HORROR MOVIE THEME SONGS

 

Here is a list of some of our favorite horror movie theme songs that

left millions curled up under the covers. The list could go on & on so

here are most memorable & a few horrarable mentions. Before the

land of sequals and remakes  & straight to video had a firm grasp

their were some original ideas. That along with a perfect horror

movie theme song could leave even the bravest wondering what lay

in wait in the parking lot walk back to their car when the movie let

out.

 

JAWS (1974)

With the E..F.. of a Tuba of all instruments, the most memorable stalking

music of all time was blown upon our fear canals. It’s been worked to the

limit by Hollywood itself, but still will sit in the back of your mind if your

even to mention the word Shark at a beach or on a boat. If you’re young

enough & your older brother & his friends are evil enough, even the

swimming pool might serve as a tormenting tool. The Oscar winning

score from John Williams will forever play on some of our primal fears

and unconscious terrors. With its ever chasing tempo faster & faster like

the evil tanker truck from "Duel" you just can't escape what we consider

one of the most famous horror movie theme songs.

 

HALLOWEEN (1978)

Again their able to drag us in with a few simple notes and leave us

searching the shadows for Captain Kirk???? The Michael Myers theme

song composed by The Bowling Green Orchestra, which consisted of

director John Carpenter helped to create what may have been another

70's slasher flick into a franchise horror movie. With Rob Zombies new

take on this holiday favorite, it’s sure to keep teenagers cringing many

years to come. The innocent strokes of ivory did for this land based

stalkers what the #1 did for water.

 

PSYCHO (1960)

Left millions of women terrified to take a shower while on a trip any-

where. The all string piece from composer Bernard Herrmann had

theater patrons everywhere swallowing their hearts. The shower scene

 is one of the most often used tributes in movie history when it comes

to getting a good chill or laugh (Thanks Chevy). This horror movie

theme song has had wives everywhere cursing Alfred Hitchcock for

giving their husbands the idea to take their most comfortable escape

& turn it into a quick means of twisted entertainment.

 

 SUSPIRIA (1977)

This hauntingly trippy soundtrack performed by Goblin brought this

gore fest of a movie to new heights. For true horror connoisseurs,

this creepy concerto has become a cult classic. This music has graced

the traveling fun houses across America as background accompaniment

to a scream like a cat in the closet. Though it is a less know horror

movie theme song it can make you turn away from a dark window in

a flash if you have had the stomach to sit thru it.

 

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)

The nursery rhyme from hell that made you afraid to go to sleep again.

Freddy's little jump rope anthem served as a platform to fall off into an

unsecure slumber. Like many of the other films above not knowing when

to quit, you still find yourself questioning your pillow as an escape when

bedtime arrives.  

                          

 THE EXORCIST (1973)

The tribal like percussions, lutes, chimes & cellos gave an all ready

taboo type movie just the feel it needed. Kryzsztof Penderecki comp-

ositions made you look to your walls to make sure there was no

shadow doing the Beelzebub bop.

THE OMEN (1976)

Jerry Goldsmith's rendering of  Ave Satani & it's latin chorus would be

an evil requiem to a dark concept. The score would serve as a perfect

suit for the son of satan.

HORRARABLE MENTIONS

 

 SALEM'S LOT (1979)

One of the last works of Harry Sukman, the hauntingly eerie thunder

of this soundtrack shook the walls for a made for TV movie composition.

Making it an art when it came to spooky dead kids scratching on your

bedroom window asking to let me in this horror movie theme song gave

this vampire movie life.

 

FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

It may not be actual music but the Cheh,cheh,cheh,cheh,..Mah, mah, mah...

whisperings that were the lead into dismemberments for years can not be

left out. Some say a clever marketing ploy to sell Jiff,Jiff,Jiff,Jiff..Pop,Pop,Pop

or is it Camp,Camp,Camp,Camp..Blood,Blood, Blood. Whatever it is you

hear, the campfire is not complete until its vocalization is sounded and a

quick scan of your surroundings which can't help but follow.

 

Well that rounds it off just in time for the coming Horrarday which can

take all other Holiday saints, kill them & turn them loose on an accepting

public which will give you candy for it. Check out  EARYAGO shopping

 for all your horror movie theme songs and Halloween needs.

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