{"id":943027,"date":"2021-10-30T20:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=943027"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:28:39","slug":"bois-top-10-horror-film-scores-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bois-top-10-horror-film-scores-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Bois: Top 10 Horror Film Scores of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbois-top-10-horror-film-scores-of-all-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=943027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloweenkillssoundtrack1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Artists who delve into matters of the macabre have a two-fold task: usher people to a place they prefer not to venture but a place they like all the same; darken their spirits without leaving them spiritless;&nbsp;unsettle their foundations until they give thanks for having been settled at all.<\/p>\n<p>Like a pendulum, the artist swings between two opposing dichotomies, imbibing the best of both until a stable bridge springs forth \u2013 a palindrome of equal parts order and disorder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to the film composer, the macabre can be treacherous terrain. After forging this thing of beauty in a pit of ugliness, the composer must then use it to punctuate a dramatic event. Like a muted Greek chorus, they guide us through the throes of pathos, confidently signaling to us from the wings without ever intruding upon the stage. Too harmonious, the audience will sense manipulation and grow disdainful; too discordant, they sense ineptitude and grow disquieted.<\/p>\n<p>With those parameters in mind, several considerations were made when curating the \u201cTop 10 Horror Film Scores of All Time.\u201d 1.) Does the score underline the images presented? 2.) Does the score elevate the film without superseding it? 3.) Does the score evolve throughout the film while staying true to its central theme? In some cases, a great horror film score may coincide with a great horror film, in other cases, a great horror film score may coincide with only a good or even mediocre horror film. They are not mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>1. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054215\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3\">Psycho<\/a> (1960)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (theme)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMTrVgpDwPk?start=41&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Out of composer Bernard Hermann, the modern horror film score was born. Not a single horror film has since existed that doesn\u2019t owe a debt of gratitude to Bernard Hermann\u2019s score or Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s revolutionary masterpiece. Not one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mentions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0073195\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Jaws<\/a> (1975), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063522\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/a> (1968), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072271\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/a> (1974), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110148\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3\">Interview with the Vampire<\/a> (1994), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091064\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">The Fly<\/a> (1986), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084516\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Poltergeist<\/a> (1982), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078748\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Alien<\/a> (1979), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3235888\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">It Follows<\/a> (2015), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063350\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">Night of the Living Dead<\/a> (1968), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074285\/\">Carrie<\/a> (1976)<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>2. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077651\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Halloween<\/a> (1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Carpenter - Halloween 1978  (main Theme)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pT4FY3NrhGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>John Carpenter\u2019s theme has become as synonymous with the Halloween season as Nat King Cole with Christmas. No debate here: the movie would not be the same without this masterstroke of music genius. Period.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"1.5277777777778\">\n<p>3.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087800\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">A Nightmare on Elm Street<\/a> (1984)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Nightmare on elm Street (1984) Soundtrack: Prologue\/ Main Title\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXF7x1D77-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Wes Craven\u2019s blend of slasher and fantasy showed that not all killers wear a mask and stalk babysitters in the dark; some meet us in our nightmares, the kind where we don\u2019t wake up and say, \u201cIt was only a dream.\u201d Charles Bernstein\u2019s iconic score invites us through the looking glass into a dreamland of jagged edges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"1.4705882352941\">\n<p>4. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102926\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">The Silence of the Lambs<\/a> (1991)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Silence of the Lambs &#039;Opening Titles&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhye_Ta4L2M?start=204&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s fascination with true crime in the wake of Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, and Charles Manson wormed its way into the pop-cultural zeitgeist with director Jonathan Demme\u2019s magnum opus. Composer Howard Shore, who would go on to enliven Peter Jackson\u2019s \u201cLord of the Rings,\u201d mourns the loss of innocence and longs to rectify the injustice of having ever lost it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>5. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070047\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">The Exorcist<\/a> (1973)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Exorcist theme (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hj83ugShbic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hollywood can parody it a thousand times or weave a thousand sequels and spinoffs, no amount of commercial plunging could ever hollow out William Friedkin\u2019s passionate portrayal of a doubting Catholic priest rising to save an innocent girl\u2019s soul from the Father of Lies personified. Though not written directly for the film,<span class=\"MUxGbd wuQ4Ob WZ8Tjf\">&nbsp;<\/span>Mike Oldfield\u2019s \u201cTubular Bells\u201d reminds us that evil always lurks in the shadows, patiently waiting to overtake us if we let our guard down.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081505\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\"><strong>The Shining<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Main Title (The Shining)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pylfy_L6Bjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Author Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick\u2019s adaptation of his book because he did not understand his own story: once a father (or any parent for that matter) crosses the line into total depravity, there is no going back. Though only a handful of credits to their name, Wendy Carlos\u2019 and Rachel Elkind\u2019s score pins you to your seat and demands you witness Jack Torrance\u2019s embrace of the sinister one lurking within.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084787\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\"><strong>The Thing<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(1982)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Thing - Main Theme\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3AOiEwYTOQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Director John Carpenter successfully updated this 1950s Howard Hawks production about a shapeshifting alien into a claustrophobic, atmospheric, unsettling piece of science-fiction horror set in an arctic outpost. The great Ennio Morricone\u2019s icy score reminds us that sometimes isolation is preferable to whatever dark forces that wish to impede upon it.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"2\">\n<p>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071222\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\"><strong>Black Christmas<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(1974)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Christmas 1974 Soundtrack (Full Vinyl Rip W\/ Download)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9fR47jTIQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest slasher films ever made, director Bob Clark ventured into territory that few filmmakers would dare to step foot in and did the unthinkable: creating an equally terrifying horror film and thematic Christmas film all at once. \u201cSilent Night\u201d as a herald of doom? Check. Carolers who make your skin crawl? Check. Throw in a little of composer Carl Zittrer\u2019s ambient score and this movie will scare the figgy pudding out of you.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"2.5\">\n<p>9. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096163\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">The Vanishing<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(1988)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spoorloos - The Vanishing - O Sil\u00eancio do Lago (Geoge Sluizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LujanrGQQno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Before Hollywood neutered this unwavering exploration of a man\u2019s deadly obsession to uncover the truth about the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend, Dutch director George Sluizer delivered a bleak-yet-poetic tale about the price of attaining closure. Through his use of a synthesized guitar, composer Henny Vrienten evokes the desolation of lost love and the malevolence of trying to reclaim it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>10. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0289043\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">28 Days Later<\/a> (2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the House - In a Heartbeat (Extended)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq5MvTx-GUI?start=235&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Director Danny Boyle ushered the zombie genre into the 21st century through this exploration of chaotic rage and the heights we climb or the depths we plunge to tame it. Like a flatlining heart monitor steadily rising into a pulse beyond all control, composer John Murphy\u2019s ceaseless build from a cold piano into a rock cacophony ascends us up a neverending stairwell into madness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists who delve into matters of the macabre have a two-fold task: usher people to a place they prefer not to venture but a place they like all the same; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}