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Jul 16, 2007 - 4:58 AM
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The Mutant
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Okay, so this is one of my all-time favorite main titles ever.
It was left off the soundtrack album, which really sucks.
So, on my hunt for some info, I found this:
"Trash's Theme", also by SSQ, is a three minute instrumental and not the title theme heard in the meltdown and cemetery scenes. That piece, "The Trioxin Theme", produced by Simon Heyworth but composed and performed by Francis Haines is the main title and was never released. Matt Clifford, a British keyboard player, who would later play sessions with Yes, Genesis and Rolling Stones, composed the unreleased score, heard in the background of the film. "Trash's Theme" actually has parts of the Clifford score in it (the background music heard in Frank's office chat with Freddy). The rest of the soundtrack remains largely identical what is heard in the film. "Tonight" is too (the instrumental section heard in the end credits before it segues into "Surfin' Dead" is not included). Hemdale continued to use this music in other films like 1985’s Howling II.
and I found this as well...
I have recently been made aware that there IS A SCORE knocking around of the The Return of the Living Dead but in low-quality.
Other than that - I have yet to see one. It is supposedly from a US Audio Cassette that surfaced just before the film was released and from Cinema '84's offices (like the workprint of the movie itself)
I would love to get my hands on the score to this film! 
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I to would LOVE to get this score and yes the main title is just cool as hell. I transfered it several years ago onto CDR from the DVD sounds great. And I agree this film balances the funny parts with the horror, but if I was going to lean one way I would say its more horror than comedy.
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Check out J Peter Robinson's title music from ROTLD 2. It features a more orchestral version of the Trioxin theme. And like drivingmiss, the best way to enjoy the music is to snag it from the DVD.
Ryan
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Are there sound effects? I seem to recall storm sounds towards the end.
Great piece of 80's synth excellence.
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Jul 16, 2007 - 5:27 PM
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Jon A. Bell
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The great thing about this film is the balance between the two.
It's funny and scary and sometimes both at once.
I've never seen a horror film since that pulls it off quite as well as ROTLD.
I don't think ROTLD is super-scary, but it does have a grindhouse, drive-in movie theater vibe that makes it disturbingly chilling.
OTOH, it *IS* stinking hilarious, with some great dialogue and quotable lines. Notable punchlines:
"It's dead people, screamin'!"
"Rabid weasels."
"Room temperature."
...And the frigging hilarious response (which makes sense when you hear the dialogue before):
"It's not a bad question, Frank..."
And yeah, I'd KILL to have a release of the main title, which is great.
Finally, for my money, the best mixtures of horror and comedy are the original "Night Stalker" TV movie, and the recent "Shaun of the Dead," which is brilliant. "Tremors" is also a great mixture of terror and comedy -- the perfect "B-movie" update.
-- Jon
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Just to continue the good ROTLD vibes, MGM is releasing a "Collector's Edition" in September. Hopefully it'll correct many of the issues with the previous release.
Ryan
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22minutes longer thats cool as hell. Usually when they release a movie with more footage it's like 5 minutes if that and I'm like whos gonna pay for only 5 more minutes, then some special editions they take out footage like I think that Alexander was actually shorter.
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Maybe they should release 100 of those f*ckers.
A hundred?!?
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