Above: Have a listen to the the main title track music to Christopher Young's Drag Me to Hell.
(Drag Me To Hell is the property of Lakeshore Records.)
The film's premise is a fairly simple one but the chilling and sometimes terrifying score is anything but simple.
In an album full of outstanding orchestral and chill-inducing choral music, the piece that stands out most for me is "Loose Teeth." Running seven minutes in length, it brings together many threads running through the album but in a fashion all of it's own. Christopher Young brings in the spooky choir as well as the familiar nerve-rattling solo violin element, adds in a frantic action "break," and all while the orchestra grows ever louder and ever more dissonant. Injected into this mix is a male vocalist putting forth incredibly scary guttural and yes, demonic lamentations which I cannot even listen to without the lights on. It's that terrifyingly spot on.
This piece showcases composer Young's talent for expression of smart, skillfully-crafted, multi-layered, many-textured, instrumental pieces which can pack all the shock and emotional wallop that this genre demands. Christopher Young has few if any, peers at accomplishing such astonishing feats. Certainly he is an original and fans of any film genre can appreciate his musical skill. I know I can.
Drag Me to Hell :
Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, Professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?
Drag Me to Hell ~ Christopher Young
TRACK LISTING
| 1 | Drag Me To Hell |
| 2 | Mexican Devil Disaster |
| 3 | Tale Of A Haunted Banker |
| 4 | Lamia |
| 5 | Black Rainbows |
| 6 | Ode To Ganush |
| 7 | Familiar Familiars |
| 8 | Loose Teeth |
| 9 | Ordeal By Corpse |
| 10 | Bealing Bells With Trumpet |
| 11 | Brick Dogs Ala Carte |
| 12 | Buddled Brain Strain |
| 13 | Auto-Da-Fe |
| 14 | Concerto To Hell |
Drag me to Hell by Christopher Young was released by Lakeshore Records on August 18th.
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