Christopher Young’s new score to Drag Me To Hell is sending shivers down my back!. Horror is a genre Young is VERY comfortable in and this time (unlike The Uninvited) Young reinvents himself and hits a home-run… no, a 9th inning 2 out World Series clinching grand-slam with this one. I don’t know if I’ve heard a scarier track this year or in recent memory than “Loose Teeth!” The grotesque and unholy sounds heard at the 4:20 mark literal scared me out of my seat. I’ve never heard such sounds in the a film score.
“Auto-Da-Fe” has to be heard to be believed! This second to last track opens with this cheesy organ riff which is utterly fantastic and then explodes into a frenetic piece that, while sounds unorganized, is a testament to Young’s skills as a composer to create such a beautiful and wonderful piece of chaos!
And then Young closes one of the strongest scores of the year with a horror concerto the likes of we have never heard! The brilliant, gypsy-like violin theme heard at the beginning of the score and throughout gets to really stretch its wings here. It is then joined for the final 2 minutes by full symphony and chorus in what is easily one of the most satisfying conclusions to an album I’ve heard in a while! Absolutely brilliant!!! This will get multiple spins from now until the end of the year and is, IMHO, up there with Young’s very best scores!
Highly , HIGHLY recommended!
