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‘Vampire Rhapsody’ Is A One-Hour Mix Of Cues And Themes From Classic & Modern Vampire Films (Halloween Treat)
SoundColourVibration has posted a rather interesting playlist that features just over an hour’s worth of music from some of the classic vampire films over the years. Curator Jasmine De La Paz gather tracks from films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Kiss Of The Vampire, Kiss Of The Damned, Interview With A Vampire, and much more.
De La Paz writes:
blockquote>I have always had an infatuation with horror movie soundtracks, specifically from vampire films. There’s such bittersweetness to the music, and most of it is surprisingly very beautiful! The Vampire Rhapsody is a mix of some of my favorite vampire soundtracks, both old and new. You will hear classics from Hammer films, Nosferatu and Fascination, as well as Kiss of the Damned, Only Lovers Left Alive and the Hunger – exploring many genres!
Head down to check out the mix and then tell me some of your favorite vampire film scores!
Track Listing
1. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – People’s Playground Version B (Vampyros Lesbos)
2. Jane Weaver – Parade of Blood Red Sorrows (Kiss of the Damned)
3. Krysztof Komeda – Vampire Comes (The Dance of the Vampires)
4. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Necronomania (Vampyros Lesbos)
5. Steve Hufsteter – Kiss of the Damned Theme (Kiss of the Damned)
6. Ancanthus – Le Frisson Des Vampires (Le Frisson Des Vampires)
7. Phillippe D’aram – La Louve (Fascination)
8. SQÜRL – Funnel of Love feat. Madeline Follin (Only Lovers Left Alive)
9. Pierre Raph – Crotch Batterie (Requiem Pour Un Vampire)
10. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – The Lions and the Cucumber (Vampyros Lesbos)
11. Hot Blood – Soul Dracula (Only Lovers Left Alive)
12. David Whitaker – The Tiger Dance (Vampire Circus)
13. Jozef Van Wissemm & SQÜRL – Streets of Tangier (Only Lovers Left Alive)
14. Ratandeep Hemraj – Birha Ki Maari Koi (Bollywood Bloodbath)
15. Popol Vuh – Venus Principle (Nosferatu)
16. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Psycho Contact No. 1 (Vampyros Lesbos)
17. Popol Vuh – Die Nacht der Himmel (Nosferatu)
18. Yvon Gérault – The Curse (Viol du Vampire)
19. Elliot Goldenthal – Santiago’s Waltz (Interview with the Vampire)
20. Harry Robinson – Lust for a Vampire (Lust for a Vampire)
21. Harry Robinson – Emma Meets Carmilla (The Vampire Lovers)
22. Wojciech Kilar – Lucy’s Party (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)
23. Steve Hufsteter – Bath of Tears (Kiss of the Damned)
24. James Bernard – Vampire Rhapsody (The Kiss of the Vampire)
25. The Hunger Excerpt – Lakme (The Hunger)
26. Pierre Raph – Jade Lake (Requiem Pour Un Vampire)
27. Nicole Romain – Blind Songbird (Viol du Vampire)
28. Steve Hufsteter – Backstage Jazz (Kiss of the Damned)
29. Krysztof Komeda – Both Over Rooftops (The Dance of the Vampires)\
30. Roberto Nicolosi – Preparando La Trappola E Un’Ombra Nel Buio (La Maschera Del Demonio)
31. Harry Robinson – Another Attack! (The Vampire Lovers)
32. Les Baxter – Meeting Katia / Revivifying Blood (Black Sunday)
33. Phillippe D’aram – L’Amour Des Deux Filles (Fascination)
34. Phillippe D’aram – Bizzare Cult 2 (Fascination)
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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