Jay (theme)

Jay is a theme for the film It Follows and is features on the It Follows Soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace. It is the 3rd track on the album and it is also the theme song for Jay.

Appearance in It Follows
The theme is heard about 12 minutes into the film. After Jay spends her afternoon swimming, she goes insider her house to greet her friends that visited to hang out with one another. Jay then goes upstairs to her bedroom to get dressed and ready for her date with her boyfriend.

The theme begins as soon as the film cuts to Jay in her bedroom already in her pink dress and putting on her necklace and applying makeup before cutting to Jay and Jeff waiting in line at the movie theater.

The theme plays through the scene and continues to play after it cuts away from Jay's bedroom after she finishes applying makeup and stares at herself in her mirror. The theme finishes moments after cutting to the movie theater and the theme is never heard again.

Symbolism
"Jay" has a soft and innocent tone and stands out among the rest of the soundtrack as they are all eerie and fast-paced. Jay's innocent tone represents the character the theme belongs to as Jay is caring, innocent, insecure, and gentle in nature as seen towards her relations with her friends.

The theme is also the only "soft" theme in the soundtrack and it plays before Jay's encounter with The Entity. The theme could also symbolize the relaxing state for Jay and the audience before the danger arrives and its presence remaining throughout the film.

Trivia

 * Jay's theme, like the rest of the the film, is an homage to classic horror character themes. Similarly, Laurie's Theme from Halloween