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Let\u2019s face it, horror films are all-the-scarier because of music. Things that go bump in the night are often punctuated by the stab of violins<\/a><\/strong>, the whine of woodwinds or the cackle of choir. But not always. Composers have come up with all manner of ways to give us the willies on screen over the years. So, get some popcorn (and a cushion to hide behind) as we delve into six of the very best horror film scores of all time.<\/p> Not many sequels surpass the original, but James Whale\u2019s follow-up to Frankenstein <\/em>(1931) is one of them and not least of all because of Franz Waxman\u2019s original score. Wildly exciting and ahead of its time in many ways, Waxman\u2019s music was riding high on the wave of the new \u2018Hollywood Sound\u2019.<\/p> Film music as we know it was really born just a couple of years before and Waxman was part of its origin story, along with Max Steiner, Alfred Newman and Erich Wolfgang Korngold<\/a><\/strong>. This score, with its thrilling orchestral palette and something called a theremin<\/a><\/strong>, really made audiences sit up and take notice. <\/p>The best horror film scores<\/h2>
The Bride of Frankenstein (Franz Waxman, 1935)<\/h3>