I was listening to some gorgeous Christmas music when this hit me: Has Bruce Broughton ever composed music for horror movies? Of all the things I've heard from Broughton, his MONSTER SQUAD score is the closest thing to an authentic horror score ...which is also a bit ironic that such a *cute* kiddie film has such a dark score - and by Broughton, of all the people, who usually scores even adult movies in a heightened fantasy mode (that I honestly, really, have always LOVED!!)

I know that Broughton composed the score for one of the most gruesome episodes of TALES FROM THE CRYPT (the tv series), but that's where my knowledge of Broughton's actual horror writing ends.

But yes - because Broughton's biography includes so many movies of which I've never heard anything about - I'd really like to know is there any true horror (or suspense) scores by Broughton? I know there are some great chilling passages in his scores like LOST IN SPACE, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, and SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER --- and simply, I would like to hear MORE!!

KEN

PS. Sorry about my sloppy English; it has been so long time since I've used this language...

And I wonder if Jeron is the first one to reply.

I had the opportunity to listen to Intrada's YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES with the film's director and he enjoyed hearing this fantastic score again.

I took the opportunity to tell him that the hen hallucination sequence scarred me as a child.

Should I mention to him I have a RAIN MAN, er, private release?

"Thanks for 'Iko Iko.'" And then add, "you dick."

I would actually venture that the Broughton score which contains the most frightening work he ever did is Tombstone. Lots of experiments with dissonance and otherwise jarring harmonies there, but it's emotionally chilling in addition to simply being cacophonous. And that "Morgan's Death" cue is seriously one of the most potent, heart-stopping moments in all of filmmusicdom (provided you've listened to the rest of the score up until that point).