Just the thing to keep listeners up late at night! This collection of re-recorded horror film themes and cues is heavy on the brassy melodramatics, with the odd tendency to burst into emphatic fanfares at the drop of a hat (as happens throughout the "Overture" from Horrors of the Black Museum.) As always, it's a pleasure to see some of this music being dusted off and given the Philharmonic treatment. Some of the music here comes from movies refulgent in their awfulness, but the cues are always worth hearing, especially when delivered with this sort of vigor. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
Horrors of the Black Museum (Overture)
Gerald Schurmann
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(3:30)
The Haunting: History of the Hill House
Humphrey Searle
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(4:31)
Corridors of Blood: Prelude
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(1:30)
Night of the Demon: Overture
Clifton Parker
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(3:14)
The Abominable Snowman: Main Title
Humphrey Searle
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(1:30)
Wtichfinder General: Prelude/Romanza
Paul Ferris
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(6:20)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb: Tomb, the/Desert
Carlo Martelli
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(5:08)
Konga: Overture
Gerald Schurmann
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(2:32)
The Fiend Wihtout a Face: Power of Evil
James Bernard
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(1:29)
The Curse of the Werewolf: Prelude
Benjamin Frankel
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(1:28)
The Curse of the Werewolf: Pastorale
Benjamin Frankel
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(2:10)
The Curse of the Werewolf: Werewolf at Bay & Apotheosis
Benjamin Frankel
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
(6:20)
Credits
Hilary Holloway (Violin), Katherine Aldersey (Bass), Jasmine Huxtable-Wright (Cor Anglais), Jerome Davis (Trumpet), Elizabeth Lawrance (Violin), Julian Karswell (?), Colin (Design), Hideki Morimoto (Horn), Paul Munro (Violin), Richard Vidler (Violin), Stephen Rinker (Bassoon), Chris Houslander (Tuba), Andrew Barnard (Percussion), Margaret Williams (Violin), Harvey Hope (Guitar), Lynda Bird (Viola), Yusuf Gandhi (?), Carlo Martelli (Arranger), Steven Lock (Violin), Adrian Wheeler (Horn), Philip Lane (Arranger), Cressida Godfrey (Flute), Andrew Westrop (Cor Anglais), James Hall (Cello), Martin Caulton (Bass), Helen Cole (Harp), Clare Parkholm (Cello), Dickie Styles (Violin), James Bernard (Arranger), Geoff Rousell (Bassoon), Steve Long (Percussion), John Mansell (Photography), David Wishart (Liner Notes), Reynold da Silva (Executive Producer), Mark Ayres (?), Jill Davis (Violin), Liz Rose (Cello), Sue Chick (Oboe), Ian Ditchfield (Horn), Ivan Joseph Goldberg (?), Martin Stoppard (Bassoon), Gerald Schurmann (Arranger), John Dawson (Violin), Kenneth Alwyn (Conductor), Mandy Emerson (Viola), Steve Wilcox (Trumpet), Jasmine Huxtable-Wright (Oboe), Matt Turner (Percussion), Tom Uprichard (Trombone), Tom Greenleaves (Percussion), Gareth Williams (Mastering), Mike Ross-Trevor (Digital Recording), Louise Rowling (Violin), Sally Rushworth (Cello), William Padel (Viola), Syephen Cadywold (Viola), Ken Bell (Flute), Alan Robinson (Trumpet), Steve Cooper (Bass), Hanns Pelzer (Violin), Alison Downie (Clarinet), Alan Throughgood (Violin), Mike Shields (Bass), Kim Horwood (Violin), Helen Greavs (Bass), Martin Stoppard (Contrabassoon), Jeremy Thompson (Viola), Philip Lane (Associate Producer), Christina East (Viola), David Wishart (Producer), Katherine Aldersey (Vocals), Frank Bergun (Trumpet), Adrian Dewey (?), Caroline Salinger (Cello), Pauline Delmar (Cello), Juliet Millen (Cello), Kent Sandom (Violin), Richard Green (?), Jimmy Fitzpatrick (Associate Producer), Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir (Performer), Tim Ellerby (Violin), Martin Cropper (Viola), Benjamin Frankel (Arranger), Jillian Warburton (Violin), Rosemary Cook (Violin), Jonathon "Lil' Jon" Smith (Violin), James Prior (Trombone), Gareth Williams (Editing), Paula Martin (Violin), Simon Fairbourn (Bassoon), Mark Fielding (Piano), Judith Jerome (Flute), Chloe Yangopoulos (Violin), Humphrey Searle (Arranger)
