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Definitive Horror Movie Music Collection

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Definitive Horror Movie Music Collection

Synopsis

Just in time for Halloween 2009 comes this massive compilation of re-recorded background music for films and TV shows with horror themes, 60 tracks on four CDs running more than four-and-a-half hours. The tracks are drawn from Silva Screen Records' extensive library of rerecordings, most of them performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Compiler Rick Clark has stretched the definition of horror to include movies with supernatural aspects that may not be "horror" movies per se (serial killers, e.g., Zodiac and TV's Dexter, also make the cut, as it were). But then, when is a "horror" movie really a monster movie (Cloverfield)? Or a science-fiction movie (Sunshine)? or a fantasy movie (Pan's Labyrinth)? or an adventure movie (The Mummy)? or a mystery movie (The Sixth Sense)? or a thriller movie Dressed to Kill)? or a romantic movie (The Witches of Eastwick)? or an action movie (Predator)? or a comedy movie (Ghostbusters, Young Frankenstein)? or a suspense movie (Duel)? Here, they all come under the heading of horror, and by defining the term loosely, Clark has expanded the types of music that can be included. This isn't all slashing strings, by any means. (In fact, there's only one track composed by Bernard Herrmann, and it's not Psycho!) Another curious programming decision is the more-or-less reverse-chronological order in which the tracks are sequenced. This means that one hears music from The Mummy Returns before The Mummy, Aliens before Alien, Exorcist II: The Heretic before The Exorcist, and, most problematical, Halloween II before Halloween (since director/composer John Carpenter and composer Alan Howarth's Halloween II theme is an elaboration of Carpenter's original theme for Halloween). But, for some reason, the suite from Hellraiser immediately precedes that for Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Also, in many cases, the cues come from remakes, notably King Kong, War of the Worlds, The Mummy, Village of the Damned, and The Thing. Music from both versions of The Haunting is featured. And there are tracks from two different movies called Dracula (as well as the versions of the same story called Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula, Prince of Darkness, and Nosferatu, and even one called Taste the Blood of Dracula, which is the fourth of the Hammer studio's films starring Christopher Lee). All of this is to say that, while lengthy, the collection isn't so much "definitive" as a sort of warehouse-cleaning effort in which Clark has used everything from the vault that could conceivably be included under the definition of "horror" music from previous Silva Screen projects of, say, the music of composers John Williams (four selections) and Jerry Goldsmith (five selections). But whether or not one accepts the "horror" premise, the collection functions as a backwards history of ominous-sounding movie music, starting with contemporary composers like Christopher Young (three selections) and James Newton Howard (two selections), and ending with legends like Franz Waxman and James Bernard (six selections, all on the fourth disc). Great movie composers such as Ennio Morricone make surprising appearances (Exorcist II: The Heretic, really!), and so does a great classical composer (Béla Bartók, typically sampled by director Stanley Kubrick for The Shining). For the most part, this is orchestral music, but rock sneaks in here and there, including, curiously enough, the work of George Thorogood (whose "Bad to the Bone," used in Christine, is re-created as an instrumental by Nick Watson). If the album really does present a true history, then the '70s was a sort of golden age of horror movie music, particularly in the hands of Carpenter (five selections), whose subtle, simple theme for Halloween remains a terrifying piece of music, whether one recalls its use in the movie or not. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

EAN:: 738572128821
Genre:: Stage & Screen
Format:: CD
Release Date:: 2009-10-13
Label:: Silva America

Definitive Horror Movie Music Collection track listing

Disc 1
1. Drag Me To Hell, film score~End Titles (7:15)
2. Twilight, film score~Edward at Her Bed (Bella's Lullaby) (4:32)
3. Let the Right One In, film score~Eli's Theme (3:42)
4. Cloverfield, film score~Roar! (6:35)
5. Sunshine, film score~Adagio in D minor (4:27)
6. Zodiac, film score~Graysmith's Theme (3:55)
7. Dexter: Main Title (2:44)
8. Pan's Labyrinth, film score~The Labyrinth (4:20)
9. King Kong, film score~King Kong / The Venture Departs / It’s Deserted / Central Park / The Enpire State Building / Beauty (14:46)
10. War of the Worlds, film score~Suite (7:29)
11. Saw, film score~Hello Zep (3:10)
12. 28 Days Later, film score~In the House - In a Heartbeat (4:21)
13. Ring, film score~This Is Going to Hurt (3:51)
14. Mummy Returns, film score~Main Theme (5:24)
15. Vide Cor Meum, aria (for the film Hannibal) (3:10)
Disc 2
1. Mummy, film score~The Sand Volcano / Love Theme (3:55)
2. Sleepy Hollow, film score~End Titles (3:12)
3. Haunting, film score (1999)~The Carousel / End Titles (3:55)
4. Sixth Sense, film score~Malcolm Is Dead (5:22)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, film score~Theme (1:40)
6. Village of the damned, film score~March of the Children (7:34)
7. Bram Stoker's Dracula, film score~The Storm (4:24)
8. Army of Darkness, film score~Prologue / Building the Deathcaster (5:31)
9. Witches of Eastwick, film score~Dance of the Witches (5:37)
10. Predator, film score~Main Theme (4:58)
11. Hellraiser, film score~Main Title / Resurrection (6:54)
12. Hellbound: Hellraiser II, film score~Main Title / Headless Wizard / Looking Through a Window (9:43)
13. They Live, film score~Main Theme (3:24)
14. Aliens, film score~Prelude / Ripley's Rescue (6:54)
15. Ghostbusters, film score~Main Theme (3:14)
Disc 3
1. Nightmare On Elm Street, film score~Main Theme (4:15)
2. Bad To The Bone (5:55)
3. Poltergeist, film score~Main Theme (4:20)
4. Thing, film score~Main Theme (5:30)
5. Halloween II, film score~Main Theme (5:33)
6. Fog, film score~Main Theme (4:59)
7. Dressed to Kill, film score~The Gallery (6:20)
8. Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114~[Excerpt] (7:20)
9. Dracula, film score (1979)~Main Titles / Storm (5:52)
10. Phantasm, film score~Main Theme (4:00)
11. Alien, film score~End Title (4:45)
12. Halloween, film score~Main Theme (3:39)
13. Fury, film score~Main Theme (3:54)
14. Suspira, film score~Main Theme (6:50)
15. Exorcist II "The Heretic", film score~Regan's Theme (3:40)
Disc 4
1. Omen, film score~Ave Satani (4:56)
2. Young Frankenstein, film score~Transylvanian Lullaby (4:80)
3. Tubular Bells~[Excerpt] (6:20)
4. Duel, television film score~The Cafe / Truck Attack (5:80)
5. Taste the Blood of Dracula, film score~The Young Lovers / Ride to the Ruined Church (6:27)
6. Rosemary's Baby, film score~Lullaby (3:41)
7. Twisted Nerve, film score~Suite (6:34)
8. Devil Rides Out, film score~The Power of Evil (2:40)
9. Dracula Prince of Darkness, film score~Suite (5:70)
10. Haunting, film score~The History of Hill House (5:35)
11. Dracula, film score~Main Title / Finale (7:28)
12. Horrors of the Black Museum, film score~Main Theme (4:33)
13. Thing (from Another World), film score~Main Theme (2:50)
14. Bride of Frankenstein, film score~Creation of the Female Monster (9:41)
15. Nosferatu, silent film score (1922)~Overture (3:30)