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House on Haunted Hill [Soundtrack]

~ Don Davis
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (22 Nov 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Varese Sarabande
  • ASIN: B00002ML3N
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 204,901 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Main title
2. Pencil Neck
3. Hans Verbosemann
4. House Humongous
5. Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in Minor, Opus 25, Excerpt
6. Funky Old House
7. No Exit
8. Gun Control
9. Surprise
10. Price Pestiferous
11. Misty Misogamy
12. Coagulatroy Calamity
13. Melissa in Wonderland
14. Sorry, Tulip
15. Struggling to Escape
16. Soiree A Saturation
17. On The House
18. Dead but Nice
19. Blackburn's Surprise
20. Encountering Mr Blackburn
See all 25 tracks on this disc

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Amazon.co.uk Review

This astonishingly diverse score suffers unfairly as an album. The chops and changes between styles are meaningful in the picture, but here the shift from the tragedy of "Sorry, Tulip" to the electric guitars and drums of "Struggling To Escape" is just unintentionally comical. This being composer Don Davis' next major feature after his excellent work on The Matrix, he had everything to prove in the Hollywood stakes. As a demonstration of the composer's versatility it's a superb showcase, ranging through choral devil worshipping ("The Corpus Delecti Committee Meeting"), atonal calamitous crashings, and tender moments of mourning. At 54 minutes however, there's too much in too long a period to hold itself together as an album. The pieces are by and large excellent, and if you're a horror fan you'll be prepared for the shocks however they might come. It's a remarkable score, nonetheless, but just too much like hard work in its entirety and in isolation. Judicious track programming is recommended. --Paul Tonks

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Value for money but missing an excellent song, 27 Aug 2001
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This compilation of various music is great value for money. i mean how often do you see this many songs on a soundtrack. The CD is an excellent accomplice for all fans of the film, which is one of the best horror films i've seen. However, the best song from the film appears to be missing from this soundtrack - of course I'm talking about 'SWEET DREAMS' by MARILYN MANSON'. His version of the classic Annie Lennox song is in a class of its own. For this reason I have only rated it 2 stars but the main title song is worth listening to when your home alone in the dark.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, 2 May 2007
By E. Jackson "Lex Talionis" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House on Haunted Hill (Audio CD)
The review below has been bugging me for ages, it's clearly not a collection by "various" artists. If you want the score by Don Davis (and it's a pretty good score) then buy it.

The album's a melange of styles, but there's a spooky, dark organ backing to a lot of them...which was just what I was looking for. If you liked the film and its atmospheric use of music, then I'd definitely recommend this to you.
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