![]() No, the actual score to Friday the 13th was not released at all until 2012, thanks to La La Land records. To think that anyone at that time had any thoughts that a soundtrack release would be successful is a fantasy. It may have been distributed by Paramount, but it was made independently on almost no money at all. Its difficult to remember this now, but the original Friday the 13th was a low budget flick. Too bad it’s been nearly impossible to buy for almost the entirety of its existence. ![]() Vorheeves’ dialogue, adds a bizarre layer of music-concrete to the composition that, along with nearly non-stop sudden stops and starts, creates a piece of music that is nearly as unsettling and startling as the film from which it came. The recurring theme of “ch ch ch, cha cha cha,” in actuality a stretched out vocal sample taken from Mrs. While it cribs from other film scores, most notably Psycho and Jaws, it does its best to carve out its own identity as well. The score to the original Friday the 13th is one ofthe most iconic in film history, and easily the crowning cinematic achievement of composer Henry Manfredini. Say pretty much anything negative you want about it, it’s probably true. Dismiss it as a lame Halloween knock-off, an unoriginal rip-off of a superior film with nothing but a mean streak and some fairly impressive special effects going for it. ![]() Decry it for being amateurish with shoddy acting and lousy writing, direction and cinematography.
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