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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Original Motion Picture Score)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Original Motion Picture Score)
Waxwork Records | CAT #: WW200
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FEATURES
FEATURES
- The Original 1974 Score by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell
- Available For The First Time In Any Format
- Sourced From The Original Master Tapes
- Hand Poured Color Vinyl Variants
- Exclusive Liner Notes By Composer Wayne Bell
- Heavyweight Gatefold Jackets with Inner Flood Printing
- 11"x11" Twelve Page Booklet
- Production and Behind The Scenes Photography
- Design by Steve Reeves
DETAILS
DETAILS
ARTIST: Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell
LABEL: Waxwork Records
CAT NO: WW200
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GENRE / STYLE:
- Soundtrack
- Horror Soundtrack
- Film Score
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Waxwork Records is proud to release THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE Original Motion Picture Score by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell. In celebration of the iconic film's 50th Anniversary, the long-awaited score album is now available for the very first time in any format. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American Independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. Over the 50 years since its release, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has become widely regarded as one of the best and most influential horror films ever made.
The film's original score by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell is an experimental exercise in music composing and performance that utilizes non-traditional instruments such as suspended cymbals, aluminum saucepans, a children's toy percussion set, various wildlife calls, whistles, shakers, and more. The result is one of the earliest examples of industrial music and has since become known as the "holy grail" of film scores due to its status of being either lost or destroyed. As such, Hooper and Bell's innovative score has become highly sought after, spawning countless bootlegs and attempts to re-create it for commercial gain. Waxwork Records' release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell marks the first time the official score will be made available anywhere.
In 2023, the original film score master tapes were discovered and then privately held at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, TX for preservation. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's co-composer Wayne Bell painstakingly worked to have these original source material master tapes safely transferred. Bell then personally worked to construct and mix the newly transferred official Texas Chain Saw Massacre score for a cohesive listening experience. The score was then mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Mastering.
Waxwork Records is proud to present THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE Original Motion Picture Score by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell as a deluxe vinyl set featuring handpoured colored vinyl, heavyweight gatefold jackets with a printed inner flood, exclusive liner notes by co-composer Wayne Bell, an 11"x11" twelve page booklet with production and behind the scenes photography, and full album design by Steve Reeves.
TRACKLIST
TRACKLIST
1. Main Title with Opening
2. Warnings Medley (Joe Bill's Cemetery Warning) [Gas Station Sun]
3. Cuts Medley (Feedlot) [Hitchhiker's Razor]
4. Outside Grandpa's (The Mark)
5. Inside Grandpa's (Bones)
6. Menace Medley (What Kirk and Pam Don't Know) [Pam's Foreboding] [Leatherface Slams the Door]
7. Jerry X (Leatherface Worries)
8. Trouble Moon
9. Distant Disturbance (Sketch 1)
10. Closer Problem (Sketch 2)
11. Franklin X but Then
12. Sally Awakens for Dinner to the End
13. End Titles
14. Descent (Sketch 3)
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LISTEN
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