Name that piece used in a film trialer for a classical newbie?

Started by Count Yorga, August 17, 2015, 05:03:14 AM

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Count Yorga

Hello. I'm new to this board, and a big fan of classical music and horror film music. Since i'm also new to many classical compositions, I signed on here to see if anyone knows the title and composer of a piece that is used in the trailer for the 1970 film "House of Dark Shadows." I've tried to source it, but have come up with nothing for this effective piece of music.

Here's a link, with the music starting at 1:07.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAnyKq2EJDw

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give!

Cato

In between all the screaming, it almost sounds like the movie's composer has stewed up a very  s  l  o   w   version of the final chords of Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor.  Not quite, though, since there is a line of violins screaming upward...





"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Count Yorga

I'm not sure that's the Bach piece. However, I found it used in the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon running from 5:48 to 6:41. Perhaps it is a cleaner version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABVJXoQF5g8

Cato

Quote from: Count Yorga on August 17, 2015, 05:54:30 AM
I'm not sure that's the Bach piece. However, I found it used in the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon running from 5:48 to 6:41. Perhaps it is a cleaner version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABVJXoQF5g8

No, it is not the Bach piece specifically, but is probably somebody in the music department channeling it.  Studios often have "stock music" in the same way that they have "stock footage," i.e. generic shots or pieces of music that can be inserted into a movie cheaply.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

pjme

Do try the Bach orchestrations by sir Henry Wood or Leopold Stokowsky.

P.