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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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