The original Evil Dead from 1981 was a full on horror, and the score is just as unnerving and intense as the movie was. Using screeching violins to hone in on the terror was a brilliant work, and the use of creepy keyboards was brilliant as well. This score is orchestral in nature which is […]
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Marco Beltrami composed a soundtrack that evoked feelings of melancholy and terror which are both common themes this film explores. We deal with a family who are constantly under attack from otherworldly monsters that hunt based on sound. The scores within take us on that journey since the film uses the gimmick of very little
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The soundtrack for The Haunting is like a carnival ride, as it starts out cheery and fun before it drops you into the dark and foreboding parts. The darker tracks elicit mood of spectral figures reaching out to you, while the brighter tracks bring to mind of playfulness. Maybe to match the tone of the
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Take a listen to the foreboding score of the original Final Destination film from the year 2000. A clever movie about people who are able to see major catastrophic death before it happens, so they try to cheat death, only to find out you can’t. The music sets up the tension as well serving the
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Starting off November by looking at the thrilling and bombastic soundtrack to Thirteen Ghosts. It starts off with the right level of dread while slowly filtering in some suspense for good measure. Composer John Frizell does well in giving an almost grandiose aura to each of the tracks on the album. It is full of
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Dead Silence is a gothic horror tale, so it needed a score to match. Charlie Clouser managed to compose something that both has gothic vibes as well as being as emanating terror with each track. A majority of the tracks contained in this soundtrack will leave you wanting to keep a light on. It will
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Atmospheric and chilling, the soundtrack for The Fog is pretty high up there as one of his best works. I actually enjoy this soundtrack a lot, and it’s one of my favorite works of his. It starts with spoken word intro before the intense piano chords kick in with the Theme of The Fog. You
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To further cement Spiral’s place in the Saw franchise timeline, Charlie Clouser returns to provide the score, and it is as grimey and claustrophobic as you would expect from a Saw music score. Throughout the score, the songs provide a combination of quiet aggression, just building you up for the dread to come. And trust
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The soundtrack to the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead movie was composed by Goblin, who is more known for scoring Dario Argento films. Goblin lended a hand in this one with stock music filling in between their contributions. As a result we got a score that is a combination of dread, whimsical, and downright
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