"Horror Re-Scored Volume 1"

Digital Album Release

MUSIC PRODUCTION CREDITS
Music Composed and Performed by: D4Disgruntled
Mixed & Engineered by: D4Disgruntled
Artwork by: D4Disgruntled
All Intellectual Property, Copyrights and Licenses are owned by: D4Disgruntled

ABOUT THE ALBUM
This is the first album in what will become a forthcoming series of albums in which D4Disgruntled will compose a complete alternate score to various horror films he favored in his youth. No musical ideas from the original scores of these films are used on any of the albums. All that is heard is new and original musical ideas exclusive to D4Disgruntled.

The film chosen was Halloween 4. Much like the real-world scenario, D4Disgruntled composed a complete score to an existing film with an established narrative to which his focus could be placed while writing the music. The only difference was that he did not “spot” much of the film. Except for a few scenes he felt could use music, he mostly wrote most music over existing music cue placement.

ABOUT THE MUSIC
The music composed follows and supports the narrative structure in the film. If the listener knows the film, then they can guess what scenes D4Disgruntled's music plays over. For those who don't, this will be a new listening experience. The tracks are not in chronological order deliberately as to create a different listening experience to the score separate from the film. There is a Special Collector's Edition CD of the Complete Score coming soon that will only be available on CD. That will have all the music in chronological order for the "completists".

There are motifs and themes established early in the Main titles which get developed throughout the film and summoning up everything in the End Credits. The score transitions from a more ghostly and haunting soundscape to a harsh pounding one by the end.

The composing style and overall tone and soundscape are done in a manner to evoke a similar feel as the original music in the film but is still far different. No John Carpenter or Alan Howarth material here. It is intended to have a pseudo-1988 feel but with more modern-day composition styling.

SO WHY RESCORE?
I got the idea to compose my own music to a past film for use as part of my demo reel from film composer agent Richard Kraft (of Kraft/Engel Management). For aspiring composers of media projects who are trying to “break-in” and have little to no professional work in their portfolio, he recommended they re-score a scene or two from a film they liked with their own musical ideas and approach. I expanded upon the suggestion made by Kraft by setting out to compose complete scores to films, specifically horror films for now.

SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
This is significant in that when D4Disgruntled. In 1990, when he was a teenager beginning to compose, he chose this as his first film to attempt scoring on a 61-key Casio keyboard. Each track was always just one instrument - a string with ethereal choir, a warm synth pad, a hollow spacey synth or a piano string combo. He had no DAW, let alone, no computer. D4Disgruntled sat in front of the TV, plugged his keyboard into the stereo, hit record and started playing.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM ORDER
This digital album release is only a 44-minute representation of D4Disgruntled’s complete score to the film. The cues are also not in chronological film order. He chose highlights from the score and re-arranged them to create a different listening experience. The full score run-time is just over 60 minutes.

NO CARPENTER OR HOWARTH MATERIAL IS USED
The iconic Halloween theme and all the subthemes and motifs and musical ideas from the original and subsequent films was not used. It had been considered in the beginning, but since the idea behind each project is to re-score the film with new material, the themes and musical ideas should also be new and different.

However, this project was set into motion after D4Disgruntled comopleted his "A Homage To The FIlm Music Of Halloween" EP Album which is available here. On that project, which was inspired by the Halloween 2018 film trailers, he evolved the thematic material to feel like its 40 years later as all the characters are now 40 years older. Check it out.

LIMITED SPECIAL COLLECTOR's EDITION
This SCE ALBUM is available on CD ONLY and contains the complete 61 minute score he composed from which he re-ordered and truncated for the Digital Album Release . The music is presented in film order. That is 16 minutes of additional music of. Additionally, The SCE release will have liner notes that discuss my approach more to the score and a summarized break-down of the tracks and what scenes they went to.

VIDEO CLIP SAMPLES
For those interested in seeing how the music fits to the film, check out the Music Track Preview Video Clips here.

"Horror Re-Scored: Vol. 1"

D4Disgruntled

This is the first album in what will become a forthcoming series of albums in which D4Disgruntled will compose a complete alternate score to various horror films he favored in his youth. No musical ideas from the original scores of these films are used on any of the albums. All that is heard is new and original musical ideas exclusive to

This is the first album in what will become a forthcoming series of albums in which D4Disgruntled will compose a complete alternate score to various horror films he favored in his youth. No musical ideas from the original scores of these films are used on any of the albums. All that is heard is new and original musical ideas exclusive to D4Disgruntled. The film chosen was Halloween 4.

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HR1: 01 - Main Titles 2:19

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HR1: 02 - Gas Station 3:39

0:00/3:39
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HR1: 03 - Rainy Night 4:00

0:00/4:00
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HR1: 04 - Power Outage 1:20

0:00/1:20
5

Fears Coming True 3:10

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HR1: 06 -Accident Site 1:55

0:00/1:55
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HR1: 08 - What's Happening? 1:58

0:00/1:58
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HR1: 10 - The Night Begins 2:23

0:00/2:23
9

Creating A Lynch Mob 2:37

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HR1: 14 - Gathering The Team 1:23

0:00/1:23
11

Futile Standoff 6:21

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12

Road Rage 3:11

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HR1: 17 - The Take Down 1:45

0:00/1:45

Now Available!
The Special Collector's CD
Note: This CD features the complete score to the project whereas the Digital Album features only select highlights.

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