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My favourite horror film score is THE OMEN.
I have a very special fondness for the Hammer horror film scores of James Bernard, too.
Cheers
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Vertigo. Enough said.
I’m not sure I would consider Vertigo a horror film. I consider that film to be more of a romantic mystery, though I can see how some elements of the film might be construed as horror. As far as Hitchcock’s films are concerned, I think Psycho has a better claim to being a horror film.
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For me, it's CARRIE and BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
I'm largely unfamiliar with the genre, but I know for a fact those are two great ones, and not just the two I know by heart.
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Those who are inclined towards horror film music love many such scores - and have not only one favorite.
Let's take henry further back in time to other lands B.C. (before Conti):
1959 Caltiki il mostro immortale Roberto Nicolosi
1964 La cripta e l'incubo Carlo Savina
1968 Yôkai daisensô (Spook Warfare) Sei Ikeno
1971 Blood from the Mummy's Tomb Tristram Cary
1972 Una tomba aperta ... una bara vuota Piero Piccioni
These are only 5 fortunate enough to have been issued onto disks ... hundreds could be listed.
Now ponder upon all those classic horror films whose music has never appeared (and likely never will) on albums ... again, there are hundreds.
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Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith)
Horror of Dracula (James Bernard)
Hellraiser (Christopher Young)
The Dead Zone (Michael Kamen)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
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There are already so many truly wonderful scores mentioned here, where I think "yes, that's a favorite of mine as well", I wouldn't know which one to pick.
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I'd have to opt for JG's ALIEN as my No. 1 followed by E Morricone's THE THING. Both as creepy as hell. Cheers
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