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Megadeth Will Celebrate Their 35th Anniversary All Year Long!
Megadeth fans rejoice as Dave Mustaine isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. On the heels of Slayer announcing their retirement, Mustaine has proclaimed a 35th anniversary for the ages.
“When I started Megadeth, I didn’t imagine myself living for 35 years, let alone my band reaching this incredible milestone,” Mustaine said in a statement.
The anniversary party is said to include special releases, exclusive merch, one-of-a-kind events and opportunities. They kicked off the year-long event with a music video for Megadeth’s “Lying in State”, which launched today on megadeth.com exclusively for Megadeth Cyber Army members. This is the latest video to come off their Grammy-winning album Dystopia.
For those wondering about what the future holds, Mustaine has already revealed a planned re-release of their debut album Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! He’s also recently tweeted that he’s begun working on the next album, the follow-up to 2016’s Dystopia. In line with previous album recordings, it wouldn’t be a shocker if Megadeth ended the year with a new album release.
Throughout the year, Dave Mustaine will also celebrate the band’s anniversary on his weekly Gimme Radio show, “The Dave Mustaine Show,” which premieres each Thursday at 12pm PST/ 3pm EST, with exclusive giveaways, contests, and behind-the-scenes stories about his career and Megadeth. Fans can tune in and communicate directly with Dave in the Gimme Live chat feed at gimmeradio.com or via the Gimme Radio app.
One of the original “Big Four,” Megadeth burst onto the scene 35 years ago and virtually invented a genre with their debut album Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! (lauded by VH1 as the “Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time”). Megadeth has sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 12 GRAMMY nominations and one win, and scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction.
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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