House of Frankenstein (1997)
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House of FrankensteinYear: 1997 Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Don Davis ALBUM INFOOriginal score album released on Prometheus Records. REVIEWS"Don Davis' honest genre effort manages to stir up more than a little excitement, encompassing both Davis' traditional and atonal, dissonant approaches." - Ryan Keaveney, Cinemusic Online "Emphasizing large orchestra and choir, Davis creates a hugely intense wall of sound that creates a powerful, larger-than-life dynamic, including a somewhat Carl Orff/'Conan' rhythmic choral sensibility that creates an appropriately mythological legendry surrounding the characters." - Randall D. Larson, Fandom "Its moments of choral majesty are simply superb, as are Davis' employment of a decently sized orchestra and his subsequent whipping of a good pace out of it." - Christian Clemmensen, Filmtracks "Right from the get-go in the 'Main Title', Davis mixes a large and powerful orchestra with a prominent but not overpowering bed of electronic effects and a huge mixed-voice choir, creating a wonderful sonic experience that pulsates with brooding energy and Gothic grandeur. To resort to a simile, the score plays like a cross between Bram Stoker's Dracula and Hellraiser II with the occasional hint of James Horner thrown in for good measure." - Jonathan Broxton, Movie Music UK "I highly recommend it as one of Don Davis' better works." - Andrew Drannon, Scoresheet "Even given something of dubious origins, Davis can come away with his musical credentials intact as this is generally a strong effort." - Tom Daish, Soundtrack Express "This was one of those situations where a particular aspect of a production overcame and surpassed the rest of the show. In this case, it was the music." - Dan Goldwasser, SoundtrackNet "House of Frankenstein is further hard evidence that Don Davis is no one-hit wonder in the film music world." - Christopher Coleman, Tracksounds |