Tuesday, November 27, 2007

FEMALE TROUBLE (1974) - Unofficial mini-soundtrack

Time for another non-horror post, but one with a couple of holiday songs. Been wanting to try to compile this for awhile now, and luckily I found all the needed songs. Here's the first-ever soundtrack for the John Waters/Divine classic "Female Trouble". The theme song performed by Divine and the last track, a dialogue/music scene (and my favorite in the film) are DVD rips. All the other oldies were compiled from various sources and were at varying bitrates, but everything has been enhanced and finalized at 320k. To the best of my knowledge, this represents all of the music and songs heard in the film (I went according to the music credits during the end credits of the movie itself). Link is in the comment area...Enjoy!
Tracks:
01 - Female Trouble (Main Titles) - Divine
02 - Jingle Bells - Gene Autry
03 - Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Xmas - Ruby Wright (with Cliff Lash and his Orchestra and the Dick Noel Singers)
04 - Blue Kat - Chuck Rio & The Originals
05 - Yogi - The Bill Black Combo
06 - Bridal March_Wedding March - The 101 Strings Orchestra
07 - Underwater - The Frogmen
08 - Dig - Nervous Norvus
09 - Female Trouble (End Credits) - Divine
10 - Female Trouble Christmas (dialogue & music scene)
Total Time: approx. 21 minutes

Thursday, November 15, 2007

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971) - The Complete Orchestral Score Conducted by Irwin Kostal

Another non-horror post (although it is about a witch!) I've been wanting to do for awhile now, and couldn't find anything like this anywhere else, so here it is: The complete orchestral score conducted by Irwin Kostal from the Angela Lansbury/Disney classic. All of the music heard in the film is represented here, even the songs (but without the lead vocals, and in a couple of instances with no vocals at all). DVD rip at 320k from the surround channels of the restored edition of the film. In two parts due to the filesize and the number of tracks (66 tracks total, about 87 minutes of music), and a larger version of the cover image (front only...no real back cover image except for the screen capture seen here) is included in the second download part. Links are in the comment area soon as I can finish uploading them.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

ANIMAL HOUSE (1978) - Elmer Bernstein's complete score, plus expanded songs album

Okay, time for another non-horror post. Here's two soundtracks for the 1978 classic ANIMAL HOUSE:

First is an expanded version of the original soundtrack album of songs (which contained very little....practically next to nothing...of Bernstein's score). I've included two tunes not featured on the original release but heard in the film: "Who's Sorry Now", performed by Connie Francis, and the complete original stereo version of "Theme from A Summer Place", performed by Percy Faith and his Orchestra (this is heard partially in the film). I simply included these two and numbered them in sequence following all the original album tracks. No album cover for this one.

The big one is the complete classic score by Elmer Bernstein, my own rip from the surround channels of the DVD. All of his cues are represented here, however short they may be (some tracks contain minor sound effects, but this is generally quite minimal and not very intrusive to the music...I was actually really pleased with how this turned out!). There's also two exceptions: the song "Shout" minus the lead vocals (since the music was there I decided to include it with this), and Percy Faith's rendition of "A Summer Place" (it is included from the ANIMAL HOUSE surround rip due to its inclusion during the toga party, and from its inclusion during the track "Two Love Scenes", which alternates between the music heard during Otter's seduction of Mrs. Wormer...not sure if that music is Bernstein's or not...and the failed love scene between Pinto and Clorette). I also should note that two of the tracks, "Grocery Shopping/Mine's Bigger Than That" and "Emily Dickinson College" were extremely low on volume and had to be boosted, although I tried to avoid over boosting them which would have resulted in hearing a lot of analog hissing (also not certain if the Emily Dickinson piece is Bernstein's or a previously existing recording).

The expanded songs soundtrack is a CD rip at 320k. The Bernstein score is a DVD rip also at 320k, and the download file for that contains larger versions of the cover images seen here (which can be clicked on to view the track listings). Both links are in the comment area.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

CARRIE (1976) - Expanded "Dirty Pillows" Edition

There's several different versions out there of the soundtrack from the 1976 classic "Carrie", including rips of the original vinyl LP, the later CD issues (including one with unneeded dialogue excerpts), and a couple of different fan compilations with additional tracks ripped from the DVD surround channel. This represents a combination of those, combining the original studio soundtrack album recordings with the additional rips, plus my own additions (although not all my own rips) of the additional songs heard in the film, with the one exception of the mystery song heard in the car scene with Nancy Allen and John Travolta. The cover images here are my own creation, and I decided to title this the "Dirty Pillows" edition after Piper Laurie's great line in the film. Several of the original album tracks were strangely mistitled or re-titled....the track titles here are as they were on the original album release, and all of the tracks are in the order they appear in the film. Thanks to whomever created the original rips...This is now basically the one and only soundtrack for "Carrie" you'll ever need (until someone comes up with the one missing "mystery" song).
Link is in the comment area.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

THE AMAZING FILM SCORES OF HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS featuring "Blood Feast" and "2000 Maniacs" (1984)

Here it is, as I promised in my "Eye-Popping Sounds" post.....the original mono release from 1984 of the music from both Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs. I included two additional bonus tracks from Two Thousand Maniacs ripped from DVD: the Pleasant Valley citizens singing "Dixie", and the finale of the film featuring the reprise of "Robert E. Lee Broke His Musket On His Knee" (neither were included on the original album release). 256k rip from a cassette recording of the original vinyl LP. Link is in the comment area.
Halloween Dividers
BLOOD FEAST:
1. Official Warning - :28
2. Tragic Kettledrums-Eye Gouged Out-Legs Cut Off! - 2:32
3. Blood Feast (Main Title)-Homicide Bureau - 1:26
4. Fuad Ramses Exotic Catering Service-Look Into My Eyebrows!-The Cellar - 1:02
5. Brains Knocked Out - 1:15
6. How Dry I Am - 3:46
7. Tongue Torn Out - 1:20
8. 5000 Years Ago-Newscast And Drumroll - 2:21
9. Critical Condition - 2:41
10. Ancient Weird Religious Rites - 2:10
11. Poolside Frolic-Trudy Sanders Is Missing - 2:05
12. Trudy Is Sacrificed To Ishtar-Pete Has A Hunch-Left Overs - 1:31
13. Obligatory Chase Scene-A Fitting Death For The Garbage He Was-End Title - 2:43
14. Bonus Track: Herschell Directs: Assorted Screams - :59
Halloween Dividers
TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!:
15. Robert E. Lee Broke His Musket On His Knee (Theme song from Two Thousand Maniacs) - 4:03
16. Recurring Virtuoso Acoustic Guitar Bit - 1:39
17. Lister's Garage-I Told You That Blade Was Sharp! - 1:22
18. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - 1:37
19. It's Almost Like Halloween - :34
20. Tom's Bright Idea - 1:07
21. Give Me Those Country Boys Every Time-Escape Attempt-Guests Of Honor - 1:39
22. Quicksand!-Pleasant Valley: Population 2000 - 2:06
23. Dixie - :56
24. Safe At Last - 1:03
25. Teetering Rock - 4:07
26. Old Joe Clark - 2:37
27. Bonus Track: Herschell Directs: Assorted Guitar Chords - 1:28
Halloween Dividers
Additional Bonus Tracks from "Two Thousand Maniacs":
Dixie (vocal) - :56
Finale (Robert E. Lee Broke His Musket On His Knee reprise) - 2:31
TOTAL TIME - 54:23

Saturday, November 3, 2007

THE GORE-GORE GIRLS (1972) - Soundtrack by H.G. Lewis

Here's H.G. Lewis' entire score (contains dialogue and sound effects, but all the music is represented here) to one of his cheesier films, originally ripped and posted by Soundtrack Rarities. DVD rip at 320k....no track titles, just the 29 tracks. Link is in the comment area.