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Rooted in Hideo Nakata's cult Japanese thriller, 2002's box office success The Ring and its '05 sequel updated the horror genre via a timely, technology-based gambit. But this anthology of soundtrack cues from the popular contemporary horror franchise succeeds by largely avoiding the rhythmic stem-winding, synth-sound washes and metallic thunder that characterize all too many modern horror scores. Instead, veteran Hans Zimmer, aided and abetted by protégés Henning Lohner and Martin Tillman, conjures a compelling, less-is-more aura of shadowy suspense and mounting tension. The music fuses the brooding Bernard Herrmann of Psycho and Marnie with the hypnotic, goth-prog conceits of Italian frightmasters Goblin. But that evocative, minimalist sound gives way to a more contemporary—and clichéd—stew of thrash-guitar and booming electronics in the collection's final quarter.
Condition:NEW. Drilled case
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 The Well (11:24)
2 Before You Die You See the Ring (7:09)
3 This Is Going To Hurt (2:48)
4 Burning Tree (10:13)
5 Not Your Mommy (3:59)
6 Shelter Mountain (4:10)
7 The Ferry (3:15)
8 I'll Follow Your Voice (6:28)
9 She Never Sleeps (2:17)
10 Let the Dead Get In (3:59)
11 Seven Days (3:24)
12 Television (4:00)
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