Best Horror Soundtrack

[BugMuffins]

What makes a great horror soundtrack for you? Is it a matter of the artists playing & select songs on the soundtrack (like Shocker) or more the feeling the eerie music gives you as you watch the film?


What say you? I would have to say for me it's between The Exorcist & Suspiria. Pretty creepy stuff.

[vesaker]

Carpenters The Thing and Ravenous

[starcat]

i like a good rock/metal soundtrack... shocker was awesome. the bests are the lost boys..everydamn song!!! and trick or treat. black roses was really awesome too

[Kikabi]

It's definitely eerie music for me rather than specific artists or songs, as I like movies with lots of atmosphere. To me, the Exorcist is the ultimate, a score one can never forget, and one with many imitators, for good and ill.

[Inglorious]

My favorite horror scores are Suspiria. Which I think is pretty much unrivaled. Following very close would be The Exorcist and The Omen with many other honorable mentions.

[X-Nightcrawler]

I have a real big place in my heart for the score of "Final Destination".

One of the most effective eerie, ominous scores I've heard.

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
I have a real big place in my heart for the score of "Final Destination".

One of the most effective eerie, ominous scores I've heard.

You aint changed a bit. In a good way. But you know I love FD as well.

Some others I have: Carnival Of Souls (my fav. horror movie of all time), Silent Hill (love it!), pretty much any Carpenter, The Goblins on pretty much any Argento, Requeim for a Dream, Psycho of course, and as I said before MANY MORE.

Creepy original scores work the best though. I have no prob with straight songs from bands recorded into the film.

[Ratlehed]

Halloween 2 is probably my fave. It has creepy music like the original with a more electronic sound. The Thing and The Fog also have great scores. Phantasm has a good score as well.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
You aint changed a bit. In a good way. But you know I love FD as well. And it's been four years. *sob* That's not sad at all. :D

And great call on "Silent Hill". I goshdarn love that movie's score, even if it's not original.

[!MorganOnyx!]

I prefer original scores over a bunch of "songs inspired by the movie" but there's still massive fun to be had from certain soundtracks, such as THE LOST BOYS. Anything CARPENTER does is simply terrific. One of the main reasons I love HALLOWEEN 3:SEASON OF THE WITCH is the ominous, brooding score. I like orchestral sounds, strings etc, they're quite effective but I also dig simple electronic sounds, synthesizers and shit they used in the 80's.

Get your casio keyboard out boys - let's jam! :D

[PaddieT]

Suspiria, Halloween, The thing, Excorcist, Wickerman, Hellraiser, all the best films really

[SplatterMaster5]

Amityville II The Possession sountrack is a better version of the first movies score in my opinion, creepy. And Pet Sematary has similarly eerie music. Suspiria and House By The Cemetery had great music too.

[Le_Big_Mac]

Since this doesn't exempt unoriginal music, The Shining.

[BugMuffins]

Wow! I am blown away. I had not really checked back on this thread and I have to say THANKS for all the tremendous recommendations. I am attempting to "break into" film soundtrack involvement and these suggestions will be studied and are VERY appreciated.

[Cronos]

Anything by John Carpenter.

[MidnightAngel]

Favorite horror movies with the best horror soundtracks:
1.Jaws
2.Halloween
3.The Thing
4.The Fog
5.Hellraiser
6.Candyman
7.Suspiria
8.Deep Red
9.Christine
10.Alien
11.Re-Animator

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
And it's been four years. *sob* That's not sad at all. :D

And great call on "Silent Hill". I goshdarn love that movie's score, even if it's not original.

Any idea where to get the music from the games/movie? All I have is the original game's song "Silent Hill". Chilly! I know theres a website out there thats really good for all this stuff though.

[XCoRyX]

The Beyond
Halloween
The Fog
Dellamorte Dellamore
American Psycho
Demons

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
Any idea where to get the music from the games/movie? All I have is the original game's song "Silent Hill". Chilly! I know theres a website out there thats really good for all this stuff though. Well, tricky. Let me put it this way. I have over 500 tracks of official Silent Hill nature among scores, soundtracks, songs, recompositions; that, plus a few dozen remixes and two unofficial versions of the movie score.

So there's a lot.

If you're less of a nerd than me (which no one is), and are just interested in good old fashioned "Official Soundtracks", check out Silent Hill Media (http://shm.silenthillfever.com/), which has many, many songs for you to download.

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
Well, tricky. Let me put it this way. I have over 500 tracks of official Silent Hill nature among scores, soundtracks, songs, recompositions; that, plus a few dozen remixes and two unofficial versions of the movie score.

So there's a lot.

If you're less of a nerd than me (which no one is), and are just interested in good old fashioned "Official Soundtracks", check out Silent Hill Media (http://shm.silenthillfever.com/), which has many, many songs for you to download.

Success!

And another good score absolutely belongs to (at least the opening track) Creepshow.

Cant forget the theme to Tales From The Crpyt, although I dont find it creepy. But still AWESOME!

[Dirtmunky]

Bubba Ho-Tep, I actually own this soundtrack, Brian Tyler did really well on this.

Also, really like The Thing soundtrack, very atmospheric.

[Donnie_Darko]

Can I say From Dusk Till Dawn? Sure I can... it kicks ass babies!

[TATU]

In terms of "real" orchestral and original music nothing beats Halloween, The Excorcist, or The Omen.

In terms of licensed music from real bands; Bride Of Chucky, The Devil's Rejects, and Shocker.

[ParileseMonster]

Anything from Goblin, Tourist Trap, Ghost Story, The Fog, The Omen, Hellraiser 1, 2 and Nightmare 2 all by Christopher Young are great. I could go on and on.

[Gutter Ghost]

Fabio Frizzi - CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE BEYOND, ZOMBIE.

Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman - RAVENOUS

Howard Shore - VIDEODROME, CRASH.

Riz Ortolani - CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST.

Carter Burwell - PSYCHO III.

Goblin - DAWN OF THE DEAD, CONTAMINATION, TENEBRE, DEEP RED, NON HO SONNO.

Jon McCallum - SURF NAZIS MIST DIE.

Chu Ishikawa - TETSUO: THE IRON MAN.

Claudio Simonetti - DEMONS, THE CARD PLAYER.

John Harrison - CREEPSHOW, DAY OF THE DEAD, EFFECTS.

Giorgio Moroder - CAT PEOPLE.

John Carpenter - Everything.

Manuel De Sica - DELLAMORTE, DELLAMORE.

Mark Isham - THE HITCHER.

Nico Fidenco - ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST.

Tangerine Dream - NEAR DARK, THE KEEP.

Paul McCullough - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ('90).

Walter Carlos - THE SHINING.

Pino Donaggio - TWO EVIL EYES.

Simon Boswell - HARDWARE.

Christopher Young - HELLRAISER, HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II.

Andrew Parkinson - I, ZOMBIE

Keith Emerson - THE CHURCH.

Stelvio Cipriani - CITY OF THE WALKING DEAD, TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE, PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING.

Gus Russo - BRAIN DAMAGE, BASKET CASE.

Thomas Dolby - GOTHIC.

Donald Rubenstein - MARTIN.


Those are all, in my opinion, fantastic soundtracks. Yeah, I'm sort of a horror score nut. If anyone wishes to obtain any of these soundtracks (free of charge, of course), I'm sure something can be arranged...

[Superplasmatron]

contaminaton by goblin
L`uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo by Ennio Morricone
ncubo sulla città contaminata by Stelvio Cipriani
schook by Libra (aka goblin)
the fog by john carpenter
candyman by philip glass
ichi the killer by Karera Musication(aka boredoms)
bio omega by goblin
zombi (agregentos italian cut of dawn of the dead) by goblin
perfondo rosso by goblin
candyman by philip glass
inferno by kieth emerson

[Superplasmatron]

oh and i have 16 or so goblin ost's

[Gutter Ghost]

Yeah, I have every Goblin soundtrack, for the most part. Kind of a completist. Good to know that there are other Goblin dorks out there.

[athf1980]

some of my fav. horror soundtracks

Dawn of the dead-original
the remake had some great use of already recorded music from Cash and Disturbed
Sleepy Hollow
Friday the 13th
Nightmare on elm street
Jaws
Halloween

to me most of time it's the instrumentl music that does better for horror music.

[Danny Steel]

There are so many great Horror soundtracks out there :eek:, so it's hard to choose the best, but if you haven't heard any of these, you dont know what you're missing :cool::

Goblin - Suspiria, Deep Red, Dawn Of The Dead, Sleepless, Tenebrae

Bernard Herrmann - Psycho, Sisters

Ennio Morricone - The Thing, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage

Fabio Frizzi - City Of The Living Dead, The Beyond, Zombie Flesh Eaters

John Carpenter - Halloween, The Fog

Jospeh LoDuca - Evil Dead

Philip Glass - Candyman

Krzysztof Komeda - Rosemary's Baby

Phillippe Sarde - The Tenant

Popol Vuh - Nosfeartu

Riz Ortolani - Cannibal Holocaust

Robert McNaughton - Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer

Francesco De Masi - New York Ripper

Christopher Young - Hellraiser, Hellraiser II

Lee Byung-Woo - A Tale Of Two Sisters

Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko

Wojciech Kilar - The Ninth Gate

Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm

Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Pino Donaggio - Don't Look Now, The Howling, Carrie

John Murphy - 28 Days Later

Brian Reitzell - 30 Days Of Night

Walter Carlos & Rachel Elkind - The Shining

Many of these Soundtracks have already been mentioned, but there's no harm in listing classics again. :p

[Mongo]

the maximum overdrive soundtrack
h2o had sum good tunes aswell

[snoopmish]

In terms of "real" orchestral and original music nothing beats Halloween, The Excorcist, or The Omen.

In terms of licensed music from real bands; Bride Of Chucky, The Devil's Rejects, and Shocker.


Have to agree with all of these, but I'd add in "The Lost Boys" and "House of 1000 Corpses" soundtracks too.


OOOPS! I forgot to add in "Interview with the Vampire". Haunting score and one great remake of "Sympathy for the Devil" by GnR!

[Zeeboe]

Gotta go with the main theme music in Psycho, Jaws, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Paranoia Prima by Ennio Morricone from Death Proof.

As far as songs go, I loved The Devil's Rejects soundtrack. I am a huge fan of classic rock, so I really enjoyed the music from the film.