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Evil Dead | 
 enlarge | Creator: Joseph Loduca
Label: New Line Cinema
Category: Music
List Price: $32.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 257073
Format: Extra Tracks, Soundtrack, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 796028393285
EAN: 0796028393285
ASIN: B000006YKK
Release Date: May 23, 1996
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Condition: Brand new. Shipped from the UK by Airmail direct to 5 airports in the United States. Delivery takes approximately 5 working days from posting - we're frequently faster than a lot of US based sellers.
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| Tracks:
| • | Introduction | | • | Eye Games/Charm | | • | Bridge Out | | • | Rape of the Vines | | • | Ascent/Inflection | | • | Automatic Writing | | • | Skin | | • | Give Her the Ax | | • | Love Never Dies | | • | Kandanian Dagger/Book Burning | | • | Dawn of the Evil Dead | | • | Not the Shower Curtain | | • | Pencil It In | | • | Get the Lantern/Book of the Bead | | • | Dawn/Incantation | | • | Shotgun | | • | Games | | • | The Cabin/Wounded Melody |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Substandard CD edition of a score that deserves a better release December 8, 2007
Robert Buchanan (Wisconsin)
Joe LoDuca's debut film score was the first of many that would be commissioned by Renaissance Pictures for numerous movies and television programs. He's still underrated and a relative unknown among film score composers, but enthusiasts of the Raimi/Campbell/Tapert team are quite familiar with and appreciative of his work.
Synthesizers are implemented extensively here, as are a string quartet, guitar, piano and a variety of percussion instruments (including a shaker and a talking drum!) in some very creative arrangements. The result is weirdly experimental, frequently kitschy and surprisingly lush. Alternately tender and harrowing, this music is perfectly suited to Sam Raimi's goofy, gory vision of uncompromising horror.
Raimi and Campbell asked LoDuca to compose music similar to Bernard Herrmann's score for "Mysterious Island." While that influence is evident in many passages, others are also discernible. A movement known as "Not The Shower Curtain" in the track listing cleverly quotes two passages from the "Adagio" of Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta." Unfortunately, most of this movement was excised from the film's soundtrack. The prominent synthesizers of another movement titled "Love Never Dies" also bear a striking resemblance to portions of Wendy Carlos' score for "The Shining." Despite these derivations, LoDuca's score is surprisingly original and very unusual, especially for its time. This music is essential listening for Raimi fans, and will surely be of interest to anyone curious about unorthodox compositions.
The audio quality of this disc is certainly adequate, but its track listing is incomplete. At least two movements from the film's score are missing; the most notable of these is a delightfully kitschy bit of synth and strings that scores the scene in the film when the basement's trap door opens on its own; this music was also prominently featured in the movie's theatrical trailer. This album's running time is approximately 37 minutes; I can't believe that that either the original LP edition or especially this CD reissue lacked sufficient capacity for the inclusion of this music.
This edition also suffers from the all-too-common convention of a track listing in which the music isn't ordered as it was on the film's soundtrack. If it were, it would provide a more evocative and enjoyable listening experience. I shouldn't need to program my CD player every time I play a certain disc.
Most imported CDs are overpriced, and this one is no exception. It isn't enough to note that $40 is an egregious price for this disc; I wouldn't even buy it used. I'm content to wait another decade or two for a complete, properly ordered release.
A DELIGHTFULLY HORRIFYING SOUNDTRACK September 12, 2007
Boy from the 80's (PASIG CITY Philippines)
i got hold of the soundtrack of EVIL DEAD in 1995. the cd was imported from japan and it also included the full soundtrack to EVIL DEAD II. what is suprising to find out is that both movies were able to come up with solid, full soundtracks.
jo lo duca was able to capture the movie's essence through music. the soundtrack is unnerving, horrifying and a classic.
the movie became more effective with the music....
Great soundtrack to go along with one of the best no-budget horror flicks ever. December 31, 2005
Julie B. Thompson (Pembroke, MA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
While most no-budget horror films of the late 70's early 80's were plagued with hideous synthesizer soundtracks, Sam Raimi's debut film, "The Evil Dead", featured wonderfully-composed music that actually sounded like a real score, not something a one-time wannabee "composer" with a synthesizer soundboard threw together overnight.
Indeed composer Joseph LoDuca has taken great care to make sure the score sounds as rich as possible, and succeeds with flying colors. Tracks like "Eye games" do a great job establishing the love between the two main characters, while other tracks like "Rape of the Vines" and "Skin" are noticably creepy.
Though LoDuca does use synth sounds time-to-time, he uses it intelligently and thus builds the barrier between ED's score and just about every other synth score of its time.
This soundtrack is pretty rare but if you come across it, don't hesitate to add it to your soundtrack collection!
Fine work from a rather underappreciated composer.
 Nice Soundtrack from a Frightening Movie June 21, 2003
Yuri Cunha (Brazil)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This sountrack is kind of rare nowadays, and it's a classic. Alike the movie, it's a different soundtrack. The songs are all composed and conducted by Joseph LoDuca. They're all instrumental songs. And all of them are classical, although some of them are really weird for being classic.
My favorite songs here are "Introduction" (A Piano-only song, great melody), "Check On You" (I'm not sure of which instrument it is played with, but it sounds like acoustic guitar), "Dawn/Incantaton" (Don't ask me... The are cellos and many other instruments).
It's good for a Halloween party, yes.. Because there are some scary songs, but not all of them. Some are romantic, other just weird, like if Joseph was trying to mix instruments to create different this. The weirdest, in my opinion is "Get The Lantern / Book Of The Dead", it mixes every possible instruments. In a part of this song, it even sounds like Brazilian's Samba... Very weird.
Overall, it's a great collectable for us, Evil Dead fans. There is a note by Stephen King talking about the movie and some movie stills in the CD too. If you are a soundtrack collector, it is a great item too. Just don't buy this soundtrack if you're looking for normal songs, heavy metal (most horror movies fans like this kind of music), or if you hate classical music anyways. For the rest of us, but it at Amazon.com while you still can, because I think this soundtrack by Varese Sarabande (which is imported from Germany) will be sold out soon, because they are not made anymore.. It's one-in-a-lifetime-chance... The only reason I do not give this CD more stars it's because I'm not a big fan of classical music, and there are some boring songs.
 Evil Dead Soundtrack May 24, 2001
Yuri Philipe Freitas da Cunha (Sao Jose, Santa Catarina Brazil)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What can I say? The best movie ever made, the best soundtrack ever made in my opinion. The best music that I heard in my live (and I'm 36) it's here. Is called Dawn. Buy it...
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