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cheers TG.
and Dan, I vote Vampire Lovers and Satanic Rites of Dracula.
Oh and blood on satans claw.
and the other one, the follow up to Vampire Lovers with the yutte whatever who became a nun and a vegetarian, the one with ralph thingummy. that one anyway.
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To Bill Carson-yes- THE VAMPIRE LOVERS-HARRY ROBERTSON- SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA - JOHN CACAVAS- BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW- MUSIC BY MARC WILKERSON- was not a HAMMER film, but one made by TONY TENSER-I Love the music for that score as well.LUST FOR A VAMPIRE was the second of three films in that series with YVETTE STEINSGARD[SPELLING] great score by HARRY ROBERTSON, the third in the series was TWINS OF EVIL.
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To Bill Carson- You were not making fun of RALPH BATES were you?. He was a very nice man who died very young of a blood disorder, in a industry where there are too many bums, he was not one of them.
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To Bill Carson- You were not making fun of RALPH BATES were you?. He was a very nice man who died very young of a blood disorder, in a industry where there are too many bums, he was not one of them.
No Dan, not making fun, just couldnt remember his name. Thanks for the info.
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I agree with a lot of the choices already given - SHE; TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA; SCARS OF DRACULA etc. I also agree that the extended versions of James Bernard's themes heard on the Silva Screen CD for FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN and things like that are sublime. I also love the End Credits that he wrote for THE DEVIL RIDES OUT. Some may find the church bells for the triumph of Good over Evil a bit corny, but I think it's beautiful and uplifting. Didn't James Bernard himself have that played at his own funeral? I think I read that somewhere.
Also agree on the mentioning of LUST FOR A VAMPIRE. Harry Robinson's other two scores for the trilogy get more attention, but LUST is perhaps his most swooningly (and eye-crossingly) romantic. Gorgeous. I even like the much-maligned song, which I think works perfectly.
More Harry Robinson - Yeah, DEMONS OF THE MIND - which has been mentioned - has a wonderful score. Plenty of blaring horror moments, but lots of room for lovely pastoral themes.
More to follow... I have a phone call...
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Okay, phone call over. The one I really wanted to mention is John McCabe's FEAR IN THE NIGHT. Now, people of a certain age will remember the old EMI LP (my first ever) of "Hammer Presents Dracula" - with the suites on the B side arranged and conducted by Philip Martell. Very close to the originals in general, but smoother.
Anyway, FEAR IN THE NIGHT was one of the four scores represented on that album - and it's extremely good indeed. Much of the music in the film itself is tension-based, but when it breaks loose it's amazing. The complex persecution music, with the percussion to the fore, is imaginative and breathless. Brilliant.
However, as dan's thread is about BEAUTIFUL Hammer music, John McCabe provides us with one of the most hauntingly gorgeous themes ever written for a Hammer movie. It's on the old EMI LP in a more developed form, but it works a treat in the film too, as Judy Geeson explores the old schoolhouse and gazes at the portrait of headmaster Peter Cushing. That's pure cinema although the film itself, whilst solid, makes no sense whatsoever. There's an almost Herrmannesque feeling of yearning in McCabe's score at some moments.
A great score, and a very interesting (if ultimately unsatisfying) Hammer film.
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Sorry to be a smart-arse, jackfu (I can't help it), but that lovely music you hear at the end of QUATERMASS AND THE PIT was written by Carlo Martelli and tracked in when the original "happy ending" was ditched. But you're right, it's lovely and tragic and dreamy and sad!
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jackfu, Cary's original upbeat and jaunty finale is on the Cloud Nine release "The Film Music of Tristram Cary Volume 1" which includes the complete score as it was intended to be heard. Much of it was dropped or changed for library tracks in the film itself. That's the release I've got anyway. That CD is ages old now, and I don't know how easy it is to come by, but it may be on other compilations - maybe the GDI Hammer "Quatermass" disc?
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'THE CBS LATE MOVIE FINALLY SHOWED THE FILM, out came my tape recorder, remember those bulky old ones and i tape the film.I bought a betamax a year later, so i couldn't tape it yet.'
Dan, this is damn interesting. Several individuals have written before, how they have done the very same thing. A film appears on the telly, they (we) rush to the recorder and begin recording to acquire the music. I to have done this. Again I find this interesting. Lovers of film scores have this in common trait...
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THE MUMMY'S SHROUD-67-This is DON BANK'S most melodic score. The main theme used during the end is pure beauty and sublime with such a lofty vibe.
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The psychological thrillers became a popular sub genre for Hammer in the 60's and early 70's. Sometimes they gave us pretty music. Such was the case with THE NANNY-65- RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT gave us a nice suspense score, but he also gave us a very catchy and pretty lullaby opening theme.
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