Waltzing In The Graveyard

For The Month Of October, Your One Stop Shop For The Best In Spooky Tunes

You'd didn't think we were just going to be offering up vintage monster rock this October did you dear readers? I should hope not, because no Halloween season is complete without a bevy of traditional horror movie film scores to fill our dark and chilly nights. Seeing as how there are not a whole helluva lot of films set on the actual holiday, and even less score releases from said films, our film soundtrack output isn't going to match the wealth of monster rock still to come. But we plan to hit all the notable albums that are available. Many you may already possess, some of them are out of print and a few have never seen an official commercial release. At either rate, there is sure to be something here for everyone. So remember boils and ghouls, keep checking back here for all your Halloween music needs.

Tonight's uber-rare offering is the bootleg soundtrack to the Night of the Demons' trilogy. It's more of a soundtrack for the first film than anything else but there are goodies from the 2nd and 3rd thrown in there as well (with a sampling of Witchboard for good measure). Sadly, none of the entries ever saw an official score release in any capacity, which is a real shame because there is on occasion, genuinely great moments here from Dennis Michael Tenney. Not to speak of some truly badass cuts from Bauhaus (Stigmata Martyr), Morbid Angel (Rapture) and Steve King and Tim Wojan's dirty little punk ditty Computer Date ("Far fucking out!") which I dare you to not get stuck in your head and hum all day like I've been doing. My apologies for the fact that much of the score contained herein still has annoying dialogue and sound effects present. Until an official release becomes available (I wouldn't hold your breath) this will have to do for now. Definitely one to grab for the completists out there.



Night of the Demons

01. Dennis Michael Tenney - Night Of The Demons Opening Title
02. Dennis Michael Tenney, Steve Ring, Rich Lowe, Paul Ojeda, Bobby Thompson - Victims Of The Press
03. Dennis Michael Tenney, Steve Ring, Tim Wojan - Computer Date
04. Dennis Michael Tenney - In The Basement...
05. Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr
06. Dennis Michael Tenney - Dancing With The Devil
07. Dennis Michael Tenney - Leaving So Soon...
08. Dennis Michael Tenney - Stop Looking At Me!
09. Dennis Michael Tenney - Prey Of The Demons
10. Dennis Michael Tenney - Evil Lurks
11. Dennis Michael Tenney - Run Judy, Run Judy, Run!
12. Dennis Michael Tenney - Run Judy, Run Judy, Run!
13. Dennis Michael Tenney - Peek-A-Boo
14. Dennis Michael Tenney - Nowhere To Go
15. Dennis Michael Tenney - Sticking Around
16. Dennis Michael Tenney - Open The Door
17. Morbid Angel - Rapture
18. Dennis Michael Tenney - Burn!
19. Dennis Michael Tenney - Escape
20. Dennis Michael Tenney, Steve Ring, Rich Lowe, Paul Ojeda, Bobby Thompson - The Beast Inside (3:50)
21. Dennis Michael Tenney, Steve Ring, Rich Lowe, Paul Ojeda, Bobby Thompson - The Beast Inside (Movie Version) (3:38)
22. Dennis Michael Tenney - Night Of The Demons III Opening Title
23. Dennis Michael Tenney - Demon Boogie
24. Dennis Michael Tenney - Night Of The Demons III Alternate End Theme
25. Dennis Michael Tenney - Bump In The Night (Witchboard)
26. Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr (Dance Mix)

Link:
"Eat a bowl of fuck! I am here to PARTY!"


*Available during the month of October only. All the downloads on here are for evaluation/preview purposes and if you download something that you like, then you should buy the DVD, CD, tape, or vinyl it comes from if it's available. Thanks

The Music Of Erich Zann

For 24 Hours Only, Our Favorite Scores From The Films Of H.P. Lovecraft

"Only poetry or madness could do justice to the noises heard by Legrasse’s men as they ploughed on through the black morass toward the red glare and the muffled tom-toms. There are vocal qualities peculiar to men, and vocal qualities peculiar to beasts; and it is terrible to hear the one when the source should yield the other. Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to daemoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from the gulfs of hell. Now and then the less organised ululation would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in sing-song chant that hideous phrase or ritual: 'Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.'"

There is likely no other birthday besides my own and that of my husband that I enjoy celebrating more than H.P. Lovecraft. If I had more time, I'd take a wealth of his beloved short stories and a flickering candle and go read them graveside at the sprawling, spooky cemetery down the road from us. Why? Because I am a total dork like that. Not that Lovecraft's fiction needs much help in raising the gooseflesh on my arms and standing the hairs on my neck on end. But instead I've opted to bunker down and celebrate the occasion with you guys tonight. And in keeping in the tradition of birthday gift giving, we here at The October Country are bestowing upon you dear readers, our little bloodsucking freaks, our favorite film scores from and inspired by the works of the godfather of all that slithers and squirms through our worst nightmares, H.P. Lovecraft.

Sonically and thematically it is a varied bunch that is being provided. From the science fiction, zombie nightmare of Re-Animator and the world of everyone's favorite mad scientist Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) comes Charles Band's playful and fun riffing of Bernard Herrmann's score to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Then there is John Carpenter's soundtrack to In The Mouth of Madness, bringing to life the rubber reality world of Sutter Cane (H.P. Lovecraft) and the bedeviled town of Hobb's End (Dunwich, Arkam, you choose) in appropriately menacing fashion. It's not one of Carpenter's strongest works (score or film) but there are plenty of movements that should remind viewers of when the movie is working at full throttle (the dark country road bicyclist for starters and it's attendant tinkling tune). Next up we have Joseph LoDuca's work for Necronomicon, the underrated Lovecraft anthology from the early 90's that sees Jeffry Combs (yet again) tackling the master's work, only this time playing the obsessive and troubled young author himself. Not to be forgotten is the powerful score by Mark Isham for Stephen King's The Mist. Which lets face it, is not only King's masterful homage to the worlds of Lovecraft but in film form, quite frankly one of the most epic and effective Lovecraftian movies ever made. Lastly we have Carles Cases' soundtrack to Stuart Gordon's (a man who has made a living dipping into Lovecraft's work) Dagon. Of all the soundtracks presented here, it is Cases' score that perhaps comes the closest to truly capturing what the sonic world of Lovecraft might sound like. What with the choral chanting of "Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn." heard throughout among other wonderful flourishes. So there ya have it folks. Our suggestion, softly play one of these in the background tonight when you do your own Lovecraft celebrating. Whether you crack his weathered book jackets and read them by the gibbous moonlight, or a flickering candle. Goosebumps and sleeplessness are surely in store.




Re-Animator

1. Prologue/Main Title
2. Meg Looks For The Cat
3. Dan Falls Into Cellar
4. The Turning Point/ First Reanimation/ First Reanimator
5. Halsey Back To Live
6. Halsey Grabs The Boys
7. Welcome Back To Life
8. Meg And Hill In Office
9. West Tries Parts
10. Searching Hill's Office
11. Body And Soul
12. Love Theme
13. Corpses Just Want To Have Fun
14. Meg Is Gone....Well, Maybe Not/ End Credits
15. Interview With Richard Band
16. Re-Animator Theme Reprise

Link:
"Those haunting notes I had remembered, and had often hummed and whistled inaccurately to myself..."



In the Mouth of Madness

1. In The Mouth of Madness
2. Robby’s Office
3. Axe Man
4. Bookstore Creep
5. The Alley Nightmare
6. Trent Makes the Map
7. A Boy and His Bike
8. Don’t Look Down
9. Hobb’s End
10. Pickman’s Hotel
11. The Picture Changes
12. The Black Church
13. You’re Wrong Trent
14. Mommy’s Day
15. Do You Like My Ending?
16. I’m Losing Me
17. Main Street
18. Hobb’s End Escape
19. The Portal Opens
20. The Old ones Return
21. The Book Comes Back
22. Madness Outside
23. Just a Bedtime Story

Link:
" It would be useless to describe the playing of Erich Zann on that dreadful night. It was more horrible than anything I had ever overheard, because I could now see the expression of his face, and could realise that this time the motive was stark fear."


Necronomicon: Book of the Dead

1. Main Title
2. The Library
3. The Drowned
4. Shipwrecked
5. Clara's Return
6. The Cold
7. Room for Rent
8. Dr. Madden
9. The Incredible Melting Man
10. Whispers
11. Going Underground
12. Welcome to Hell
13. A Waking Nightmare
14. Paid in Full
15. End Credits

Link:
"There in the narrow hall, outside the bolted door with the covered keyhole, I often heard sounds which filled me with an indefinable dread..."


The Mist

1. Won't Somebody See a Lady Home?
2. Tentacles
3. Bugs
4. Mist
5. Spiders
6. Expiation
7. The Host of Seraphim

Link:
"Louder and louder, wilder and wilder, mounted the shrieking and whining of that desperate viol. The player was dripping with an uncanny perspiration and twisted like a monkey, always looking frantically at the curtained window. In his frenzied strains I could almost see shadowy satyrs and Bacchanals dancing and whirling insanely through seething abysses of clouds and smoke and lightning."


Dagon

1. Main Title
2. Isla de la Muerte
3. Only Sounds Over Miles
4. At the Hotel
5. Ezequiel's Story
6. Die For Dagon
7. Javier Home
8. Preparing the Sacrifice
9. Dagon Rises
10. Final-Credits

Link:
"Then one night as I listened at the door I heard the shrieking viol swell into a chaotic babel of sound; a pandemonium which would have led me to doubt my own shaking sanity had there not come from behind that barred portal a piteous proof that the horror was real..."


*Editor's Note:
All the downloads on here are for evaluation/preview purposes and if you download something that you like, then you should buy the DVD, CD, tape, or vinyl it comes from. Thanks

We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes.

For 24 Hours Only, The Psycho Film Scores

Director Alfred Hitchcock has left behind many legacies. But none may be as influential to the horror genre than that of the Psycho legacy (so much so in fact that a documentary of the same name was recently released by director Robert V. Galluzzo). Adapted nearly verbatim from the novel written by the master of macabre Robert Bloch (itself inspired by the real life murders surrounding serial killer and necrophiliac Ed Gein), the ripple effects of Psycho, the "first" slasher film, can be felt to this day. Influencing everything from John Carpenter's Halloween and all the masked madmen that followed not to mention our ideas of maniacs and their motives, Psycho's icy fingertips are still felt whenever you close the shower curtain, alone and vulnerable. Every time you pass that dilapidated, lonely motel off the highway. But as is the case here, every time someone conjures up a frightening image or scenario in their head, it isn't hard to hear the shrieking, shrill, stabbing strings of composer Bernard Herrmann's classic film score bringing said imagery to life. The soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has become synonymous with terror the world over and we here at The October Country are thrilled to celebrate Alfred Hitchock's 101 birthday by celebrating the sonic universe of what is arguably his most famed and feared creation, Psycho and it's attendant lunatic, Norman Bates (er, "Mother"), one of cinema's most beloved (and loveable) psychopaths. From Herrmann's initial score, to Jerry Goldsmith's dreamy, early eighties interpretation with Psycho II, to Carter Burwell's stark, very eighties interpretation in Psycho III, right back to Graeme Revell's honoring of the original music (and where everything began for poor Norman) in Psycho IV: The Beginning (sadly, never released to CD). Our suggestion? Play them loud when you step into the shower tonight.



Psycho

1. Prelude
2. The City
3. Marion
4. Marion and Sam
5. Temptation
6. Flight
7. The Patrol Car
8. The Car Lot
9. The Package
10. The Rainstorm
11. Hotel Room
12. The Window
13. The Parlour
14. The Madhouse
15. The Peephole
16. The Bathroom
17. The Murder
18. The Body
19. The Office
20. The Curtain
21. The Water
22. The Car
23. Clean Up
24. The Swamp
25. The Search
26. The Shadow
27. Phone Booth
28. The Porch
29. The Stairs
30. The Knife
31. The Search (B)
32. The First Floor
33. Cabin 10
34. Cabin 1
35. The Hill
36. The Bedroom
37. The Toys
38. The Cellar
39. Discovery
40. Finale

Link:
"Mother! Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!"




Psycho II

1. The Murder
2. Main Title
3. Don't Take Me
4. Mother's Room
5. It's Not Your Mother
6. New Furniture
7. The Cellar
8. Blood Bath
9. End Title

Link:
"Mary, I'm becoming confused again, aren't I?"



Psycho III

1. Maureen In the Desert
2. Before and After Shower
3. Warm As a Cry For Help
4. Sisters / Catherine Mary
5. Mother
6. Bad Boys and Body Bags
7. Revenge of a Thankless Child
8. Electroshock Waiting Room
9. Dirty Street
10. Scream of Love (Psycho III Theme Song)
11. Scream of Love (Alt. Version)
12. Scream of Love (Extended Version)
13. Scream of Love (Version C)
14. Scream of Love (Film Cut)

Link:
"Kill her, boy. Get her! Just like the others! Get her!"




Psycho IV: The Beginning

Never released on CD, the soundtrack to Psycho IV: The Beginning is comprised of composer Graeme Revell's recording sessions. There is no existing track list, but the album contains 47 pieces, retelling Bernard Herrmann's haunting and masterful score. Enjoy this rarity dear readers.

Link:
"Oh, I've killed before, and now I'm gonna have to kill again."

The late Bernard Herrmann's original score manuscript for Psycho.

*Editor's Note:
All the downloads on here are for evaluation/preview purposes and if you download something that you like, then you should buy the DVD, CD, tape, or vinyl it comes from. Thanks

Say A Prayer For The Youth Of America

For 24 Hours Only, The Scream Expanded Film Scores!

Here we go again. That's right dear readers, for 24 hours only, The October Country will be acting as your gateway to the expanded soundtracks of the trendsetting Scream film scores. Why are we doing this you ask? Well, for starters we can't think of a better occasion that in celebration of the return of the legendary franchise next week with the release of Scream 4 (April 15th). Secondly, do we need a reason to ceremonialize composer (Academy Award nominated at that) Marco Beltrami's stunning, memorable, moving and frightening work within this film series (incidentally not only is he extremely talented but he is also a very handsome man, how many good looking composers are there, like 5?)? No, I thought not. Much like everything else associated with the Scream namesake, Beltrami's modernized scores brought the film music of the slasher genre screeching into the 20th century (seeing as how it languished for nearly a decade in cheap, throwaway synth compositions and generally made due by ripping off everything that became stale during it's height in the 80's). In fact, so influential and effective were Beltrami's scores for the Scream films, that select pieces from them went on to be featured not only partially in other horror films (NC-17 in Robert Rodriguez's and Kevin Williamson's The Faculty, which Beltrami also scored) but also almost entirely, as was the case with Steve Miner's Halloween: H20 (sharing responsibilities with John Ottman's and John Carpenter's relegated to the side lines contributions, a move both effective and terribly annoying for fans of the classic Halloween themes, reworked or traditional). Even though its been ten long years since all that business, Marco Beltrami's exciting compositions to this day remain some of the most memorable and recognizable horror film tracks ever committed to film. But before we get to the music itself, shall we dig a little deeper to further put things in context?


Scream's Music*

The score for the Scream series was provided by Marco Beltrami, starting with Scream in what was his feature film debut. Beltrami was brought onto the production of Scream after director Wes Craven's assistant Julie Pleck requested input on the now defunct site Hollywood Cafe asking for opinions on what was "new", "fresh" and "wonderful" and was provided with Beltrami's name by several people. Craven sent for samples of Beltrami's work and was impressed by what he heard, bringing him to the set to view the first thirteen minutes of the film featuring the introduction and murder of the character Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore). Craven had Beltrami produce music based on this scene and then demonstrate it, impressing Craven enough to hire him. For Scream (1996), the decision was made to intentionally use music to raise the tension in scenes where it was unnecessary when the characters were entering a situation where the audience may expect a killer to suddenly appear, only to not deliver on that expectation, part of the film's theme of playing with horror conventions. Craven and editor Patrick Lussier provided Beltrami with advice on how best to deliver the music during scary and tense scenes as Beltrami had no prior experience in developing a horror score. Beltrami intentionally avoided conventional horror score styles and approached the film as a western, taking influence from Ennio Morricone, prolific composer of many western films, in the creation of Scream's music. When scoring a theme for the character of Dewey, Beltrami approached him as a Sheriff but also as a "quirky" character, using a Morricone-style guitar accompaniment to maintain the Western approach. An acoustic cover of Blue Öyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper plays softly in the background to Sidney and Billy's discussion of their relationship, which analyst Jeff Smith describes as:

“An ironic comment on the brutality we have just seen in the opening sequence. More importantly, however, the allusion to the Blue Öyster Cult classic recasts the song's title by literalizing its meaning. While the title itself invokes the Reaper as a popular symbol for death, the film presents us with an actual person, who not only dresses as the Grim Reaper but also unleashes homicidal vengeance on the other characters of the film. The irony here, of course, is that Billy himself proves to be one of the film's dual slashers and is, in fact, the "Reaper" to be feared.”

The theme tune of Sidney Prescott, entitled Sidney's Lament became a signature track for the series, variations of the tune appearing across the score of Scream, Scream 2 , Scream 3 and Scream 4. The track features a female choral arrangement expressing "sorrow" concerning the fate of the character. In Scream, Beltrami stated that the voice "spoke" for the character, "lamenting" the loss of her mother. In future films it went on to represent the murders and ensuing trauma inflicted on her. Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks called the "haunting" vocals of the track the "voice of the franchise". The track Sid Wears a Dress features in the finale of Scream 3 where the sorrowful chorus of Lament gradually shifts key to represent "hope" for the character's future following the resolution of her storyline in what was then the final film in the series. The female voice would be accompanied by a male addition for the first time in Pied a Terror from Scream 3 to represent the brother (Roman played by Scott Foley) of the character.

Beltrami returned for Scream 2 (1997) leading the score, though there would be a late inclusion by Danny Elfman in the form of the choral track Cassandra Aria. In addition, excerpts from the score of Broken Arrow by Hans Zimmer appeared in the film, in particular guitar work by Duane Eddy, for the character Dewey, replacing many of the character's related tracks from the original Scream score. Beltrami later explained that the Zimmer piece was used as a scratch track for test screening purposes before the score was finalized. The test audience reaction to it influenced the studio keep the Zimmer piece, reducing Dewey's Theme, which Beltrami had composed to fill it's place, to minor use during more serious scenes involving the character. The Zimmer-piece would continue to be used in Scream 3 during scenes concerning the evolving relationship between the characters of Dewey and Gale with Beltrami appropriating and adding his own influence to the piece to blend it into the thematic Scream 3 score.


For Scream 3, Beltrami employed seven orchestrators to aid in scoring the extensive orchestral accompaniment featured in the films score. Additionally, he experimented with new styles of sound production by recording instruments in abnormal circumstances such as inserting objects into a piano and recording at various velocities to create a distorted, unnatural sound and modifying the results electronically.

So there you have it, a brief historical reference point which hopefully has aided you dear readers, in appreciating Marco Beltrami's chilling music even more. Here's also hoping that these albums will provide you a soundtrack for the coming week as you prepare for the premiere of Scream 4. Included below are Beltrami's complete, expanded scores for the first three Scream films (as far as we are aware, never before commercially released or available though they have been plentifully available elsewhere online for ages) in addition to a small preview of his work on Scream 4 (which can be pre-ordered and purchased here and here, but beware, it's track listing could be considered very spoilery) that also contains two tracks from 4's teaser and theatrical trailers. Our suggestion? Turn off all the lights and crank the volume. Just don't answer the phone.



Scream

01. Opening Logo
02. The Game Begins
03. Sid´s Window
04. Trouble In Woodsboro
05. Gut Someone
06. Sidney´s Lament
07. Red Herring
08. Killer Calls Sid
09. Chasing Sidney
10. Sid Looks
11. Billy Looks
12. Interrogation
13. Billy To Cell
14. Backdoor Gail
15. Killer Calls Again
16. Back To School
17. In The Hallway
18. Bang Into Billy
19. Bathroom Attack
20. Himbrey´s Last Stand
21. Girl Talk
22. Video Store
23. Sheriff & Dewey
24. Why She´s Here
25. Tatum´s Torture
26. Billy Sting
27. NC-17
28. Late Night with Dewey
29. Off To See Himbrey
30. Prescott´s Car
31. Altered Ego
32. Hairbrush
33. Running For Help
34. Gail Crashes The Van
35. "We All Go A Little Mad"
36. A Cruel World
37. A Killer Confrontation
38. Billy´s Back
39. Red Right Hand

Total Running Time: 1.2 hours

Link:
Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far.



Scream 2

01. Opening Logo
02. Maureen & Phil
03. Phil Gets The Point
04. Stage Fright Requiem
05. Cotton On TV
06. Reporters Galore
07. It's Happening Again
08. Trouble At Winsler College
09. News Conference
10. Deputy For A Friend
11. Dewpoint
12. Omega Beta Zeta
13. Cici's Creepies
14. Phone Games
15. Cici Checks Out
16. Gale Gets Scooped
17. Sid's In Trouble
18. Sidney Mourns
19. Copycat Killer
20. Outside The Station
21. Cassandra Aria
22. A Ghostly Image
23. The Breakup
24. Killer Calls The Gang
25. Instant Messenger Of Death
26. Cotton Confronts Sidney
27. At The Station
28. Sundown Search
29. Love Turns Sour
30. Hollow Parting
31. Sid's Wild Ride
32. Running Into Cotton
33. Cassandra Aria Reprise
34. Mickey's Madness
35. A Surprising Partner
36. Hair Trigger Lunatic
37. Cotton To The Rescue
38. They Always Come Back
39. Back In The Saddle
40. It's Over, Sid
41. Gestures
42. Red Right Hand (Scream 2 Version)

Total Running Time: 1.5 hours

Link:
Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far.




Scream 3

CD 1
01. Here We Go Again
02. Cotton Car
03. 100% Scared
04. Cotton Gets Picked
05. Home Sweet Home
06. Gale Meets Kincade
07. Sunset Pictures
08. Dewey & The Gales
09. At Home With Dad
10. Mother's Watching
11. Boo Balicious
12. Candy Phone
13. Candy Ain't So Sweet
14. The Fall Of Roman
15. Killer Calls Sidney
16. Gale Force
17. Comparing Photos
18. Stone Cold
19. Roll With It
20. Sid Arrives
21. On The Set
22. Randy Returns
23. Searching
24. Leia & The Stormtroopers
25. Sid In The Can
26. Pied A Terror
27. Killer In The Closet

CD 2
01. Crime Scene
02. The Fall Girl
03. Milton Takes Meetings
04. At The Station
05. Dewey Mobile
06. Dewey Mobile (Alternate)
07. Roman Around
08. The Killer's Phone
09. Ghostface Attacks
10. Jennifer's Final Act
11. Dewey Falls For Gale
12. Last Call
13. Sid Joins The Party
14. Unused
15. Sibling Rivalry
16. Sid Gets Shot
17. All In The Family
18. Sid Wears A Dress
19. Sid's Theme
20. Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)

Total Running Time: 1.7 hours

Link:
Someone has taken their love of trilogies one step too far.




Scream 4 (Preview)

1. Final Oman 2.0
2. Don't Mess With The Original
3. Hannibal Rising
4. Jill's Amercia

Total Running Time: 11 minutes

Link:
Someone has taken their love of reboots one step too far.

For more on Marco Beltrami, you can visit his official site here.

Scream 4, opening April 15th in theaters nationwide, is released by Dimension Films and stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Aimee Teegarden, Brittany Robertson, Alison Brie, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Marielle Jaffe, Marley Shelton, Erik Knudsen, Rory Culkin, Nico Tortorella, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody and Mary McDonnell.

* Content from Wikipedia
**Editor's Note:
All the downloads on here are for evaluation/preview purposes and if you download something that you like, then you should buy the DVD, CD, tape, or vinyl it comes from. Thanks

And There's Always Music In The Air

For 24 Hours Only, The Twin Peaks Expanded Soundtracks!


That's right dear readers. For 24 hours only, The October Country will be acting as your gateway to the expanded soundtracks of the legendary Twin Peaks scores. Why are we doing this you ask, and why only for 24 hours? Well, for starters, we meant to post this awesome item a few months ago in celebration of Twin Peaks' 20th Anniversary but much like everything else we meant to get to, we didn't due to us just starting out as a website and not being able to find the time to get the project together (more on those details in a moment). Then David Lynch's birthday snuck up on us, which would have been the perfect momentous occasion but again, it came down to time, or the lack thereof. So now, we're throwing this up just because. Or rather, because there is always a time to celebrate the collaboration between Mr. Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti that resulted in one of the small screen's (and later the big screen's) most recognizable, inventive, toe-tapping, eerie, stylish and plain ol' awesome scores (not to mention Grammy winning).

That and a few more reasons starting with this, Reason #1: The original Twin Peaks soundtrack released at the time of the show's airing, is out of print and no longer commercially available to fans. As is 2007's follow up second volume of additional music Twin Peaks: Season 2 Music and More and the soundtrack to the franchise's silver screen endeavor, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

Reason # 2: I'm guessing that many of the tracks contained herein will never be officially released in any form. Which is sad news for diehard fans.

Reason #3: After closing up shop last year, David Lynch's website has recently relaunched at The David Lynch Music Company, wherein he is releasing previously unavailable music (Twin Peaks pieces and other Lynch related material) on a weekly basis. Which is why we feel it would be nice to give you guys a retroactive selection from which to build your Peaks music library, and why ultimately, these links will only be available for 24 hours; you should heretofore visit The David Lynch Music Company and purchase his additional releases. Hopefully this post will get you excited enough to do just that, as all Peaks fans should be supporting this amazing business outing he is embarking on. Lord knows, many of us have prayed for just such a day since the series wrapped up in the early nineties.


What's so special about the albums being posted here you ask? Well, here is the lowdown. The tracks consist of the original out of print release, the season two release, currently still never released numbers (thanks in part, to qbin2001 at Lynchland.eu) ripped directly from the DVDs and cleaned up of nearly all dialogue, noise and sound effects (really, I've heard many of these kinds of projects and qbin2001 has done an stellar job), non-score music tracks used in the series and lastly, the newly released tracks gifted to us by David Lynch himself. I think that it is safe to say, that the albums below are without a doubt, the most complete collections of Twin Peaks music to date. Many painstaking hours were put into the arrangement of the albums. Anal retentive perfectionist that I am, I wanted to ensure that each individual album flowed from beginning to end and that variations of familiar themes were not bumping up alongside one another. If the albums were collected as originally released, the overall effect is a lot less cohesive (seeing as how the majority of the recurring themes were found solely on the first soundtrack). Additionally (being a completest), songs such as The Swan are contained here also. The Swan, with vocals by regular Lynch collaborator Julee Cruise, was not used in it's entirety on the show, but musical cues from it can be heard throughout the series. Thus, it's inclusion. Anyway, I think that you get the idea.

If there is any doubt that for a brief amount of time David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti were crafting some of the most ethereal, haunting and game changing music on network television, well here then is your proof below. The music of Twin Peaks coming to life in such a way that it was damn-near an additional supporting character on the show; characters themselves become nearly possessed by it's influence, breaking out into impromptu swaying and dancing by it's presence. (for more on this argument, see Kathryn Kalinak's essay "Distrubing the Guests with This Racket": Music and Twin Peaks from the must-own Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks). And listening to it even now as I type this, I can't help but feel possessed by it myself. Enjoy dear readers!




Twin Peaks Volume 1

1. Always Music In The Air
2. Twin Peaks Theme
3. Laura Palmer's Theme
4. The Nightengale
5. Americana (Original Version)
6. The Josie Story
7. The Arrow
8. Shelly
9. The King Must Die
10. Freshly Squeezed
11. Piano # 1 (Ben & Tojamura)
12. Josie And Truman
13. Pennsylvania 6-5000
14. The Norwegians
15. Colonel Rielly
16. Ransom Instructions
17. The Mill Deal
18. Discussing Windom
19. Audrey's Prayer
20. Annie & Cooper (Sleazy Audrey)
21. Confrontation
22. Cop Beat
23. Just You (Instrumental)
24. High School Swing
25. Night Bells
26. Dance Of The Dream Man
27. Love Theme From Twin Peaks
28. Falling

Total Running Time: 1.2 hours

Link:
"Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song and there's always music in the air."




Twin Peaks Volume 2

1. Good News
2. Twin Peaks Theme
3. Packard's Vibration
4. Rockin' Back Inside My Heart
5. Americana (On The Road)
6. Fear Is The Key
7. New Shoes
8. Windom And Leo / The Letter
9. Jones And Truman
10. Twin Peaks Theme (Alternative Version)
11. Lana's Theme
12. Letter From Harold
13. What A Wonderful World
14. Windom Earle's Theme
15. Barbershop
16. Ben's Interrogation
17. When Ben Comes Marching Home
18. Audrey
19. Windom's Deck
20. Harold's Theme
21. Frosty / Candy's Dandy
22. Just You
23. Hook Rug Dance
24. Falling (Nostalgia Version)
25. Drug Deal Blues
26. Into The Night
27. The Giant / You Forgot Something
28. Love Theme Intro

Total Running Time: 1.6 hours

Link:
"I love this music. Isn't it too dreamy?"


Twin Peaks Volume 3

1. Let's Rock
2. Twin Peaks Theme
3. Laura's Theme (Piano Version)
4. The Swan
5. Josie And Jonathan
6. Americana (Extended Mix)
7. Closure / The Owl
8. Dick Tremayne's Swing
9. 24 Hours / Removing The Pawn
10. Audrey's Dance
11. Behind The Mask
12. j' Attendrai
13. Hayward Boogie
14. I'm Hurt Bad
15. The Living Novel
16. Ronette Recognizes BOB
17. Chess & Message From Windom
18. The Bookhouse Boys
19. Americana (Cheerleader Tryouts)
20. Lana's Dance
21. Freshly Squeezed (Bass Clarinet Version)
22. Twin Peaks Theme (Piano Version)
23. Night Life In Twin Peaks
24. Don't Do This To Him
25. The Wolrd Spins
26. Dark Mood Woods / The Red Room
27. Love Theme Farewell

Total Running Time: 1.4 hours

Link:
"Lets Rock."



Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Expanded Soundtrack)

1. I Am The Arm
2. Theme From Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
3. The Pine Float
4. Sycamore Trees
5. Don't Do Anything (I Wouldn't Do)
6. Deer Meadow Shuffle
7. Half Heart
8. A Real Indication
9. Questions In A World Of Blue
10. The Pink Room
11. Blue Frank
12. The Black Dog Runs At Night
13. Laura's Dark Boogie
14. Best Friends
15. Moving Through Time
16. Nightsea Wind
17. Montage From Twin Peaks: Girl Talk / Birds in Hell / Laura Palmer's Theme
18. The Voice Of Love
19. Requiem In C Minor

Total Running Time: 1.4 hours

Link:
"Do you know who I am? I am the arm, and I sound like this..."

A final reminder to keep your eyes trained on The David Lynch Music Company in the near future for more exciting releases to the Twin Peaks music library.

*Editor's Note:
All the downloads on here are for evaluation/preview purposes and if you download something that you like, then you should buy the DVD, CD, tape, or vinyl it comes from. Thanks