Composer: Mike Oldfield.
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The version of “Tubular Bells” that I have is the version from the compilation album, Pure Moods. The score to The Exorcist is sparse and “Tubular Bells” is the …
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Live at the Gilman House: Ogham Waite and the Amphibian Jazz Band. H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, 2011.
The members of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society are cultists of the highest degree …
The Resurrected (1991). Composer: Richard Band.
When one continues to do something that wasn’t respected the first time around, is it determination or idiocy? Some people (though not many) would rather be a fool than a success by virtue of standards they do not agree with. That brings me to the story of “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”. Joseph Curwin isn’t afraid to put his aspirations on hold for a while. A long while. Especially when …
The Mephisto Waltz/The Other (1971; 1972). Composer: Jerry Goldsmith.
If you can find substantial portions of two good scores in one soundtrack, consider yourself lucky. Strings can be brutal and the strings are a pleasure to be found in The Mephisto Waltz’s score. Piano music is scattered harshly around the tracks, but the strings form trenches in the soundscape. Those auditory trenches contain the darkest musical pressure points. The sound is raw. While I like the score …
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Composer: Stephen Sondheim.
The full edition of this film’s soundtrack contains a concise bio of Stephen Sondheim and a photo by Jerry Jackson. The lyrics to the numbers are reprinted and it’s interesting to read and hear the lyrics of “Alms, Alms!” that are omitted from the film. The soundtrack is interesting and well-represented. How well does a horror story fare as a musical? I have mixed feelings …
