"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
you want creepy ?
Not a soundtrack either, but the whole album is lovely creepy
It's a great one, although the original soundtrack was missing one of the best pieces, the requiem that plays in the movie theater (this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwmTCIHPRsM)
If you're actually reading this then chances are you already have my last album but if NOT and you're curious:
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Also, Ephemeral Sun: it's a thing and we like making things that might be your thing: https://ephemeralsun.bandcamp.com
As my avatar might imply, one of Bernard Herrmann's that has not been mentioned that I really like is The Day The Earth Stood Still. There is a 15 minute suite arrangement of the music that I've seen around in various forms, and it works really well for Halloween, particularly any music associated with Gort.
Another one, though it's fairly obvious, is the soundtrack for Alien by Jerry Goldsmith.
Heresie by Univers Zero, spooky goodness
Not creepy at all, but I always found the Pat Metheny score to Falcon and the Snowman very haunting. Some of those really stick with you like Chris.
Perhaps his creepiest
This one has been posted in other soundtrack-threads, but should be mentioned here too.
Colin Towns: Full Circle
And another by Philip Sarde: Ghost Story, based on a novel by Peter Straub:
And Scott Johnson's soundtrack for Patty Hearst gives me the creeps too (especially that "Mom Dad Mom"-sequence):
Kubrick's genius in choosing Penderecki's music for "The Shining". Unmatched.
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The Caretaker’s ‘Everywhere at the end of time’ is, for me, haunting to the point of nausea - the soundtrack to oncoming dementia, with its fading and distorted old waltzes tugging at an increasingly fractured memory, is almost unbearable to listen to. Not a textbook definition of a ‘soundtrack’ perhaps, but absolutely terrifying.
And in the “freaky experimental electronics” region:
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Courtesy of Jerry Goldsmith, one of the best pairings of orchestra and synth I've heard.
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