Scream 3


Varèse Sarabande (4005939611620)
Movie | Released: 2000 | Format: CD
 

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# Track   Duration
1.Here We Go Again0:44
2.Cotton Gets Picked2:19
3.DoppleGailer1:28
4.On the Set0:51
5.Home Sweet Home2:02
6.Comparing Photos1:23
7.Mother's Watching1:51
8.Dewey Mobile1:07
9.At The Station3:14
10.Ghost Attacks3:22
11.The Fall Girl0:47
12.Roman Around0:50
13.All in the Family0:37
14.Pied a Terror1:47
15.Sunset Pictures1:46
16.Last Call3:20
17.Gail Force0:55
18.Stone Cold0:32
19.Sid Wears a Dress2:50
20.Sid's Theme (Reprise)0:49
 32:34
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Scream 3 - 06/10 - Review of Tom Daish, submitted at
The huge success of both the original Scream and sequel have led to this third (and hopefully) final installment of the self knowing and ironic horror film series, which has spawned far too many imitators. I guess the new approach to horror (such as all the rules for horror films being discussed within the film) has found great favour, but Scream itself was pretty scary as well as quite amusing. Horror scores are a bit of a hit and miss affair, you either have your superlative, demonic but tuneful efforts as with Goldsmith's indelible The Omen or you have the weird noises, clunking and skittering of Goldenthal's often unlistenable Alien 3. I suppose the problem is that suspense music itself can be a little lifeless since it mustn't blow the dramatic whistle, but most wind up the tension until whatever is going to happen, happens. The action cues tend toward just making scary noises and can become uninteresting musically far too quickly.

For Scream, Beltrami trod the line between the two scales of horror score, with occasionally quite melodic moments, but plenty of musically uninteresting creeping about. Fine onscreen with the visuals, but musically none too exciting. The third score opens with a none too promising synth prologue, but soon moves into an alternately skittish and sometimes exciting action suspense cue in Cotton Gets Picked. This highlights the orchestra to a greater extent with some clever string effects - several ideas play off one another - and some Don Davis style brass motifs. The only major theme is Sid's Theme which is carried over from the original films and is first introduced here in Home Sweet Home in a eerie choral and soprano combination. Nothing terribly original, but most effective and certainly one of the most engaging parts of the score.

There are a few brief, but propulsive cues of various electronic beats such as On the Set, Dewey Mobile and Sunset Pictures, which give a modestly up to date feel to the score, even if they don't add a great deal otherwise. The attack sequences bring out the most interesting in Beltrami's composition, even if they aren't necessarily an enjoyable listen. The aforementioned Cotton Gets Picked along with Ghost Attacks and Last Call feature harsh brass writing, along with an array of some other neat orchestral and synth touches. Sid Wears a Dress provides the payoff and is a rather lovely, upbeat cue where the choir takes on a more noble stature. A brief reprise of the haunting Sid's Theme slightly undermines (probably intentionally) the sense of closure that Sid Wears a Dress provides and rounds out the album.

For me, it is almost a shame that the Scream films and scores have seemingly sidelined Beltrami's superior score to Mimic, which I found to be generally more musically satisfying. This is admittedly more satisfying than Varese's combined Scream and Scream 2 album, which did neither score many favours, but Scream 3 is still not quite as good as I had hoped. Like Don Davis' often inspired music for House on Haunted Hill, there are quite a few good ideas going through the score, although not as many as Davis' impressive, but challenging effort. However, this being a slasher horror movie as opposed to the more psychological approach of The Omen, for example, the music has to back up the onscreen violence rather than merely suggest something is wrong. I was tempted to be fairly harsh, but I concede that there are enough good ideas and worthy moments to recommend it. Anyone who enjoys horror scores will almost certainly find it a worthy addition, although those of a sensitive disposition might find it a bit hard to take at times.
This soundtrack trailer contains music of:

Scream (1996), Marco Beltrami (Movie)


Soundtracks from the collection: Scream Trilogy

Scream and Scream 2 (1998)
Scream (2011)
Scream (1996)
Scream 3 (2000)


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