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In The Mouth Of Madness: Original Soundtrack Recording

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This soundtrack is different than JC's older soundtracks as it's more of a haunted house type music then his trademark synthesizer pulse style.Very long and it contains alot of music that you barely notice in the movie (because it's set low in the movie).My fav tracks include the catchy "The Book Comes Back",and the very chilling "Just a Bedtime Story".

Once the listener gets past the peppy movie titled opening track, Carpenter's score for his return to hard edged horror settles down to the creepy basics. The entire album constantly moves back and forth between mood music and unsettling sound design, both working well in the raising gooseflesh department. Highly recommended for Halloween parties or as background ambience when reading a scary story.

A very long soundtrack that refreshingly is in the order of the movie scenes.More of a haunted house soundtrack than the usual pulsating synthesizer music that's the JC norm.My favorite tracks are "The Book Comes Back" a funky and eerie track,and the closer "Just a Bedtime Story" which IMHO is the most chilling JC composed track ever.

This CD may well kick off with a roaring and rocking guitar riff that is Carpenter performing at his absolute best but the rest is dull as ditchwater. There are no themes in any of these tracks. It's actually a lot like the ambient music in the Myst and Riven soundtracks. Only those CDs are cool and the music within is haunting and etheral. If you dig this kind of music then by all means by those instead. ITMOM may well begin with some of the best electric guitar sounds ever, but the CD is not worth buying. A shame really, because Carpenter is a truly gifted musician.

This is a very well done musical score by John Carpenter & Jim Lang. Of course, director John Carpenter has been known to create excellent music to go with his movies like Halloween, The Fog and Escape From New York and he continues to impress with the score to his Lovecraft-inspired tale In The Mouth Of Madness. The opening title track and Trent Makes the Map (track #6) are particular favorites of mine as they really touch on the mood of the film, which essentially begins as a detective story, but soon becomes a tale of supernatural horror. This is one of the CDs in my collection that I make sure I have in my car whenever I'm going on a long drive. It's great when you want the mood that day to be a bit spooky and atmospheric. Thank you for reading.

"In the Mouth of Madness" was one of three movies made by John Carpenter as a series about the "End of the World" (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness). Although the stories aren't releated, each has a similar theme and cliffhanger ending.

While ITMOM was scary, twisted, and somewhat bizarre, the soundtrack is downright creepy. The opening title is much worth the listen-a rock track! Even if you don't like this soundtrack overall, I can assure you will like the opener. It almost doesn't sound like it comes from the movie. "Robby's Office" has acoustic guitar and slow tempo, almost feel-good like. After that, it gets downright SPOOKY! The atmospheric-ambience is so chilling you probably don't want to listen to this before going to bed at night. And those evil voices make the more terrifying-chanting dark prayers, whispers, even laughter. Track #7 IMO is the scariest track.

Carpetner is truly a genius making such spooky soundtracks (movies too!). If you like spooky, ambient music, this is one soundtrack you shouldn't pass up.

In "The Mouth of Madness" by John Carpenter, I found myself looking over my shoulder and jumping at any noise I heard. This story was bizarre enough, creepy enough to wet my everlasting appetite for something from the horror menu. Most of the story takes place in a picturesque town (everyone has been to someplace similar)named "Hobbes Corner" which turns out to be the resting place of the Unspeakable One. The twists and turns that Carpenter takes us through are pleasingly shocking and full of surprises. The end is superb with Trent, the only character alive, sitting in a cinema watching his own demise.