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Just stumbled upon this wondrous mix of retro horror film music from Mike Butcherfinger.

Tracklist:

1. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Official Warning

2. Herman Stein – Introduction (Tarantula)

3. Pino Donaggio – Main Title (Carrie)

4. Lalo Schifrin – Amityville Love Scene (The Amityville Horror)

5. Carlo Maria Cordio – The Last Game (Absurd)

6. Carlo Maria Cordio – Darkside (The Bite Of Fear)

7. Stelvio Cipriani – Piano Diabolico (Rabid Dogs, Mario Bava, 1974)

8. Basil Rathbone – Alone (Edgar Allan Poe Collection)

9. Don Davis – Dana And Christopher (The Beast)

10. Jerry Goldsmith – The Visitor (Poltergeist II: The Other Side)

11. Tim Krog – Nightmare (Boogeyman)

12. David Storrs – Invaders From Mars (Invaders From Mars, 1986)

13. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Gruesome Twosome Radio Spot

14. Nico Fidenco – Porno Holocaust Seq. 4 (Porno Holocaust, Joe D'Amato Joe, 1981)

15. Rick Wakeman – Doin' It (The Burning)

16. Giorgio Moroder – Night Rabbit (Cat People)

17. Michael Hoenig – Main Title (The Blob, 1988)

18. Jay Chattaway – Stella and the Beast (Silver Bullet)

19. Fabio Frizzi – Verso L'Ignoto (The Beyond)

20. Budy-Maglione – Rudy And Gloria Get Screwed (Cannibal Ferox)

21. Goblin – Tenebre (Tenebre)

22. The Stuff Trailer (1985)

23. Stelvio Cipriani – Un Cadavere Nel Lago (Twitch of the Death Nerve, Bava, 1971)

24. Fabio Frizzi – Face the sea of Darkness (The Beyond)

25. Carlo Maria Cordio – Magnetic Field (Absurd)

26. Budy-Maglione – Jaywalkin' Iguana (Cannibal Ferox)

27. Basil Rathbone – The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe Collection)

28. J. Peter Robinson – Boils/Spiders (The Believers, 1987)

29. Brad Fiedel – Spying (Fright Night)

30. Carlo Maria Cordio – Killing Time (Absurd)

31. Fabio Frizzi – Suoni Dissonanti (City Of The Living Dead)

32. Hermann Kopp – Supper (Nekromantik)

33. Rick Wakeman – The Fire (The Burning)

34. John Carpenter – Prologue from The Fog (The Fog)

35. John Carpenter – Ghost Story (The Fog)

36. John Carpenter – Seagrass Attack (The Fog)

37. Lalo Schifrin – Screams (The Amityville Horror)

38. Carlo Maria Cordio – Transformation 1 (The Bite Of Fear)

39. Michael Kamen – School Days (The Dead Zone)

40. Jay Chattaway – A Little Knife Music (Maniac)

41. Fabio Frizzi – Falling for Emily (The Beyond)

42. Stelvio Cipriani – Una Città deserta (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

43. Jay Chattaway – Inner Voices (Maniac)

44. J. Peter Robinson – The Exorcism (The Believers)

45. Modern Man – The Dead Walk (Day of the Dead)

46. Harry Sukman – Straker's Place (Salem's Lot)

47. Dana Kaproff – Cool Ants (Empire Of The Ants)

48. Stelvio Cipriani – Ecologia Del Delitto (Twitch of the Death Nerve)

49. Stelvio Cipriani – L'Attesa (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

50. Franco Micalizzi – The Curse (The Curse)

51. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – This Is Not A Dream (Prince of Darkness)

52. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Cross Bar (Prince of Darkness)

53. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Hell Breaks Loose (Prince of Darkness)

54. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Halloween Montage (Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Announcer: Tommy Lee Wallace)

55. Carlo Maria Cordio – Transformation 2 (The Bite Of Fear)

56. Claudio Simonetti – Cruel Demon (Demoni)

57. Joseph LoDuca – Bridge Out (Evil Dead)

58. Rick Wakeman – Campfire Story (The Burning)

59. Christopher Young – A New Man's Destiny (Def-Con 4)

60. Meat Beat Manifesto – She's Unreal (Blair Witch Project)

61. The Thing Trailer

62. Joe Renzetti – It's Only A Doll (Child's Play)

63. Howard Shore – Seth And The Fly (The Fly)

64. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Tongue Torn Out

65. Keith Emerson – Inferno (Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980)

66. Gary Scott – Sweet Young Girls (Final Exam, 1981)

67. The Pain Of Being Dead (Return Of The Living Dead)

68. Fabio Frizzi & Rok Opera – Zombie '98 (Cannibal Ferox)

69. Jay Chattaway – Apocalypse New York (Maniac)

70. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – I Have A Message For You (Prince of Darkness)

71. Van Der Veer's Demise – James Horner (Wolfen)

72. Karl Hardman – Helen's Death (Night Of The Living Dead)

73. Howard Shore – Scanners (Main Title)

74. Scott Valdimir Licina – The Killers Are Eating The Flesh (Night of the living Dead)

75. Fabio Frizzi – Introduzione, Paura, Liberazione (City Of The Living Dead)

76. Trash's Fantasy – (Return Of The Living Dead)

77. Goblin – Ai margini della follia (Dawn of the Dead)

78. Alexander Blonksteiner – Dreadful Night – (Cannibal Apocalypse)

79. Giorgio Moroder – Leopard Tree Dream (Cat people)

80. Bruno Nicolai – Seq. 1. (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, Sergio Martino, 1971)

81. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – The Lions And The Cucumber (Vampyros Lesbos, 1971, Jess Franco)

82. Michael Holm – Liebesthema (Hexen bis auf das Blut gequält, 1970)

83. Riz Ortolani (Cannibal Holocaust) (Cannibal Holocaust)

84. Stelvio Cipriani – Fine Di Una Incubo (Twitch of the Death Nerve, Bava 1971)

85. Nico Fidenco – Porno Holocaust Seq. 9 (Porno Holocaust)

86. Walter Rizzati – Chi sta arrivando? (The House by the Cemetery, Lucio Fulci 1981)

87. Rick Wakeman – Sheer Terror (The Burning)

88. Christopher Young – Ghost Planet (Def-Con 4)

89. Elliot Goldenthal – Sour Grounds (Pet Sematary)

90. Rubini, Jaeger – Sarah's Panic (The Hunger)

91. Marcello Giombini – I morti si Svegliano (Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, Joe D'Amato 1980)

92. Riz Ortolani – Adultress' Punishment (Cannibal Holocaust)

93. Riz Ortolani – Seq. 5 (Don't Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci 1972)

94. Fabio Frizzi – Fatti Misteriosi (City Of The Living Dead)

95. Fabio Frizzi – Oltre La Soglia (The Beyond)

96. Stelvio Cipriani – Fantasia Tragica (Death Walks on High Heels, Luciano Ercoli 1971)

97. Pino Donaggio – The Tuxedo Shop (Carrie)

98. Billy Goldenberg – End Game (Duel, Steven Spielberg 1971)

99. Budy-Maglione – Mike Flips Out (Cannibal Ferox)

100. Make Them Die Slowly (Cannibal Ferox)

101. Red River Valley (Cannibal Ferox)

102. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Regeneration (Christine)

103. Howard Shore – Scanner Duel (Scanners)

104. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Blood Feast Radio Spot

105. Alexander Blonksteiner – Jane (Cannibal Apocalypse)

106. Ennio Morricone – Emmetrentatre (Short Night of the Glass Dolls, Aldo Lado 1971)

107. Charles Previn – Wolf-Bane (The Wolf Man, 1941)

108. Johan Soderqvist – Eli's Theme (Let the Right One In)

109. Jerry Goldsmith – The Calling (Poltergeist)

110. Michael Kamen – Realisation/Destiny (The Dead Zone)

111. Sante Maria Romitelli – Tessere Di Un Mosaico (Hatchet for the Honeymoon, Mario Bava 1970)

112. Jay Chattaway – Blast Him (Maniac)

113. Ennio Morricone – Magia Mera (A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Lucio Fulci 1971)

114. Fabio Frizzi – The Dead On Main Street (Cannibal Ferox)

115. Nico Fidenco – Zombie Parade (Zombi Holocaust)

116. Fabio Frizzi – Zombi 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

117. Marcello Giombini – Larry e Fiona (Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, 1980)

118. Stelvio Cipriani – Scotch For Two (Tentacoli)

119. Nico Fidenco – Seq. 11 (Porno Holocaust)

120. Jay Chattaway – Subway Terror (Maniac)

121. Scott Valdimir Licina – This Radio Station Will Remain On The Air (Night of the living Dead)

122. Stelvio Cipriani – Seq. 4 (Voices from Beyond, Lucio Fulci 1991)

123. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Necronomania (Vampyros Lesbos, Jesús Franco 1971)

124. Rick Wakeman – End Title Theme (The Burning)

125. Harry Bromley Davenport – Shreds Of Evidence (Xtro)

126. Goblin – Zombi (Dawn of the Dead)

127. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 1 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

128. Frank John Hughes – The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (The Twilight Zone)

129. James Horner – Wall Street And The Wolves (Wolfen)

130. Christopher Young – Original Intro & Main Title (Invaders From Mars)

131. Goblin – Profondo Rosso (Profondo Rosso)

132. Herschell Gordon Lewis – She-Devils On Wheels Radio Spot

133. Richard Band – Main Title (Re-Animator)

134. Scott Valdimir Licina – Boy, You'll Be Damned To Hell (Night of the living Dead)

135. Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave – Intro and Main Title (Phantasm)

136. Goblin – Suspiria (Celesta And Bells) (Suspiria)

137. Goblin – Suspiria (Suspiria)

138. Libra – Transfert I/Hypnos/Transfert II (Schock)

139. Tomandandy – Forbidden Zone (The Hills Have Eyes, 2006)

140. Stelvio Cipriani – Solitude (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

141. Krzysztof Komeda feat. Mia Farrow – Main Title (Rosemary's Baby)

142. Francesco De Masi – Fay (The New York Ripper)

143. Bruno Nicolai – Seq. 3 (A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Jesús Franco 1973)

144. Michael Holm – Das Grosse Glück (Hexen bis auf das Blut gequält, 1970)

145. Jay Chattaway – Hookers Heartbeat (Maniac) 

146. Ennio Morricone – It Begins… (The Thing)

147. Charles Bernstein – Fountain Of Blood (A Nightmare On Elm Street)

148. Fabio Frizzi – Something Dead (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

149. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

150. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 8 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

151. Jay Chattaway – Cemetery Chase (Maniac)

152. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Droge CX 9 (Vampyros Lesbos)

153. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – The Message (Vampyros Lesbos)

154. Nico Fidenco – Make Love on the Wing (Zombi Holocaust)

155. Pino Donaggio – Sue's Dream (Carrie)

156. The Go – Blue Eyes Woman (The Hills Have Eyes)

film score tu(n)esday!

Here are some of my favorite film scores so far from this year!

Shane Carruth - Upstream Color

The score by the film's director / actor / writer (impressive) was really alluring, inventive and was my key into a movie which, at times, was a bit murky.

Alexander Ebert - All is Lost

Ebert's (of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) melodic score made Robert Redford's trials and tribulations at sea a little more interesting to watch.

"Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song. And to be able to write something that did not have a chorus — and that would play for as long as it needed to and naturally disappear and come back whenever it needed to ... for me, that was very natural, actually. It was super liberating." -Alexander Ebert

Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo - Prince Avalanche

"Alone Time" is my favorite cue and its placement in the film is quite lovely.

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Prisoners

So I fell for this wacky, overlong melodrama mystery set in a wintery suburb in Pennsylvania.  The laconic score by Icelandic composer Jóhannsson is a good match with Roger Deakins' beautiful, moody photography.

Cliff Martinez - Only God Forgives

After Drive, this movie and its use of music was a bit of a letdown but Martinez offers a memorable cut "Wanna Fight?" that's pretty much the film's only highlight.

Thomas Newman - Side Effects

Chilly and repetitive, but with a slight playful tone, Newman's score to Steven Soderbergh's is very fitting and guides the movie's eeriness and myriad of plot twists.

Steven Price - Gravity

Some have complained that Price's score is a bit overwrought but I thought it added nicely to the tension and the movie's thrill-ride mentality.  It makes sense that Price was previously a music editor, since this score plays a lot with bombast and silence.

"The visuals are incredibly beautiful, but equally, it's the most terrifying thing you've ever seen in lots of ways. So the music had to do both of those things and feel kind of very organic and very textural, but equally kind of help your stomach to drop when things were spinning around you." -Steven Price

Max Richter - Wadjda

Modern classical composer Richter provided some soulful music for this deceptively simple Saudi Arabian tale.

Rob - Maniac

Throbbing mosaic of music from the Phoenix bandmate with traces of Air and John Carpenter.

"I wanted to do something very melancholic and sentimental that's related to his childhood trauma—very naive melodies and a very soft and childish mood, so that it can contrast with the violence and the horror." 

-Rob

Skrillex & Cliff Martinez - Spring Breakers

The garishness of Skrillex and the moodiness of Martinez's usual music is well-matched to the vibe of this raw, neon-hearted farce.

Hans Zimmer - 12 Years a Slave

I guess the main complaint is that Zimmer's music sounds so similar to his work on Inception and The Thin Red Line. I definitely get it and Zimmer has never been one of my favorite composers, but I found the dreamy string motif "Solomon" was used so hauntingly and beautifully throughout--doggedly stuck in different scenes of different emotions.

70s scores by karen g.

Taxi Driver (1976) – Bernard Herrmann

This gritty, atmospheric soundtrack sums up the neon and grime of 70’s New York in a perfectly smooth sequence.

The Conversation (1974) – David Shire

The soundtrack of this movie perfectly captures the suspense and mystery of this fantastic, yet underrated film.

The Deer Hunter (1978) – Stanley Myers

Probably one of my favorite pieces of music ever composed.  The music evokes the beauty and simplicity of life in a small town and the crushing emotion and devastation of those who served in Vietnam.

The Fury (1978) – John Williams

This is a sorely underrated soundtrack.  I believe this may be one of John Williams’ best.  (Don’t tell the Star Wars fans I said that).

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – Gheorghe Zamfir

The dark subject matter of this story blends beautifully with Zamfir’s eerie soundtrack.  This Australian film centers around the disappearance of several schoolchildren and their teacher during a picnic, and the subsequent devastating effect of their disappearance on their community.

The Godfather (1972) – Nino Rota

This beautifully complex piece of music compliments the story of humble beginnings and the rise to absolute power so incredibly!  Yes, another favorite of mine.

Images (1972) – John Williams

Turn off the lights and listen to this soundtrack in the dark. I dare you.


- Karen G.