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Timmer Wizard	Heh peeps it's HALLOWEEN!...nobody wanna talk horror scores? I'll be back here later and somebody (yeah that person could be YOU!) better have started a conversation ...OR ELSE!! NP : The Dark Half - Christopher Young...just the end title, I'm going through loads of favourite bits from scary scores...Hellraiser II next Heh Peter, like the Pumpkin in the Movie Music logo!
posted 10-31-2002 11:07 AM PT (US)

Kevin Wizard	I don't like horror movies, so consequently I can't talk the scores. But I like the pumpkin in the logo. And it's neat that it "glows." But PK, why isn't it on all the pages? I only see it on the main page. Kevin
posted 10-31-2002 11:26 AM PT (US)

Bradley Wizard	Hmmm, I'm not into horror movies anymore either. At least, no those slasher flicks like Friday 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. But, give me a good suspense movie that scares the daylights out of me anyday. As for scores though, I liked The Omen, especially the Main Theme, very effective. I also like Jaws, if we can count Jaws as horror. And the theme to Halloween is really cool, simple but it fits great. Bradley
posted 10-31-2002 12:00 PM PT (US)

Gae Wizard	Timmer, you know me. It doesn't have to be Halloween for me to be listening to my Hammer compilations and scores!! You know, apart from James Bernard's scores a lot of other hammer scores by the likes of Harry Robinson and David Whitaker aren't really scary, just very evocative and atmospheric. Speaking of which, I've just placed an order for the Box set DVD of Countess Dracula, Twins of evil and Vampire Circus at the incredible price of 15.99 at Amazon.co.uk. Thought you might like to know..there's a few of the movies been released on DVD this month. After seeing the movie again last night I'm gonna have to spend more time listening to Goldenthal's "Interview with the Vampire" which I have but dont know that well yet. One of my favourite Horror scores is definately Goldsmith's fantastic "Poltergeist". I didn't think much of the sequel and consequently haven't listened to the score, which was more SYNTH orientated and less effective. Gae
posted 10-31-2002 02:20 PM PT (US)

SirT Muggle	A "scary" score - at least to me the first time I listened to it at night with the lights turned off - is It's Alive II (Bernard Herrmann, adapted by Laurie Johnson). There is something weird and disturbing about it which I found quite effective.
posted 10-31-2002 02:40 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Wizard	quote: Originally posted by Kevin: I don't like horror movies, so consequently I can't talk the scores. But you can listen to horror scores without watching the movies... I can't think of many great horror scores other than the obvious ones by Goldsmith, Young, Goldenthal, Williams, some Elfmans...which I couldn't listen without summoning Dan. I think we should add Amenabar's The Others to the list this year though. NP: The Dark Half (Christopher Young) - great idea, Tim!
posted 10-31-2002 03:35 PM PT (US)

rachmaninov Wizard	Ops, Double post. [Message edited by rachmaninov on 10-31-2002]
posted 10-31-2002 03:42 PM PT (US)

rachmaninov Wizard	Can you guys believe that I don't have any single horror soundtrack? I think I'll go out and get one today (Wearing a pumpkin costume) They might actually have a bigger selection today... Rach PS. I was joking about the costume. NP: Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra - Gyorgy Ligeti (FROM 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY)
posted 10-31-2002 03:43 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Wizard	Oh the horror of it all! Right up my horrific creek! Love all those horrible scores mentioned, but Gae's right - horror scores don't have to be genuinely disturbing, unless the movie calls for it. The Hammer films were never really scary, but they were deliciously atmospheric, and the beautifully evocative scores are a treasure. Composers such as James Bernard hit the nail right on the head with their atmospheric textures (and bombast at the right moments). As regards fun AND at the same time creepy scores, yes, I agree with the aforementioned mention of the HELLRAISER films - Chris Young's scores for the first two are genuinely unnerving - anyone notice the influence of Goldsmith's brilliant LOGAN's RUN in those (the three piano notes)? THE OTHERS is another excellent score which is halfway fun, halfway REALLY disturbing. Out and out scary My-God is Goldsmith's THE MEPHISTO WALTZ - those processed vocal effects are spooky as hell, and are a million miles away from both the Hammer "comfortable" scares and the nudge-nudge-wink-wink music for some of the more recent jokey adolescent movies. What about Denny Zeitlin's sublime INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS? That's SO straight-faced it just floors you with its power. But it's not sombre at all like Shore's THE FLY, for example, which is neither scary nor exciting, just kind of dignified and sad. I love my horrors, be they fun or downright disturbing. And horror is surely THE genre in which composers can spread their artistic wings and go really mad!
posted 10-31-2002 04:14 PM PT (US)

Timmer Wizard	Good calls Graham and Gae, couldn't get through tonight without some Hammer scores (agree so much there both of you, everything Hammer lacked was made up for in bucketloads of atmosphere and not least from the scores). After a while I gave up flipping through CD's and ended up playing the whole of The Hammer Film Music Collection Volume 1. Most excellent, Gothic romance rules NP : enough horror, time for something else Ninfa Plebea - Ennio Morricone [Message edited by Timmer on 10-31-2002]
posted 10-31-2002 05:36 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Wizard	Uff, I've horrored myself to madness! First I thought that ideal Halloween listening would be Elfman's SLEEPY HOLLOW, so I put it on. You know, I couldn't get even half way through it. Maddeningly chaotic! I'd forgotten that I didn't really like that score. Things looked up though with the GDI Hammer themes collection. I put this on shuffle mode, and tried to guess the pieces coming up. Madness. But what great great music. Then I tried the Silva re-recordings of some of James Bernard's scores. Laudable intentions, but only semi-succesful results. Some of the playing is like a school band. Drove me mad. Went to cinema. Saw DARKNESS. Scary, and the ending was a cracker. Pushed me towards insanity though. Then listened to Amen�ber's score for ABRE LOS OJOS. An accomplished, dense work, quite unsettling. Would drive some people mad though. Timmer, isn't Morricone's NINFA PLEBEA the perfect antidote to all this? I love that score! It radiates light, sunny Italian plazas, and life. It also has one of Morricone's most atypical secondary themes, in the sense that its melodic structure doesn't sound like Morricone. Oh, I'll skip the few moments of horror and violence on that CD in the future. Morricone, when he's being horrific and violent, would drive anyone mad.
posted 11-02-2002 02:03 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Wizard	I like some horror, but not the cut and slash films. Back when I was teaching long ago and the first Halloween movie came out, one of my students came up to me(9th grade girl) and said "Mr. Winfrey, you need to see this movie. It was really good." I asked her what it was about. She told me. and I said to her "Oh you like those slice and dice movies huh? The ones where they cut and slash and splash blood all the way through?" She looked funny and walked off. There are many horror scores that are great. Many. Goldsmith has done several-his Other score is very good. To a awful film too. Same with all three Omens-severe violence but great music. The Hammer films have many good scores by Banks, Baxter and others. So many you could list them all day. Best, J. Take it easy folks.
posted 11-02-2002 08:35 PM PT (US)

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