Day of the Dead fans will be thrilled to learn that the film's score has been restored and remastered, specifically for release on vinyl. The vinyl score also comes with some surprise extras if you get your hands on the limited edition version.
John Harrison's score finally receives the treatment it deserves as it arrives in its entirety on vinyl. Harrison returned to work on his own score with a little help from his musical peers and Waxwork Records, who made this announcement:
"This release features, for the first time ever, every musical cue used in the film (over an hour’s worth of music). Our source material for this release were the original 1985 master tapes. The tapes were restored and re-mixed by composer John Harrison (Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt, Tales From The Darkside) and mixing engineer Michael Farrow (music scoring engineer of The Big Lebowski, Cabin Fever, Hostel, Halloween, Where The Wild Things Are). The score was then re-mastered for vinyl by former White Zombie guitarist, J. Yuenger.
Day Of The Dead will be a 180 gram 2xLP limited release on Cream Yellow Marble vinyl (Sides A & B) and Military Green Marble vinyl (Sides C & D). All housed in a heavyweight old-school tip-on matte varnish gatefold jacket with spot UV gloss finish."
The first 300 copies will be special 'Zombie Flesh and Blood' edition vinyls which come with notes from Harrison and the man who started it all- director George A. Romero. Plus, a replica of the newspaper article 'THE DEAD WALK!' that flutters along the zombie-infested streets at the beginning of the film.
The vinyl score is available for pre-order at Waxwork Records online shop and will be available on September 30th. We've included that tracking listing below and cover art (via Fangoria). *This story was submitted by Jemma George
Track Listing:
Side A
1. Main Title
2. Sarah Sees Graves
3. First Cave Entry
4. Zombies Approach
5. Capturing Zombies
6. You Almost Killed Rickles
7. Sarah Dopes Miguel
8. Where’s Frankenstein?
9. Bub Scares Sarah
10. Zombie Spills His Guts
11. Steele, Shoot That Woman
Side B
12. John Warns Sarah
13. People Got Different Ideas
14. Sarah Hallucinates
15. Walk To The Ritz
16. Sarah At The Ritz
17. John Lectures
18. What Hell Is Like
19. Logan Teaching Bub / Bub Learning
20. Miller Dies
Side C
21. Miguel Bitten
22. Sarah Breaks Down
23. Logan’s Lab / Logan’s Madness
24. Beef Treats
25. Those Are My Men
26. Miguel Decides
27. Chopper Can’t Hold Us All
28. Laugh In The Dark
Side D
29. Fix It… Can’t You Fix It?
30. Miguel Lets Em’ In
31. Rhodes Leaves His Men Behind
32. Zombie Overrun
33. The End Of Steele / Lost In The Caves
34. Heroes Escape
35. Bub Stalks Rhodes
36. Zombies Rip Rhodes
37. On The Beach
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