List added by 350125g0 on 20 July 2008 05:14

Top 15 Horror Film Themes

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8.1

8.7

1. Psycho (1960)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Prelude/Murder
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Year: 1960

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594

7.1

2. Halloween (1978)

Director: John Carpenter
Music: Main Title
Composer: John Carpenter
Year: 1978

350125g0's rating:

1442

7.1

8.3

3. Jaws (1975)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Music: Main Title
Composer: John Williams
Year: 1975

350125g0's rating:

105

7.8

4. Deep Red (1975)

Director: Dario Argento
Music: Main Title
Composer: Goblin
Year: 1975

391

6.9

7.6

5. The Omen (1976)

Director: Richard Donner
Music: Ave Satani
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Year: 1976

350125g0's rating:

1747

8.2

8.5

6. The Shining (1980)

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Music: Main Title (Dies Irae)
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Year: 1980

350125g0's rating:

1126

7.3

8.1

7. The Exorcist (1973)

Director: William Friedkin
Music: Tubular Bells
Composer: Mike Oldfield
Year: 1973

350125g0's rating:

7.2

6.7

8. Zombie (1979)

Director: Lucio Fulci
Music: Main Title
Composer: Fabio Frizzi
Year: 1979

350125g0's rating:

414

7.6

9. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Director: George A. Romero
Music: Zombi
Composer: Goblin
Year: 1978

350125g0's rating:

6.4

6.7

10. Phantasm (1979)

Director: Don Coscarelli
Music: Main Title
Composer: Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave
Year: 1979

350125g0's rating:

327

6.8

11. Hellraiser (1987)

Director: Clive Barker
Music: Main Title
Composer: Christopher Young
Year: 1987

350125g0's rating:

577

7.6

8.1

12. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Director: Roman Polanski
Music: Main Title
Composer: Krzysztof Komeda
Year: 1968

350125g0's rating:

120

6.9

6.1

13. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Director: Ruggero Deodato
Music: Main Title
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Year: 1980

350125g0's rating:

160

7.7

14. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Director: James Whale
Music: Main Title
Composer: Franz Waxman
Year: 1935

350125g0's rating:

6.2

6.3

15. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

Director: Terence Fisher
Music: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Year: 1703-

* This piece has been used in various films

Comments

Hexenkult

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 2 0:43

Great list. I love all these scores.

NitroPupu

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 26 8:57

Yeah, nice list. But where is Suspiria? It has really good theme song.

pamela voorhees

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 26 11:12

add Night of the Living Dead and you got my vote!

Exclusive_Henrik

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 26 12:38

I would put Halloween as nr. 1.

T-Pulla

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 26 16:49

I second Suspiria.


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