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Topic: Horror ProgPosted By: omphaloskepsis
Subject: Horror Prog
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 12:17
Please recommend scary, horror progressive rock albums. I adore the Italian horror prog. I'm sure that I am not aware of all of it. Besides the Italians, please recommend others. Prog horror movie soundtracks are welcome.
Replies: Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 12:47
Check out Devil Doll.
Not only spooky, but also very good music.
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 13:05
Zeph wrote:
Check out Devil Doll.
Not only spooky, but also very good music.
Spooky, good, groovy horror prog is what I'm looking for.
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 13:50
Since you're no doubt familiar with the best of the Italians' output, here's a classic via Sweden.
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 14:05
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 14:07
Peter Hammil : A louse is not a home (from his Solo opus from 1974 The Silent corner and the empty stage)
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 14:32
verslibre wrote:
Since you're no doubt familiar with the best of the Italians' output, here's a classic via Sweden.
I'm familiar with 60% of the Italian horror prog. I have my blind spots.
That said, the album you recommended sounds amazing! 
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 15:19
Pulsar – Halloween
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 16:15
Ian Gordon – The Black Church, from "The Horror Show"
Ian Gordon – It's Just an Old House, from "The Horror Show"
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 21:06
Tangerine Dream did the soundtrack to the film Near Dark.
Keith Emerson's first soundtrack Inferno was for Dario Argento in 1980. It's a good one.
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 18 2024 at 21:47
Nil – Le Gardien, from "Nil Novo Sub Sole"
Nil – Dérégénération, from "Nil Novo Sub Sole"
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 00:42
I though this 2017 release was something really special. Thick with that cozy 1970's proghorror atmosphere I love so much. Ok, so it's comforting rather than scary to me, but the same goes for that Morte Macabre album. And Goblin...
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 01:19
^ Good stuff
------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 02:37
Halloween – Yule Horror, from "Laz"
Halloween – Laz, from "Laz"
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 09:23
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 09:25
Saperlipopette! wrote:
I though this 2017 release was something really special. Thick with that cozy 1970's proghorror atmosphere I love so much. Ok, so it's comforting rather than scary to me, but the same goes for that Morte Macabre album. And Goblin...
I dig it. It's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for.
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 10:03
Dragon (B) - Dragon (1976)
This album is not particularly scary and probably not scary enough for you, Cindy, but I can at least recommend it for the beginners of "the genre" - like me.
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 11:14
Matthew Parmenter – In the Dark, from "Horror Express"
Matthew Parmenter – Monsters From the Id, from "Horror Express"
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 11:19
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 11:36
Both the Umberto albums which these tracks are taken from are amazing (imo):
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 11:54
John Carpenter's soundtracks might apply. Prog magazine has written some reviews on some of these. He has released 4 volumes of Lost Themes that might be of some appeal.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 12:06
rushfan4 wrote:
John Carpenter's soundtracks might apply. Prog magazine has written some reviews on some of these. He has released 4 volumes of Lost Themes that might be of some appeal.
Good call. Carpenter is an all-around talented man.
I recently purchased the Alien 3 soundtrack, composed by Elliot Goldenthal. I own several Fabio Frizzi horror movie soundtracks, too. The Omen and Phantasm soundtracks are on my wish list.
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 12:27
Anima Morte – The Nightmare Becomes Reality, from "The Nightmare Becomes Reality"
Anima Morte – Passage of Darkness, from "The Nightmare Becomes Reality"
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 14:05
I have this Carpenter, a re-recording by him of his film music --
------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 14:08
omphaloskepsis wrote:
I recently purchased the Alien 3 soundtrack, composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
That is an amazing score, and so different than Jerry Goldsmith's or James Horner's work which were more traditional cinema music.
------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 15:29
David_D wrote:
Dragon (B) - Dragon (1976)
This album is not particularly scary and probably not scary enough for you, Cindy, but I can at least recommend it for the beginners of "the genre" - like me.
Actually, it's only the last track which is a bit scary, but it's a nice album.
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 19:44
How about Jacula? that's some spooky occult music from 70's Italy, with church organ and all,
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Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 20:54
Vrajitor's Tenebrarium – E.N.L.D.
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 21:15
Yep agree with Carpenter and also would add the Alien soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith. Christ that was proper creepy back in the day!
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 19 2024 at 21:36
Bj-1 wrote:
How about Jacula? that's some spooky occult music from 70's Italy, with church organ and all,
Love this one!
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 20 2024 at 01:13
There's loads and loads of fantastic 1970's (and early 1980's) "Horror Prog" scores. Here's a few favorites (where I love more or less the whole album, but releases of full scores are often a mess with tons of bonus material that's almost identical to each other etc... so I usually end up curating my own listen):
Recently Reissued as with plenty of bonus stuff as Nightmare City. Amazing score interrupted by a (inoffensive) disco song sung by Grace Jones:) - and then we're back to the dark stuff again
Posted By: Starshiper
Date Posted: November 20 2024 at 01:45
Popol Vuh – Brüder Des Schattens, from "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (original soundtrack)
Popol Vuh – Höre, Der Du Wagst, from "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (original soundtrack)
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 22 2024 at 16:51
Saperlipopette! wrote:
There's loads and loads of fantastic 1970's (and early 1980's) "Horror Prog" scores. Here's a few favorites (where I love more or less the whole album, but releases of full scores are often a mess with tons of bonus material that's almost identical to each other etc... so I usually end up curating my own listen):
I love the Phantasm score. I first bought the LP from the Varese shop via Fangoria. I've owned several iterations of the CD. The recent LP is a completely new remaster (still hoping they issue it on CD).