They’re unpredictable, noisy and have a tendency to move things – they are Poltergeists. On this week’s episode of The Score Edmund Stone is getting into the Halloween spirit with films about these troublesome phantasms including Talk To Me, Ghost Busters, The Changeling and of course, Poltergeist. Get ready to get goosebumps!
Playlist:
20th Century Fox Fanfare
Alfred Newman – Hollywood’s Greatest Hits – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Erich Kunzel cond – Telarc 80168
Main Theme from The Changeling, 1980
Ken Wannberg, Rick Wilkens and Howard Blake – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – National Philharmonic Orchestra – no conductor given – Percepto -006XE
Malcolm’s Story / Cole’s Story from The Sixth Sense, 1999
James Newton Howard – original soundtrack – Pete Anthony – Varese Sarabande 302 066 061
Contacting the Other Side from Poltergeist, 1982
Jerry Goldsmith – original soundtrack – Jerry Goldsmith – TCM R2 72775
Late Call from Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986
Jerry Goldsmith – original soundtrack – Jerry Goldsmith – Intrada RVF 6002D
Mother from Talk to Me, 2022
Cornel Wilczek – original soundtrack – no conductor given – A24 digital
End Credits from Ghost, 1990
Maurice Jarre – original soundtrack – Maurice Jarre – Milan MI2 35733
10 Haunted Hotels from 1408, 2007
Gabriel Yared – original soundtrack – no conductor given – Varese Sarabande 302 066 828 2
Séance – Talk to Us! from The Changeling, 1980
Ken Wannberg, Rick Wilkens and Howard Blake – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – National Philharmonic Orchestra – no conductor given – Percepto -006XE
Carol Ann’s Theme from Poltergeist, 1982
Jerry Goldsmith – original soundtrack – Jerry Goldsmith – TCM R2 72775
Music Box Theme from The Changeling, 1980
Ken Wannberg, Rick Wilkens and Howard Blake – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – National Philharmonic Orchestra – no conductor given – Percepto -006XE
Main Title, End Credits and Reunited from What Lies Beneath, 2000
Alan Silvestri – original soundtrack – Alan Silvestri – Varese Sarabande 302 066 172-1
Prelude from Blithe Spirit, 1945
Richard Addinsell – The Film Music of Richard Addinsell – BBC Philharmonic – Rumon Gamba Chandis – CHAN 10046
Intro/Main Titles from The Frighteners, 1998
Danny Elfman – original soundtrack – Artie Kane – MCA MCAD 11469
Theme from Ghostbusters, 1984
Elmer Bernstein – original soundtrack – Elmer Bernstein – Sony Classical 19075950022
The Aldridge Mansion
Theodore Shapiro – original soundtrack – Mark Graham – Sony Classical 88985329852
Battle of Times Square from Ghostbusters, 2016
Theodore Shapiro – original soundtrack – Mark Graham – Sony Classical 88985329852
Ghost in a Box from Ghostbusters, 2016
Theodore Shapiro – original soundtrack – Mark Graham – Sony Classical 88985329852
Main Title from Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977
John Williams – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – London Symphony Orchestra – John Williams cond – RCA 09026 68772-2