Does anyone know a good piece of music that could be used at the start of a thriller/scary film?

Question

I'm looking for a piece of classical music to use in the opening of a thriller film...does anyone know something thats sort of haunting...nothing too obvious or cheesy, its needs to be classy! Any help would be great, thanks.

Answer 1

Try the opening of Stravinsky's "Firebird"

Here's a performance of the Introduction on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhuFmfq3sMs

Answer 2

Last movement of Symphony Fantastique by Berlioz
Night on Bald Mountain by Moussorgsky
Opening/closing to Carmina Burana by Orff
Any of the three Symphonic Fantasias by Ifukube (these are hard to get, but worth it, and have been in many films)
Funeral March movement to Sonata Op. 35 by Chopin
Prelude in C-Sharp minor by Rachmaninoff
1st movement to Brahms' Piano Concerto #1
1st movement to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Requiems by Mozart & Verdi

Answer 3

Sentinel - Mike Oldfield

it's the opening track from his album Tubular Bells II, so it sounds similar to Tubular Bells - which was the theme for The Exorsist.


O Fortuna - Carl Orff

Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone

Sadness - Enigma

Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber

Agnus Dei {Adagio for Strings} - David Hill

Answer 4

Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse - Dimmu Borgir, The Root Of All Evil - Dream Theater, I Stand Alone - Godsmack, Spheres of Madness - Decapitated, Antichrist Phenomenon - Behemoth

Answer 5

If you want, try Toccata and Fugue in D by Bach -- it's played a lot during Hallowe'en (it's in one of the cards in the store I work at for Hallowe'en).

Or you could try Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, the First few minutes of it.

You can listen to these on ProjectPlaylist.com.
-Matthew

Edit: You could also try Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King, another classic.

Answer 6

I am assuming something that is mysterious ... simple but slightly spooky and atmospheric ..... much of Debussy will fill that bill also Satie also would work as long as you don't use that one Gymnopedie that everyone knows ... there also dozens recorder ensembles (the slow ones) which with the right visuals would creep you out for a few days

Answer 7

Dukas-Sorcerer's Apprentice

Answer 8

"Night on Bald Mountain" by Mussorgsky.
"O Fortuna" by Carl Orff.
"Mars" from the "Planets Symphonic Suite" by Gustav Holst.

Answer 9

Try Moussorgsky's "Night on a Bare Mountain";
or Saint-Saens "Danse Macabre."

Answer 10

Sorry, i don't recognize it. Very often the music used in trailers are not on the souondtrack so i'm not surprised.