What Is Your Favorite Horror Movie Soundtrack

[TeenageZombie138]

What is your favorite horror movie soundtrack?

[ZARCULA]

John carpenters' HALLOWEEN....and then on a stretch (even though not a horror movie) JAWS..

[BlackWidow]

I would say "The exorcist" I really like mike oldfield and the Tubular Bells were one of is greatest piece

[VIDEODROME]

Cemetery Man

[SomewhatDamaged]

Suspiria soundtrack by Goblin

[Unconscious]

Halloween's soundtrack.

[cuttingteeth]

Maybe not truly horror, but the score to RAVENOUS always gets stuck in my head.

[greeneyes3855]

I love a few of them actaually, i dont know if you would consider THE CROW horror, i I Love that one and The Devil's Reject, Underworld and i am a BIG FAN of Horror themes...so many to metion

[NurseMcTavish]

I love a few of them actaually, i dont know if you would consider THE CROW horror, i I Love that one and The Devil's Reject, Underworld and i am a BIG FAN of Horror themes...so many to metion

Wow - good call, Sharon. The Crow is definitely one of my favorite soundtracks. I also love the soundtrack for House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. But see a prior post - I'm pretty much gaga for anything Rob Zombie.
= )

[Raven]

Halloween
The Fog (original)

[sumogorilla.com]

I would say Jaws because I' m still afraid of the ocean!!!!!!

[sumogorilla.com]

but of course for reall creepy I like phantasm music and of course THE SHINING!!!!!!!

[Skwerly]

Maximum Overdrive soundtrack kicks some booty... :)

[SomewhatDamaged]

The Dawn Of The Dead soundtrack was awesome.
Richard Cheese's Down With The Sickness was an inspired choice as was Johnny Cash & Jim Carroll

[Taken]

saw 1 and 28 days later cuz its not ambient sound, they have really good bands as soundtrack.

[BloodyEnding666]

it's gotta be Halloween... then maybe Saw... maybe.. but don't quote me!

[Cardinal Chang]

Always liked the opening song to Demon Knight (comedy horror counts, right?)

[myers30]

maybe a little strange to take just 2 scores, but if I had my way I could easily name a couple or more than 30 scores I love.
but mainly the end titles from child's play really had me whistling the notes since i was a kid, and every halloween movie (except III) has that familiar theme that is simple and effective. So for this round I give praise to Joe Renzetti and John Carpenter. Cheers!

[woodenheart]

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Interview With A Vampire
Psycho
Tenebre......any thing by Goblin is awesome

[killobot47]

Chopping mall had a cool score. I also liked the synth music for Deadly friend.

[The End Complete]

The Fly (1986)
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Return of the Living Dead
The Lost Boys
Day of the Dead
Children of the Corn
Near Dark
House on Haunted Hill
Saw
The Shining
Dead Silence
Child's Play 1 &2
Gremlins
The Blob
My Bloody Valentine
Arachnophobia

To name a few...

[yandere]

Saw and the Final Destination series has good soundtracks

[Trukdivad]

Pino Donaggio's music has graced some great and/or notable genre films. He's composed for De Palma, Argento, Fulci. Look at these examples:

Carrie
Don't Look Now
The Howling
Piranha
Dressed To Kill

[alconightmare]

Suspiria.. pure sonic assault.

[CREEPY CRAWLER]

The Nekromantiks and Schramm really play in my head. I bought the Nekro CDs and pump them loud.
Devils Rejects was ok, as was Phantasm, the Goblin controlled Argentos, Return Of The Living Dead and Day Of The Dead (Original, of course)
My top one has to be Psychomania.

I'm a sucker for the old blaxploitations as well, e.g, Black Caesar, The Mack, etc.

[Fuernerer]

I personally loved this movie, and one aspect about it I liked was the awesomely creepy music it had with it. I have the soundtrack, and I was just wondering if anybody else dose- or what your thoughts are about the music of this film

[whataboutbilly]

Watch pretty much any Dario Argento flick,many strong contenders of my personal favourite to hard to decide though on which one but if I have to pick I pick Argento s Phenomena hey I am daring to be different here, I know must will say either Suspiria or Tenebre.

[MystMoonstruck]

Jaws
Psycho
Suspiria
The Fog
Phantasm
Halloween
Candyman
Poltergeist
Firestarter
Fright Night
Pumpkinhead
The Lost Boys

Naturally, I'm referring to the original "The Fog" and "Halloween". I must say that I generally like John Carpenter's work a great deal and find it surprising that he isn't mentioned often enough. I also like Robert Cobert's work for Dan Curtis, including "Dark Shadows" and "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". I have to add Alan Silvestri to the list, including his work on the Mummy soundtracks.

As sure as I close this, I'm sure I'll think of others, including many I have in my soundtrack collection.

[SammiCurr]

For me has to be ... TRICK OR TREAT - Fastway !

[K.I.N.G]

Trouble Every Day Soundtrack by the "Tindersticks"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q9MY-tQbpw

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Tindersticks-TroubleEveryDay.jpg/600px-Tindersticks-TroubleEveryDay.jpg

[MANGLER]

I luv the original Halloween soundtrack, tho a lot of it is just the main theme slightly altered. As others have pointed out, Jaws' soundtrack is damn good too. I recently listened to the Aliens and Alien 3 soundtracks, and really liked em. Never realized how good those were aside from 1 or 2 standout tracks.

[ScareMeBitch]

I really enjoy Fright Night. And the one I'm listening to now: Alice Cooper's "He's Back (Man Behind The Mask) from FT13th Part ... (I can't keep count of them).

[zmbdog]

Return of the Living Dead 2

[wouldrichest]

Maybe not truly horror, but the score to RAVENOUS always gets stuck in my head.
I love a few of them actaually, i dont know if you would consider THE CROW horror, i I Love that one and The Devil's Reject, Underworld and i am a BIG FAN of Horror themes...so many to metion

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[AMICUS]

The sound track for the Omen films are so cool.

[NaughtyHorrorGirl]

Love the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' spoooooky tune.

[SunnyGirl]

Hi, it's my first post here!

I have several movies soundtracks that I like. I love Jaws and the Exorcist and my boxset of all three Omen scores is never off my Ipod!

But I also LOVE the soundtracks to Halloween, (old and new) and also Scream, The Lost Boys.

This doesn't strictly count but I have a cd of movie music and I love the opening music to the original Amityville Horror and Poltergeist.

[Bipolar Express]

I would say "The exorcist" I really like mike oldfield and the Tubular Bells were one of is greatest piece

Definitely.
Believe it or not I actually heard a political candidate running an ad
on the radio about his opponent and they were using the Tubular Bells
Exorcist theme as background music.

I would give Halloween credit as well but as far as all time favorite -

PHANTASM

[Rawhead Rex]

Demons, Has a killer soundtrack! Here's a few of them.
ACCEPT - FAST AS A SHARK
SAXON - EVERYBODY UP
BILLY IDOL - WHITE WEDDING
MOTLEY CRUE - SAVE OUR SOULS

[Miss Italy]

I love the Tenebre soundtrack. The music is so creepy and I am a big fan of Italian horror.

[TheLurkingFear]

Love the Demons soundtrack, too! And what about Phenomena, with Maiden's Flash of the Blade? Cool! In fact all of Goblins music in Argento films is superb.

Another favourite is Bernard Herrman (Psycho, Vertigo, Cape Fear), and also Howard Shore: The Fly is epic, and what about the icy-cold score from Crash!?

I recently watched Night of the Demons. Best scene: Angela's gothic dance to the strains of Bauhaus' Stigmata Martyr....worth the price of admission alone!

Other cool music: Return of the Living Dead, Creepshow, An American Werewolf In London, Brainscan, Fright Night....

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I recently watched Night of the Demons. Best scene: Angela's gothic dance to the strains of Bauhaus' Stigmata Martyr....worth the price of admission alone!


Agreed, add to that Bauhaus performing Bela Lugosi's Dead at the begining of The Hunger.

["meat cleaver" max Jenke]

it's gotta be Halloween... then maybe Saw... maybe.. but don't quote me!

Halloween for me to... Most iconic..

[TheLurkingFear]

Maximum Overdrive soundtrack kicks some booty... :)

For those about to rock...we salute you!!!

Love AC/DC, and Maximum Overdrive is a lot of fun.

[TheLurkingFear]

Jaws
Psycho
Suspiria
The Fog
Phantasm
Halloween
Candyman
Poltergeist
Firestarter
Fright Night
Pumpkinhead
The Lost Boys

Naturally, I'm referring to the original "The Fog" and "Halloween". I must say that I generally like John Carpenter's work a great deal and find it surprising that he isn't mentioned often enough. I also like Robert Cobert's work for Dan Curtis, including "Dark Shadows" and "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". I have to add Alan Silvestri to the list, including his work on the Mummy soundtracks.

As sure as I close this, I'm sure I'll think of others, including many I have in my soundtrack collection.

The Phillip Glass score from Candyman has gotta be in the top ten scariest horror themes of all time; Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo is another. Love the Dark Shadows music too - you can't beat the theremin for inducing chills!

[horrorshark]

I think the 28 Days Later soundtrack is awesome. It's nice to hear tastefully applied electric guitars in any situation, especially one where we're used to hearing huge orchestral sounds or carefully produced 'synthetic' music. I don't know about how people usually feel about the more classic/typical kind of horror soundtrack, but I think electric guitars and drums are so much easier to relate to, as they're what pretty much make up the soundtrack of my own life.

[TheLurkingFear]

I think the 28 Days Later soundtrack is awesome. It's nice to hear tastefully applied electric guitars in any situation, especially one where we're used to hearing huge orchestral sounds or carefully produced 'synthetic' music. I don't know about how people usually feel about the more classic/typical kind of horror soundtrack, but I think electric guitars and drums are so much easier to relate to, as they're what pretty much make up the soundtrack of my own life.

I agree about the use of guitars and drums, but feel there's room for both traditional and the more modern uses of music. But it's the music itself that's the important thing, whether it creates the right atmosphere, emotion, or dramatic effect. regardless of instrument.

I would have to say Bernard Herrmann is my all-time favourite; his scores never fail to stir me. Recently watched Twisted Nerve, and just his simple melody that's used here is incredible.

[jake]

Halloween, ANOES, Psycho, & the Shining in that order. :)

[The Blood Reaper]

Going by original score I would say Kubrick's The Shining. Part of what scared me so bad was the sound effects and music. Going by multiple artist soundtracks I would say either the Scream 3 soundtrack or if you would count this as horror, The Crow soundtrack. Both had great music on it but The Crow had better bands on it. It introduced me to The Cure and Violent Femmes.

[TheLurkingFear]

Going by original score I would say Kubrick's The Shining. Part of what scared me so bad was the sound effects and music. Going by multiple artist soundtracks I would say either the Scream 3 soundtrack or if you would count this as horror, The Crow soundtrack. Both had great music on it but The Crow had better bands on it. It introduced me to The Cure and Violent Femmes.

The Crow soundtrack is great; so is the film; so is the graphic novel!:)

[plan_9]

i recon it will allways be halloween for me, whenever i hear it it allways takes me back to when i was a kid and gives me chills.

zombie flesh eaters is a brilliant score as well.

[TheLurkingFear]

i recon it will allways be halloween for me, whenever i hear it it allways takes me back to when i was a kid and gives me chills.

zombie flesh eaters is a brilliant score as well.

ZFE is chillingly good, so haunting. Halloween classic.

For me it's Bernard Herrmann and Goblin when it comes to movie soundtracks. Awesome!

[plan_9]

ZFE is chillingly good, so haunting. Halloween classic.

For me it's Bernard Herrmann and Goblin when it comes to movie soundtracks. Awesome!

psycho is good, forgot about that one

[TheLurkingFear]

psycho is good, forgot about that one

Herrmann highlights:

Psycho
Vertigo
Twisted Nerve
Taxi Driver
Cape Fear
North by Northwest

(so many!:awe:)

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I still think Goblin's soundtrack to Suspiria is immense.

Sighs & Witch played over the first murder were almost enough to loosen my bowels on thier own! :teeth:

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[TheLurkingFear]

Their Suspiria work so primal. A soundtrack (and movie) that doesn't allow you to catch your breath. Immense, indeed.

[plan_9]

Their Suspiria work so primal. A soundtrack (and movie) that doesn't allow you to catch your breath. Immense, indeed.

i still keep meaning to buy suspiria, anybody know if it is out on blueray now.

[TheLurkingFear]

i still keep meaning to buy suspiria, anybody know if it is out on blueray now.

I sorely need a copy on dvd too.

Great Hellraiser quote, by the way!:awe:

[plan_9]

I sorely need a copy on dvd too.

Great Hellraiser quote, by the way!:awe:

haha thanks, one of my all time fave movies.

[TheLurkingFear]

haha thanks, one of my all time fave movies.

One of mine too.;)

[plan_9]

One of mine too.;)

i only liked the first 2, the new one is suposed to be awful.

[Francesco Dellamorte]

i only liked the first 2.

Agreed, in many ways I actually think Hellbound is a better film than Hellraiser.

[TheLurkingFear]

Agreed, in many ways I actually think Hellbound is a better film than Hellraiser.

I'd go along with that. Such a shame the third couldn't have continued the trend; to have a trilogy at least of decent films that do justice to Barker's mythology.

Having said this, I watched the third again not too long ago and I love the scene in the church in spite of myself....(Don't let the third film put you off reading Peter Atkins also, brilliant writer!):)