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Sirius XM Lists Top 101 “Halloween Horror Score Chop Down”

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Quick, what’s the scariest horror film score out there?  I’m sure a couple of no-brainers came to mind, and a few of you probably thought of something wholly original.  Thanks to the Cinemagic channel on Sirius XM, we have an official list to choose from.  There are a few shocking inclusions, and a couple of omissions, one that I, myself, deem glaring.

See for yourself:

Halloween John Carpenter 1
Psycho Bernard Herrmann 2
The Shining Wendy Carlos/Assorted 3
Jaws John Williams 4
Alien Jerry Goldsmith 5
Omen, The Jerry Goldsmith 6
Bride of Frankenstein Franz Waxman 7
Thing, The Ennio Morricone 8
Exorcist, The Pendereki 9
Fog, The John Carpenter 10
Rosemary’s Baby Christopher Komeda 11
Hellraiser Christopher Young 12
Friday the 13th Harry Manfredini 13
A Nightmare on Elm Street Charles Bernstein 14
Suspira Goblin 15
Poltergeist Jerry Goldsmith 16
Changeling, The Rick Williams 17
Dawn of the Dead Assorted 18
Haunted Palace, The Ronald Stein 19
Amityville Horror, The Lalo Schifrin 20
Creepshow John Harrison 21
Re-animator Richard Band 22
Hellraiser II: Hellbound Christopher Young 23
Carrie Pino Donaggio 24
Fly, The Howard Shore 24
Dracula Philip Glass 25
Scream Marco Beltrami 26
Saw Charlie Clouser 27
Phantasm Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave 28
Ring, The Hans Zimmer 29
Mummy, The Franz Reizenstein 30
28 Days Later John Murphy 31
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Wojciech Kilar 32
Wicker Man, The Paul Giovanni 33
Creature from the Black Lagoon Assorted 34
Candyman Philip Glass 35
Curse of the Werewolf Benjamin Frankel 36
Night of the Living Dead Assorted 37
Ninth Gate Wojciech Kilar 39
Christine John Carpenter 40
Cape Fear Bernard Herrmann 41
Dracula John Williams 42
Wolf Man, The Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner 43
Fury, The John Williams 44
Drag Me to Hell Christopher Young 45
Children of the Corn Jonathan Elias 46
Silence of the Lambs Howard Shore 47
Puppet Master Richard Band 48
House on Sorority Row Richard Band 49
Exorcist II, The Ennio Morricone 50
Evil Dead Joseph LoDuca 51
Prince of Darkness John Carpenter 52
Howling, The Pino Donaggio 53
Halloween 3: Season of the… John Carpenter & Alan Howarth 54
Ghost Story Philippe Sarde 55
Nightbreed Danny Elfman 56
Sleepy Hollow Danny Elfman 57
Interview with a Vampire Elliot Goldenthal 58
Seven Howard Shore 59
Sixth Sense, The James Newton Howard 60
Alien 3 Elliot Goldenthal 61
Grudge, The Christopher Young 62
Dawn of the Dead Tyler Bates 63
Evil Dead 2 Joseph LoDuca 64
28 Weeks Later John Murphy 65
From Beyond Richard Band 66
Damien: Omen II Jerry Goldsmith 67
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Denny Zeitlin 68
Haunting, The (original) Humphrey Searle 69
Descent, The David Julyan 70
Hostel Nathan Barr 71
Mephisto Waltz, The Jerry Goldsmith 72
Serpent and the Rainbow, The Brad Fiedel 73
Mimic Marco Beltrami 74
Mist, The Mark Isham 75
Fly II, The Christopher Young 76
Jeepers Creepers Bennett Salvay 77
Let the Right One In Johan Soderqvist 78
Halloween 2 John Carpenter 79
Videodrome Howard Shore 80
Silence of the Lambs Howard Shore 81
Dunwich Horror, The Les Baxter 82
Scars of Dracula James Bernard 83
Cell, The Howard Shore 84
Cabin Fever Nathan Barr 85
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb Tristam Cary 86
Orca Ennio Morricone 87
Troll Richard Band 88
Funhouse, The John Beal 89
Quatermass and the Pit Tristam Cary 90
Misery Marc Shaiman 91
Trick ‘r Treat Douglas Pipes 92
Pet Sematary Elliot Goldenthal 93
Maniac Jay Chattaway 94
Others, The Alejandro Amenabar 95
Signs (Touchstone) James Newton Howard 96
Frighteners, The Danny Elfman 97
Copycat Christopher Young 98
Event Horizon Michael Kamen (w/Oribital) 99
Altered States John Corigliano 100
Young Frankenstein John Morris 101

Personally, I don’t get HOSTEL being anywhere on this list, and, while the EVENT HORIZON score was somewhat memorable, do we really need Orbital getting any recognition here.  For the glaring  omission, I nominate the score from RAVENOUS by Michael Nyman and Mitch Albarn aka “2D” of the Gorillaz, one of the better “put on and listen to” movie soundtracks in the last ten years.  Granted, it’s not terrifying, but terrifying isn’t exactly what they were going for on this list when they decided to include YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.  And, if you’re going to include JAWS then you have to, at least, consider the score for the ’33 version of KING KONG.

All in all, however, they have all the staples here, and, even if you have a tenth of what’s on this list in your MP3 library, you have quite a playlist for your Halloween party this year.

Thanks to Shock Till You Drop for pointing us the list’s direction.