SE7EN: David Fincher -- Darnell Brown

David Fincher used every element at his disposal to immerse the audience in the world he created for his film, but one of the most important element was his use of music. "Seven" is a crime thriller with a very bleak atmosphere. Throughout the entire film, there is an escalation in the crimes and intensity. For this, Fincher uses a lot of strings and horn arrangements to give the filling of anticipation. When Mills and Summerset are talking to Keven Spacy's character toward the end of the film, the music builds as the tense filling of the film increases. As Spacey draws Mills in, the music draws us in and we can't wait to find out what's in the box.

More than anything in the film, the suspenseful soundtrack and the bleak ambience music that plays throughout the film pulls us in. It rains the entire film and Fincher takes avantage of that but letting alot of the natural presence of the scene play throughout. Since the film is about someone acting out the seven deadly sins and each murder is more violent than the next, the build up each time Mills and Summerset enter the scene and discover the crime is intense. For films like "No Country for Old Men" the lack of music in the film assists in creating an effiencient world for the audience to get swept up into. For "Seven", the music is important. Without the build, maybe the audience wouldn't be so drawn into the incredible ending of the film. Who knows?