THE FOREST (1982) ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK VINYL

THE FOREST (1982) ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK VINYL.  A DON JONES FILM, SCORED BY DICK HIERONYMUS AND ALAN OLDFIELD. DELUXE GATEFOLD JACKET WITH SPOT-GLOSS , 180 GRAM SPLATTER VINYL. AUDIO TRANSFERRED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER AUDIO TAPE REELS.  COVER AND GATEFOLD PAINTINGS BY SICKSLICE. LAYOUT BY DEVON TUTTLE. Please click audio samples to hear the album. 

All of the music on this album was mixed and mastered by Jimmy Michaels. Alan Oldfield's electronic score audio was transferred from 8-track master from 1" tape.  Dick Hieronymus's original songs (Dark Side of the Forest, Edge Of Forever, Comin' On Strong) are all 16-track master from 2" tape, and Special Kind Of Love is a 24 track master from 2" tape.

RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE REVIEW ISSUE #216- Say what you will about the cannibal movie sub-genre, but those flicks tend to elicit some really inventive scores. In Don Jones' 1982 cannibal slasher The Forest, we get a winning score that fuses together all kinds of ideas, kicking off with a main title that's anchored with a horn melody right out of a Chuck Mangione playbook. The score plays a substantial role in the film, oscillating between wistful melodies and menacing dissonance, and nearly finding the right balance. While Dick Hieronymus gets top billing here he's largely responsible for the jazzy pop beats. Alan Oldfield contributes the bulk of the eerie underscore and seems to have had a ball bending notes on the keyboard. What results is a real clash of styles between early '80s synth horror and, say, Carol Browning's syrupy take on Hieronymus's "Edge of Forever" theme, but the unusual mash-up means you're never bored. How many scores contain tracks like "Jazz Fight?" 'Nuff said. -Jeff Szpirglas