Pet Sematary (soundtrack)
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Elliot Goldenthal
's score to the film Pet Sematary
was his first mainstream score. Its style is sometimes compared to Jack Nitzsche
's score to The Exorcist
while the theme is inspired by Lalo Schifrin
's score to The Amityville Horror
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Elliot Goldenthal
Elliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways...
's score to the film Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary (film)
Pet Sematary is a 1989 horror film adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. Directed by Mary Lambert and written by King, the film features Dale Midkiff as Louis Creed, Denise Crosby as Rachel Creed, Blaze Berdahl as Ellie Creed, Miko Hughes as Gage Creed, and Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall...
was his first mainstream score. Its style is sometimes compared to Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young and others...
's score to The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...
while the theme is inspired by Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations...
's score to The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror (1979 film)
The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American horror film based on the bestselling 1977 novel of the same name by Jay Anson. It is the first movie in the Amityville Horror franchise....
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Track listing
- The Pet Sematary (3:00)
- Dead Recollection (1:19)
- Hope and Ordeal (1:22)
- Adieu Gage (1:22)
- Rachel Against Time (0:49)
- The Return Game (Jud and Gage) (3:42)
- Moving Day Waltz (0:30)
- The Warning Tour (1:41)
- Death Do Us Part (Rachel Hugs Louis) (0:53)
- Nine Lives Minus Seven (0:14)
- Up in Flames (Flashback) (1:38)
- Bitter Loss (Flashback) (1:51)
- Rachel's Dirty Secret (0:22)
- Return Game Attack (1:54)
- Rachel's Blow Out (0:20)
- I Brought You Something Mommie (0:34)
- The Return Game II (Louis and Gage) (2:52)
- Gentle Exhuming (1:03)
- To the Micmac Grounds (2:45)
- Chorale (0:29)
- Kite and Truck (1:22)
- Immolation (1:37)
Crew/Credit
- Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
- Album Produced by Elliot Goldenthal
- Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal and Robert Elhai
- Conducted by Steven Mercurio
- Performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's
- Vocals Performed by the Zarathustra Boys Chorus
- Recorded by Phil Bulla, Mixed by Joel Iwataki
- Synthesizer Programming/Supervision by Mathias Gohl