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Dead Silence [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Don't know who Johnette Napolitano is, sorry. So since she is not an issue here, I'm here to say that this is a great horror movie soundtrack for a great scary ghost/horror movie. This is one of my favorite movies because it has elements of old and new in it. It's not strictly horror, defined by what horror means in this day and age, it's more a good old fashioned ghost story - with ventriloquist dummies - one of the worst harbringer of nightmares that any small child of any generation could ask for. The score for this movie is atmospheric, spooky, and satisfyingly scary for when you are in that haunted house sort of mood. So enjoy the music, dream of Mary Shaw who had no children, only dolls, and if you should see her in your dreams, be sure you never......ever.......scream.

The simplicity of the keyboards at times contrasts greatly with the driving percussion. A contrast befitting such a creepy film. I do wish the producer would have seen fit to include the end title track. I do not hear enough of Johnette Napolitano.

Dead Silence, the score from Charlie Clouser who is the man behind the music of all three SAW films, is a fitting soundtrack to the James Wan film. It's dark, creepy, atmospheric, and haunting. At times agressive, it also delivers more quiet and subdued musical moments. You get 30 tracks plus one cool rock song by Aiden. The running time isn't very long for such a large number of tracks, clocking in at 48 minutes, but every second is worth listening to nonetheless.

Highly recommended if you're a fan of industrial soundtracks, horror scores, or if like me, are a writer who loves having dark and inspiring instrumental music playing in the background while you write.

When I heard the Johnette Napolitano track in the movie, I automatically wanted to go out and get the soundtrack. I was very dissapointed to learn that it had somehow been left off of the cd.... Hopefully, this track will see a release.

The popularity of the Saw and Hostel franchises, and the subsequent arrival of the so-called `torture porn' sub-genre, has spawned a number of imitations, one of which is this film: Dead Silence. Directed by James Wan and starring Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg and Bob Gunton, the film is a mean-spirited horror flick about a man who, having endured his wife's ghastly and unexplained death, returns to his home town, to try to find the connection between a series of grisly murders and the old ghost tale of Mary Shaw and her vengeful ventriloquists dummies. Charlie Clouser, the New Hampshire-born composer/keyboardist/percussionist, has come a long way recently. For those who aren't familiar with his musical background, he was part of Trent Reznor's hugely successful industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1994 to 2000, and worked as a successful producer and remixer, before coming to prominence in the soundtrack world with his score for the surprise 2004 horror hit Saw. Since then he has scored both score sequels, the TV series Las Vegas and Numb3rs, and is making a name for himself in the horror genre. Until this score I hadn't heard anything he's written that I've liked; Dead Silence has finally broken the trend. Once you get past the clichéd music box lullaby theme which opens the "Main Titles", Dead Silence is a surprisingly nuanced electro-orchestral horror score, albeit one steeped in Clouser's industrial/rock background. The strings slash at and ravish the listener, sampled choral effects create a sense of creepy unease, pianos tinkle ominously in the background, synthesized effects growl and gurgle down in the depths of the mix, and vivid stingers jolt the listener to life on a number of occasions. Cues such as "Dad's House", "Guignol", "All the Dolls", "Mary Shaw" and "Dummy" are all impressive, for varying reasons. Dead Silence reminded me or a slightly more electronic version of Brian Tyler's Darkness Falls, a score which I loved, and kudos should go to Clouser for shattering my preconceptions of his work and actually impressing me.