1 |
'10 Haunted Hotels' |
2 |
The
Dolphin Hotel |
3 |
Room
1408 |
4 |
The
Doppelganger |
5 |
Katie's
Theme |
6 |
Ship In a Painting |
| 7 |
Bleeding Walls |
8 |
Out
On a Ledge |
9 |
Mike's Fugue |
10 |
Inside
the Vent |
11 |
Olin
In the Minibar |
12 |
Sinking
Ship |
13 |
Waking Up In LA |
14 |
Back To 1408 |
15 |
'Don't You Love Me Anymore?' |
16 |
Fire! |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
Call me a scaredy-cat, but I actually shuddered at the thought
of playing this soundtrack album for repeated listens. For
the first time in many years, I actually think that this is
one effectively creepy score that would complement a creepy
movie.
Oscar
winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) provides the music
underscore for this Mikael Hafstrom-directed film based on
Stephen King’s short story.
In this
56-minute disc, expect the music to play tricks in your mind.
Was that a distorted note you hear in “Dolphin Hotel”?
Was that a door creak you hear in “Room 1408”?
Or was it a chair that hasn’t been oiled? Or was it
some strange creature lurking in the dark corner?
The biggest
shock came from “Doppelganger”, where bizarre
and outlandish sounds litter themselves in this brief 2-minute
cue. It may not have any tune, but the effect created will
freak you out if you were listening to it alone in the dark.
Trust us, this track will creep you out without any visuals.
Nice touches
to this horror score are the quietly melancholic solos evident
in softer cues like “Katie’s Theme” and
“Waking Up in L.A.”. Soothing piano, violin and
oboe solos calm your tense nerves.
But the
album does not let go, with an abundance of other tense tracks
like “Out on the Ledge” and “Sinking Ship”.
These action cues are excitingly short, and complement other
chilling or gentle moods on the disc.
Try
listening to this soundtrack before sleeping – I guarantee
you that the pictures it paints in your mind are gleefully
nightmarish.
ALBUM
RATING:
Recommended Track: (4) Doppelganger
Review
by John Li
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