TROMA TRIPLE FEATURE OST - STORY OF A JUNKIE / SCREAM BABY SCREAM / SUGAR COOKIES

TROMA TRIPLE FEATURE: 3 FILM SOUNDTRACKS ON 2LP VINYL.  FEATURING THE FILM SCORES FROM - STORY OF A JUNKIE (1985), SCREAM BABY SCREAM (1969), SUGAR COOKIES (1973).  ALL MUSIC FOR THIS COMPILATION RELEASE WAS SOURCED FROM AUDIO LICENSED FROM TROMA ENTERTAINMENT. INCLUDES DOUBLE SIDED INSERT. LIMITED TO 250.  *TWO DIFFERENT JACKET ARTWORK OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.

FILMS:

STORY OF A JUNKIE (GRINGO) - 1985 DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY LECH KOWALSKI.   LP FEATURES THE COMPLETE FILM SCORE COMPOSED BY CHUCK KENTIS, EARLY 1980'S NYC GRIMY ELECTRONIC SYNTH SCORE , WITH HIP HOP TRACK "C AND D" PERFORMED BY THE CHILDREN OF PARADISE. STARS JOHN SPACELY TAKING YOU ON A TOUR OF THE DRUG RIDDEN STREETS OF NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE. IN THE FILM SPACELY APPEARS AS A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF HIMSELF. STORY OF A JUNKIE DEPICTS THE WIDESPREAD DRUG PROBLEM IN NEW YORK CITY DURING THAT TIME, FEATURING GRAPHIC SCENES OF SPACELY SHOOTING UP HEROIN. THE FILM PLAYED IN SEVERAL FESTIVALS, AND TO PROMOTE THE FILM THE DIRECTOR LECH KOWALSKI HIRED LOCAL ARTIST ART GUERRA TO PAINT A MURAL OF SPACELY ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING ON ST. MARK'S PLACE IN THE EAST VILLAGE, WHERE HE WAS THE SELF DESCRIBED "MAYOR OF THE STREET".

SCREAM BABY SCREAM (1969) -SCREAM BABY SCREAM (AKA NIGHTMARE HOUSE) IS A 1969 HORROR FILM DIRECTED BY JOSEPH ADLER, AND WRITTEN BY LARRY COHEN (ITS ALIVE, Q). FEATURING A PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE ROCK / FREE JAZZ SCORE COMPOSED BY CHRIS MARTELL, WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE CHARLES AUSTIN GROUP.   CHARLES BUTLER IS A WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST, BUT BEHIND HIS MACABRE AND GROTESQUE IMAGERY LIES A MORE BRUTAL TRUTH.ALONGSIDE THE INSANE DR. GARRISON AND THEIR MUTANT LACKEYS, HE IS KIDNAPPING BEAUTIFUL MODELS AND ARTISTS SO HE CAN TAKE HIS ART TO THE NEXT STAGE, AND TURN LIVING HUMANS INTO LIVING PAINTINGS. JASON, A YOUNG ART STUDENT REALIZES THIS DISGUSTING SCHEME A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE, AS HIS BELOVED GIRLFRIEND JANET HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY BUTLER AND GARRISON. AS HE RACES TO THEIR MANSION IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, STONED AND AFRAID, BUTLER'S LAST WORDS WITH THE BOY ECHOES IN HIS MIND; "YESTERDAY'S NIGHTMARE IS TODAY'S DREAM AND TOMORROW'S REALITY.

SUGAR COOKIES (AKA 'LOVE ME MY WAY') - 1973 AMERICAN CRIME THRILLER DIRECTED BY THEODORE GERSHUNY. SCORE COMPOSED BY GERSHON KINGSLEY, PIONEER OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND THE MOOG SYNTHESIZER. CO-WRITTEN BY FUTURE PRESIDENT OF TROMA ENTERTAINMENT LLOYD KAUFMAN AND PRODUCED BY FUTURE DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE. WHEN AN ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MODEL (LYNN LOWRY) IS TRICKED INTO COMMITTING SUICIDE ON CAMERA BY HER PORNOGRAPHER BOYFRIEND, HER LESBIAN PARTNER (MARY WORONOV) HAS A VENGEFUL PLAN: WITH THE HELP OF AN EXACT LOOKALIKE OF HER LOVER, SHE HATCHES A SCHEME TO TAKE DOWN THE SLEAZY DRUG DEALER FOR GOOD.