IEntry · Panic Threshold
Thriller cue at the panic threshold: escalating dread, hyperventilation pacing, and claustrophobic pressure.
The tempo of the cue is the tempo of a panic attack: short breaths that get closer together, with the harmony refusing to widen. Around the halfway point the breathing texture takes over from the strings entirely.
For panic attacks, tunnels, locked rooms and any scene shot too close to a face.
IIAt a glance
| Cue | Panic Threshold (reel position 18) |
|---|---|
| Mood cluster | Thriller |
| Length | 0:52 (52.219 s master) |
| Feel | Tight, breathless, accelerating |
| Instrumentation | Breath samples · Short string stabs · Close sub pulse · Rising noise |
| Written for | Standalone showreel cue, written to picture for horror commissions — not tied to a single production. |
| Master | /audio/track-17.mp3 · MP3, streamed from the site |
| Composer | Zazie Kanwar-Torge |
| Entry updated |
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IIIListen to Panic Threshold
Direct MP3: /audio/track-17.mp3 · stream the whole reel from the horror composer showreel or filter it by mood cluster.