GHOST HOUSE
Music Composed by Rich Ragsdale
Performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Conducted by Péter Pejtsik
List Price $15.95
View back insert
Director/Composer website
Howlin' Wolf Records is very proud to present GHOST HOUSE, a richly textured, haunting, and beautiful score by director and composer Rich Ragsdale. For GHOST HOUSE the composer used a three-tiered approach, anchored by a classical symphonic horror score recorded using the Budapest Scoring Orchestra conducted by Péter Pejtsik. This is augmented by 80's synth elements, paying homage to scores by Goblin and John Carpenter. Finally, ambient ethnic sounds were incorporated to honor Thailand where the film is set, featuring monks recorded live in a Thai temple. The album concludes with a melodically lovely, yet eerie vocal track gorgeously performed by Sherri Chung.
The insert booklet for GHOST HOUSE features liner notes written by the film's director and composer Rich Ragsdale. The packaging designs by Luis Miguel Rojas are both beautiful and frightening to reflect the essence of the film and the score.
Click on highlighted tracks below to hear excerpts from select score cues.
Album Running Time: 52:04 minutes
1. |
Welcome to Bangkok (0:59) | 12. |
Jim Takes Action (2:50) | |
2. |
Run Like Hell (1:32) | 13. |
Trip to the Dark Side (2:02) | |
3. |
A Trip to the Country (2:15) | 14. |
Watabe's Hospital Visit (1:11) | |
4. |
Ghost House Graveyard (3:59) |
15. |
Love Them Reprise (Cal and Gwen) (1:36) | |
5. |
Chang (1:22) | 16. |
Jim Mans Up (2:26) | |
6. |
Julie's Possession (4:20) | 17. |
Motorcycle Accident (2:50) | |
7. |
Ritual (1:00) | 18. |
Mountain Trek / River Demon (2:01) | |
8. |
Not a Happy Ghost (1:29) | 19. |
To the Temple (1:23) | |
9. |
Leaving Gogo's Village (1:38) | 20. |
Temple Showdown (6:50) | |
10. |
Love Theme (Coitus Interruptus) (1:46) | 21. |
Morning Breaks (1:02) | |
11. |
Entering the Ghost World (2:34) | 22. |
Let Me Be (Performed by Sherri Chung) (4:37) |