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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Salute to Walpurgisnacht

Welcome to this year's MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!
To celebrate April 30, Walpurgisnacht, our first comp for this month is a conglomeration of the creepy and venerable Dies Irae theme.

The Screaming Skull (Ernest Gold) - 1958 
01 - Main Title   (1:06)

Demolition Man (Elliot Goldenthal) - 1993  
02 - Dies Irae  (1:53)

Salem's Lot (Harry Sukman) - 1979  
03 - Ximico, Guatemala  (0:25)
04 - We Must Keep Going and Main Titles  (2:10)
05 - The Marsden House and Straker  (1:01)
06 - Ben at the Window  (0:20)
07 - Glick Funeral Begins  (0:23)
08 - Open the Window, Mark  (3:06)
09 - End Credits  (0:52)

The Shining (Wendy Carlos) - 1980 
10 - Dark Winds and Rusties  (1:48)
11 - Paraphrase for 'Cello  (3:23)
12 - A Ghost Piano  (1:58)
13 - Paraphrase for Brass  (1:34)
14 - Day of Wrath  (1:04)
15 - Title Music Dies Irae  (3:42)
16 - Dies Irae (The Shining Theme)  (3:29)
17 - Title Music “Dies”  (3:49)

Metropolis (Gottfried Huppertz) - 1927   
18 - Death Descends Upon the City  (1:04)
19 - In the Cathedral  (2:40)

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (Nora Orlandi) - 1971 
20 - Dies Irae 2  (2:12)

A Clockwork Orange (Wendy Carlos) - 1971
21 - Title Music  (2:19)

The Car (Leonard Rosenman) - 1977  
22 - Main Title  (2:25)
23 - Apparition  (0:35)
24 - Apparition Revised 1-2-3  (1:17)
25 - End Credits  (1:42)

Jason and the Argonauts (Bernard Herrmann) - 1963  
26 - Hydra's Teeth  (0:41)

It's a Wonderful Life (Dimitri Tiomkin) - 1946 
27 - Pottersville Cemetery /Wrong Ma Bailey /Wrong Mary Hatch / The Prayer  (5:49)

Escalation (Ennio Morricone) - 1968 
28 - Dies Irae Psichedelico  (1:57)

The Mephisto Waltz (Jerry Goldsmith) - 1971 
29 - Main Title  (2:27)
30 - The Funeral  (3:26)
31 - Part of the Bargain  (3:41)
32 - Roxanne's Demise  (1:37)
33 - End Title  (3:46)

The Return of Dracula (Gerald Fried) - 1958
34 - Dracula Fugue / Main Title  (2:29)
35 - Dracula Pad  (2:08)
36 - The End  (4:09)

Also included is an insert of notes.  

Hope you're suitably creeped out, but not too much to come back Monday!
 

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