Taste the Blood of Dracula [Soundtrack]

taste the blood of dracula [soundtrack]

Track Listings
1. Weller in Trouble
2. Dracula's Blood
3. Opening Credits
4. Snake Dance - Enter Lord Courtley
5. Young Lovers
6. Dangerous Proposition
7. Unholy Alliance
8. Ceremony Begins
9. Taste the Blood
10. Courtley Is Beaten to Death
11. Dracula Reincarnated
12. Lord of the Undead
13. Alice and Paul
14. Hargood Pays the Price
15. Dracula's Presence
16. Alice and Lucy
17. Lucy Succumbs
18. Impossible Choice
19. Paxton Pays the Price
20. Lucy Bites Jeremy
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Taste the Blood of Dracula [Soundtrack]
Hammer the Studio That Dripped Blood
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Beautiful music.
  • 5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions
  • "Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck"
 Hammer the Studio That Dripped Blood
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ASIN: B000063IUP
Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

  1. Main Theme/Inside Castle Darcula/Lure Of The Vampire Women/Dracula's Rage/The Kiss Of The Living Dead (Dracula)
  2. Funeral In Carpethia/Finale: Confrontation & Climax/The Fall Of Dracula (Dracula Prince Of Darkness)
  3. Love Theme (The Scars Of Dracula)
  4. Finale/Dracula And The Crucifix (Dracula Has Risen From The Grave)
  5. The Blood Of Dracula (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
  6. Romance: The Young Lovers/Shadow Of The Tomb (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
  7. Ride To The Ruined Church/Romance At Dusk (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
  8. Dracula Triumphant/Pursuit/Death Of Lucy (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
  9. The Victory Of Love (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
  10. Christina (Frankenstein Created Woman)
  11. The Power Of Evil (The Devil Rides Out)
  12. Invocation To The Devil/Dance Frenzy (The Devil Rides Out)
  13. Awakening And Absolution (The Devil Rides Out)
  14. Vampire Rhapsody (Kiss Of The Vampire)

Tracks:

  1. Cosmic Sequence/Tumak Meets Luana/In The Domain Of The Shell People/Eruption Of The Volcano (One Million Years B.C.) - Mario Nascimbene
  2. Main Theme/Storm Over The Sea (When Dinasours Ruled The Earth) - Mario Nascimbene
  3. Life Of The Tribe/Finale (Creatures The World Forgot) - Mario Nascimbene
  4. The Tomb/The Desert (The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb) - Carlo Martelli
  5. Ayesha - She Who Must Be Obeyed (She)
  6. Bedouin Attack & Desert Quest (She)
  7. In The Kingdom Of She - Processional/The Cruelty Of She (She)
  8. The Eternal Flame And The Destruction Of She (She)
  9. Main Title (The Abominable Snowman) - Humphrey Searle
  10. Defeat Of The Aliens/Finale (Quatermass II)
  11. Main Titles/Anna's Theme - Christopher Gunning
  12. Prologue (Vampire Circus) - David Whitaker
  13. Main Themes (The Vampire Hunter) - Jamed Bernard
  14. Pastorale/The Werewolf At Bay/Aptheosis (Curse Of The Werewolf) - Benjamin Frankel

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful music........2007-01-10

I sat back with the lights dimmed and a cup of hot coffee and enjoyed the beautiful haunting music of years gone by. Memories abound.

4 out of 5 stars 5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions.......2006-08-29

Why doesn't this get a perfect five stars?

Simple reason.

The producers at Silva, for wahtever reason, decided to cut down their SHE suites and Hands of the Ripper suites.

On the previous Hammer releases, "Draculas - Classic Horror Films", released in 1993, recorded in 1989, they had seven additional minutes of "Hands of the Ripper" that could have been included on this set.

Additionally, The Devil Rides Out: Film Music of James Bernard, released in 1997, recorded in 1995 and 1996 had about a minute more of additional music from SHE, PLUS about seven minutes worth of suites from Quatermass and X: The Unknown.

Both discs in this new re-issue round out at around 68 minutes, so there was room for some of these omissions.

Silva Screen gets big kudos for a reissuing these recordeings in the remastered HDCD format, but I don't understand these omissions. In fact, one of the tracks included, "Vampire Hunter" isn't even from a Hammer film, and its the only recording on this collection not on previous Silva CD's.

Again, 5 stars for the performances, the 1989 performances with Neil Richardson and the Philharmonia are fantastic. (Dracula, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula, Hands of the Ripper, Vampire Circus.)

Additionally, The Westminster Philharmonic under the baton of Kenneth Alwyn do an excellent job as usual (Kiss of the Vampire, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, She, THe Abominable Snowman, Quatermass II and Curse of the Werewolf.) Finally, the City of Prague Philharmonic, who get a bad rap more often than they deserve round out hte album and IMHO, deliver the goods, under the trusty batons of Paul Bateman (Scars of Dracula, Frankenstein Created Woman, additionally, Bateman also plays the piano solo on Kiss of the Vampire.) and Nic Raine (The Devil Rides Out, One Million Years BC, When Dinosuars Ruled the Earth, Creatures The World Forgot, The Vampire Hunter)

I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could.

Much thanks to producers David Wishart, Eric Tomlinson and James Fitzpatrick and recording engineers Mike Ross-Trevor, John Luard Timperley and Jan Holzner for contributing to these fine historical film music recordings.

5 out of 5 stars "Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck".......2002-04-09

Silva Screen takes us on tour through the castles of Transylvania with a collection of
outstanding scores from James Bernard on Disc One ~ "DRACULA" (1958)..."KISS OF
THE VAMPIRE" (1964)..."DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS"
(1966)..."FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN" (1967)..."THE DEVIL RIDES OUT"
(1968)..."DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE" (1968)..."THE SCARS OF
DRACULA" (1970)..."TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA" (1970)...even though the
blood doesn't flow as easily in "KISS OF THE VAMPIRE", the score from Bernard is
seductive, sensual to say the least for "creatures of the night", masked ball scene blends
atmospheric trance-masquerade themes, intoxicating main title is hauntingly mesmerizing with
"VAMPIRE RHAPSODY", just listen to the piano solo from our character in the film Carl
Ravna (Barry Warren), son of Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) along with daughter Sabena Ravna
(Jacqueline Wallis), a cult of vampires in early 20th century Bavarian, praying on a young
honeymoon couple...Bernard's rhapsody captures the listeners heart and BLOOD!

Let's look at Disc Two with the other Hammer themes and their composers ~ "THE
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN" (1957-Humphrey Searle)..."QUATERMASS II"
(1957-James Bernard)..."CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF" (1960-Benjamin
Frankel)..."CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB" (1964-Carlo Martelli)..."SHE"
(1965-James Bernard)..."ONE MILLION YEARS B.C." (1966-Mario
Nascimbene)..."WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH" (1969-Mario
Nascimbene)..."HANDS OF THE RIPPER" (1971-Christopher Gunning)..."VAMPIRE
CIRCUS" (1971-David Whitaker)..."VAMPIRE HUNTER" (2000-James
Bernard)...difficult as it may be, there is a stand out ~ "THE CURSE OF THE
WEREWOLF", fine direction from Terence Fisher (director) with an outstanding cast Oliver
Reed (Leon-the Werewolf), Clifford Evans (Alfredo), Yvonne Romain (Servant Girl) and
Catherine Feller (Christina), Hammer's departure from the old stereotype of the beast is
refreshing, Reed's performance as the tormented sole, from man to wolf is touching, the score
by Ben Frankel is tense building at it's best, to say the least, setting the tone and mood for the
transformation with counterpoints is stimulating, inclusive orchestration development for what
lies ahead during a full moon.

Without a doubt the highlight pick hands down is "SHE", composer James Bernard gives of
himself without question, the SUITE takes the orchestra into lilting melodic exercises with
percussion chiming in, the harmonies are hypnotic blends of textured fabric, listen as The
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn display stirring strings and
a solo harp run the scales in "THE ETERNAL FLAME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF
SHE", hold-fast arrangement has haunting echoes of Bernard's constant theme, with a final
beat from a drum in the percussion section.

Must make mention the cast of players that made this possible ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra,
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra ~ and
their various conductors Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, Nic Raine and Neil
Richardson...supported by the illustrious staff from Silva Screen Records LTD ~ Reynold da
Silva (executive producer), David Stoner (associate producer), Gareth Williams (Dolby
Surround/HDCD Mastering) and of course James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), who
has the knack of developing quality in every Silva Screen release...similar to "A History Of
Horror:From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense" (SSD-1111/2CD Set), guaranteed to raise the
hair on the back of your neck!

Total Time: Disc One 68:01 on 14 Tracks & Disc Two 68:46 on 14 Tracks ~ Silva Screen
Records SSD-357 ~ (2002)
The Hammer Film Music Collection, Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent compilation
 The Hammer Film Music Collection, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002MU78
Release Date: 2000-12-19

Tracks:

  1. The Devil Rides Out - James Bernard
  2. Twins Of Evil - Harry Robinson
  3. The Mummy - Franz Reizenstein
  4. Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter - Laurie Johnson
  5. Dracula - James Bernard
  6. Moon Zero Two - Don Ellis
  7. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed - James Bernard
  8. When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth - Mario Nascimbene
  9. The Kiss Of The Vampire - James Bernard
  10. The Gorgon - James Bernard
  11. Scars Of Dracula - James Bernard
  12. Hands Of The Ripper - Christopher Gunning
  13. The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb - Carlo Martelli
  14. The Vampire Lovers - Harry Robinson
  15. Creatures The World Forgot - Mario Nascimbene
  16. The Curse Of Frankensein - James Bernard
  17. Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde - David Whitaker
  18. Lust For A Vampire - Harry Robinson
  19. Quatermass And The Pit - Tristam Cary
  20. Countess Dracula - Harry Robinson
  21. She - James Bernard
  22. The Brides Of Dracula - Malcolm Williamson
  23. Blood From The Mummy's Tomb - Tristram Carry
  24. The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires - James
  25. Taste The Blood Of Dracula - James Bernard

Album Description

Collection of 25 digitally remastered original recordings from some of Hammer Films' finest horror movie themes. Includes 'Scars Of Dracula', 'Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde', 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed', 'When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth', 'Twins Of Evil', 'The Gorgon' and many more. 1998 release.

Album Details

Classic Themes which Includes: Dracula, Mummy, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation.......2007-05-09

An excellent compilation of the main themes from the motion pictures of HAMMER STUDIO (England), made by prestigious composers.
Best of Hammer Horror
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    		Best of Hammer Horror

    Manufacturer: GDI
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00005K50P
    Release Date: 2001-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. The Mummy: Opening Credits - Franz Reizenstein
    2. The Mummy: Finale And End Credits - Franz Reizenstein
    3. The Devil Rides Out: Opening Credits - James Bernard
    4. The Devil Rides Out: The Spirit In The Observatory - James Bernard
    5. Twins Of Evil: The Brotherhood Strikes/Opening Credits - Harry Robinson
    6. Twins Of Evil: The Enemy Within - Harry Robinson
    7. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: Opening Credits - James Bernard
    8. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: The Death Of Anna - James Bernard
    9. Quatermass And The Pit: Opening Credits - Tristram Cary
    10. Quatermass And The Pit: Panic - Tristram Cary
    11. The Vampire Lovers: Opening Credits - Harry Robinson
    12. The Vampire Lovers: Laura Is Dead, Marcilla Is Gone - Harry Robinson
    13. Taste The Blood Of Dracula: Dracula's Blood - James Bernard
    14. Taste The Blood Of Dracula: Opening Credits - James Bernard
    15. The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires: Dracula's Metamorphosis/Opening Credits - James Bernard
    16. The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires: The Hunt Of Death - James Bernard
    17. Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell: The Monster From Hell - James Bernard
    18. Frankenstein & The Monster From Hell: Death Of The Monster - James Bernard
    19. The Lost Continent: Abandon Ship! - Gerard Schurmann
    20. The Lost Continent: Shark!/Webster's Demise - Gerard Schurmann
    21. Lust For A Vampire: Opening Credits - Harry Robinson
    22. Lust For A Vampire: Castle Karnstein Burns/Finale - Harry Robinson
    23. The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb: Opening Credits/Professor Dubois Is Murdered - Carlo Martelli
    24. The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb: Finale And End Credits - Carlo Martelli
    25. Scars Of Dracula: Innocent Victim/Opening Credits - James Bernard
    26. Scars Of Dracula: Burning Castle Dracula - James Bernard

    Album Description

    Includes 26 spine-chilling themes and incidental music. Includes music from 'The Mummy', 'Devil Rides Out', 'Twins of Evil', 'Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed', 'Quatermass and the Pit', 'Vampire Lovers', 'Taste the Blood of Dracula', 'Lust For a Vampire', 'Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires', 'Curse of the Mummy's Tomb', 'Scars of Dracula' and 'The Lost Continent.' Musicclub. 2004.

    Album Details

    Includes 26 Spine-chilling Themes and Incidental Music. Includes Music from 'the Mummy', 'devil Rides Out', 'twins of Evil', 'frankenstein Must Be Destroyed', 'quatermass and the Pit', 'vampire Lovers', 'taste the Blood of Dracula', 'lust for a Vampire', 'legend of the Seven Golden Vampires', 'curse of the Mummy's Tomb', 'scars of Dracula' and 'the Lost Continent.'
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      Manufacturer: Gdi Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0000639C3
      Release Date: 2002-02-26

      Tracks:

      1. Weller in Trouble
      2. Dracula's Blood
      3. Opening Credits
      4. Snake Dance - Enter Lord Courtley
      5. Young Lovers
      6. Dangerous Proposition
      7. Unholy Alliance
      8. Ceremony Begins
      9. Taste the Blood
      10. Courtley Is Beaten to Death
      11. Dracula Reincarnated
      12. Lord of the Undead
      13. Alice and Paul
      14. Hargood Pays the Price
      15. Dracula's Presence
      16. Alice and Lucy
      17. Lucy Succumbs
      18. Impossible Choice
      19. Paxton Pays the Price
      20. Lucy Bites Jeremy
      21. Secker Pays the Price/Dracula Kills Lucy
      22. Dracula and Alice
      23. Paul Searches for Alice
      24. Dracula's Menace [Uncut Version]
      25. Power of Light
      26. Evil Is Vanquished
      27. Finale and End Credits
      28. Evil Is Vanquished [Unused Alternate Take][*]
      29. Hargood, Paxton and Secker Arrive in the East End [Barrel Organ Music]

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