One of the techniques I decided to investigate for my Horror project was Gustavo Santaolalla’s use of guitar on the Last of Us soundtrack. Looking over the material and listening to tracks such as ‘The Choice’ Gustavo focuses on emotive playing. Furthermore, in the Documentary Grounded, Gustavo States why he detunes his guitar “I detuned my guitar so that the strings not only produce sound but noise”. In my project I tuned my guitar down to open G to get Similar undertones to what can be heard across the Last of Us soundtrack. Furthermore, I created one small guitar motif tied to the player character meaning that it can be triggered whenever the character feels scared or unsettled, relaying that emotion back to the player. Another interesting technique I utilised was the Shepard tone. I found this audible illusion fascinating as it creates the feel of ever rising or falling notes by having three octaves of a note play simultaneously, then modulating the volume of the lowest and highest octaves in opposite directions “It’s like a barbers pole of sound”(Haubursin, 2017). I used this in my project as it creates tension while being easily looped making it fantastic for game audio as by its very nature it always sounds as if it is evolving which reduces ear fatigue over time.