THE DEVIL'S TRITONE
A Chronology of Music For Hell, Devils, and Their Worshippers
By Scott Bettencourt
Titles in quotation marks denote television programs
1926
FAUST
Timothy Brock's orchestral score for the silent film, written
in 1995, is available on K Records
1941
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY - Bernard Herrmann
20:01 from the score available on the CD Bernard Herrmann: The Devil
and Daniel Webster from Koch Records, conducted by James Sedares
1943
CABIN IN THE SKY - Vernon Duke, Harold Arlen, Roger Edens
Song and Score CD on Rhino/TCM
HEAVEN CAN WAIT - Alfred Newman
THE SEVENTH VICTIM - Roy Webb
18:51 of the score rerecorded for the Marco Polo CD Cat People:
Music For the Films of Val Lewton
1946
ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER - Dimitri Tiomkin
1949
ALIAS NICK BEAL - Franz Waxman
1953
MEET MR. LUCIFER - Eric Rogers
1954
BAIT - Vaclav Divina
1957
CURSE OF THE DEMON - Clifton Parker
3:14 rerecorded for the Silva CD Horror!
THE STORY OF MANKIND - Paul Sawtell
THE UNDEAD - Ronald Stein
1958
DAMN YANKEES - Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
1959
THE DEVIL'S PARTNER - Ronald Stein
5:54 on the Varese CD Not of This Earth: Film Music of Ronald Stein
1966
THE DEVIL'S OWN - Richard Rodney Bennett
1:11 on the GDI CD The Hammer Film Music Collection vol. 2
EYE OF THE DEVIL - Gary McFarland
1967
BEDAZZLED - Dudley Moore
Score CD on Harkit
DOCTOR FAUSTUS - Mario Nascimbene
Score CD (including dialogue) released in Italy on Legend, paired with
Francis of Assisi
FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH - Tristam Cary
Score featured on the GDI CD The Quatermass Film Music Collection
1968
THE DEVIL IN LOVE - Armando Trovajoli
THE DEVIL'S BRIDE - James Bernard
Score CD (as The Devil Rides Out) on GDI
THE MILKY WAY - Luis Bunuel
ROSEMARY'S BABY - Christopher Komeda
Score featured on the Polish Polonia CD Krzysztof Komeda vol. 19,
paired with The Fearless Vampire Killers
TORTURE GARDEN - James Bernard, Don Banks
1971
"THE DEVIL AND MISS SARAH" - David Rose
THE MEPHISTO WALTZ - Jerry Goldsmith
Score available on Varese Sarabande/Fox Film Music, paired with a suite
from The Other
TALES FROM THE CRYPT - Douglas Gamley
1972
THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES - Alden Shuman
Score CD on Oglio
"THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER" - Laurence Rosenthal
HAMMERSMITH IS OUT - Dominic Frontiere
Score LP on Capitol, unreleased on CD
LISA AND THE DEVIL - Carlo Savina
1973
THE EXORCIST - Jack Nitzsche
A special edition of the soundtrack produced by Warner Home Video featured
the found cues used in the film (though not Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells,"
), including one piece of Jack Nitzsche music and the 14:14 of rejected
score Lalo Schifrin recorded for the film
"POOR DEVIL" - Morton Stevens
1974
ABBY - Robert O. Ragland
THE ANTICHRIST - Ennio Morricone
9:30 of the score available on a Beat CD from Italy, paired with Sepolta
Vita
1975
THE DEVIL'S RAIN - Al De Lory
TO THE DEVIL, A DAUGHTER - Paul Glass
2:18 featured on the GDI CD The Hammer Film Music Collection vol.
2
1976
THE DEVIL INSIDE HER - Ron Grainer
"LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY'S BABY" - Charles Bernstein
THE OMEN - Jerry Goldsmith
Deluxe Edition expanded CD of the score released by Varese Sarabande
1977
THE CAR - Leonard Rosenman
THE CHOSEN - Ennio Morricone
Expanded score CD released by Beat in Italy
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC - Ennio Morricone
Score CD released on Warner Brothers in Germany
"THE POSSESSED" - Leonard Rosenman
THE SENTINEL - Gil Melle
John Williams was originally signed to score it but understandably
bailed after viewing the film, pleading illness
1978
DAMIEN OMEN II - Jerry Goldsmith
Complete Deluxe Edition CD released by Varese Sarabande, featuring
both the complete original score and the album rerecording
1979
THE BLACK HOLE - John Barry
Score LP on Disney, unavailable on CD; 4:55 of the score rerecorded
for the Silva CD Space and Beyond
1980
THE GODSEND - Roger Webb
1981
THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN - Buddy Baker
FEAR NO EVIL - Frank LaLoggia
Score CD coming soon from Percepto
THE FINAL CONFLICT - Jerry Goldsmith
Deluxe Edition score CD released by Varese Sarabande
1982
THE EVIL DEAD - Joseph LoDuca
Score CD available on SLSC in Japan, paired with Evil Dead 2
1983
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - James Horner
Score unavailable on CD, but 11:48 of Georges Delerue's rejected
score is available on the Varese CD George Delerue: The London Sessions
vol. 3
1984
THE ALCHEMIST - Richard Band
25:43 of the score available on Intrada, paired with The House on
Sorority Row
OH GOD, YOU DEVIL! - David Shire
1985
"COVENANT" - Charles Bernstein
Score CD available as a composer promo, paired with Cujo
1986
EVIL DEAD 2 - Joseph LoDuca
Score CD on SLSC from Japan, paired with The Evil Dead
THE GOLDEN CHILD - Michel Colombier
The soundtrack CD on Capitol features 21:08 of Colombier's replacement
score; a handful of cues from John Barry's rejected score survive
in the film, and one, "Wisdom of the Ages," is included on the CD, as well
as the song "The Best Man in the World" which Barry co-wrote
LEGEND - Jerry Goldsmith, Tangerine Dream
Goldsmith's rejected score is available on Silva, and has been restored
to the new "Director's Cut" DVD edition of the film; this DVD also features
the shorter version of the film with the Tangerine Dream score (also isolated
on a separate track), and this score is available on CD from Varese Sarabande
TRICK OR TREAT - Chrstopher Young
23:32 from the score released on the composer promo Cinema Septet
1987
ANGEL HEART - Trevor Jones
Score CD featuring much overlapping dialogue on Island
THE GATE - Michael Hoenig, J. Peter Robinson
HELLRAISER - Christopher Young
Score CD on Silva
PRINCE OF DARKNESS - John Carpenter
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK - John Williams
Score CD on Warner Bros.
1988
HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II - Christopher Young
Score CD on GNP Crescendo, paired with Highpoint
THE LITTLE DEVIL - Evan Lurie
Score CD released on Cinevox in Italy as Il Piccolo Diavolo
THE UNHOLY - Roger Bellon
1990
THE EXORCIST III - Barry DeVorzon
MISTER FROST - Steve Levine
REPOSSESSED - Charles Fox
1991
BILL AND TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY - David Newman
"OMEN IV: THE AWAKENING" - Jonathan Sheffer
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1992
HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH - Randy Miller
Score CD on GNP Crescendo
1993
ARMY OF DARKNESS - Joseph LoDuca
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
NEEDFUL THINGS - Partrick Doyle
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1994
"THE STAND" - W.G. Snuffy Walden
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1995
"AMERICAN GOTHIC" - Joseph LoDuca
Score CD released as an extremely rare composer promo
DEMON KNIGHT - Edward Shearmur
THE PROPHECY - David C. Williams
TALES FROM THE HOOD - Christopher Young
Score CD released as a rare composer promo
1996
HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE - Daniel Licht
Score CD on Silva
1997
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - James Newton Howard
Score CD on TVT
"THE DEVIL'S CHLD" - Christopher Franke
1998
"BRIMSTONE" - Christopher Lennertz
Score CD released as an extremely rare composer promo
FALLEN - Tan Dun
THE PROPHECY II - David C. Williams
1999
END OF DAYS - John Debney
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE NINTH GATE - Wojciech Kilar
Score CD on Silva
THE OMEGA CODE - Harry Manfredini
SIMON MAGUS - Deborah Mollison
SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT - Marc Shaiman
CD of the film's musical numbers, plus cover versions of the same songs,
released by Atlantic
2000
BEDAZZLED - David Newman
BLESS THE CHILD - Christopher Young
Score CD released by GNP Crescendo
"GOD, THE DEVIL, AND BOB" - Sean Murray
HELLRAISER: INFERNO - Walter Werzowa
LEFT BEHND - James Covell
Score CD on Reunion
LITTLE NICKY - Teddy Castelluci
Score released as an extremely hard-to-find composer promo
LOST SOULS - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
"POSSESSED" - John Frizzell
2001
MEGGIDO: THE OMEGA CODE 2 - Peter Bernstein
2002
CRAZY AS HELL - Billy Childs
HELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER - Stephen Edwards
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