The Definitive Horror Movie Music Collection
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Composer: Christopher YoungComposer: Carter Burwell
Composer: Johan Soderqvist
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Composer: David Shire
Composer: Rolfe Kent
Composer: Javier Navarrete
Composer: James Newton Howard
Composer: John [Film Composer] Williams
Composer: Charlie Clouser
Composer: John Murphy
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Composer: Patrick Cassidy
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Composer: Danny Elfman
Composer: John / Davies, Dave Carpenter
Composer: Wojciech Kilar
Composer: Joseph LoDuca
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2009-10-13
Music Label: Silva America
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Drag Me to Hell/End Titles
- Twilight/Edward at Her Bed (Bella's Lullaby)
- Lät Den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In)/Eli's Theme
- Cloverfield/Roar!
- Sunshine/Adagio in D Minor
- Zodiac/Graysmith's Theme
- Dexter/Main Title
- Pan's Labyrinth/The Labyrinth
- King Kong/King Kong/The Venture Departs/It's Deserted/Central Park/The
- War of the Worlds/Suite
- Saw/Hello Zep
- 28 Days Later/In the House - In a Heartbeat
- The Ring/This Is Going to Hurt
- The Mummy Returns/Main Theme
- Vide Cor Meum (For the Film Hannibal)
- The Mummy/The Sand Volcano/Love Theme
- Sleepy Hollow/End Titles
- The Haunting/The Carousel/End Titles
- The Sixth Sense/Malcolm Is Dead
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Theme
- Village of the Damned/March of the Children
- Bram Stoker's Dracula/The Storm
- Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III)/Prologue/Building the Deathcaster
- The Witches of Eastwick/Dance of the Witches
- Predator/Main Theme
- Hellraiser/Main Title/Resurrection
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II/Main Title/Headless Wizard/Looking Through a W
- They Live/Main Theme
- Aliens/Prelude/Ripley's Rescue
- Ghostbusters/Main Theme
- A Nightmare on Elm Street/Main Theme
- Christine/Bad to the Bone
- Poltergeist/Main Theme
- The Thing/Main Theme
- Halloween II/Main Theme
- The Fog/Main Theme
- Dressed to Kill/The Gallery
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta/Excerpt (As Used in the Film
- Dracula/Main Titles/Storm
- Phantasm/Maine Theme
- Alien/End Title
- Halloween/Main Theme
- The Fury/Main Theme
- Suspira/Main Theme
- Exorcist II: The Heretic/Regan's Theme
- The Omen/Ave Satani
- Young Frankenstein/Transylvanian Lullaby
- Tubular Bells (As Used in the Film the Exorcist)
- Duel/The Cafe/Truck Attack
- Taste the Blood of Dracula/The Young Lovers/Ride to the Ruined Church
- Rosemary's Baby/Lullaby
- Twisted Nerve/Suite
- The Devil Rides Out/The Power of Evil
- Dracula, Prince of Darkness/Suite
- The Haunting/The History of Hill House
- Dracula/Main Title/Finale
- Horrors of the Black Museum/Main Theme
- The Thing from Another World/Main Theme
- Bride of Frankenstein/Creation of the Female Monster
- Nosferatu/Overture
Music reviews of The Definitive Horror Movie Music Collection
Music Review: Remarkably Wonderful Collection
Rating: 5 Stars
For years, music companies have put out CD compilations of movie themes that promise to be the "ultimate" or "complete" set. And most of them are woefully disappointing. While they contain the themes to great movies, they're usually performed on synthesizers or are knockoffs that don't have near the power or beauty of the originals. So when a four-CD set called "The Definitive Horror Music Collection" landed in my mailbox, I was skeptical to say the least. I looked at the track listings and imagined another crappy set that sounded more like elevator music than a moving score. I was pleasantly surprised to find that, not only did the set include some great songs, but were played by some really impressive musicians.
To begin with, the four CDs play like a lesson in movie history with the earliest tracks going back to 1922's Nosferatu, continuing to 2009's Drag Me to Hell. By taking some of the most powerful music (not just themes) from eighty-seven years worth of horror films, this collection gives the reader a real education in influences and advances in the art of scoring a movie. The composer list reads like a who's who of music, with names like Danny Elfman, John Williams, Elmer Berstein, and Pino Donaggio.
It also doesn't go for the easy market by picking only the popular films. Some of the titles in this collection, I must admit, I'd either forgotten about or had never heard. The music from Duel and Taste the Blood of Dracula are a couple of wonderful surprises, as is the "Twisted Nerve Suite" and "Creation of the Female Monster" from Bride of Frankenstien. The collection does contain some of the old stand-bys that no collection should be without, like "Tubular Bells" and "Dance of the Witches" from The Witches of Eastwick, but it also contains surprises like John Carpenter's ultra-cheesy theme to They Live, the theme to Dexter, and a fully realized theme to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also included is the theme to Ghostbusters, which, contrary to popular belief, is not the Ray Parker Jr. song.
What sets this collection apart from others, besides the incredible choice in music, is the caliber of musicians who play on it. The majority of the tracks are played by the City of Prauge Philharmonic Orchestra, which means the songs are played with all the beauty of emotion they deserve. Also featured on the collection is London Music Works, who do an excellent job of capturing the mood and feeling of each piece. Other artists on the collection include The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Michigan Music Works, Gareth Williams, Nick Watson and Mark Ayres.
In all, the collection is nearly flawless, and I say "nearly" because also included is an instrumental version of "Bad to the Bone" from Christine, which doesn't sound right unless George Thorogood is playing it. Every other track in the collection is perfect, well excecuted, and well worth the listen.
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