Music
James Bernard’s ‘Nosferatu’ Score Coming to Vinyl
F.W. Murnau’s 1922 vampire horror film Nosferatu is one of the greatest expressionist films of the silent film era. An unauthorized retelling of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, the film introduced the world to Count Orlok, played by Max Schreck, and went on to become one of the highest regarded horror films since cinema began.
One of the issues with the film’s age is that much associated with it has been lost due to various reasons, one of the biggest reasons being that Stoker’s estate sued and the court ruled that all copies of the film had to be destroyed, of which only a few copies survived. Another loss the film has suffered was the original score from composer Hans Erdmann, which was meant to be played by a live orchestra during screenings.
As a result, several composers have written their own scores over the years and one of the most famous and renowned is from Hammer Horror composer James Bernard, whose score was used for the Tanis Film reissue in 1997. The score made its world premiere at the London Film Festival the same year and was performed by Nic Raine and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
It is that score that Silva Screen Records is reissuing on 2xLP transparent red vinyl on October 28th, just in time for Halloween!
As of now, we’ve only heard this information being announced. No further details have been released but we’ll be keeping an eye out.
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:
- “Knife’s Edge” silver vinyl with poster (Target)
- “Surprise, Sidney” metallic blend vinyl (Barnes & Noble)
- “Don’t Hang Up” clear vinyl (Books-A-Million)
- “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)
- “Final Phone Call” blue vinyl at select indie retailers
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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