# What's The Scariest Movie Music Ever?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 11, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824 "2001-09-11T04:45:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/41 "2001-10-09T22:15:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by HalberMensch242 \*  
> \*\*How about music that was made for a movie, but never used?  
> **Coil** made a score for the 1st Hellraisre, but Clive Barker opted to not use it, for he feared it was too creepy and might distract the audince from the actual content of the film. \*\*

do you remember the title of that score?

Glenoled

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/42 "2001-10-09T22:28:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \*  
> _Basic Instinct_ with that weird music playing while the couple in the beginning are screwing…and you just KNOW that someone’s going to get knifed with all that bare, white skin displayed.
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> ::shiver::

Yet _another_ score by Jerry Goldsmith! He got another Oscar nomination for “Basic Instinct” (as he did for “Planet of the Apes” - I’m not sure about “Poltergiest”.) At least he won an Oscar for “The Omen”. Has anyone mentioned his “Alien” score? Very creepy as well. And also, I believe, Oscar nominated.

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**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/43 "2001-10-10T00:05:25Z")

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My vote goes to Psycho. That sound STILL makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!

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**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/44 "2001-10-10T06:20:21Z")

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Well, at least somebody mentioned Goblin, but I think \*Deep Red/Profondo Rosso \* is creepier. At the very least it is much more varied than Suspiria.

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**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scariest-movie-music-ever/80824/45 "2001-10-10T06:22:14Z")

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By the way, for those who haven’t seen _Deep Red_, a friend of mine compared the main theme to _Tubular Bells_ as performed by Isaac Hayes.

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