Terror Tract [Soundtrack]

Brian Tyler (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: La-La Land Records
• ASIN: B00027JYZ8
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title

2. Animal Farm

3. Vision

4. Tragedy

5. Memory

6. Psycho Suburbia

7. Psychiatrist

8. Revenge

9. Where Is He?

10. Affair

11. Searching

12. Husband Attacks

13. Suburbia

14. Creeping Bobo

15. Wrong Guy

16. Father And Daughter

17. Missing Keys

18. Bobo

19. Whirlwind Of Chaos

20. The Lake

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This is the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the cult horror film Terror Tract, starring John Ritter (Bride Of Chucky, Skin Deep) and Bryan Cranston (Malcolm In The Middle). This thundering, gothic orchestral score by acclaimed composer Brian Tyler (Godsend, Timeline, Bubba Ho-Tep, Children Of Dune, Frailty) is a horror movie-music lover's dream come true. It's a powerful, original horror/comic-book score that stays true to its fresh, distinctive voice while conjuring up the feel of such composer greats as Danny Elfman, Chris Young and Jerry Goldsmith.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, September 4, 2004

By 

Ron Carpenter (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terror Tract (Audio CD)

I saw this CD when I went to order another one of Tyler's scores and I had never heard of the film. As a fan of horror scores the name of the film made me buy it along with the fact I enjoyed Tyler's score to Frailty so much. I was amazed to hear how different this score was from any of his other scores. It is a huge sound with fun creepy horror glory all over it. The theme is one of the catchiest in a long while. Terror Tract has got to be the sleeper soundtrack of the year. Or the last few years. Bravo to La La Land for releasing this exhilirating and bizarre find.

4.0 out of 5 stars An early hidden horror gem for Brian Tyler fans, June 21, 2009

By 

Eriban (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terror Tract (Audio CD)

Composer Brian Tyler initially broke into the mainstream consciousness of cinema and film music fans with his dark brooding score for "Frailty," followed later by large-scale horror efforts for films such as "Darkness Falls" and "Constantine." In comparison, "Terror Tract" is a smaller-scale, made-for-TV project that Tyler wrote before he caught mainstream Hollywood's eye. But don't let the score's roots fool you: "Terror Tract" represents one of Tyler's most interesting efforts, one that is rich with the stylistic mannerisms of other modern horror composers, delivered with a big sound that belies that modest size of the orchestral ensemble with which Tyler had to work.

Horror anthologies have, in general, have tended to display sub-par scores. John Addison's music for "Creepshow," despite its fun main title theme and its reputation as a cult classic, suffered from a completely synthetic, simplistic approach that belied Addison's inexperience with this type of music. Tyler's score remains the best soundtrack ever to grace the horror anthology. His approach is atmospheric, suspenseful, and mischevous, spooky without resorting to the enormously aggressive approach that he utilized for the later "Darkness Falls."

Utilizing the Utah Symphony, Tyler's score opens with the film's darkly heroic bombastic theme, dripping with the mannerisms of a 1990's Danny Elfman. In fact, many of the louder parts of "Terror Tract" will remind listeners of Danny Elfman's earlier horror scores, especially his use of brass. The tinkling, music-box sound of the celesta, used during some of the suspense and contemplative sequences, would sound right at home in John Debney's "I Know What You Did Last Summer." There's even a tip of the hat to Jerry Goldsmith in Tyler's sickly-sweet suburbia theme. And while all of the tributes to other composers are what give this score its charm and personality, there's plenty of music that sounds unique to Brian as well, including the acoustic-guitar "The Lake" and the creepy, circus-like "Bobo." The main theme is peppered in fragments throughout the score, before being reprised in full during the end credits in all of its Elfman-esque glory. The score is performed by a small orchestral ensemble that, through creative orchestration, writing, and mixing, nevertheless delivers a big, feature-film quality sound.

In summary, "Terror Tract" is one of Tyler's best early and little-known scores, a project that showcases the composer's abilities to write interesting, harmonious horror material while paying tribute to the horror scores of some of our time's best and brightest composers. Tyler's later projects would enable him to prove that he too belonged among their ranks.

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific score!, April 28, 2006

By 

Ricardo O. Amarante "roamara" (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Terror Tract (Audio CD)

Amazing work! It is a CLASS A+ soundtrack for a Terror class B movie. Definitely it is a must buy for Brian Tyler fans. Are you scared? So hear this music and try to escape... I also highly recommend the "Darkness Falls" score.