La La Land Records has scared up a spooktacular score from a romance film this week, as well as a bootiful bounty of titles on sale.*
This week's catalogue title (alongside an impressive, triple-disc edition of Bear McCreary's music to the FOX television series Human Target) is a bit of an obscurity: Christopher Young's score to the 1988 romantic drama Haunted Summer. Based on true events, Haunted Summer tells the story of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley's vacation to Lake Geneva in the summer of 1816 - a trip which was allegedly full of passion and mind games (per the film - if nothing else, it was the event during which Mrs. Shelley conceived the idea for a novel, Frankenstein.)
The score was composed by Christopher Young, a writer well-known for his work on sci-fi/horror projects (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3, Drag Me to Hell) and romantic films (Love Actually). The disc includes the original, 11-track album alongside seven bonus cues from the original film; it will be limited to 1,200 copies.
The label's also got a Halloween sale going on - through October 31, several horror-oriented score titles will be on sale for as low as $1.98. The list includes Child's Play, The Howling, 28 Weeks Later and more.
Hit the jump for details on Haunted Summer!
* Please note the author mostly enjoys the Halloween season for the puns more than anything else.
Christopher Young, Haunted Summer: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (La La Land LLLCD 1148, 2010 - original film released in 1988)
- Haunted Summer
- Menage
- Villa Diodati
- The Night Was Made for Loving
- Polidori's Potions
- Ariel
- Confreres
- Geneva
- Alby
- An Unquiet Dream
- Hauntings
- End Title (Mon Coeuer)
- Alp Horns
- Main Title (Alternate)
- Mary/Claire/Hallucinations
- More Hallucinations
- Byron and Mary
- Mon Coeuer
Tracks 1-11 released as Cerebrus LP CST 0215, 1988
Tracks 12-18 previously unreleased
Order it here.
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