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As it’s a cinematic theme this issue, what better than two new sample packs to
‘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
Edge of the Storm Works by Bacewicz, Britten and Weinberg Telegraph Quartet Azica Records ACD-71381 74:08 mins The turbulent, destabilising and demoralising impact of the Second World War hovers uneas
Echoes of Exile Works by Bartók, Ben-Haim, Enescu, Ysaÿe and Zimmermann Sueye Park (violin) BIS BIS-2332 63:06 mins Turbulence from the Second World War impacts most of the composers on this album. Th
Premières Symphonies Works by Bizet, Gounod and Saint-Saëns Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Kazuki Yamada Alpha Classics ALPHA1149 89:27 mins (2CD) The most familiar of these three classically
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
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