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Very Scary Music: Classic Horror Themes

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If you are looking for a solid collection of classic horror themes recreated as heard in the movies, then you had better look elsewhere. This collection is not for you. Various musicians either play respectable covers of classic themes (i.e. The Exorcist or Halloween) or completely slaughter them with poppy covers. Harry Manfredini's already silly disco-pop theme to Friday the 13th Part 3 is destroyed so badly you would think that Jason Voorhees himself had stomped into the recording studio. Fans of pure, play it like it sounded in the movie recordings will be disappointed.

Some of them sound like the original recording.

Others sound like MIDI tracks burned to CD. With such a good lineup of movies (sans X-Files), I was thoroughly disappointed at how "synthy" it sounds.

To get this CD all you have to do is use your favorite search engine and type "midi and horror".

I want my $$ back.

I've had reasonable luck with Laserlight's Halloween CDs, introducing me to such artist as Screaming Lord Sutch, the Undertakers, and a couple of other minor groups popular for Halloween-themed music.
By comparisson, this CD is a relative disappointment, featuring covers of spooky movie and TV themes.
Friday the 13th gets butchered the worst, with Exorcist following close behind, primarily by being about a minute to long, and the Twilight Zone is way too funky.
Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street fare the best, followed by Jaws and X-files. The rest are tributes to mediocrity.
For Wal-Mart's price of under four dollars, it's a decent deal, but I certainly couldn't recommend spending any more than that for it.

I will keep it simple - these are not the original songs from the respective movies. These are different versions created by Roy Shakked. Luckily, Roy is talented and 2 of the songs sound similar to the originals. The rest sound closer to 80's pop.

It's a real good idea to have all this halloween music playing, but I had already had the idea of a burning a CD with a bunch of freaky music to blast on halloween.

This cd is awesome. I bought it for Halloween, but it's actually fun all year round. It has all the great horror themes. Turn this way up in your car and drive around at night, then watch people's reactions. For 4 bucks you cant' beat it.

I picked this lil gem up at Wally World for 3 buck, and diddnt dissapoint me! The Halloween track almost sounds better than the original. The highlights are tracks 1, 2, 5, and 11. This cd helps spark the halloween spirit. Not bad for a few bucks.

I really didn't like this CD to much. But the Halloween theme save it from mediocrity. It is one of the best versions I have ever heard. I actully do PT/ Run or get hype for football games to it. If you like the Halloween theme then get the CD just for that.

It's a mediocre collection of horror movie music. Not bad for the price, but it sounds a bit too synthesizery.

I wish I had checked the reviews first. These are not original. It showes who wrote the music. I didnt check to see who made the music.