Watching Bob Clark's Black Christmas is a holiday tradition for many horror fans, and if you've ever wanted to simply listen to the film's eerie soundtrack while lounging by the fire, then you'll be pleased to know that Waxwork Records has announced the first-ever official release of Black Christmas' creepy score.
The folks at Waxwork Records announced today that they have teamed up with Black Christmas composer Carl Zittrer and Thomas Dimuzio of Gench Mastering to give Black Christmas' score its first release on any format.
The album cover is adorned with new artwork by the talented "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin, and pre-orders for the vinyl will go up this Friday, December 4th on Waxwork Records' website.
From Waxwork Records: "Waxwork Records is thrilled to announce that we are releasing the score to BLACK CHRISTMAS! Directed by the late Bob Clark and released in 1974, BLACK CHRISTMAS follows a group of sorority sisters who are receiving threatening phone calls, while being stalked and murdered during the holiday season by a deranged murderer hiding in the attic of their sorority house.
BLACK CHRISTMAS is a classic horror film that has stood the test of time, and pre-dates what is commonly known today as the "slasher movie".
The haunting, dissonant score composed by legendary composer Carl Zittrer (PORKY'S, A CHRISTMAS STORY) has never been released in any format, ever. In fact, the score to BLACK CHRISTMAS was widely believed to never receive an actual official release. The masters to the score were thought to be lost or destroyed for 40 years. Waxwork Records has worked for a year with composer Carl Zittrer researching and tracking down the original masters. After locating them, Zittrer spent many months constructing a cohesive, definitive BLACK CHRISTMAS soundtrack experience. The entire album was then expertly mastered for vinyl by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Mastering.
Full album artwork has been created by Canadian-horror-illustration guru, Ghoulish Gary Pullin.
Pre Orders for BLACK CHRISTMAS begin this Friday, December 4th."
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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