David Julyan

The Descent (Original Film Soundtrack) [Import]

Burning Witches Records | CAT #: BWR070

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Color Green Red

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All versions include 3x lobby card prints with liner notes from composer David Julyan and Director Neil Marshall.
Artwork by John J Pearson
Mastered by Darren Page
Cut at Abbey Road Studios by Alex Gordon

Burning Witches Records are honored to present the David Julyan score to one of the greatest British horror films ever made – The Descent.

“Neil Marshall’s sophomore film, 2005’s The Descent, brought the British filmmaker into Masters of Horror territory (and for good reason). The claustrophobic as hell look at a group of women exploring caves while also coming to terms with internal secrets, and untreated trauma and if all of that wasn’t bad enough: cave-dwelling creatures, hungry for blood, shocked audiences worldwide and solidified Marshall as a filmmaker to watch out for. Like the cavernous horror playing out in front of us, composer David Julyan’s score for The Descent engulfs its listener in a claustrophobic yet ethereal atmosphere, easing you in with its beautiful string arrangements, before closing into such dreadfully tight sounds of horror. A combination of symphonic and ambient sounds, Julyan uses his knack for world-building, utilizing the composer’s ability to combine the classical and the experimental into a cornucopia of mood and tone.” - Jerry Smith

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ARTIST: David Julyan
LABEL: Burning Witches Records
CAT NO: BWR070
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Horror Soundtrack

TRACKLIST

1. Opening
2. White Water Rafting
3. Nightmare In The Hospital
4. The Mountains
5. Drive To The Cave
6. Into The Cavern
7. Down The Pipe
8. The Tunnel Collapses
9. Crossing The Crevasse
10. Cave Paintings
11. Sarah Sees A Crawler
12. The Bone Dam
13. Reunited With Juno
14. Sarah Makes A Torch
15. Sarah Finds Beth
16. The Lair
17. Juno Climbs
18. The Crawlers Attack
19. The Descent
20. Alone

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The Best Thing We've Heard in a Long Time

I absolutely LOVE this soundtrack! I'd asked an AI for some chilled-out pieces or soundtracks based on my taste for Sigur Rós and Low Roar, and Volker Bertelmann's score for All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the suggestions. I fell in love with it the minute I heard that repeated, haunting melody. He keeps coming back to it, and the moments he chooses to bring it back are what make it so powerful. The rest of the music is brilliant too. The whole thing just works, and it was worth the trouble it took to track down a new copy and the money I paid for it.
My wife works from home in an open loft upstairs, so she hears everything I play. When I got home from work, this had been delivered, so I logged it, put it on, and turned it up to a serious level. When it was time to flip to side B, she yelled down, "What was that? It was amazing!" After it was over she came downstairs to look at the cover and ask more about it. We both agreed it was the best thing we'd heard in a long time.
If you like atmospheric, emotional music that stays with you, get this one. Five stars, easily.

Mark Schminke

10/11/2026