Richard Band

scorehead · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:57 am

It would seem that most of his film scores that have been released are... well, crap. But he does have an occasional gem, like HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW and MUTANT. His RE-ANIMATOR is a fun romp and is a nice nod to Bernard Herrmann's scores. Also, try THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM which is quite gothic and filled with Carmina Burana like chants. Another late '80's score, that saw an LP release, but no CD yet, was Renny Harlin's U.S. debut, PRISON ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095904/ ). This is easily one of Bands best scores (also written by by Richard Stone) and is well worth tracking down.

Or... if you've got the spare change, try his royalty free production library http://www.smartsound.com/filmscore/ . Read a press release here http://www.smartsound.com/press/2005/2005-10-17.html .

He also appears to have a website, http://www.richardbandmusic.com , but it doesn't seem to be loading at this time.

Enjoy,

~ Scorehead

Toby The Swede · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:38 am

mankind77 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:47 am

Yavar Moradi · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:17 pm

STEVENJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:22 pm

DeviantMan · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:52 pm

I'm still waiting patiently for a CD release of PRISON which does pay certain homage, in sound, to James Horner's ALIENS score (just a touch, not liberally) via the WAVE FRAME.

I think this score will reach CD sooner than Band's other two LPs not yet on CD: TERRORVISION & TROLL

scorehead · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:25 am

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scorehead · **Posted:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:01 pm

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:41 pm

I didn't know what Richard Band's scores were like till I bought the Intrada recordings of MUTANT and HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW but he is a very good composer.

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