Soundtrack Analysis

Gone Girl

In terms of its soundtrack, Gone Girl uses a variety of short and long songs, instrumentals, and sounds to add to the ambience of the movie. The soundtrack itself includes 24 songs. Everything used in the film is slow paced and more peaceful. Often the uses of these sounds tend to come off as ominous and threatening as it foreshadows   future events to occur to add the the plot of the movie. In addition, the sounds and music paired with the sconces in the film often juxtapose the events occurring in the movie. For example, in one of the scenes where Nick and Amy fight, the music slowly and lightly playing in the background is actually a happy and joyful song that completely contradicts the events we as the audience are seeing. Nonetheless, the movie also uses non-diegetic sounds throughout the movie such as narration and almost all of the music to show the we as the audience know more about the plot and can piece the events of the plot together before the characters in the movie can themselves. In addition, the movie uses popular songs which supports the movie in order to gain a wider and broader audience. The use of these songs add to the more modern world environment of the movie. Lastly, in terms of soundtrack and editing, the sounds and music used in the movie are placed in such a way that movie flows perfectly with its soundtrack. The music stops, slows, fades in and out, and speeds up at such precise moments of the film which allows the audience to interact with the movie more. For example, in a few scenes that are more fast paced and mysterious which include music, the music is edited in such a manner where it stops when something sudden happens, it slowly fades in when the sudden action has ended, so on and so forth. In one of the sciences where Amy and Nick are fighting, the music builds up and cuts silent at the scenes peak, where Nick is angry and yelling.