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Retro Review: Going To ’84 To Check Out Metallica’s ‘Ride The Lightning’

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Sure, I could’ve chosen to do ‘Master Of Puppets’, but what’s the fun there? That album has been pored over and loved since its release. I wanted to do ‘Ride The Lightning’ for a couple of reasons. First of all, some of my favorite Metallica tracks are on here. Second of all, the album was released when I was a month old, so I feel a strange connection with it. So, join me readers, as we head back to 1984 to check out Metallica’s sophomore album. 
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I remember seeing Metallica for the first time at the Pontiac Silverdome. The concert began December 31st, 1999 and ended on January 1st, 2000. The opening acts were Sevendust, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent. I remember Kid Rock sharing the stage with Joe C. I remember Nugent riding out on a buffalo and later shooting his guitar with a flaming arrow. And I remember Metallica melting my face off with songs ranging from the classics to their (relatively) latest hits from the Load and Reload albums. It was a show that was full of pyrotechnics, amazing light displays and a massive stage set-up. However, for those of you who have seen Metallica, you know that the real reason to see them is the energy and presence that they give off. They command the audience and play them as finely as their instruments. It would be another 10 years until I saw them again at the Joe Louis Arena.  
‘Ride The Lightning’ played a vital role in my musical upbringing. While ‘Kill ‘Em All’ was a brutal onslaught of metal and ‘Master Of Puppets’ arguably fueled by need for more progressive metal, it was ‘Ride The Lightning’ that made me realize that metal could have beauty and deep emotion. Tracks such as ‘Fade To Black’ and ‘The Call of Ktulu’ stand out as examples of this kind of melodic metal. It’s easy to see how bands such as Dark Tranquility, At The Gates, Opeth, and more credit early Metallica as one of their biggest influences. 
However, it would be remiss of me to not state that Metallica still rocked as hard and as furiously as they did on ‘Kill ‘Em All’. ‘Fight Fire With Fire’ and ‘Creeping Death’ are fast paced behemoths that go straight for the jugular, teeth bared and claws extended. It is because of this variety in the music that ‘Ride The Lightning’ stands out as one of the best Metallica albums. 
The Final Word: 27 years old. Five times platinum as of 2003. ‘Ride The Lightning’ still commands as much intensity and immediacy as when it first came out. 
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Marco Beltrami’s ‘Scream’ Score Gets Deluxe Reissue For 30th Anniversary

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July 9, 2026

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Seminal slasher Scream rewrote the rules in 1996, and for its 30th anniversary,  Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings are celebrating with a new anniversary reissue of Marco Beltrami’s landmark score.

The original 14-track album returns to vinyl in a collectible “blood-soaked” sleeve on August 28.

If blood red isn’t your color, there’s good news: the reissue will also be available in many different limited-edition exclusive pressings.

In addition to the wide “Woodsboro Bloodbath” red vinyl pictured below, look for the following exclusives:

An Extended Cut Edition of the Scream (Original Motion Picture Score), featuring all 40 of the film’s cues from the 2022 Scream boxset, will also be available on CD. All formats are available to pre-order or pre-save today.

Top L-R: “Knife’s Edge” silver vinyl with poster (Target), “Surprise, Sidney” metallic blend vinyl (Barnes & Noble), “Don’t Hang Up” clear vinyl (Books-A-Million),
Bottom L-R: “I’ll Be Right Back” blue vinyl (Urban Outfitters), “Final Girl” splatter vinyl (Hot Topic), “Wrong Answer” Blood Red Splatter vinyl (Varèse Sarabande/Craft Recordings), and “Final Phone Call” blue vinyl (Indie Retail)

Marco Beltrami composed the iconic score as a then young, up-and-coming composer—one who, ironically, had never scored or even seen a horror film.

Yet just three years after he completed the University of Southern California’s rigorous scoring program, Beltrami submitted 13 minutes of music for Scream’s opening sequence and his future was forever changed. “We knew in half a minute that we had found our composer,” Craven told Variety in 2012. “The music was haunting, beautiful and totally original. Marco turned out to be shy and soft-spoken, but a fountain of ideas and innovation. I never looked back.”

Scream (Original Motion Picture Score) (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

CD Tracklist

1. Dimension Logo (0:19)

2. The Cue from Hell (10:33)

3. Trouble in Woodsboro (1:52)

4. Sid’s House (1:12)

5. Red Herring (2:13)

6. Killer Calls Sydney (2:52)

7. Chasing Sidney (1:29)

8. Cell Phone (1:00)

9. Backdoor Gale (0:49)

10. Schoolyard 2 (1:17)

11. Sid’s Doubt (1:23)

12. Bathroom (2:58)

13. Mr. Himbry Gets It (2:11)

14. Sherriff and Dewey (1:21)

15. Tatum’s Torture (2:46)

16. Sidney Wants It (3:09)

17. Dewey and Gale (1:57)

18. Off to See Himbry (0:41)

19. Killer Stabs Billy (2:50)

20. Randy Almost Gets It (2:33)

21. Gale Crashes the Van (1:33)

22. They’re Crazy (9:42)

23. Sid Stabs Billy (4:24)

24. Billy’s Back (0:52)

25. End Credits (1:40)

26. Sid’s Window (0:26)

27. Gut Someone (0:13)

28. Sid Looks (0:16)

29. Billy Looks (0:24)

30. Billy to Cell (0:34)

31. Killer Calls Again (0:35)

32. Bang Into Billy (0:12)

33. Girl Talk (0:54)

34. Video Store (0:45)

35. Why She’s Here (0:16)

36. Billy Sting (0:13)

37. Prescott’s Car (0:29)

38. Hairbrush (0:38)

39. The Cue from Hell (Orchestra Only) (6:28)

40. I Don’t Care (Vocals Performed by Dillon Dixon) (3:01)

Scream – Original Motion Picture Score

Vinyl Tracklist

Side A:

1. Dimension Logo (0:19)

2. The Cue from Hell (10:33)

3. Trouble in Woodsboro (1:52)

4. Red Herring (2:13)

5. Chasing Sidney (1:29)

6. Backdoor Gale (0:49)

7. Schoolyard 2 (1:17)

8. Bathroom (2:58)

Side B:

1. Sherriff and Dewey (1:21)

2. Tatum’s Torture (2:46)

3. Sidney Wants It (3:09)

4. Killer Stabs Billy (2:50)

5. They’re Crazy (9:42)

6. End Credits (1:40)

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