DARKEST Movie Themes/Soundtracks?

Karl Hungus · 11-04-2002 5:02am #1

I thought this might make a good thread, having sprung from an IRC conversation.
Basically I was trying to find some good film scores to listen to, and trying to get a few suggestions from peeps. And then I kinda got the idea that I was really only after the dark stuff.

So, what are some of the DARKEST film scores you people know of?

Let's here some really good suggestions.

Something creepy, and tingley like the themes from Susperia or The Candyman.

Or the more haunting style ones like Enya's theme for Sleepwalkers.

And of course the big bad EPIC scores like the Omen, and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The darkly rich and beautiful score of Interview with the Vampire.

Maybe the more comic book darkness of Danny Elfman's Batman theme?

Give in some suggestions and such.
Anyone else have anything to add?
Also, give some discussion! Some reasons why they're particularly dark, or why you personaly like them.

Here's a few more to get your teeth into:

Halloween
The Thing
Hellraiser
The Excorcist

SantaHoe · 11-04-2002 5:05am

The Shining!!!!

ObeyGiant · 11-04-2002 9:53am

Requiem for a Dream.

My answer might sound a little odd given that, at times, it can be an incredibly uplifting soundtrack.

However, if you've seen the film, and have some context for the tracks, you'll notice there's an incredibly dark element running through the entire score.

Khynareth · 11-04-2002 10:37am

'The company of Wolves' soundtrack is pretty dark. (completely out of topiC, I just love Desperado soudntrack!)

BLITZ_Molloy · 11-04-2002 11:08am

Grease 3: the Nightmare Continues

doubledown · 11-04-2002 11:30am

One of the darkest, most atmospheric scores has to be Bernard Hermann's Taxi Driver score. Not the main, jazzy theme music, but some of the other tracks are very disturbing.
Also the Se7en score is pretty creepy.

azezil · 11-04-2002 11:33am

Almost a cliché in old horry movies, something evil comes along and the music starts "Rectos dominium"

Clintons Cat · 11-04-2002 6:27pm

Halloween>i see youve got thatr one already

Blade runner > vangellis

Gallipoli> jean michael jarre emotions

The crow soundtrack>I think it has a cure track on it (nuff said)

yellum · 12-04-2002 1:43am

Originally posted by ObeyGiant
Requiem for a Dream.

My answer might sound a little odd given that, at times, it can be an incredibly uplifting soundtrack.

However, if you've seen the film, and have some context for the tracks, you'll notice there's an incredibly dark element running through the entire score.

The darkest track is called Meltdown and its towards the very end when it cuts between the main three characters showing how they've ended up. Very disturbing scene and the music makes it so much worse.

mike65 · 12-04-2002 7:11pm

Vangelis score for Blade Runner is a classic and is apropriatly
dark, another one is the the score by Howard Shore for Videodrome.

D-Generate · 12-04-2002 10:14pm

I thought the soundtrack to The Crow was all done by Billy Corgan.

Karl Hungus · 13-04-2002 1:46am

Originally posted by D-Generate
I thought the soundtrack to The Crow was all done by Billy Corgan.

Hell no!

But I think you're thinking of Stigmata, he did actualy do the soundtrack for that.

BlitzKrieg · 13-04-2002 3:06am

Akira when Hotsumo goes mad...the music is creepy when he goes all bloody on the doctors and gaurds....

Mr E · 13-04-2002 7:54pm

The soundtrack for Queen of the Damned was pretty good (if you exclude that AWFUL metal CRAP that popped up now and again).

The incidental music was very atmospheric and creepy (synths, strings and choirs).

Karl Hungus · 13-04-2002 8:14pm

Originally posted by TmB
The soundtrack for Queen of the Damned was pretty good (if you exclude that AWFUL metal CRAP that popped up now and again).

The incidental music was very atmospheric and creepy (synths, strings and choirs).

Oh yeah!
Mr. ****ing Nu-Metal himself Jonathan Davis plopping about and bringing all his nu-metal friends along with him...

There were some occaisionaly good bits of Synth and strings, as you say.
But for the most part, absolute dire crap.

And the soundtrack was the best ****ing part of the film!!!

PiE · 13-04-2002 8:28pm

The Nightmare Before Christmas! The songs all seem to have some twisted, sinister undertones. Great stuff.

plastic membrane · 13-04-2002 8:55pm

The soundtrack to pretty much ever David Lynch film. The Master of menace.

Kylereese · 06-09-2002 2:52pm

eh but what about the two masterpieces ....brad fiedel's soundtrack to the terminator(spinechillingly good) or james horners soundtrack to the masterpiece "aliens"(1986")?