Dragon’s Domain Records presents the world premiere release of the original motion picture soundtrack for THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for the 1982 horror film directed by Kevin Connor (FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, MOTEL HELL), written by Robert Suhosky from the novel by James Hardiman, starring Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett, Henry Mitowa, Tsuiyuki Sasaki, Toshiya Maruyama and introducing Mako Hattori.
1840, Kushiata region, Kyoto, Japan... Shigero, a samurai, returns to his home to find his wife, Otami, in bed with his friend, Masanori, another samurai. Enraged, Shigero maims and kills Masanori, next Otami and finally commits seppuku, taking his own life. The wind blows through the house and time passes...
In present day Japan, American writer Ted Fletcher (Edward Albert) arrives with his wife Laura (Susan George) and their young daughter, Amy. They are greeted at the airport by Ted’s best friend, Alex (Doug McClure), a U.S. diplomat. Alex takes the Fletchers to a home he has secured for their stay in Japan. By chance, this is the still-standing home of Shigero and Otami... Alex tells them he got a great deal on the rental of the house because it has a history of being haunted.
Even as the family has barely moved in, they start to experience incidents of hauntings and possession... The ghosts of Shigero, Otami and Masanori still haunt the house and begin to subject each member of the family to episodes of harassment and mischief that begin to increase with frequency each day and ultimately become malicious... Through the actions of the ghosts taking turns to possess Ted and Laura, it is revealed that they seek to recreate the savage act that ended their lives so that their souls can be released from the confines of the house...
Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.
Director Kevin Connor collaborated with composer Ken Thorne many times over the course of their careers, on films such as ARABIAN ADVENTURE, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the mini-series GREAT EXPECTATIONS, SUNSET GRILL, the mini-series RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, LETHAL EXPOSURE, AGE OF TREASON, THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY, THE APOCALYPSE WATCH, MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, IN THE BEGINNING, SANTA, JR and MARCO POLO.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne, conducted by Richard S. Kaufman, appearing for the very first time on compact disc. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by Mike Joffe.
THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS is a limited edition release of 500 units. 2023/12/4の週発売
ハリウッド・ホラー映画界が、京都を舞台に日本の亡霊を描く1982年の異色作『ゴースト・イン・京都』のサウンドトラックが世界初リリース。音楽は「スーパーマン II／冒険篇」、「女ガンマン・皆殺しのメロディ」などのケン・ソーン。
トラックリスト「地獄のモーテル」、「続・恐竜の島」などのケヴィン・コナーが監督、エドワード・アルバート、スーザン・ジョージ、ダグ・マクルーア、服部まこ、佐々木剛行、丸山敏也が出演。
1840年、京都・櫛田地方。侍の茂郎が家に帰ると、妻のおたみが友人の正則と寝ていた。激怒した茂郎は正則を、次におたみを殺害し、ついに切腹する。家の中を風が吹き抜け、時が過ぎていく...。
現代の日本に、アメリカ人作家のテッド・フレッチャー（エドワード・アルバート）が、妻のローラ（スーザン・ジョージ）と幼い娘のエイミーとともにやってくる。空港で出迎えたのは、テッドの親友でアメリカ外交官のアレックス（ダグ・マクルーア）。アレックスはフレッチャー夫妻を日本滞在のために確保した家に案内する。偶然にもそこは、茂郎とおたみの現存する家だった...。アレックスは、この家には幽霊が出るという言い伝えがあるため、お得な値段で貸したと話す。
一家は引っ越してきたばかりだというのに、祟りや憑依に見舞われ始める...。茂郎、おたみ、正則の幽霊は相変わらずこの家に出没し、家族一人ひとりに嫌がらせやいたずらのエピソードを浴びせ始める。テッドとローラに交互に憑依する幽霊たちの行動を通して、彼らは自分たちの人生を終わらせた残忍な行為を再現し、魂をこの家から解放しようとしていることが明らかになる...。
リチャード・S・カウフマン指揮、ケン・ソーン作曲の音楽をフィーチャーした『ゴースト・イン・京都』をＣＤで初リリース。音楽はDigital OutlandのJames Nelsonによってマスタリングされ、ライナーノーツはMike Joffeが執筆。
500枚限定リリース。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the world premiere release of the original motion picture soundtrack for THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for the 1982 horror film directed by Kevin Connor (FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, MOTEL HELL), written by Robert Suhosky from the novel by James Hardiman, starring Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett, Henry Mitowa, Tsuiyuki Sasaki, Toshiya Maruyama and introducing Mako Hattori.
1840, Kushiata region, Kyoto, Japan... Shigero, a samurai, returns to his home to find his wife, Otami, in bed with his friend, Masanori, another samurai. Enraged, Shigero maims and kills Masanori, next Otami and finally commits seppuku, taking his own life. The wind blows through the house and time passes...
In present day Japan, American writer Ted Fletcher (Edward Albert) arrives with his wife Laura (Susan George) and their young daughter, Amy. They are greeted at the airport by Ted’s best friend, Alex (Doug McClure), a U.S. diplomat. Alex takes the Fletchers to a home he has secured for their stay in Japan. By chance, this is the still-standing home of Shigero and Otami... Alex tells them he got a great deal on the rental of the house because it has a history of being haunted.
Even as the family has barely moved in, they start to experience incidents of hauntings and possession... The ghosts of Shigero, Otami and Masanori still haunt the house and begin to subject each member of the family to episodes of harassment and mischief that begin to increase with frequency each day and ultimately become malicious... Through the actions of the ghosts taking turns to possess Ted and Laura, it is revealed that they seek to recreate the savage act that ended their lives so that their souls can be released from the confines of the house...
Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.
Director Kevin Connor collaborated with composer Ken Thorne many times over the course of their careers, on films such as ARABIAN ADVENTURE, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the mini-series GREAT EXPECTATIONS, SUNSET GRILL, the mini-series RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, LETHAL EXPOSURE, AGE OF TREASON, THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY, THE APOCALYPSE WATCH, MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, IN THE BEGINNING, SANTA, JR and MARCO POLO.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne, conducted by Richard S. Kaufman, appearing for the very first time on compact disc. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by Mike Joffe.
THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS is a limited edition release of 500 units.
2023/12/4の週発売
01. Kyoto Prologue /Otami’s Lover / Watched (2:03)
BR>02. Opening Titles / Drive To, And Tour The House (3:55)
03. First Night / The Ghosts Appear / Ted And Laura Make Love (4:09)
04. Ted Sees Otami / Looking At The Sides / Otami Meets The Witch (3:50)
05. Apologizing / Face In The Soup / Ted Attacked (3:27)
06. Otami Pulls Ted’s Underwear / The Crabs Attack Amy (4:53)
07. The Tengu Mask / Breaking The Mask / You Must Go (3:08)
08. Alex And Ted Swordfight (3:06)
09. Ghosts Leave / End Credits (1:59)
10. Opening Titles / Drive to, And Tour The House (Alternate) (3:56)
11. First Night / The Ghosts Appear / Ted And Laura Make Love (Alternate) (4:16)
Total Time: 39:11