Secrets of soundtracks

‘T is the season of jump-scares and of things going bump in the night, when you get to watch as much as you dare of your favourite slasher film, as Michael Myers puts on his mask once again in Hallowe

John Williams Jaws – Original Motion Picture Score Hollywood Studio Symphony/John Williams Backlot Music (digital) / Mondo (vinyl) 54 mins It’s half a century since audiences were first left terrified

THE PICK OF THIS WEEK’S RADIO

I’m a scientist by nature and have been since the age of five when my dad bought a set of encyclopaedias that had a section on the stars and planets. From that point on I was hooked by the wonders of

SETTING THE STANDARD FOR MODERN SURVIVAL HORROR GAMES IN 2008, THE FIRST DEAD SPACE ENTRY WALKED SO THAT SPIRITUAL SUCCESSORS LIKE ALIEN: ISOLATION COULD RUN. WE SPEAK TO COMPOSER JASON GRAVES AND LEARN HOW HIS TENSE, ANXIOUS SCORE CRAFTED THE PERFECT ATMOSPHERE OF STRESS AND FEAR

Matt Elton How do the kinds of records created now and in the recent past differ from those left in previous centuries? Jane Winters Records and sources now come in a whole range of formats. In some c