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Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Intrada (Special Collection Vol. 256)

Release Date: October 15, 2013

Conducted by Harry Sukman

Format: CD

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Disc 1: Salem's Lot
1. Teaser 1:03
2. The Church 0:27
3. Holy Water (Main Title #1) 2:18
4. Straker 1:35
5. Straker's Place 1:47
6. Susan 0:48
7. The House #1 1:06
8. The House #2 1:04
9. The Cemetery 0:32
10. He Writes Good 0:19
11. Lovely Susan 1:11
12. Straker Is Troubled 1:20
13. Straker Is Nervous 0:22
14. The Day Is Here 0:45
15. Tell Me It's Not True (Source #1) 0:47
16. Dead Dog 0:47
17. It's Cold In Here 0:19
18. The Thing 0:40
19. Mark's Room 0:36
20. Nothing Is Forever (Source #2) 1:28
21. Source #3 4:03
22. It's Still Moving 0:32
23. It's Freezing 0:46
24. The Monster Appears 0:24
25. Bumper / Somebody's Up There 1:23
26. Old Faithful 1:05
27. So Long Kid 1:57
28. Hold It, Larry 1:23
29. Goodbye Crockett 0:15
30. Ralph Is Floating 2:24
31. Faithful 0:43
32. So Long, Danny! 2:50
33. Confident And Evil 1:08
34. Opening Soon 0:24
35. Ben Ponders 0:23
36. Let Us Pray 0:25
37. Now, Danny's Mother 1:57
38. Mike Dives In #1 1:31
39. Fangs Sink In 0:31
40. End Credits #1 0:53
  Disc Time: 44:11
Disc 2: Salem's Lot
1. Main Title #2 1:40
2. Back In Mark's Room 0:42
3. Now It's Mark's Turn 3:21
4. Mark Fondles Cross 0:24
5. Mike And Jason 0:21
6. Mike's Getting The Message 1:16
7. Appointment With Destiny 0:41
8. Eva Knows 0:06
9. Vivaldi - L'Inverno #4 (Arr. Harry Sukman) 1:43
10. I Want A Crucifix 0:31
11. That's All For Max 0:45
12. And Now Jason 1:40
13. 14. He's Gonna Do It 0:27
14. 15. It's Mr. Barlow Again 0:28
15. 16. Face The Master 0:16
16. 17. Bumper / Poor Mrs. Glick 2:04
17. 18. Good Girl 0:23
18. 19. Leave Town 0:44
19. 20. A Funny Dream / Uncertain Swan 1:08
20. 21. Susan Is Curious 3:09
21. 22. Susan Stalks Mark 2:26
22. 23. Stuffed Cats 0:47
23. 24. It's Susan's Turn 1:29
24. 25. Have You Seen Susan? 2:04
25. 26. Evil Presence 0:54
26. 27. Bill Beware 1:01
27. 28. And Now Straker 1:42
28. 29. Sprained Ankle / He's Here 0:41
29. 30. Mike Dives In #2 1:31
30. 31. Green Faced Barlow / Stake For Mr. Barlow / The Skull 2:41
31. 32. Goodbye House 0:55
32. 33. Two Years Later 0:33
33. 34. Found Us Again 0:50
34. 35. Poor Susan 1:16
35. 36. Conclusion (With Tympani Overdub) / Conclusion 1:17
36. 37. End Credits 0:53
37. EXTRAS: Holy Water (Main Title #1 Alternate) 1:44
38. 39. The Church (With Chimes) 0:52
39. 40. Conclusion (Without Overdub) 1:17
40. 41. Conclusion (With Tympani & Horn Overdub) / Conclusion 1:17
41. 42. Main Title (Feature Version) 2:11
42. 43. Vampires! (Feature Version) 0:31
43. 44. End Credits (Feature Version) 1:38
  Disc Time:
Total Album Time:
52:19
96:30

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Harry Sukman's music for the 1979 miniseries Salem's Lot is rooted in the decades-long conventions of traditional, gothic horror transposing its sense of dread to Maine via stabbing percussion, church organ, creepy bell glissandos and shivering strings. Right from the "Main Title," which stabs forth with full, orchestral fury before sequing into the raucous, rhythmically evil flourish of a danse macabre, listeners can tell they are in for a thrilling, fresh journey into terror. Main baddie Kurt Barlow is not seductively handsome like Count Dracula, and so Sukman plays these trappings of classic horror music without the dark, romantic flourishes.

Sukman composed and conducted some two hours of music for Salem's Lot, including roughly 90 individual cues. Many of them were short, others were intended to be edited together during postproduction. He also wrote three source cues (only one of which was used) and arranged a Vivaldi work for source material as well.

Intrada had access to the complete 1/2" three-channel stereo scoring session masters, vaulted by Warner Bros. in pristine condition. Since these elements included the January 1980 scoring sessions for the later edited-down version of the miniseries, Intrada is also able to present the additional three cues recorded specially for the edited versions of the movie, including the exciting "End Credits" cue Sukman composed.

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