Analysis on the use of sound from 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' in the Beatrix buried scene

On watching this clip from Kill Bill Vol. 2 for the first time, I watched it with my eyes opening. My opinion of it afterwards was that it is an entertaining scene to watch with good music, good loud breathing, hammering and every single detail highlighted and made clear to the audience. However, I then watched the clip for a second time with my eyes closed. Had I not already seen the clip then I may not have worked out exactly what was happening in the scene, but even so the sound becomes far more apparent to you. It showed me that without sound and music to reinforce the scene then it simply becomes something that conveys no urgency, emotion or feeling whatsoever.

In terms of actual sounds, with my eyes closed the only sounds to be heared are crashes of dirt and mud piling on top of the coffin, this is followed by the dribble of debris. After each crash all there is to be heard is Beatrix's heavy breathing. In this scene, just by using a breathing and not uttering a single word, the sounds that she makes convey emotion from deep heavy breathing to screams that almost drown out into an insane laugh and also her hyterical gasps of exasperation. As the crashing stops we hear a car drive away, and one this sound drifts out the only sound to be heard is of her breathing and moving about and this is where the music starts. The music sounds to reinforce the idea that she is escaping, which is why it is so upbeat which seems unsual when contrasted and compared to the darkness of content of the scene itself.