The use of sound to set mood (The Shining)

I re-watched the shining this weekend in order to consider what techniques Stanley Kubrick uses to make the film successfully creepy.

I came to the conclusion that Kubrick uses sound mainly to make the piece intense. Not only does he use the soundtrack to set the mood, increasing the tempo and changing the pitch whenever a scene gets intense, but he also uses sounds within the scenes. 

One example of this is his use of repetitive sounds such as the sound of Jack intensely typing and making it louder than the soundtrack. The sound of his frantic typing mixed with the soundtrack gets louder and louder in one scene to show a build up of emotion, until wendy enters and breaks Jack's consentration. At that point the typing and soundtrack end with an abrupt cruscendo. The intensity of this use of sound heightens the intensity of the emotions within the piece and highlights Jack Torrence's decrease in sanity. 

Another example of Kubrick's use of sound is the use of symbols to make the scenes feel off. 

Stanley Kubrick also uses the matching of sound with picture to show the decrease in security and comfort. He does this in the scenes with Danny riding his trike along the halls. In the first clip of this the sound of Danny going over the carpets and floorboards matches perfectly with the shots of this occurring. However, just before Danny sees the twins, the sound of his on his trike going over carpet and floorboards is not in sync with the image of him doing this. This was done on purpose by Kubrick to create a sense of uneasyness and to make the audience aware that everything is not okay.