Your Favorite Horror Film Scores - Blu-ray Forum

BladeRunner2007 · 09-14-2016, 07:38 PM

Post your all time favorite horror film scores. Music is so important to movies, especially to horror movies. So this should be fun. I love listening to horror movie scores with the images from the movie playing in my head.

These are a few of my faves:

1. Halloween (John Carpenter)
2. Suspiria (Goblin)
3. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
4. The Thing (Ennio Morricone)
5. Christine (John Carpenter)
6. Tenebre (Goblin)
7. Phenomena (Goblin)
8. The Evil Dead (Joseph LoDuca)
9. Evil Dead II (Joseph LoDuca)
10. Army of Darkness (Joseph LoDuca)
11. Psycho (Bernard Herrmann)
12. Re-Animator (Richard Band)
13. Cannibal Holocaust (Riz Ortolani)
14. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Nora Orlandi)
15. Dawn of the Dead (Goblin + Library Tracks)
16. Friday the 13th (Harry Manfredini)
17. Jaws (John Williams)
18. Bubba Ho-Tep (Brian Tyler)
19. The Fog (John Carpenter)
20. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter)

FilmKoala · 09-14-2016, 07:45 PM

Christopher Young's score for The Grudge was sensational, so I'm going with that.

BladeRunner2007 · 09-14-2016, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FilmKoala

Christopher Young's score for The Grudge was sensational, so I'm going with that.

Speaking of Young. Totally forgot to add Hellraiser and Drag Me to Hell to my list

tob · 09-14-2016, 07:53 PM

BladeRunner2007 · 09-14-2016, 08:05 PM

Phantasm (Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave)

MJD64 · 09-14-2016, 08:18 PM

Jerry Goldsmith for The Omen...and Alien.

zafisher94 · 09-14-2016, 08:51 PM

Sinister

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

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Halloween II (2009)

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28 Days Later

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Dracula (1992)

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Children of the Corn

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City of the Living Dead

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Zombie

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The Omen

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Will. · 09-14-2016, 08:53 PM

There's Psycho and then there's everything else.

DanTheMan · 09-14-2016, 09:00 PM

Halloween
It Follows
Suspiria
Psycho

jacobsever · 09-14-2016, 09:05 PM

It Follows
The Witch
Queen of Earth (not horror, but very similar score)
Anything Carpenter

Impossible · 09-14-2016, 09:08 PM

Donnie Darko
It Follows
The Witch
Let the Right One In
The Omen
The Exorcist
Halloween
Insidious
28 Days Later
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
Requiem for a Dream
Black Swan
Inside
Martyrs
Wake in Fright

BladeRunner2007 · 09-14-2016, 09:08 PM

Maniac (Remake)

Chaotic · 09-14-2016, 09:13 PM

Bram Stoker's Dracula

The music leading up to the title card gives me goosebumps.

Darkstream · 09-14-2016, 09:17 PM

I'll be coming back to this thread later tonight.

But I will say for now, one of my favorite pieces is the theme for Cronenberg's The Dead Zone by Michael Kamen. So beautifully haunting.

Surprised no one has mentioned The Exorcist yet. Does that not count, since Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells was a previously existing piece before the film came out?

Impossible · 09-14-2016, 09:24 PM

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Surprised no one has mentioned The Exorcist yet. Does that not count, since Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells was a previously existing piece before the film came out?

You mean apart from me

Patient-X · 09-14-2016, 10:17 PM

Halloween, Jaws and Psycho....you could watch those movies blindfolded and still get the crap scared out of you.

Nuck Horris · 09-14-2016, 10:18 PM

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Hedji · 09-14-2016, 10:26 PM

Creepshow
Jaws
The Omen
Salem's Lot
Halloween
The Fog
Dawn of the Dead
The Amityville Horror
Poltergeist
Horror of Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Dracula 1979

Rich65 · 09-14-2016, 10:31 PM

There are so many great horror scores, some of my favorites outside of the more well known scores ( Jaws, Halloween, Psycho, etc) are:

Dracula (1979) - John WIlliams
Fright Night (1985) - Brad Fiedel
Psycho II - Jerry Goldsmith
Halloween III: Season of The Witch - John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
Horror of Dracula - James Bernard
Day of The Dead (1985) - John Harrison
The Fog (1980) - John Carpenter
Jaws The Revenge - Michael Small
The Thing From Another World - Dimitri Tiomkin
Bride of Frankenstein - Franz Waxman

Markgway · 09-14-2016, 10:38 PM

09-14-2016, 07:38 PM	#1
BladeRunner2007 Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Germany 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:1031 Blu-ray reviews:3	Your Favorite Horror Film Scores Post your all time favorite horror film scores. Music is so important to movies, especially to horror movies. So this should be fun. I love listening to horror movie scores with the images from the movie playing in my head. These are a few of my faves: 1. Halloween (John Carpenter) 2. Suspiria (Goblin) 3. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Charles Bernstein) 4. The Thing (Ennio Morricone) 5. Christine (John Carpenter) 6. Tenebre (Goblin) 7. Phenomena (Goblin) 8. The Evil Dead (Joseph LoDuca) 9. Evil Dead II (Joseph LoDuca) 10. Army of Darkness (Joseph LoDuca) 11. Psycho (Bernard Herrmann) 12. Re-Animator (Richard Band) 13. Cannibal Holocaust (Riz Ortolani) 14. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Nora Orlandi) 15. Dawn of the Dead (Goblin + Library Tracks) 16. Friday the 13th (Harry Manfredini) 17. Jaws (John Williams) 18. Bubba Ho-Tep (Brian Tyler) 19. The Fog (John Carpenter) 20. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter)

09-14-2016, 08:18 PM	#6
MJD64 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2016 Blu-ray collection:847 DVD collection:854	Jerry Goldsmith for The Omen...and Alien. Last edited by MJD64; 09-14-2016 at 08:44 PM.

09-14-2016, 07:45 PM	#2
FilmKoala Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Severnaya 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:1256 DVD collection:4 Digital collection:71 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:15	Christopher Young's score for The Grudge was sensational, so I'm going with that.

09-14-2016, 08:05 PM	#5
BladeRunner2007 Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Germany 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:1031 Blu-ray reviews:3	Phantasm (Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave)

09-14-2016, 08:53 PM	#8
Will. Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:MN Blu-ray collection:313 Digital collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:94	There's Psycho and then there's everything else.

09-14-2016, 09:00 PM	#9
DanTheMan Blu-ray King Member since:Dec 2010 4K collection:593 Blu-ray collection:2319 Digital collection:438 iTunes collection:330 Trading Score:138	Halloween It Follows Suspiria Psycho

09-14-2016, 09:05 PM	#10
jacobsever Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Denver, CO 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:732 DVD collection:6 Trading Score:13	It Follows The Witch Queen of Earth (not horror, but very similar score) Anything Carpenter

09-14-2016, 09:08 PM	#11
Impossible Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Blu-ray reviews:3	Donnie Darko It Follows The Witch Let the Right One In The Omen The Exorcist Halloween Insidious 28 Days Later Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me Requiem for a Dream Black Swan Inside Martyrs Wake in Fright

09-14-2016, 09:13 PM	#13
Chaotic Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Denver, CO	Bram Stoker's Dracula The music leading up to the title card gives me goosebumps.

09-14-2016, 10:17 PM	#16
Patient-X Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:In the dark, near the Tannhäuser Gate 4K collection:235 Blu-ray collection:3340 Trading Score:9	Halloween, Jaws and Psycho....you could watch those movies blindfolded and still get the crap scared out of you.

09-14-2016, 10:18 PM	#17
Nuck Horris Special Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2015 Location:Valkenvania 4K collection:18 Blu-ray collection:924 DVD collection:487 Digital collection:126 Trading Score:21	Exorcist II: The Heretic

09-14-2016, 10:26 PM	#18
Hedji Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:944 DVD collection:73 Trading Score:17	Creepshow Jaws The Omen Salem's Lot Halloween The Fog Dawn of the Dead The Amityville Horror Poltergeist Horror of Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula Dracula 1979

09-14-2016, 10:31 PM	#19
Rich65 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:1554 Trading Score:3	There are so many great horror scores, some of my favorites outside of the more well known scores ( Jaws, Halloween, Psycho, etc) are: Dracula (1979) - John WIlliams Fright Night (1985) - Brad Fiedel Psycho II - Jerry Goldsmith Halloween III: Season of The Witch - John Carpenter and Alan Howarth Horror of Dracula - James Bernard Day of The Dead (1985) - John Harrison The Fog (1980) - John Carpenter Jaws The Revenge - Michael Small The Thing From Another World - Dimitri Tiomkin Bride of Frankenstein - Franz Waxman

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