Scream 1 – 4 (Marco Beltrami)
Added on Saturday, January 08, 2022 Posted by Philippe Mouchon
In addition to releasing music from the latest Scream 2022, Varèse Sarabande will also be celebrating Marco Beltrami’s masterful scores from the first four films with Scream: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks.
In addition to releasing music from the latest Scream 2022, Varèse Sarabande will also be celebrating Marco Beltrami’s masterful scores from the first four films with Scream: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks.
A 4-LP edition—pressed on blood-red vinyl with black smoke swirls—dedicates a full album to each film and includes two hours of unreleased material. In all retail stores June 10, and available for pre-order today, the collection is housed in a unique jacket, which folds out into a 3’ x 2’ Ghostface mask.
For fans seeking additional content, the 6-CD and digital editions (both available today) offer scores from Scream 1 – 4 in their entirety, plus more than four hours of unreleased music, previously unreleased demos, cues, and alternate takes.
The CD box set is available exclusively on VareseSarabande.com and Intl.VareseSarabande.com and limited to 1,800 units.
Both the CD and vinyl versions feature new, in-depth liner notes from film music journalist and author, Jim Lochner.
Scream: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (4-Lp Box Set)
From Varèse Sarabande:
Scream was perfectly pitched when it came out in 1996: written by Kevin Williamson and directed by horror master Wes Craven, it was a self-aware send-up of the slasher genre as well as a perfectly executed example of it—and became a huge hit that defined a moment in time. It revitalized the horror genre and led to a franchise, with follow-up films Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), plus a fifth on the way.
Scream was the breakthrough score for Marco Beltrami, whose avant-garde orchestral techniques and cinematic instincts created a suspense–horror style perfectly suited for the franchise—and not surprisingly led to a major Hollywood career for Beltrami, still going strong. The score is eerie and creepy one moment, evocative and haunting the next—then lurches into pulse-pounding action. It is timeless and sophisticated, befitting modern concert music, while staying intense and pulse-pounding for contemporary audiences.
Beltrami returned for the second, third and fourth Scream films, all of which had their scores released by Varèse Sarabande.
Now, all four Beltrami Scream scores are compiled:
• into new programs specially sequenced for LP presentation across four vinyl platters. New liner notes by Jim Lochner (incorporating a new interview with Beltrami) are presented inside a shocking, fold-out Ghostface mask. Limited
• in definitive form across six CDs. The Deluxe Editions of Scream and Scream 2 are presented on discs one and two, respectively; an expanded, two-disc edition of Scream 3 is found on discs three and four; and an expanded edition of Scream 4 on disc 5. The sixth disc is an all-new, previously unreleased collection of alternates, outtakes and demos. Liner notes by Jim Lochner incorporate a new interview with the composer…and look for a “Ghostface” surprise in the packaging! Limited