Description

White and red splatter vinyl with thick gatefold cover and insert

More music by Danny Elfman, falling into the orchestrated neo-Gothic area that he mined for a while. This is one of those albums that you either have a taste for, or just don’t want to know about; certainly, it’s a fascinating piece of work — moody, pushy, quirky, with orchestral tones that jump out at you, which means it’s perfectly in keeping with Clive Barker’s writing (he wrote the novella that the movie is based on, as well as writing and directing the movie) — fine tuned, with a sense of what makes for a beautiful passage, but sometimes with the subtlety of a bus falling on the listener. There are moments that have a gentleness and pleasantness to them that’s astounding and breathtaking — musically, Elfman’s work for Nightbreed ranks with the best of Bernard Herrmann, and that is no mean feat. This 2015 re-issue features the bonus track “Country Skin” that previously only was available on the cd and cassette version. “Country Skin” is a pleasant little country and western number about ripping your face off, sung by Michael Stanton.

Track list:
1. Main Titles / Dream
2. Carnival Underground
3. Into Midian / Meat For The Beast
4. Resurrection Suite / Boone Transforms
5. The Initiation / Scalping Time
6. Rachel’s Oratory / Party In The Past
7. Poor Babette / Uh, Oh… Decker
8. Then Don’t Say It
9. Boone Gets A Taste
10. Breed Love
11. Mayhem In Midian
12. Baphomet’s Chamber
13. Farewell / 2nd Chance
14. End Credits
15. Country Skin