Christopher Young
The Dorm That Dripped Blood a.k.a. Pranks (Complete Score)
1982





192/320 MP3

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tgdt999p0ogro60

Track Listing:

Complete Film Score

1. Opening Murder/Main Titles
2. Silhouette
3. Debbie in the Boiler Room/Peeping Tom
4. Farewell to Debbie
5. Hemmit's Empty Room
6. Night Lurker
7. A Face at the Window
8. Search for Hemmit (I)
9. Who is That?
10. Retiring for the Night
11. Drilled to Death
12. Search for Hemmit (II)
13. Who's in the Kitchen
14. Lights Out
15. Someone's in the Kitchen
16. A Knock at the Door
17. Running from Hemmit
18. Cat and Mouse
19. Finale/End Credits
TRT: 38:22

Citadel Album

20. Main Title
21. Someone's in the Kitchen
22. Trapped
23. Nightwalk
24. Who's on the Roof?
25. Surprise /The Phone's Dead
26. The Sacrifice
27. The Last Chance/Farewell to Brian
28. Moonchill
29. No Escape
30. Her Man Awaits
31. Bill's Piece of Mind
32. A Little Prank/Kiss and Kill
33. Search for Hemmit
34. End Title
RT: 28:58

TRT: 1:07:21


Note: This is Christopher Young's VERY FIRST original score and this release was made possible by the kind folks at Synapse from their Bluray/DVD combo pack released in 2011. There was a release by Citadel a few years ago that I've included a copy of in this rip since there were a few alternates that I noticed. Surprisingly there isn't much music missing from the album despite the longer length. Towards the end of the film is a few repeats of the main title music and a few previously heard cues with slight differences are heard so I opted to keep them in. I re-edited this from the original isolated score due to noticeable jump cuts and repeats present and in one case a bizarre SFX from the film itself snuck into the isolated score so I went in and removed that as well. It's a very interesting score and very fun to hear what jump started Young's career. If you've followed his subsequent scores the influence is definitely there but Young has definitely come a long way from this score. It's almost difficult to listen to it personally now since it's a rather subdued score apart from a few places so it's hard to find absolute enjoyment in it but it's great for what it was meant to be: slasher music. An amazing anecdote is that Young absolutely refuses to listen to this score because he's embarrassed by it (according to the mini documentary on the Bluray) and after his work on The Core, I can see why but it's an impressive start for what ultimately became of his career. Also included are scans from the Citadel album. I hope you all enjoy!

great post thanks cody

thanks,christopher's work is great!

How is this movie in general? I wanted to pick it up, but the Blu-Ray/DVD combo only annoys me - I don't have a BR player, so I didn't want to pay for something I can't use.

How is this movie in general? I wanted to pick it up, but the Blu-Ray/DVD combo only annoys me - I don't have a BR player, so I didn't want to pay for something I can't use.

The movie itself (it was my first viewing since 2007, I believe, when I was still a youth and couldn't tell the difference between crap and art) is not as good as I remembered but it is very interesting and the 88 minute running time flies by. I can't particularly point out anything remotely terrible about it (some of the acting isn't that bad, some scenes do kind of run-on and several scenes could be cut entirely without hurting anything (the ENTIRE boob shot since it did absolutely nothing to advance the plot), alot of repetitive walking shots, small stuff like that), the gore is mostly fake looking but it's just kinda cool they got to do special effects like that in this movie made that cheaply (it does show its budget but it's serviceable), the score while repetitive is effective in the context of the film and is a brief but enjoyable presentation on album. I personally prefer the album version now since I wasn't too fond of the awkward mixing of the music in the film's soundtrack (high level hiss at increased volumes, looped in stingers, typical music mixing of the 80's). I'd recommend it to fans of the genre but others may not appreciate it as much. It hasn't aged very well but it's definitely a fun movie to watch once it picks up and the violence becomes more chaotic. Apparently this was a student thesis that ultimately got picked up and at times it shows but it's professional feel (locations, music, decent editing, good cinematography) makes it stand out. Also, it doesn't follow the standard cliche of movies of that era so it's worth a look. The ending was so downbeat and an often-neglected shocker ending that has become popular here recently (won't tell you what I mean since you haven't seen the ending of this movie). It's an effective ending and thankfully not a split-personality type ending. Needless to say, it's not a perfect film but it is fun. Basically, the BR/DVD combo is to please members of both party. I see the benefits of the Bluray/DVD combo packs (never got the flipper BR/DVD combo discs) that come bundled separately and they do come in handy. If I wanna share a movie with a friend who doesn't have Bluray I can just loan out my DVD or make a copy of the DVD since it takes less time then converting Bluray. As long as they don't charge extra for the DVD (like the BR/DVD combo of The Dorm that Dripped Blood), it's worth the price. That's just my two cents.

The movie itself (it was my first viewing since 2007, I believe, when I was still a youth and couldn't tell the difference between crap and art) is not as good as I remembered but it is very interesting and the 88 minute running time flies by. I can't particularly point out anything remotely terrible about it (some of the acting isn't that bad, some scenes do kind of run-on and several scenes could be cut entirely without hurting anything (the ENTIRE boob shot since it did absolutely nothing to advance the plot), alot of repetitive walking shots, small stuff like that), the gore is mostly fake looking but it's just kinda cool they got to do special effects like that in this movie made that cheaply (it does show its budget but it's serviceable), the score while repetitive is effective in the context of the film and is a brief but enjoyable presentation on album. I personally prefer the album version now since I wasn't too fond of the awkward mixing of the music in the film's soundtrack (high level hiss at increased volumes, looped in stingers, typical music mixing of the 80's). I'd recommend it to fans of the genre but others may not appreciate it as much. It hasn't aged very well but it's definitely a fun movie to watch once it picks up and the violence becomes more chaotic. Apparently this was a student thesis that ultimately got picked up and at times it shows but it's professional feel (locations, music, decent editing, good cinematography) makes it stand out. Also, it doesn't follow the standard cliche of movies of that era so it's worth a look. The ending was so downbeat and an often-neglected shocker ending that has become popular here recently (won't tell you what I mean since you haven't seen the ending of this movie). It's an effective ending and thankfully not a split-personality type ending. Needless to say, it's not a perfect film but it is fun. Basically, the BR/DVD combo is to please members of both party. I see the benefits of the Bluray/DVD combo packs (never got the flipper BR/DVD combo discs) that come bundled separately and they do come in handy. If I wanna share a movie with a friend who doesn't have Bluray I can just loan out my DVD or make a copy of the DVD since it takes less time then converting Bluray. As long as they don't charge extra for the DVD (like the BR/DVD combo of The Dorm that Dripped Blood), it's worth the price. That's just my two cents.

I am a fan of movies like this - and other stuff like The Prowler, the original My Bloody Valentine, etc. I also don't like the combo packs because they're smaller than my other DVDs and they would stick out (yes, I am that anal). Perhaps I'll check it out. I like 80s horror. Thanks for the write-up!

Thanks for posting this. Just saw it for the first time in wayyyyy over 20 years. Do you also have it in 320?

I'll be reposting this at some point in the future and removing all the repeated material. I re-listened to this the other day and realized how distracting of a listening experience it is.

New link up! Despite the listing, I lost my original FLAC files and all I had left were the 320 MP3 transcodes so I apologize deeply in advance for any inconvenience. I did however manage to find scans from the Citadel album so I've included those.

Thanks!

Hi there, can you re-up? Thanks.

Thanks for the new link.

New link up, couldn't change header so must clarify that this release is NOT in FLAC.

Thanks Codyap09! :)

Thank you very much, Codyap09!

Thanks! I love this movie and this score.

Thank you for this one!

Thank You.

Thanks!

Thank you.

thanks!!

Nice job ! Thanks !

I have the citadel but not the rest thanks

Great! Thanks