden moves in the movie is what makes us scared. A famous scene where this is used is the shower scene. We can first hear the calming water from the shower, almost like rain, and then we see a shadow in the curtain which builds the suspense and when he opens the curtain loud, and disturbing high pitched music appears. Hitchcock said to Herrmann that he wasn't going to include the music in that scene, but Herrmann wrote it anyway, and Hitchcock agreed that it was too good to throw away.
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I agree with you when you acknowledge the power of Hitchcock's music in the film. It really does enhance the overall value of the scenes, especially the shower scene like you mentioned. It makes you know that something is going to happen by the dramatic suspense the music creates prior to a disturbing scene. Hitchcock was the first of many to start using the dramatic music to make the viewers scared so it was good that you took note of that.
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