Jill Tracy – The Dark Day

Most Octobers, I reach for the spectral music of Jill Tracy to get into the mood for Halloween. Yet this year, I’m visiting her latest work, The Dark Day, to process the catastrophe of the recent West Coast wildfires and to help provide aid to the victims of this disaster. Tracy is a San FranciscoContinue reading “Jill Tracy – The Dark Day”

My Top 10 Favorite Horror Soundtracks

Horror film soundtracks arguably may be the most innovative, complex and creative type of film score. The composer along with the producers and sound engineers have to sonically create a body of work that can unsettle, disturb and intensify an audience as much if not more so than the film it accompanies. Many of theseContinue reading “My Top 10 Favorite Horror Soundtracks”

Halloween Music

As many people do, I get into the Halloween spirit from watching horror films and reading stories about the paranormal and supernatural. Yet what seems to get me most in the mood for the season is listening to creepy, unsettling atmospheric music. Most of the perfect examples of this kind of music comes from theContinue reading “Halloween Music”