Mardi Gras Massacre - Soundtrack

Over at the fantastic Temple Of Schlock blog, some fiendish detective work has resulted in a track listing for the soundtrack to the "video nasty" slasher "Mardi Gras Massacre". As anyone who has seen the film can attest, this low budget schlocker (a loose remake of "Blood Feast") was graced by an incredibly funky disco score.

Since they did such a great job in describing it, here's a direct link:

http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2008/11/mardi-gras-massacre-soundtrack.html

Minus a couple of tracks that couldn't be located (any help out there?), here is the soundtrack to "Mardi Gras Massacre" - enjoy!

And Seasons Greetings to everyone!!!

1 - High On Love

2 - Cosmic Wind

3 - Funk Connection

4 - Ain't Nothing To It

5 - The Bull

6 - Belly Boogie

7 - Free Spirit

8 - Boogie Magic

9 - Big City Sidewalk

10 - Brazilian Butterfly

11 - Wings Of Fire

12 - Mardi Gras Massacre (TV Spot)

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The New York Ripper - Soundtrack

Music by Francesco De Masi to the eyeball slashing gorefest that is Lucio Fulci's Lo Squartatore Di New York. Released in 1982 and following the success of his previous Gothic projects (The Beyond, House By The Cemetery, City Of The Living Dead), this film - essentially a gory giallo with a vicious killer stalking New York - was a disappointment for fans and something of a turning point in his career. Having the killer adopt the voice of Donald Duck to taunt the police is just plain stupid and the leaden pacing and flat photography make the gore scenes a chore to get through. The hard-gore/soft-porn misogynistic nature of the film also managed to alienate all but the most hardened splatter fan and the film was subsequently banned in many territories (including my own, Australia). It doesn't help that lead actor Jack Hedley looks like he would rather be ANYWHERE else. However... it does feature another fine score from Francesco De Masi, composer of Thunder, Lone Wolf McQuade and a whole bunch of Spaghetti Westerns. The track "April Night" (performed by Walter Rizzati) also turns up in the Australian video trailer for "Cannibal Apocalypse". Weird, eh? And as a useless bit of trivia, the screenwriters of this film (Vincenzo Mannino & Gianfranco Clerici) later re-worked the screenplay to become Ruggero Deodato's Off Balance / Un Delitto Poco Comune (1988).

EDIT: This updated version has a more consistent bitrate (@320) as well as a few cover versions of the title theme. Thank you to those musicians; I'm hoping in the spirit of Fulci-ness, they won't mind me sharing their fantastic versions!

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1 - New York One More Day

2 - Phone Call

3 - New York One Night

4 - Puerto Rico Club

5 - The Ripper

6 - New York One More Day (Funk)

7 - Fay

8 - Where Is The Ripper?

9 - New York One Night 2

10 - Puerto Rico Club 2

11 - Suspense And Murder

12 - Waiting For The Killer

13 - New York One More Day (Funk - Long Mix)

14 - Fay (Alternate)

15 - New York One More Day (Funk - Alternate Mix)

16 - April Night (Walter Rizzati)

17 - Porn Scene Song (I Got A Misery?)

18 - New York One More Day (Another Dead Junkie)

19 - New York One More Day (Jazz Version)

20 - New York One More Day (Island Rocks)

Bonus - Original Trailer

The Gore Score

Another collection of rare film themes (that for one reason or another have yet to be officially released), this time focusing on those gory glory days of the '70s and early '80s. Just like previous comps, these tracks have been lifted from a variety of sources and a big thanks to the original rippers. I've also included some 'choice cuts' of my own. What's really surprising about a lot of these themes (other than their non-appearance on CD) is how damn pretty a lot of them are!

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1 - Vampyres (James Clarke)

2 - Deranged (Carl Zittrer)

3 - Last House On Dead End Street (Library Score)

4 - Death Line (Will Malone)

5 - The Chosen Survivors (Fred Karlin)

6 - The Asphyx (Bill McGuffie)

7 - Die Screaming Marianne (Cyril Ornadel)

8 - And Now The Screaming Starts (Douglas Gamley)

9 - The Beast Must Die (Douglas Gamley)

10 - Horror Hospital (De Wolfe Library)

11 - Tombs Of The Blind Dead (Anton Garcia Abril)

12 - Invasion Of The Bee Girls (Charles Bernstein)

13 - Eaten Alive (Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper)

14 - Graduation Day (Arthur Kempel)

15 - Embryo (Gil Melle)

16 - Axe (George Newman Shaw & John Wilhelm)

17 - Squirm (Robert Prince)

18 - Zoltan Dracula's Dog (Andrew Belling)

19 - Laserblast (Joel Goldsmith & Richard Band)

20 - Death Ship (Ivor Slaney)

21 - The Legacy (Michael J Lewis)

22 - When A Stranger Calls (Dana Kaproff)

23 - The Entity (Charles Bernstein)

24 - Amityville 2 The Possession (Lalo Schifrin)

25 - The Devonsville Terror (Ray Colcord)

26 - Mortuary (John Cacavas)

27 - Mausoleum (Jaime Mendoza-Nava)

28 - Unhinged (Jon Newton)

29 - Superstition (David Gibney)

30 - The Mutilator (Michael Minard)

31 - Dead & Buried (Joe Renzetti)

32 - Mother's Day (Phil Gallo & Clem Vicari Jr)

33 - C.H.U.D. (David A Hughes)

34 - Death Warmed Up (Mark Nicholas)

35 - The Unholy (Roger Bellon)

36 - Intruder (GSD'Arto)

..... and another bonus track!

Radio Spots From Hell

Horror Film Radio Spots - As much as I love trailers, radio spots really had to go that extra mile to seize a listener's attention. Shrieks and howls are common, but it's the hyperbole of the narrators that really managed to 'sell the sizzle'. Most of these tracks first surfaced thanks to the efforts of Mike Vraney's 'Something Weird Video'. Back in the days of VHS (remember that?), Something Weird gave away radio trailer comps on audio cassette with any of their utterly amazing trailer tapes. I still have fond memories of subjecting one and all to the gory delights of the Blood-O-Rama Shriek Show trailer compilation during my 18th birthday.

I've managed to locate some extra tracks that I considered 'essential' for any horror compilation (that means more Fulci, early Cronenberg & grindhouse standards) and converted them to MP3 to make this the ultimate horror radiothon:

Abby / Amityville Horror / And Now The Screaming Starts / Astro Zombies / Asylum Of The Insane / Basket Case / Beyond The Door / Black Christmas / Blood Drinkers / Blood Feast / Blood Mania / Blood Rose + The Body Stealers / Blood-O-Rama Shock Show / Blood Voyage / Boris Karloff Festival / The Brainiac + Curse Of The Crying Woman / The Brood / Cannibal Girls + Raw Meat / The Corpse Grinders + Undertaker & His Pals + The Embalmer / The Crawling Thing + Creature Of Evil / Creature From Black Lake / The Creeping Flesh / The Crimson Cult + Horror House / Cry Of The Banshee / Crypt Of Dark Secrets + Punch Of Death / Dawn Of The Dead / The Devil's Nightmare / The Devil's Rain + Virgin Witch / Don't Open The Window / Don't Answer The Phone / Dr Tarr's Torture Dungeon / Encounter With The Unknown / The Equinox / Eyeball + Suspiria / The Female Butcher / Flesh Feast / I Dismember Mama + The Bloodspattered Bride / Frogs / Funeral Home / Gates Of Hell / Gruesome Twosome + Something Weird / Halloween / Hell Night / Horror Marathon / Horror Of Dracula / Horror Of The Blood Monsters / Horror Of The Zombies / Horror On Snape Island / House By The Cemetery / House Of Exorcism / House That Vanished / Humanoids From The Deep / I Drink Your Blood + I Eat Your Skin / Incredible 2 Headed Transplant / Invasion Of The Blood Farmers / Lady Frankenstein / Last House On The Left / Loch Ness Horror / Man Buried Alive Horrorthon / Manmade Monster + Bloody Vampire / Maniac / Maniacs Are Loose / Mansion Of The Doomed / Mark Of The Devil / Massacre At Central High / Incredible Melting Man / Monsters Crash The Pyjama Party / Monsters A Go Go / Necromancy / Monster Show / Nurse Sherri / Paranoia / Phantasm / Rabid / Return Of Count Yorga / Sadismo / Schizoid / Scream & Scream Again / Shock Waves / Simon King Of The Witches / Something Is Out There / Spirits Of The Dead / Squirm / Suspiria / Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary / The Redeemer / Theatre Of Blood / They Came From Within / They're Coming To Get You / The Toolbox Murders / Triple Terror Show / Visiting Hours / Women & Bloody Terror + Night Of Bloody Horror / Werewolves On Wheels / Zombie

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