Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: John Carpenter Title: Choice Cuts: Wicked Sounds Of Horror (Film Score Anthology) Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Milan Records Release Date: 10/12/1999 Album Type: Soundtrack Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks Style: Holiday & Wedding Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 731383589027 |
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The fundamental concerns of the horror genre haven't changed much since the '70s: have an audience identify with the innocent protagonist, introduce a menacing whatever, and then scare the bejesus out of viewers. The oeuvr... more » |
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Amazon.com The fundamental concerns of the horror genre haven't changed much since the '70s: have an audience identify with the innocent protagonist, introduce a menacing whatever, and then scare the bejesus out of viewers. The oeuvre's score has always been a key ingredient to its success, and the best music has risen above mere cliché. This loosely Halloween-themed collection (bookended by--what else?--director John Carpenter's jittery synth themes from Halloween) gathers a motley, occasionally suspect (Carpenter's synth bolero for Escape from New York and its industrial rework for Escape from L.A. are infectious, if not exactly genre correct) collection that documents the surprising variety of music that's underscored modern cinematic terror. The tracks here range from Eurocentric orchestral (Pino Donaggio's Carrie), neopastoral gone quickly bad (Nicholas Pike's "Sleepwalkers," Marco Beltrami's Scream, Christopher Young's Urban Legend) to chilling modernism (Howard Shore's Crash, Michael Kamen's The Dead Zone) to the lovably cheezoid electronics of John Carpenter and Dick Maas's killer elevator music from The Lift. --Jerry McCulley Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsNice Collection of Horror Movie Themes Steve Miller | 03/02/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This disk contains some of the most famous and clever horror and sci-fi themes from the 'B-Movie' drawer from the past twenty years. Each track sums up the music from the film in question nicely. A further bonus are the liner notes which provide fascinating insights into the tracks on the disk and the composers who created them.High points of the anthology is the 'Escape from L.A.' medley which shows that an inferior sequel can have a superior soundtrack while playing with the cues from the original flick, the sample of the bizarre southwestern blues rock score from 'Vampires,' Howard Shore's 'Crash' and Christopher Young's 'Urban Legend' theme.All in all, the tracks on this disk are all examples of high-quality film scoring... even if the movies they supported weren't always the best. It's a worthwhile addition to the collection of any movie music lover."
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