Need Recommendations: Eeriest Film, TV, or Video Game music



fudgonaut
11-09-2014, 08:14 PM
I like to write while listening to film scores. Right now I’m trying to build a playlist of creepy music to get me into the mindset for writing horror.

So I’m asking for your help in finding orchestrations that are unsettling, psychological, or otherwise creepy & twisted. Nothing too dissonant or bombastic…I’m looking for ‘atmospheric.’ Ennio Morricone’s score for The Thing and James Netwon Howard’s score for Signs are greart examples of the tone I’m looking for.

Whether it’s a particular track or an entire score, your recommendations are greatly appreciated!!!

Cheers,
-fudgonaut


Ordensritter
11-09-2014, 09:19 PM
About James Newton Howard, I’m listening to his work from "A Perfect Murder" now and to me it’s pretty disturbing (in a good way), so you may want to check it out. And how about the music from other horrors? "Bram Stoker’s Dracula" for example. Or maybe "Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark" or Burwell’s "The Chamber", though I’m not so sure about these two. Perhaps also "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"? Elfman’s "Sleepy Hollow"? "The Devil’s Advocate"? "The Raven" by Lucas Vidal? "The Wolfman", again by Elfman? I’m not really into horrors, but maybe this will help you somehow. I hope!

Amanda
11-10-2014, 02:53 AM
Any section of score from the TV series Hannibal ought to do ya. It is nothing but atmosphere and creeps.

fudgonaut
11-12-2014, 12:50 AM
Thanks for the recommendations – I’ll give them a listen! In the meantime I found some tracks on a few of my non-horror film scores that actually work pretty well. If anyone’s interested, I’ll post a playlist once I’m done cobbling together a mix.

HCL.
11-12-2014, 01:18 AM
Try This. It is a game called Alan Wake. I always find that inspirational because I have to write a lot too. It is creepy, twisted and I am almost sure it will be okay. It is a score for a psychological thriller game. I hope it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Ef2ik_b2A&list=PL0FDD4B55498CC468


Ordensritter
11-12-2014, 03:06 AM
Try This. It is a game called Alan Wake. I always find that inspirational because I have to write a lot too. It is creepy, twisted and I am almost sure it will be okay. It is a score for a psychological thriller game. I hope it helps.

Not to mention that Alan Wake was himself a writer. Fitting.


Zoran
11-12-2014, 07:01 AM
Video Games:
The music from Shadowman by Tim Haywood (http://tinyurl.com/nhdd39c) is nice and nightmarish. As well as any of the Silent Hill soundtracks (Thread 46737).

Orie
11-16-2014, 02:49 PM
I can advise you to try Kenji Kawai scores. These are my favorite and you might wanna try it

Dark Water Soundtrack
https://mega.co.nz/#!fYJhwBRT!yX4Az5JejPtL11Az5C3zF7fg_bJp8YRSu0eqzY3 3QcY

Ringu 2 soundtrack
Thread 54958

you can also get the first ringu soundtrack, but for me Ringu2 was much more memorable 🙂

You could also try these:
Thread 95259
Thread 166273
Thread 161098
Joseph Bishara has been growing on me lately.

I have a lot of horror asian movie soundtracks. If you wanna pick something else let me know. 😉


fudgonaut
11-18-2014, 05:19 PM
Thanks guys, I will check them out!!!

I’m also finding some individual tracks from my current collection that fit unexpectedly well 😀

Which reminds me that I need to catalog my OST’s, to see if I have anything people here may be interested in…


WildwoodPark
11-18-2014, 05:23 PM
Suspiria by Goblin you can’t go wrong with.

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