The music in Hostage, starring Bruce Willis has a lot of tension and suspense, which adheres to the codes and conventions of the same genre: Thriller. The sombre tone of the trumpet at the beginning also reinforces the tension that would appear in the film. The opening credits are against a scene of a city, with the credits on the buildings, which show that even around normal daily surroundings that people are used to, abnormal things can occur. this is accompanied by typical city noises like police sirens, and cars honking. Throughout the opening sequence, there are images that are typical in a hostage situation, with snipers on a roof, targeting the kidnapper, and armed police vehicles surrounding the contained area. Images of a phone, shows typical negotiations between kidnapper and police, and the end image of a gun pointing at someone's head which all show stereotypical traits of a hostage situation in a thriller movie.
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