Tag: music

  • THE LAST KNOCK presents: Robert Christopher Interview

    Robert Christopher and Horror Music The engaging Robert Christopher visits THE LAST KNOCK to discuss all that horror music we love to chill our bones at the theatre. We’ll not only talk about great films and their respective scores, like The Shining and The Exorcist, but how to compose and make quality music in the…

  • Nosferatu by Angel Ackerman

    Nosferatu Stays Silent Since the teen and I reviewed a recent ghost story for our first contribution to Crash Palace Productions, I thought it might be prudent to expose the child to some classics. But where to start? The contemporary ones like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th as preparation for the Scream…

  • Crash Discussion: Scores to Scream By

    Scores and soundtracks can make or break any film, but in horror, musical placement is paramount to capture mood and atmosphere, and to set tone and elaborate on theme. Find out some of the best and worst horror cinema has to offer, and what filmmakers can do to make their horror films even better through…

  • Crash Reports: Soundtracks to Scream By

    We all know the power of music. How it fills our souls with joy, pumps us up, or tears us   down. For the horror genre, nothing works quite like a robust soundtrack to enhance the suspense and mayhem on screen. Many can quickly recall the theme from PSYCHO (1960), JAWS (1975), HALLOWEEN (1978), and…

  • Crash Reports: TOO MANY PREDATORS – Composer Announced

    Sunday, November 25, 2012 When it comes to shooting any short movie, many filmmakers make the mistake of going with stock music for their creative venture. Why work so hard to create something new, different and engaging only to have that originality waylaid by something we’ve heard before? What’s worse, stock music cannot capture what…