It has been used 28 times in trailers for Dante’s Peak (1997), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Last Castle (2001), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Ring (2002).Ģ. The pounding rhythm conveys a sense of emergency, the dynamic pause at 0.22 is useful for cutting to a dramatic shot and the choral singing creates an atmosphere of heightened tension. Redrum from Immediate Music (Used 28 times): Immediate Music are a LA-based music company that specialise in music for trailers and for some reason their track ‘Redrum’ has really caught on.
The movie music website have compiled a long list of frequently used cues from trailers and here are the top five:ġ. Often this is because the film and score haven’t been finished, but there are some musical cues that keep re-appearing. When you watch a trailer for an upcoming film, the music featured is not necessarily what you hear in the final cut.
Various pieces of film music often end up in trailers for other movies but some appear more frequently than others.
