FRANKENSCORES
A Chronology of Music for Frankenstein
By Scott Bettencourt
Titles in quotation marks denote television programs.
1931
FRANKENSTEIN - Bernhard Kaun
1935
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN - Franz Waxman
Score CD rerecording on Silva, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn
1939
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN - Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
26:23 available on the Marco Polo CD Monster Music of Salter and
Skinner, rerecording conducted by William T. Stromberg
1942
THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN - Hans J. Salter
45:13 available on the Marco Polo CD Mystery and Horror, conducted
by William T. Stromberg
1943
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN - Hans J. Salter
1944
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN - Hans J. Salter, Paul Dessau
Rerecording available on Marco Polo, conducted by William T. Stromberg
1945
HOUSE OF DRACULA - Hans J. Salter
1948
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - Frank Skinner
1957
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN - James Bernard
3:41 available on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN - Paul Dunlap
1958
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 - Paul Dunlap
FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER - Nicholas Carras
HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER - Paul Dunlap
THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN - Leonard Salzedo
1:55 available on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
1962
FRANKENSTEIN, THE VAMPIRE AND CO. - Gustavo Cesar Carrion
1964
THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN - Don Banks
1:30 available on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
1966
FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD - Akira Ifukube
Score CD on the Japanese import Futureland label
JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER - Raoul Kraushaar
MUNSTER, GO HOME - Jack Marshall
1967
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN - James Bernard
6:51 available on the Silva CD The Devil Rides Out: Film Music of James
Bernard, rerecording conducted by Paul Bateman
"MAD
MONSTER PARTY" - Maury Laws
Soundtrack CD available on Retrograde
1969
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED - James Bernard
27:22 on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
1970
DR. FRANKENSTEIN ON CAMPUS - Paul Hoffert
THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN - Malcolm Williamson
1:44 available on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
1971
DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN - William Lava
LADY FRANKENSTEIN - Alessandro Alessandroni
26:25 of the score available on the Beat label, paired with Suor
Omicidi and Io Strangolatore Di Vienna
1972
THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN - Daniel White
FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR - Angel Arteaga
1973
BLACKENSTEIN - Cardella Di Milo, Lou Frohman
"FRANKENSTEIN" - Robert Cobert
"FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY" - Gil Melle
1974
ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN - Claudio Gizzi
Score available on RCA from Italy, paired with Andy Warhol's Dracula
FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL - James Bernard
32:20 available on the GDI CD The Frankenstein Film Music Collection
FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE OF FREAKS - Marcello Gigante
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - John Morris
Music and dialogue CD available on Razor & Tie
1975
FRANKENSTEIN: ITALIAN STYLE - Stelvio Cipriani
1977
TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN - Gerard Victory
1984
FRANKENSTEIN - Kentaro Haneda
FRANKENSTEIN 90 - Armando Trovajoli
FRANKENSTEIN'S GREAT AUNT TILLIE - Ronald Stein
FRANKENWEENIE - David Newman, Michael Convertino
1985
THE BRIDE - Maurice Jarre
Score CD available from Varese Sarabande CD Club
1987
"FRANKENSTEIN" - Roger Bellon
THE MONSTER SQUAD - Bruce Broughton
10:45 released on the composer's promotional CD Musical Drama
1988
FRANKENSTEIN GENERAL HOSPITAL - John Ross
1990
FRANKENHOOKER - Joe Renzetti
Score available on Silva, paired with Basket Case 2
FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND - Carl Davis
9:44 available on the Silva CD A History of Horror, rerecording
conducted by Nic Raine
1991
"FRANKENSTEIN: THE COLLEGE YEARS" - Joel McNeely
1992
WAXWORK II: LOST IN TIME - Steve Schiff
1993
"FRANKENSTEIN" - John Cameron
1994
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN - Patrick Doyle
Score CD on Epic
1995
FRANKENSTEIN SINGS - Bobby Pickett, Joe Troiano, Jeff Zahn
1996
FRANKENSTEIN AND ME - Normand Corbeil
1997
"HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN" - Don Davis
Score CD released as a composer promo
1998
BIG MONSTER ON CAMPUS - Roger Neill
FRANKENSTEIN REBORN! - Carl Dante
GODS AND MONSTERS - Carter Burwell
Score CD on RCA
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