Abominable [Original Soundtrack]

• Artist: Original Soundtrack
• Rating:
• Release Date: June 06, 2006
• Total Time: 61:20
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Writer/director Ryan Schifrin's debut feature film Abominable cannot be dismissed simply as a low-budget, straight-to-video monster movie for two reasons. First, it had a theatrical release -- technically. It appears to have played in one theater for one weekend in April 2006, when it grossed less than $2,000. Second, it has a surprisingly high-budget, full-scale orchestral score, played by the 90-member Czech National Symphony Orchestra. (Outsourcing film scores to the non-unionized former Iron Curtain countries is a popular means of keeping costs down.) How can this be, when the film itself was made on the cheap? Ryan Schifrin's last name is the giveaway. He is the son of A-list Hollywood film and TV composer Lalo Schifrin, who wrote the score and who is releasing this album on his own Aleph record label. (The disc seems to be a family affair, with Donna Schifrin and Theresa E. Schifrin also in the credits.) Thus, Abominable on the soundtrack and on this disc is of a different order from Abominable on the screen. Lalo Schifrin has turned in a full-bodied horror-movie score full of tensely bowed and screaming string parts. He does not cheat the quieter moments of character development, either, with such tracks as "Preston's Memories" providing some respite from the scary stuff. Among the few film critics who had a chance to see Abominable, the most sympathetic were those who suggested it had an element of humorous self-parody. That tone, if intended onscreen, is not apparent in the music, which would support an effort much more ambitious than the first film by the composer's son. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Abominable, film score~Pre-Title Sequence	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(:49)
Abominable, film score~Main Title	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:06)
Abominable, film score~Animal Mutilations	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(3:21)
Abominable, film score~Preston's Memories	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(3:48)
Abominable, film score~Abduction	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(3:11)
Abominable, film score~There Is Something Out There	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(4:25)
Abominable, film score~Monster Vision	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(6:39)
Abominable, film score~Preston And Amanda	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:42)
Abominable, film score~The Cave	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(5:03)
Abominable, film score~Squatch Revealed	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:32)
Abominable, film score~Rampage	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:49)
Abominable, film score~Setting The Trap	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(4:33)
Abominable, film score~Rappelling	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(3:22)
Abominable, film score~Escape Attempt	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(1:47)
Abominable, film score~Off-Road Rage / Final Battle	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(3:04)
Abominable, film score~The Survivors	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:05)
Abominable, film score~Searching The Woods	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(1:30)
Abominable, film score~One Blade of Grass	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:29)
Abominable, film score~[Bonus Tracks] Girls Next Door	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(1:48)
Abominable, film score~[Bonus Tracks] Otis Leaves	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(:47)
Abominable, film score~[Bonus Tracks] Rampage - Alternate Version	Ryan Schifrin	Lalo Schifrin	(2:30)

Credits

Dan Hersch (Editing), Donna Schifrin (Executive Producer), Theresa E. Schifrin (Design), Ryan Schifrin (Liner Notes), Nick Redman (Liner Notes), Sid Tepper (Writer), Gustavo Borner (Mastering), Gustavo Borner (Editing), Roy C. Bennet (Writer), Ruy Folguera (Electronics), Michael Matessino (Mixing Engineer), Theresa E. Schifrin (Art Direction), Drew Struzan (Cover Illustration), Dan Hersch (Mastering), Nick Redman (Producer)