Comparing opening theme tunes

Catch me if you can- in catch me if you can the music is climatic and fast paced, this is because it adds drama and a sense of action to the scene. clicking sounds which relates to the click of a clock, this is because time is an issue in this film may be there hero is fighting against time. the music is orchestral and jazzy, and this adds to the drama and suspense of the scene and relates to the visuals. Such examples of this are when the figure runs into the bar and escapes from the lift, but the music is used all the way through the scene, it is just altered at different parts of the scene to relate to these visuals.
The film is a crime thriller, and the opening theme music relates to this sub-genre effectively because the clicks relate to the idea of a gun being loaded before it's fired, which is obviously something you would expect to see in a crime thriller. The climatic and dark mood of the music also relates to the sub-genre well and engages the audiences interest.

Face-off - There is a lot of non-diegetic sound used in this opening scene, and once again, the music is climatic and fast paced, but this time the music has a different mood. The music starts off portraying a cheerful mood that relates to the visuals where a young boy is seen riding on a merry-go-round, relating to the cheerful mood of the music, in which bells could be heard. The diegetic sound that adds to this is the child's laughter, but quickly changes as the face-off title appears and the mood of the music changes from cheerful to dark, and once again this relates well to the visuals as a man is shot towards the end of the scene and one of the characters cries. The quick change in the mood portrayed by the music relates well to the crime sub-genre because it makes the opening scene more climatic and engages the audiences interest.

Panic Room - There are some ticking noises in the opening scene that add to the fast paced and climatic music to create an unsettling and dark mood for the opening scene; which relates well to the crime sub-genre. The ticking noises and music worked with the visuals where the city is shown in the background from different angles with the opening credits along the sides of them and since the font of the words is very big, it creates a dramatic and suspense-filled mood for the film.