I like watching horror movies too but i don't have much fondness in their type of songs though they still sound good like what I heard in The Exorcist.
I seldom listen to these music, the last i heard them when we had this certain activity in film school that required to have this kind of music.
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Yes - Enrico Morriconi's music to the 1980s thriller THE THING scarred the bejaysus out of me.
I really liked the soundtrack for "Needful Things". I haven't actually seen the movie, but the music by Patrick Doyle is excellent.
I have heard ACDC in horror movies and other heavy metal bands.
judy tooley
I personally love Fabio Frizzi's percussion driven score cue for the film ZOMBIE (1979) directed by Lucio Fulci. Of course, in my opinion, one of the most effective scores ever created for a horror film is John Carpenter's score for HALLOWEEN - very simple - but who can get that tune out of their head once you have heard it. The great Harry Manfredini has done so many great horror scores and yes Bernard Herrmann's score for PSYCHO is a masterpiece. I have also greatly enjoyed the arrangement Danny Elfman did for the remake of Psycho and also LOVE Danny Elfman's SLEEPY HOLLOW score.
Patrick Doyle music in "Needful Things" is smth! I agree it is cool!
I'm not sure if a horror film should be known for its music. I know that music can have a very strong effect, but I think that I would appreciate a horror film if there wasn't a soundtrack to let the audience know what was happening. Sorry if that is a little off topic.Originally Posted by cessy
the music for 'silent hill' is very creepy...also fabio frizzi has done some wonderful horror scores...danny elfman's 'sleepy hollow' is another great one.
Trick or Treat by Fastway was good stuff.
How many old horror films do you know that had toccata and fugue in
them? There are many times on Halloween that I hear the giant piece
on the pipe organ by Bach.
judy tooley
I think it was one of the Dracula movies which had this organ piece in it.
Alos charlie clouser is another good one for horror films as he has scored films such as the saw series and resident evil.
Having had an interest in horror film soundtracks very recently I've listened to several extracts and found that (at least when concerning the film's main theme) with a lot of the more notably scary horror films, either the music was a little too lush and beautiful-sounding at times (thus for me not appearing to convey the sense of horror and despair that the more 'hardcore' horror films are reputed for), or it did quite the opposite by making use of all sorts of gritty electroaccoustic effects and constant dissonances to the point that it didn't feel like tat good a soundtrack on its own (it was creepy, but alot of it wasn't neccessarily music). Of course there were a couple which just revolved around really really basic themes and remained in the same key, just orchestrating what was already very debatably an actual melody a little more each time it repeated in a vain attempt to heighten the drama. It seems a complecated conundrum the horror film soundtrack - either it's not horrible enough to bond with the film, not musical enough to work as a soundtrack on its own, or written for a film too bloody for any respectable composer to beable to endure (imagine having to watch horrific clips over and over again in order to develop and sync the music to them). Looking into some of the fims which, although equally scary, are more focused on heightening the terror and telling a good story as apposed to going for nothing but pure unadulterated shock value, I found that the soundtracks generally seemed better suited on the whole. An example being the theme to the initial three Final Destination films by the late Shirley Walker - I think the initial use of tritones and minor 6ths while never stopping on the tonic G for too long creates a really tense and disturbing feel, which for me kind of characterises the basic idea of the films themselves. It then becomes slightly more tonal by changing keys a few times and altering the intervals a little, which I personally think makes it good as an actual piece of music - it's actually telling you something.
Sorry for the loooong post and the fact that I've abruptly stormed the forum in order to thrust it upon everyone without so much as an introductory post. I'm just very intrigued as to what other people think about these views. I'm honestly very happy to be here and can't believe I've taken so long to join a forum with it's own section dedicated to music.
Hello, welcome to the forum. Glad you could join us.
Margaret
Two of my favourite musical scores for a horror film are both ironically featured in films by John Carpenter.
The most obvious being the original Halloween and the other (one of my favourite films) is his remake of The Thing.
Both are real mood setters.
The music from the Saw II score by charlie Clouser is very scary on its on. I listened to it in the dark and it scared me silly. It's really atomespheric.
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