Blood on Black Wax: Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl (Expanded Edition)

Blood on Black Wax is a definitive horror soundtrack volume that highlights iconic franchises such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Jaws, The Exorcist, and George A. Romero's "living dead" films. It features music and artwork from John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Christopher Young, Harry Manfredini, Charles Bernstein, Pino Donaggio, John Harrison, and more. Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas have curated the album to reflect their passion for the darkest slabs of soundtrack music, including reviews, release details, and the wild stories about the making of both classic and strange outliers of the genre.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2021
Publisher: 1984 Publishing

Are you captivated by John Carpenter's iconic music for the Halloween series? Do you shiver with anticipation at the spine-tingling stabs of the Psycho score, or the pounding synths of Goblin's soundtrack to Suspiria? Do you find yourself being drawn into the hair-raising modern scores for the likes of Get Out, Hereditary, and It Follows? You're not alone.

Blood on Black Wax is a definitive horror soundtrack volume that showcases iconic franchises such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Jaws, The Exorcist, Child's Play, and George A. Romero's "living dead" films, highlighting both the music and the amazing, often rare artwork that graces the record sleeves. It also tells the stories behind the soundtrack, from the mouths of the musicians who made them, including John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Christopher Young, Harry Manfredini, Charles Bernstein, Pino Donaggio, John Harrison, and more.

Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas, both of Rue Morgue magazine, have curated Blood on Black Wax to reflect their own passion for the darkest slabs of soundtrack music. Their journey into the fascinating history of horror movie scores contains reviews, release details, and the wild stories about the making of both iconic classics and the strange outliers of the genre – everything from the orchestral sounds of Hammer and Universal horror, to the truly experimental albums for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Eraserhead, to the outlandish punk and metal songs of 80s soundtrack albums like The Return of the Living Dead and Shocker.

Go back to your favorite horror films one more time, through the jaw-dropping, spine-tingling music that helped solidify their place in cinematic history. Blood on Black Wax is your essential guide to the world of horror movie soundtracks, a must-have for any fan of the genre.

Weight: 1570g
Dimension: 224 x 287 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781948221177