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Music conveying sadness often features minor keys, slow tempos, and legato strings.

Elation in film music is often represented by energetic brass fanfares, rhythmic strings, and major harmonic progressions.

Mystery in a score is often conveyed through the use of whole tone scales, sparse textures, and subtle use of percussion.

Film scores that evoke loneliness tend to have solo instruments, minimalistic textures, and echoing effects.

Romantic film music is characterized by warm string sections, tender melodies, and rich harmonies.

Joyful music in film is characterized by major keys, bright melodies, and lively rhythms.

Triumphant music is typically associated with strong brass sections, fast tempos, and ascending melodic lines.

To express despair, film scores can utilize chromatic movement, sparse scoring, and low, sustained tones.

Excitement is typically conveyed with fast-paced rhythms, ascending musical phrases, and a full orchestration.

Music that signals anticipation might use building crescendos, repetitive motifs, and a combination of dissonance and resolution.

To create suspense, composers might use unresolved melodies, harmonic ambiguity, and pulsing bass lines.

Music that creates tension often uses dissonance, irregular rhythms, and staccato strings.

Film music evoking anger may feature dissonant chords, aggressive brass, and a heavy use of percussion.

Scores that evoke fear may utilize diminished chords, sudden loud dynamics, and high-pitched dissonant sounds.