TIM KROG The Boogey Man LP electronic 80s horror synth score john carpenter NEW
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TIM KROG The Boogey Man LP
__________________________________________________________(One Way Static)
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From what I can tell, his score to Uli Lommel's cult 1980 possession / ghost flick The Boogey Man was Tim Krog's only foray into the realm of film score work. And to be honest, I'd never paid a whole lot of attention to his music for this film, as I wasn't the biggest fan of Boogey Man back when I first caught the film. At the time, it felt like a cheap derivative of superior American films like Halloween and The Exorcist, which in many ways it was. But when I revisited Lommel's little video nasty more recently, I discovered a much odder and more interesting flick than I had initially judged. The haphazard narrative deals with a pair of adult siblings besieged by a murderous ghost they unwittingly released from a possessed mirror, and the film becomes a series of gory kill sequences that build toward the attempted exorcism of the climax. But on re-watch, I took notice of Lommel's interesting directorial choices. Odd camera angles abound, and the film is often drenched in otherworldly colors. And there is a distinctly surrealist vibe that reaches a fever pitch by the finale. I definitely developed more of an appreciation for The Boogey Man and its quirky pastiche of 70's horror tropes, but what really stuck out was the pulsating electronic score from Tim Krog.
It's a bit of a hidden gem. Krog's work for Boogey Man was frequently compared to John Carpenter's synthesizer scores, and while the resemblance is undeniable, Krog's work here is a little more unconventional. You get lots of minimal, brooding synth and repetitious arpeggios that echo that sound of Halloween, but there's also a heavy prog feel. Sinister minor key riffs are accented by swirling kosmische electronics and eerie, dissonant synth-strings. Weird experimental noises blend with atonal melodies to unsettling effect. And on "The Boogey Man Strikes", Krog elicits an almost Goblin-esque feel with his layered keys and murky synth chords. Chiming, childlike music-box melodies turn malignant, and pipe organ sounds emerge out of gleaming electronic clusters, billowing out into a funereal fog. Parts of the score are almost bizarrely upbeat at times, at odds with the bloodshed and poltergeist-driven mayhem on screen. But it all serves to create the weird, dreamlike atmosphere that hangs over the film. Gotta admit, this score is pretty addictive. Weirder and more psychedelic than I ever remembered it being. I wanted to go watch the movie again as soon as soon as the record was over.
One Way Static's posh new reissue comes on colored vinyl in an attractive gatefold package, and includes a bonus "CD record" that features a 1980 radio trailer for the film, as well as a full-color insert with new liner notes from J.A. Kerswell (Teenage Wasteland: The Slasher Movie Uncut), Films On Wax editor Charlie Brigden, and director Ulli Lommel; the latter are particularly interesting (albeit brief), as Lommel talks about how William S. Burroughs inadvertently ended up being involved in some of the editing for the film! © CRUCIAL BLAST
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