Favorite Horror and/or Science Fiction Movie Soundtrack

Elmer Bernstein was always a favorite, as was Jerry Goldsmith. Pure pure minimalist creep-out mood music, John Carpenter & Alan Howarth make some great movie music. And let us not forget Danny Elfman! (especially the main titles for Nightbreed - gooseflesh galore!)

One modern composer that has had a profound effect on me is John Williams - hands down. Most folks know about his work from Star Wars, but he's done tons more since way back in the '50's when he was a youngun known as "Johnny Williams". When I first started studying music composition as an undergrad, I was stunned to realize how many tv & movie moments in my life this man has made - an continues to make - absolutely magical with his music: (believe it or not, this list isn't complete) General Electric Theatre (1953) a tv anthology series Gilligan's Island (1964) Lost In Space theme (1965) The Time Tunnel (1966) Valley of the Dolls (1967) Heidi (1968) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Long Goodbye (1973) Earthquake (1974) The Towering Inferno (1974) Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978) Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977) Star Wars (1977), Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), Revenge Of The Sith (2005) The Fury (1978) Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) Superman III (1983), Superman IV (1987), Superman Returns (2006) 1941 (1979) Dracula (1979) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Temple of Doom (1984), Last Crusade (1989), The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) E.T. (1982) The Big Chill (1983) The River (1984) Amazing Stories (1984) tv series theme + 2 episode scores SpaceCamp (1986) Empire of the Sun (1987) Witches of Eastwick (1987) The Accidental Tourist (1988) Always (1989) Born On The Fourth of July (1989) Home Alone (1990), Home Alone 2 (1992) Presumed Innocent (1990) Stanley & Iris (1990) Hook (1991) JFK (1991) Far and Away (1992) Jurassic Park (1993), Lost World (1997), Jurasic Park III (2001) Schindler's List (1993) Sleepers (1996) Amistad (1997) Rosewood (1997) Seven Years In Tibet (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Stepmom (1998) The Patriot (2000) A.I. (2001) Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Chamber of Secrets (2002), Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Order of the Phoenix (2006) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Minority Report (2002) The Terminal (2004) Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) Munich (2005) War Of The Worlds (2005) I love ol' Johnny Williams' - he's my soundtrack idol... "Duel of the Fates" from Star Wars: Phantom Menace is the leading favorite right now. ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

Don't laugh, but I really dig the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack by Akira Ymaoka. It's upbeat, it's creepy, it's just all around enjoyable. oh, and the Halloween soundtrack by John Carpenter. There's just something about Mike Myers that would scare an ancestor out of its spotted skin. Groooooovy, baby! --kevin

You just can't beat the shark attack theme music from Jaws! It's a classic that everyone knows.

I just resently got the 1988 classic Akira, and the sound track blew me away.

All those weird synths Vampire mall music.

Fans of the Lacuna Coil music used in the intro and outro for The Rookie should check out Inkubus Sukkubus. They've got a similar sound and some seriously rocking songs. -- The ways of the Lord are often dark but never pleasant.

I absolutely love the Serenity soundtrack. I also love the Spirited Away soundtrack. Oh, and Princess Monoke soundtrack

I listen to a little bit of everything but to get the blood pumping, it's usually Metal/Industrial. For a good Creepy Metal I find you can't much beat a sadly now defunct band Originally from Toledo Ohio, Lollipop Lust Kill. If you listen to their lyrics you might think they were written by Sigler himself. As for actual movie sound tracks I will have to go with one of the movie soundtrack masters--Danny Elfman in particular the sound track for Clive Barker's Nightbreedhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000008IYL/imdb-button/ [url=http://s7.bitefight.org/c.php?uid=60920]Vampires versus Werewolves in a browser based game[/url]

For my money, the ALIENS soundtrack is unbeatable. Der Glockenshpeil used for that thing is so unsettling, and add to that the rythm section comprised of lead pipes, and you've got an audio horror masterpiece.

 

Ok...here's a few that I love to listen to: Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth Iced Earth - Dark Saga Avantasia - The Metal Opera Parts 1 and 2 Aina - The Metal Opera Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1) Gladiator LOTR: All 3 movie soundtracks Just a small list of music that helps me get my GROWL on. :P

metal and rock