Phenomenal horror franchise centered around the deranged crimes and copycat legacy of a killer who devises physical and psychological tests for his victims.
Composer Charlie Clouser — the former Nine Inch Nails member and remix specialist — proves himself a master of tension and momentum throughout the Saw series, increasing tempo and heart-rates with devilish facility. Propulsive strings, hefty beats, and bursts of industrial shredding feature prominently, along with artfully demonic echoes, electronic scratches, persistent electronic notes, and finessed off-kilter piano lines, and each Saw score is tethered to variations on the excellent main theme (aka "Hello Zepp").
Intense, rocktronic driving that accelerates to a climax, relaxes to an ambient soundscape of drones, and bursts into a faster beat to a climactic ending.
A driving soundscape of electronic effects, swells, and percussion with interludes of atmospheric drones and builds that swell back into percussive beats.