Yesterday i was listening to MSM:s A Lonely Place To Die by Michael Richard Plowman. Score is very atmospheric, with celtic influences and powerful percussion. During one of these peaceful cues, i was very relaxed, when suddenly all the hell broke lose. It was just a simple, ordinary forte fortissimo effect from orchestra, but with that state of mind, i totally freaked out. My pulse went very high, and it took some time to ease.
Nice experience!
Have you had similar experiences? This occurs mainly during first listening, as one can prepare himself for the next time.
Morricone ' s "Night Flight" from EXORCIST II. Fortissimo whip crack about a couple minutes in, after a quiet lead-in. Crank it on headphones in the dark, I dare ya...
Morricone ' s "Night Flight" from EXORCIST II. Fortissimo whip crack about a couple minutes in, after a quiet lead-in. Crank it on headphones in the dark, I dare ya...
-Sean
Yes and i might add that i always listen to with headphones, with good volume. That can be dangerous to both ears and mind....
Most music doesn't scare the **** out of me by itself, generally.
I can find music *CHILLING* but to scare the **** out of you implies something happens very suddenly that induces a fight-of-flight response.
The one and only track I can think of where that happened was that track in TAXI DRIVER where it's all smooth jazz and then suddenly the taxi brakes to avoid hitting Iris.
It's not a 'scary' piece of music but that sudden clang is one of the rare few times I got straightened up by a piece of music.
Listening to Goldsmith's Poltergeist. Back in 82. I had just purchased the album a few days after seeing the film. My first listen was on headphones at night. The second track Night Visitor with it's snarling brass and subsequently the rest of the album. I was a wreck!
You're talking about what we call STINGERS, I presume.
Plenty of horror scores that have this (in fact, most do at some point), but the one that comes immediately to mind is the brass outburst in Horner's ALIENS, I think it's in the cue "Sub-Level 3". In the film, I think it's when they shoot at the shadow that flickers by the screen, later revealed to be Newt. Very effective because the rest of the cue is so calm and atmospheric.
Going strictly from memory, I believe the beginning of one track from Jerry Goldsmith's outstanding Magic just bursts out with the most furious strings imaginable ("The Lake" perhaps?). Nearly gave me a coronary.
This score was one of the first Horners i own. I still remember the first time hearing it, gave me the creeps. Not anymore, only goosebumbs. Also Alien, all the Goldsmiths Omens, Coma and parts of The Illustrated Man did the same. Maybe i´m too soft, as some horror scores really give me scary thoughts, but then again, i listen to them usually alone in the evenings, to maximize the effect. I like to torture myself.
Considering Brainstorm, is the score long enough to make an expanded rerelease? Does Varese still hold the rights? This has been long OOP, and it´s very expensive. I want a new release!
Then again, album is perfect as it is, it´s absolutely marvellous.
The part in Poltergeist where Tangina is explaining the afterlife to the Freelings, and then says, “Now hold on to yourselves,” as she's about to explain the Entity. What Jerry Goldsmith does there is pure terror.
Also: the album for Brainstorm is a distinct recording from the film score itself, which I believe was recorded in Los Angeles. So a release of the original soundtrack recording would be a premiere, not an expansion.
There are plenty of scores that can be creepy to me - sort of depends on the ambiance around me though.
I can only think of two that have scared all four asterisks out of me. "The Insidious Plane" from Insidious (those strings!) "The Pendant/Evil Tango" from Evil Dead 2013 (those orchestral bursts!)
Not traditional jump scares, but they'll make you jump regardless.
The part in Poltergeist where Tangina is explaining the afterlife to the Freelings, and then says, “Now hold on to yourselves,” as she's about to explain the Entity. What Jerry Goldsmith does there is pure terror.
Also: the album for Brainstorm is a distinct recording from the film score itself, which I believe was recorded in Los Angeles. So a release of the original soundtrack recording would be a premiere, not an expansion.
Well that explains why the album is so great. Now i want that premiere more than ever. What's holding it?
