Malevolent Music: 5 Memorable Horror Movie Scores

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Someone, probably Eli Roth, once said that any viewer who doesn't want to be scared during a horror movie shouldn't cover their eyes, but should cover their ears. Whoever said that was right because a good cinematic scary story is nothing without an iconic suite of songs to set the tone.

Many of the best musical scores in cinema history come from horror films. Listening to some of the most beautiful songs, one would often be shocked by the visceral nightmare that music might accompany. Horror scores are perhaps more important to the feel of a film than any other genre's dulcet tones.

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Score: Charlie Clouser

The massive hit status of the 2004 torture horror classic was a bit of a surprise to James Wan and Leigh Whannell. The yearly sequels gradually overstayed their welcome, but the Saw franchise was a bona fide phenomenon for a while. Many elements contributed to the franchise's success, but a single song on the film's soundtrack definitely contributed a lot to its legacy. The soundtrack is composed mainly of hardcore industrial rock. Clouser worked with rock legends, primarily Nine Inch Nails before his career in film scores, and he brings that level of discordant impact to the film. The song «Hello Zepp» swiftly became one of the most iconic horror theme songs of all time, a position it retains to this day. The Saw franchise is a great modern example of a horror score that demonstrates choices outside the typical options.

Score: Rob

This 2012 slasher is one of the best remakes in the world of horror. Elijah Wood stars as a dangerously unhinged serial killer. Almost the entire film is shot in first-person from the killer's POV, providing a deeply unpleasant level of immediacy to the stylized