The first four installments in the ScreamMovie franchise are getting an impressive vinyl score release.
✖ An all-new Scream is set to land in theaters in just a week, which has inspired many horror fans to revisit the initial four installments of the series. In addition to the various frights each installment offers us, all of these sequences are amplified by the chilling scores from Marco Beltrami, which created a sense of unease and terror in audiences.
"The original Scream -- which went on to become one of the highest-grossing horror films of all-time -- centers around Sidney Prescott , a high school student in the fictional town of Woodsboro, CA, who is targeted by a masked serial killer, known as 'Ghostface.' Over the following sequels, Prescott continues to face new pursuers, who all assume the Ghostface identity. Underscoring the action for the first four Scream films is an engaging score by Mario Beltrami.
"Beltrami, who recalls that Craven was 'very patient with me,' recorded the Scream score on a limited budget. This led to plenty of ingenuity in the studio -- working with smaller combinations of musicians, in lieu of a full orchestra, and bolstering recordings with synthesizers and stock library samples. Among the most memorable compositions from this film were two musical themes that Beltrami revisited throughout his work with the franchise.
"As Lochner notes, it was Scream that started it all for Beltrami, introducing him 'to the craziness of...composing for big Hollywood films.' Since then, the Academy Award-nominated composer has scored more than a hundred films, TV shows, and video games, including A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, Snowpiercer, The Hurt Locker, and Free Solo, which earned Beltrami his first Emmy Award.