Film and television soundtracks on CD

[Brown Jenkin]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Off the top of my head, I can't remember the title or who released it, but some years ago now I decided to get the (at the time) music score/soundtrack CD boxset for the first seven or eight Friday the 13th films. Thought that was going to be it, but of course what starts getting released by La-La Land Records during the last few years? Ultimate Edition CD albums for the first five films in the series. I decided to stick with the boxset I'd got (you can't get every release of films, TV films and television series on physical media, and that includes music).

I believe it was Varese Sarabande that released the boxset. I had just finished buying LLL's single releases of all the films I wanted (first 6) within a year prior to the 1st Ultimate Edition coming out. Now, I know why LLL had such great sales for them at the time I was pretty mad, but decided to stick with my originals as well even though the song on the 1st album is playing at the wrong speed.

Incidentally, if you don't mind going outside the box a bit, an overlooked gem is the game score also by Manfredini. I never played the game and am not really a game music fan (other than Mega Man ), but I like this one a lot. Being from a game, it has periods of music (not every track) that are creepily meditative lulling you in while the music slowly morphs so as not to become droning until stings or frantic, up-tempo music kicks in. It's actually very well crafted with a lot of variety and may even be my favorite F13 score. Sadly, there are no images from the game (or any copyrighted material in the booklet), but that is the only weak point in my view.

https://lalalandrecords.com/friday-t...rch_query=13th

If you check out the samples you'll hear the same great quality is there as his film scores. Its regular price is $9.99 for a 2-disc set! And if you can get it as a cart filler during a sale all the better.