Terror Vision Recordsは、『テラー・トレイン』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックを、あらゆる物理メディアにおいて初めてリリースできることを誇りに思います! 作曲を担当したのは、カナダで最も影響力のあるエレクトロニック・ミュージシャンの一人であるジョン・ミルズ=コッケルです。彼は先駆的なアーティストであり、アヴァンギャルド・グループ「インターシステムズ」や「シリックス」での活動を通じて、カナダの実験音楽シーンの形成に貢献しました。ムーグ・シンセサイザーの初期の先駆者でもあった彼は、ラジオ、テレビ、映画、バレエ、演劇など幅広い分野での作曲活動で知られるようになりました。ミルズ=コッケルはその後、別のカナダ製スラッシャー映画『猟獣人ヒューモンガス』(1982年)や、『炎の復讐』(1976年)の音楽も手掛けています。
For the first time on any physical format, Terror Vision Records is proud to present the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Terror Train! Composed by one of Canada's most influential electronic musicians, John Mills-Cockell was a pioneering artist whose work with avant-garde groups Intersystems and Syrinx helped shape the country's experimental music scene. An early champion of the Moog synthesizer, he became known for his compositions across radio, television, film, ballet, and theater. Mills-Cockell would later score another Canadian slasher, Humongous (1982), as well as one of John Candy's earliest films, The Clown Murders (1976).
His work on Terror Train has long been considered one of the film's most underrated strengths and remains a favorite among genre enthusiasts for its bold fusion of traditional brass and electronics. The music felt remarkably modern for 1980, blending classical instrumentation with forward-thinking electronic textures that helped distinguish it from many horror scores of the era. At times, it even mirrors the rhythm of the locomotive itself, chugging along as it builds suspense and tension. Paired with John Alcott's beautiful cinematography, it's a major reason Terror Train feels more polished and atmospheric than many of its slasher contemporaries.
Terror Train follows a group of college students celebrating a New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train, only to find themselves hunted by a masked killer who uses the guests' disguises to move unnoticed through the crowd. As the body count rises and paranoia spreads from car to car, the celebration gives way to a desperate fight for survival.
Released during the first wave of the slasher cycle, the film distinguished itself through its unique setting, polished production values, and Jamie Lee Curtis's commanding lead performance, earning a reputation as one of the strongest and most stylish slashers of the early 1980s.
Terror Vision worked directly with John Mills-Cockell to prepare this release from the original master tapes, assembling every piece of music he composed for Terror Train, including the complete score, songs, and a selection of previously unheard extras. The result is the definitive edition of a soundtrack long thought to be lost and one that fans have been hoping to hear in its complete form for decades.
The packaging includes:
? The complete John Mills-Cockell score to Terror Train, spanning 39 tracks and more than 85 minutes of music, available for the first time on any physical format.
トラックリスト
1. Opening Titles 2. Up & Down (Short Version) 3. Kiss Me Kenny 4. Maggy's Waltz 5. All Aboard 6. Way to Go Eduardo 7. A Killer Onboard 8. Doc Can Be a Jerk Sometimes 9. A Peek in the Bathroom 10. The Party Car 11. Quiet as the Grave 12. Not Again 13. Alana's Theme 14.Magic at the Disco 15.Magician's Interlude 16. I Don't Want to Dance 17. Haunting the Corridors 18. Nobody Knows So Don't Say Nothin 19. Every Man for Himself 20.Doc Goes Exploring 21. The Reveal ? Chased 22. End Credits 23.Up & Down (Long Version) 24. Fearless & Funky 25. Another Anxious Moment 26. Smoke & the Single Saxophone 27. Weathered Warning Sign 28.Crematorium Blues 29. Slumbers in the Pest House 30. A Rattle in the Boneyard 31. Whistling in the Graveyard 32. Tattoo Defunctorum 33.Death on the Tracks 34. Enchantment 35. Passage by Rail (Part 1) 36. Passage by Rail (Part 2) 37. My Seventies Romance 38. The Black Kettle 39.Marimba Decent Total Runtime: 85:16 (1:25:16)
Terror Vision Recordsは、『テラー・トレイン』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックを、あらゆる物理メディアにおいて初めてリリースできることを誇りに思います! 作曲を担当したのは、カナダで最も影響力のあるエレクトロニック・ミュージシャンの一人であるジョン・ミルズ=コッケルです。彼は先駆的なアーティストであり、アヴァンギャルド・グループ「インターシステムズ」や「シリックス」での活動を通じて、カナダの実験音楽シーンの形成に貢献しました。ムーグ・シンセサイザーの初期の先駆者でもあった彼は、ラジオ、テレビ、映画、バレエ、演劇など幅広い分野での作曲活動で知られるようになりました。ミルズ=コッケルはその後、別のカナダ製スラッシャー映画『猟獣人ヒューモンガス』(1982年)や、『炎の復讐』(1976年)の音楽も手掛けています。
トラックリスト『テラー・トレイン』での彼の音楽は、長きにわたり本作の最も過小評価されている強みのひとつと見なされており、伝統的な金管楽器とエレクトロニクスを大胆に融合させたその作風は、今なおジャンル愛好家の間で人気を博している。1980年当時としては驚くほど現代的な響きを持つこの音楽は、クラシカルな楽器編成と先進的な電子音色を融合させ、同時代の多くのホラー映画の音楽とは一線を画していた。時には、機関車そのもののリズムを反映し、ガタガタと音を立てながら進む様子が、サスペンスと緊張感を高めていく。ジョン・アルコットによる美しい撮影と相まって、これが『テラー・トレイン』が同時代の多くのスラッシャー映画よりも洗練され、雰囲気のある作品に感じられる大きな理由となっている。
『テラー・トレイン』は、走行中の列車内で大晦日の仮装パーティーを楽しんでいた大学生たちが、乗客たちの仮装を利用して人混みの中に溶け込み、気づかれずに動き回る仮面の殺人鬼に追われることになる物語だ。犠牲者が増え、車両から車両へと猜疑心が広がるにつれ、祝宴は生き残りをかけた必死の闘いへと一変していく。
スラッシャー映画ブームの第一波の最中に公開された本作は、そのユニークな設定、洗練された制作クオリティ、そしてジェイミー・リー・カーティスの圧倒的な主演演技によって他とは一線を画し、1980年代初頭における最も力強くスタイリッシュなスラッシャー映画の一つとしての評価を確立した。
テラー・ビジョンはジョン・ミルズ=コッケルと直接協力し、オリジナルのマスターテープから本作をリリースするために準備を進め、『テラー・トレイン』のために彼が作曲したすべての楽曲――完全版スコア、歌、そして未発表のボーナストラックのセレクション――を収録。その結果、長らく失われたとされていたサウンドトラックの決定版が完成し、ファンが数十年にわたり完全版での聴取を待ち望んでいた作品が実現しましたた。
パッケージ内容:
? ジョン・ミルズ=コッケルによる『テラー・トレイン』の完全サウンドトラック。全39トラック、85分以上の楽曲を収録し、物理メディアでのリリースは今回が初めて。
For the first time on any physical format, Terror Vision Records is proud to present the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Terror Train! Composed by one of Canada's most influential electronic musicians, John Mills-Cockell was a pioneering artist whose work with avant-garde groups Intersystems and Syrinx helped shape the country's experimental music scene. An early champion of the Moog synthesizer, he became known for his compositions across radio, television, film, ballet, and theater. Mills-Cockell would later score another Canadian slasher, Humongous (1982), as well as one of John Candy's earliest films, The Clown Murders (1976).
His work on Terror Train has long been considered one of the film's most underrated strengths and remains a favorite among genre enthusiasts for its bold fusion of traditional brass and electronics. The music felt remarkably modern for 1980, blending classical instrumentation with forward-thinking electronic textures that helped distinguish it from many horror scores of the era. At times, it even mirrors the rhythm of the locomotive itself, chugging along as it builds suspense and tension. Paired with John Alcott's beautiful cinematography, it's a major reason Terror Train feels more polished and atmospheric than many of its slasher contemporaries.
Terror Train follows a group of college students celebrating a New Year's Eve costume party aboard a moving train, only to find themselves hunted by a masked killer who uses the guests' disguises to move unnoticed through the crowd. As the body count rises and paranoia spreads from car to car, the celebration gives way to a desperate fight for survival.
Released during the first wave of the slasher cycle, the film distinguished itself through its unique setting, polished production values, and Jamie Lee Curtis's commanding lead performance, earning a reputation as one of the strongest and most stylish slashers of the early 1980s.
Terror Vision worked directly with John Mills-Cockell to prepare this release from the original master tapes, assembling every piece of music he composed for Terror Train, including the complete score, songs, and a selection of previously unheard extras. The result is the definitive edition of a soundtrack long thought to be lost and one that fans have been hoping to hear in its complete form for decades.
The packaging includes:
? The complete John Mills-Cockell score to Terror Train, spanning 39 tracks and more than 85 minutes of music, available for the first time on any physical format.
1. Opening Titles
2. Up & Down (Short Version)
3. Kiss Me Kenny
4. Maggy's Waltz
5. All Aboard
6. Way to Go Eduardo
7. A Killer Onboard
8. Doc Can Be a Jerk Sometimes
9. A Peek in the Bathroom
10. The Party Car
11. Quiet as the Grave
12. Not Again
13. Alana's Theme
14.Magic at the Disco
15.Magician's Interlude
16. I Don't Want to Dance
17. Haunting the Corridors
18. Nobody Knows So Don't Say Nothin
19. Every Man for Himself
20.Doc Goes Exploring
21. The Reveal ? Chased
22. End Credits
23.Up & Down (Long Version)
24. Fearless & Funky
25. Another Anxious Moment
26. Smoke & the Single Saxophone
27. Weathered Warning Sign
28.Crematorium Blues
29. Slumbers in the Pest House
30. A Rattle in the Boneyard
31. Whistling in the Graveyard
32. Tattoo Defunctorum
33.Death on the Tracks
34. Enchantment
35. Passage by Rail (Part 1)
36. Passage by Rail (Part 2)
37. My Seventies Romance
38. The Black Kettle
39.Marimba Decent
Total Runtime: 85:16 (1:25:16)