Intrada Scares Up Some Special Soundtracks

It’s always a cause for celebration when a label gets some long-lost piece of music out to the public for consumption. And Intrada’s special mid-week batch of archival film scores is no different, offering two premiere horror scores, one of which was presumed lost for years.

First up is the score to Fright Night, the 1985 horror classic (recently remade this past summer) about a teen who has to stop his next-door neighbor, a bloodthirsty vampire, from feeding on the innocent. The score is the other major film score credit for composer Brad Fiedel, who used his synthesizer talents to great, thematic, suspenseful effect. The full score, long feared lost, is presented from original 1/4″ two-track masters provided by both Sony and the composer; while the complete score was largely sourced from slightly noisier 7.5 i.p.s. tapes, a 15-minute opening suite presents the score as heard from the cleaner 15 i.p.s. tapes, utilizing every possible quality source.

Intrada also unveils the score to Funeral Home, the final work by renowned composer Jerry Fielding (an Oscar nominee for The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and The Outlaw Josey Wales). An intense, occasionally atonal score has been preserved in full from original 24-track session masters; however, as the score was recorded under the watch of the Canadian Musician’s Union (rather than the typical American Federation of Musicians that score fans well know in terms of licensing and reuse fees), necessary fees have led to a slightly higher price tag of $29.99. But as with many of Intrada’s releases, the worth far outweighs the cost.

Both titles will ship after October 18 and can be ordered now. Hit the jump for the full scoop!

Brad Fiedel, Fright Night: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 183, 2011 – original film released 1985)

1. Fright Night Medley *
2. Window Watching
3. Jerry Takes Off
4. Drive to Evil and Bat Attack
5. Charlie’s Cathedral, Charmed and Alley Bat
6. Evil Visitor
7. Charlie Begs for Help and Come to Me (Seduction Scene)
8. Vampire Killers and Your Dinner’s in the Oven
9. Jerry’s Time is Up
10. The Basement
11. You’re So Cool Brewster and Come to Me

Portions of Track 7 or 11 originally released on Private I Records LP SZ 40087, 1985. * denotes track sourced from 1/4″ 15 i.p.s. stereo mixes. All other tracks sourced from 1/4″ 7.5 i.p.s. stereo mixes.

Jerry Fielding, Funeral Home: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 186, 2011 – original film released 1980)

1. Main Title
2. The Cat
3. Heather’s Arrival
4. Home Sweet Home
5. Whispering Corridors
6. You Like the Way I Look
7. Going, Going… Gone
8. Mysteries of the Dark
9. Animal Magnetism
10. Garage Discovery
11. The Lure
12. Home, Not So Sweet Home
13. Voices in the Basement
14. Vicious Gossip
15. Davis Whacked
16. Water Rescue
17. Billy’s Demise
18. Coffin Ready
19. Grandma Unhinged
20. Meet Mr. Chalmers
21. Finish
22. Not Quite Country
23. Just the Old Car Radio
24. Brass Ensemble
25. Rock of Ages – Brass
26. Rock of Ages – Organ
27. Wild Pump Organ
28. Rock of Ages – Pump Organ