Filmography:
The following is a selected list of significant horror or horror-related film soundtracks featuring electronic sounds, and synthesizers either exclusively or prominently. The relevant composer is noted alongside.
Clearly, there are many, many more low-budget productions that utilise a synth score. If you feel a particular soundtrack should be included, let us know via our Contact page.
1958:
Devil’s Partner – Ronald Stein (two scenes)
The Bloody Vampire (Mexico) – Luis Hernández Bretón
1963:
The Horror of Party Beach – Wilford L. Holcombe (underwater scenes)
1964:
The Gorgon (UK) – James Bernard (Hammond Novachord)
1967:
The Sorcerers (UK) – Paul Ferris
1968:
Behind Locked Doors aka Any Body… Any Way (USA) – Harvey R. Kugler
1969:
Troika – David Johnson, Fredrick Hobbs
1970:
I Drink Your Blood – Clay Pitts
Mark of the Witch – Whitey Thomas
1971:
Endless Night – Bernard Herrmann (Moog synthesizer for the main theme)
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death – Orville Stoeber
1972:
The Brides Wore Blood – Lee Peters
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things – Carl Zittrer
Deathdream aka Dead of Night – Carl Zittrer
The Last House on the Left – Steve Chapin & David Hess
Season of the Witch – Steve Gorn
The Severed Arm – Phillan Bishop
Sisters – Bernard Herrmann (Moog synthesizer for the main theme)
1973:
Lady Frankenstein – Alessandro Alessandroni
The Legend of Hell House – Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson of Electrophon Ltd
Messiah of Evil – Phillan Bishop
1974:
Beyond the Door – Franco Micalizzi (opening scene)
Black Christmas – Carl Zittrer
Corpse Eaters – uncredited
Deranged – Carl Zittrer
The Devil’s Possessed – Carlos Viziello
Fangs – Suzanne Ciani
Help Me… I’m Possessed! – uncredited
Killdozer – Gil Melle
Legacy of Satan – Arlon Ober, Mel Zelniker
Phase IV – Brian Gascoigne
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud – Jerry Goldsmith
Satan’s Children – Ray Fletcher
Seizure – Lee Gagnon (part-synth)
Whispers of Fear – Harry Bromley Davenport (part-piano, part-moog)
1975:
Alucarda aka Sisters of Satan – Anthony Guefen
Deep Red – Goblin
Demon Witch Child – Victor y Diego
The Keeper – Eric Hoyt
Kiss of the Tarantula – Phillan Bishop
1976:
The Alien Factor – Kenneth Walker
The Astral Factor (part-synth) – Richard Hieronymous
At the Earth’s Core – Mike Vickers
Dark August – William Fischer
The Demon Lover – Don Gutz, Jerry Skolasinski
The Devil’s Men aka Land of the Minotaur – Brian Eno
Death Trap aka Eaten Alive – Wayne Bell, Tobe Hooper
Drive In Massacre – uncredited
The Redeemer – Philip Gallo, Clem Vicari
Savage Weekend – Dov Seltzer
Werewolf Woman – Coriolano Gori
1977:
Cathy’s Curse – Didier Vasseur
The Child – Michael Quatro
Full Circle (partly synth score) – Colin Towns
Haunts – Pino Donaggio
Prey – Ivor Slaney
7 Notes in Black aka The Psychic – Bixio, Frizzi, Tempera
Shock Waves – Richard Einhorn
Suspiria – Goblin
Shock – I Libra
1978:
The Alien Factor – Ken Walker
Barracuda (The Lucifer Project) – Klaus Schulze
Blue Sunshine – Charles Gross
Halloween – John Carpenter
Phantasm – Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave
Dawn of the Dead – Goblin
Jennifer – Porter Jordan
Terror – Ivor Slaney
Vampire Hookers – Jaime Mendoza-Nava
1979:
Beyond the Darkness aka Blue Holocaust – Goblin
The Driller Killer – Joe Delia
Don’t Go in the House – Richard Einhorn
Forest of Fear aka Bloodeaters – Ted Shapiro
Satanwar – William Kueker
Zombie Flesh Eaters – Fabio Frizzi
Terror Express! – Marcello Giombini
1980:
Anthropophagus – Marcello Giombini
The Beast in Space – Marcello Giombini
The Being – Don Preston
Blood Beach – Gil Melle (part-synth)
The Boogey Man – Tim Krog
Burial Ground aka Nights of Terror – Berto Pisano
Cannibal Holocaust – Riz Ortolani
City of the Living Dead – Fabio Frizzi
Contamination – Goblin
Death Ship – Ivor Slaney
Don’t Go in the Woods – H. Kingsley Thurber
Fiend – Paul Woznicki
The Fog – John Carpenter
Maniac – Jay Chattaway
Mother’s Day – Phil Gallo & Clem Vicari Jr
Patrick Still Lives – Berto Pisano
The Shining – Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind
To All a Goodnight – Richard Tufo
Zombie Holocaust – Nico Fidenco [Doctor Butcher M.D. version – Walter Sear]
Zombie Lake – Daniel White
1981:
Absurd – Carlo Mario Cordio
The Beyond – Fabio Frizzi
Bloody Moon – Gerhard Heinz
The Burning – Rick Wakeman
Cannibal Ferox – Robarto Donati
Dark Night of the Scarecrow – Glenn Paxton
Final Exam – Gary Scott
The Forest (part-synth) – Richard Hieronymus
Galaxy of Terror – Barry Schrader
Hell Night – Dan Wyman
The House by the Cemetery – Walter Rizzati
Humongous – John Mills-Cockell
Inseminoid – John Scott
Just Before Dawn – Brad Fiedel
Lady, Stay Dead – Bob Young
The Nesting – Jack Malken, George Kim Scholes
Night School – Brad Fiedel
Possession – Andrzej Korzynski
Scanners – Howard Shore
Strange Behavior aka Dead Kids – Tangerine Dream
1982:
Android – Don Preston
Blood Song – Rob Walsh
BoardingHouse – ‘Teeth’
Cat People – Giorgio Moroder
Creepshow – John Harrison
The Entity – Charles Bernstein
Evilspeak – Roger Kellaway
Forbidden World – Susan Justin
Honeymoon Horror – Ron Di Iulio
Manhattan Baby – Fabio Frizzi
Mongrel – Ed Guinn
Next of Kin – Klaus Schulze
Nightbeast – Rob Walsh, J.J. Abrams [as Jeffrey Abrams] – part-synth
Slumber Party Massacre – Ralph Jones
Tenebrae – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli
The Thing – Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
The Sinister Doctor Orloff – Jess Franco [as ‘Pablo Villa’]
Turkey Shoot – Brian May
Unhinged – Jonathan Newton
1983
Angst aka Schizophenia – Klaus Schulze
Attack of the Beast Creatures aka Hell Island – John P. Moxey
The Deadly Spawn – Paul Cornell, Michael Perilstein, Ken Walker
The Devonsville Terror – Ray Colcord
Eyes of Fire – Brad Fiedel
Fatal Games – Shuki Levy
Friday the 13th Part III – Harry Manfredini and Michael Zager
Halloween III: Season of the Witch – John Carpenter
The Keep – Tangerine Dream
Mountaintop Motel Massacre – Ron Di Iulio
Sledgehammer – Ted Prior, Marc Adams, Philip G. Slate
Spasms – Tangerine Dream
Videodrome – Howard Shore
Xtro – Harry Bromley Davenport
1984:
Children of the Corn – Jonathan Elias
The Dark Side of Midnight aka The Creeper – Doug Holroyd
Don’t Open Till Christmas – Des Dolan
The Jar – Obscure Size
Monster Shark – Fabio Frizzi
Murder-rock: Dancing Death – Keith Emerson
A Nightmare on Elm Street – Charles Bernstein
Rats: Nights of Terror – Luigi Caccarelli
Razorback – Iva Davies
Runaway – Jerry Goldsmith
Sleepwalker – Phil Sawyer
The Terminator – Brad Fiedel
1985:
Attack of the Beast Creatures – John P. Mozzi
Blood Cult – Rod Slane
Confessions of a Serial Killer – William Penn
Cut & Run – Claudio Simonetti
Day of the Dead – John Harrison
Deadly Intruder – John McCauley
Evils of the Night – Robert O. Ragland
Fright Night – Brad Fiedel
Future-Kill – Robert Renfrow
The Galaxy Invader – Norman Noplock
Ghoulies – Richard Band
Girls School Screamers – John Hodian
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley – Claudio Simonetti
Nail Gun Massacre – Whitey Thomas
Nightmare Weekend – Martin Kershaw
Phenomena – Goblin
The Strangeness – David Michael Hillman, Chris Huntley
1986:
The Abomination – Kim Davis, Richard Davis and John Hudek
April Fool’s Day – Charles Bernstein
Blood Hook – Thomas A. Naunas
Body Count – Claudio Simonetti
Breeders – Don Great, Tom Milano
Chopping Mall – Chuck Cirino
Class of Nuke ‘Em High – Ethan Hurt
Combat Shock – Buddy Giovanazzo
Deadly Friend – Charles Bernstein
Evil in the Woods – Burt and Joe Wolff
“Geek”! aka Backwoods – Skeet Bushor
Gothic – Thomas Dolby
The Hitcher – Mark Isham
Night of the Creeps – Barry DeVorzon
Revenge – Rod Slane
Revenge of the Living Dead Girls – Christopher Reid
The Ripper – Rod Slane
Spookies – Kenneth Higgins, James Calabrese
Tahkhana – Ajit Singh
TerrorVision – Richard Band
The Wind aka The Edge of Terror – Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers
The Wraith – Michael Hoenig, J. Peter Robinson
1987:
Beaks: The Movie – Stelvio Cipriani
Blood Diner – Don Preston
Brain Damage – Clutch Reiser and Gus Russo
Creepshow 2 – Les Reed, Rick Wakeman
Demon Queen – Jan Haflin
Demonwarp – Dan Slider
Epitaph – John Gonzalez
Evil Spawn – Paul Natzke
Killing Birds – Carlo Maria Cordio
Open House – Jim Studer
Psychos in Love – Carmine Capobianco
The Shaman – Richard Yakub
The Serpent and the Rainbow – Brad Fiedel
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama aka The Imp – Guy Moon
The Soultangler (USA) – Hypnolovewheel
Street Trash – Rick Ulfik
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Video Violence – Gordon Ovsiew
1988:
The Blob – Michael Hoenig
Curse of the Blue Lights – Randall Crissman
Fatal Pulse – Martin Mayo
Fright Night Part 2 – Brad Fiedel
Graverobbers – Katherine Quittner
The Hackers – David Christopher, Milly Duncan
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers – Alan Howarth
Headhunter – Julian Laxton
Hollowgate – John Gonzalez
The House on Tombstone Hill aka Dead Dudes in the House – William B. Riffel
I Saw What You Did – Dana Kaproff
Iced – Dan Milner
Killer Klowns from Outer Space – John Massari
The Last Slumber Party – John Brennan, Danilo Bridgens
Lone Wolf – Jon Kull
Night of the Demons – Dennis Michael Tenney
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 – Craig Safan, John Easdale
Not of This Earth – Chuck Cirino
Offerings – Russell D. Allen
Trapped Alive – Michael Mark
The Urge to Kill aka Attack of the Killer Computer – uncredited
Vampire in Venice – Luigi Ceccarelli
1989:
Beasties aka Bionaut – Darrell Devaurs
Dark Heritage – uncredited
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers – Alan Howarth
The House of Usher – Gary Chang, George S. Clinton
MoonStalker – Douglas Pipes
Nightmare Beach – Claudio Simonetti
Skinned Alive – J.R. Bookwalter
1990:
Demon Cop – Brian Malone
Demon Wind – Bruce Wallenstein
Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) – Fabio Frizzi
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor – John Gray
1991:
Intensive Care – Paul Natte
1992:
The Washing Machine – Claudio Simonetti
1993:
Demon Dolls – Killer Circus
1995:
The Dummy – Killer Circus
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers – Alan Howarth
1996:
The Dentist – Alan Howarth
1998:
The Dentist 2 – Alan Howarth
Psycho Santa – Steve Sessions
2004:
Saw – Charlie Clouser
2008:
Slaughtered (Australia) – Hook
2009:
All Hallows Eve – Jon McBride
2010:
Resident Evil: Afterlife – Tomandandy
2011:
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
2012:
Beyond the Black Rainbow – Norm Li
Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection – James Morrissey
Room 237 – Jonathan Snipes
2013:
LFO – Antonio Tublén
2014:
Let Us Prey – Steve Lynch
Starry Eyes – Jonathan Snipes
Excess Flesh – Jonathan Snipes
It Follows – Disasterpiece
Late Phases – Wojciech Golczewski
2015:
Bastard – Kyle Hnedak
Live-Evil – Shawn Lee
Secret Santa – Andre Becker
Sinister 2 – tomandandy
We Are Still Here – Wojciech Golczewski
2016:
Bad Blood: The Movie – Christopher Ian Brooker
The Barn – Jason English; Rocky Gray
Beyond the Gates – Wojciech Golczewski
The Belko Experiment – Tyler Bates
Fender Bender – Nightrunner
Inoperable – Jonathan Price
Let’s Be Evil – Julian Scherle
Sequence Break – Van Hughes
Shadows of the Dead – Wojciech Golczewski
She Wolf Rising – Tom Burns
Tonight She Comes – Wojciech Golczewski
2017:
Christmas Blood – Kim Berg
Death on Scenic Drive – Starsky Partridge
Game of Death – Julien Mineau
Housewife – Antoni Maiovvi
Ouija House – Jonathan Price
Shhhh – Umberto
Sick for Toys – David L. Small
2018:
1 Must Fall – Joe Stockton
Bloodline – Trevor Gureckis
The Campus – Darryl Blood
Exposure – Joshua Luttrell
Killer Kate! – John E. Hopkins
The Night Sitter – Rob Himebaugh
Trespassers aka Hell Is Where the Home Is – Jonathan Snipes
Winterskin – S.T.R.S.G.N and Europaweite Aussichten
Wretch – Joe Stockton
2019:
The Furies – Kirsten Axelholm and Kenneth Lampl
Pumpkins – Will Metheringham
The Last Laugh – Jon Bash
2020:
Archaon: The Halloween Summoning – David Joshua Adkins
Fear PHarm – Eros Cartechini, Sam Hallenbeck
I Am Lisa – Natalia Perez
Shadow in the Cloud – Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper
Vampire Virus – Matt Akers
2022:
V for Vengeance – Rich Walters
2024:
Bigfoot Exorcist – Tony Proffer
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