This week’s soundtrack spotlight is Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Christopher Young, composer of the first Hellraiser, returned with a bigger sound to represent a visually bigger film. With the first film dealing with cenobites from hell being granted access to our world, the second film allows the characters to visit the hell from which the cenobites originate. Christopher Young’s score takes on this transition perfectly.
A striking visual of the hospital paired with the full orchestral crescendo makes a powerful and immersive scene. Another shining point of the soundtrack is the slightly atonal circus music used during Tiffany’s nightmare which really helps to capture the chilling and ethereal disjointed nature of the scene.
The monolith Leviathan that resides in the centre of the labyrinth of hell also has an immense horn sound which includes the Morse code for 'God'.
Christopher Young is a prolific horror composer with some other awesome titles to his credit including A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Drag me to Hell and the fantastic soundtrack to Sinister and many others, so if you haven’t checked out his work, it’s certainly worth a listen.
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