The Hitcher

• Artist: Mark Isham
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1992 03
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Requested by producers to compose a horror score in the vein of John Williams' genre-defining Jaws, Mark Isham instead confounded expectations and helped redefine the genre with The Hitcher, a bleak, profoundly cerebral effort that draws on electronics and samples to potently evoke the film's unsettling psychological terror. Even this early in his Hollywood career, Isham exhibits an uncommonly acute grasp of mood and melancholy, and despite the artistry of cues like "Headlights" and "Dream," the new age-inspired synth washes also boast an alien foreboding well-matched to the demands of the onscreen narrative. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Headlights (Main Title)	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(4:01)
The Chosen	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(2:24)
Keys	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(4:12)
Dust and Gasoline	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(3:00)
Dream	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(1:24)
Dogs	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(3:31)
Suicide	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(1:20)
Gun	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(1:44)
Cars and Helicopters	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(5:34)
Motel	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(2:46)
Transfer	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(1:44)
Endgame	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(2:48)
Guards and Cards	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(3:45)
The Hitcher/End Credits	Mark Isham	Mark Isham, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Bongo Bob Smith	(4:11)

Credits

Bill Douglas (Performer), Mark Isham (Arranger), Mark Isham (Flugelhorn), Mark Isham (Electronic Sounds), Mark Isham (Producer), Mark Isham (Main Performer), Bob Smith (Percussion), Gary Clayton (Engineer), Gary Clayton (Mixing), Samuel Lehmer (Engineer), Samuel Lehmer (Mixing), Kurt Wortman (Percussion), Kurt Wortman (Performer), Bill Douglass (Performer), Jimmy Fitzpatrick (Supervisor), Larry Walsh (Editing), Larry Walsh (Mastering), Ford A. Thaxton (Supervisor), Reynold da Silva (Executive Producer), David Stoner (Supervisor), Bongo Bob Smith (Performer), Bill Douglass (Bass)