Waxwork Records is thrilled to present CARRIE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Pino Donaggio! Expanded and re-mastered for its 45th anniversary. Carrie is a 1976 Horror film adapted from author Stephen King's very first published novel of the same name. The movie stars Sissy Spacek and is directed by Brian De Palma (Scarface, Phantom Of The Paradise).
The score by legendary composer Pino Donaggio (The Howling, Tourist Trap) skillfully captures the pressure of forced innocence, the humor of teen drama, and the trauma of coming of age as a girl in 1970’s America. The album also features the the tracks “Born To Have It All” and “I Never Thought Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me” by Katie Irving.
CARRIE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features the expanded film music re-mastered on CD, with new artwork by Phantom City Creative.
CARRIE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Features:
The Expanded and Re-Mastered Soundtrack On CD New Artwork by Phantom City Creative
This is the fourth CD edition. Its track list matches Kritzerland's, which is perfect in content and remastering.
When I read "expanded" I hoped that the film version of "The Nightmare" would be included. The Kritzerland release featured the shorter album version where the first 12 seconds of the concluding terror music are edited out. Well, maybe this time...?
When I read "expanded" I hoped that the film version of "The Nightmare" would be included. The Kritzerland release featured the shorter album version where the first 12 seconds of the concluding terror music are edited out. Well, maybe this time...?
Is it possible that the extended version of "The Nightmare" was created editorially, after the fact, and the real version (as performed) is what we got on the Kritzerland CD? Because Kritzerland went right back to the 16-track session tapes that Donaggio actually recorded. So maybe what you're looking for exists only on the film stem.
Is it possible that the extended version of "The Nightmare" was created editorially, after the fact, and the real version (as performed) is what we got on the Kritzerland CD? Because Kritzerland went right back to the 16-track session tapes that Donaggio actually recorded. So maybe what you're looking for exists only on the film stem.
I checked again (the score is pretty much isolated in the 5.1 back channels) and no, it doesn't seem to have been created editorially. The first 12 seconds of the terror music, while working with the the same motif, offer slightly different instrumentation and performance. I encourage everyone to check for themselves.
There are more differences in the film versions of other tracks, but those are due to tracked music from "Psycho" (some violin effects from one of Herrmann's re-recordings). Nevertheless, the nightmare music is clearly a Donaggio composition.
I checked again (the score is pretty much isolated in the 5.1 back channels) and no, it doesn't seem to have been created editorially. The first 12 seconds of the terror music, while working with the the same motif, offer slightly different instrumentation and performance. I encourage everyone to check for themselves.
This is the fourth CD edition. Its track list matches Kritzerland's, which is perfect in content and remastering.
When I read "expanded" I hoped that the film version of "The Nightmare" would be included. The Kritzerland release featured the shorter album version where the first 12 seconds of the concluding terror music are edited out. Well, maybe this time...?
The track times don't seem to be included at the site linked above, but the Waxwork release is also on the Bandcamp website:
This shows the time of the track "The Dream / The Nightmare / End Titles" is 05:06. My CD player shows the time of this track on the Kritzerland release to be 05:09, so the tracks are probably the same.
This shows the time of the track "The Dream / The Nightmare / End Titles" is 05:06. My CD player shows the time of this track on the Kritzerland release to be 05:09, so the tracks are probably the same.
Of course given it's Bandcamp you could, ya know, listen to it to see if it matched (but to save you the work, I did and verified that yup, they are the same).
Incidently the mastering does seem to be slightly different, or at least a touch louder on the new one. But probably nothing to need to get this new one.
Incidently the mastering does seem to be slightly different, or at least a touch louder on the new one. But probably nothing to need to get this new one.
Some of this score trends pretty shrill so this is a rare case where I don’t think I want louder.
This is a GREAT score... one I revisit often. If you missed the Kritzerland (which has the classic cover art I love), definitely recommend picking this one up.
A top ten or twenty score for me. A masterpiece both on its own and in the film. I personally like this new artwork, which reminds me of a 1970s or '80s horror paperback cover. It doesn't compare with the original one sheet poster design, but the point of these new covers is to offer a contemporary artist's interpretation of the material. Sometimes such covers don't work, but for this I feel the vintage paperback aesthetic works.
Watched a video on the film just last night and was wondering why I've never given Donaggio or this score much of a try! Looking forward to this...guessing it will also be on digital eventually?
Watched a video on the film just last night and was wondering why I've never given Donaggio or this score much of a try! Looking forward to this...guessing it will also be on digital eventually?
• The Ryko CD was sourced from the album master. • The Varese CD was sourced from the Ryko CD. • The Kritzerland CD was sourced from the 16-track session masters. • And it very much appears that the Waxwork CD/LP is sourced from the Kritzerland CD.
Carrie is a magnificent score, but I have the expanded Kritzerland CD, and that is all I will ever need. http://kritzerland.com/carrie.htm
Does anyone think that the original mix had additional reverb added to it? Also, oddly, the version of "Born to Have it All" is a different take than the one previously released (which I'm not complaining about, because I like this version better).
I disagree with using Kritzerland's album as the master for future releases. "The Coronation/The Blood" being placed together in one track was a mistake. Two great cues that should have their own index point, like they did on the original album (which, yes, Kritzerland included originally).
Yes, as Dylan noted, the new cover artwork does look like a 70s paperback cover. I have an old SHINING paperback with something quite similar. It's good to see this tremendous score back in print (it should always be) and I'm glad I already have the Kritz 2 disc edition, which closed the book on this score for me. A classic.
That artwork is absolutely horrible. I’m very glad to have the Kritzerland original.
Really? I think it looks great.
I have the Kritzerland release which has a nice cover, in keeping with the original. Yet one of the attractions of these vinyl editions is having newly commissioned art.