With a few hours left of August, here’s the latest tally of current and soon-to-be-released soundtracks, covering horror, giallo, gothic, suspense, and maybe a smidge of cult.

The list includes CD as well as the odd DVD / Blu-ray releases featuring isolated score materials (see Image Entertainment below).

Not included is Space: 1999, Season 1 from A&E (USA) and Network (UK). It’s sci-fi, but it did have its share of weird monsters (and monstrously bad scripts & acting), and the Blu-ray set will feature select isolated score materials.

Wait a minute. I guess I did include it after all.

- Mark R. Hasan

BSX Records (USA)

Dexter: Season 4 (Daniel Licht)

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (Patrick Copeland)

Chris’ Soundtrack Corner (Germany)

Papaya dei caraibi / Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals (Stelvio Cipriani) – early Sept.

Film Score Monthly aka FSM (USA)

TV Omnibus: Volume One (1992-1976; incl. music from The Phantom of Hollywood, and Earth II) (various) – 5 CDs, ltd. 2000 copies

GDM (Italy)

Addio zio Tom / Goodbye Uncle Tom (Riz Ortolani)

Drammi Gotici / Gothic Dramas (Ennio Morricone) – early Sept.

Un tranquillo posto di campagna / A Quiet Place in the Country (Ennio Morricone)

Howlin’ Wolf Records (USA)

Midnight Movie (2008) (Penka Kouneva)

Image Entertainment (USA)

Thriller: The Complete Series (1962) – DVD set features isolated music & effects tracks for select scores by Jerry Goldsmith and Morton Stevens

Twilight Zone: Season One (1959-1960) – Blu-ray features isolated scores, as on standard DVD set – Sept. 14

Kritzerland (USA)

The Boy and the Pirates + Attack of the Puppet People suite (Albert Glasser) – ltd. 1000 copies

Earth vs. the Spider (Albert Glasser)– ltd. 1000 copies

Lakeshore Records (USA)

Piranha 3D (Michael Wandmacher)

Vampires Suck (Christopher Lennertz) – Aug. 31

La-La Land Records (USA)

Batman (Danny Elfman) – 2 CDs, ltd. 5000 copies

Beach Blanket Bingo (Les Baxter)

The Lone Gunman / Harsh Realm (Mark Snow) – ltd. 2000 copies

Predators (John Debney, Alan Silvestri)

MovieScore Media Sweden)

Deadline (Carlos Jose Alvarez)

Within (Jeff Toyne)

Perseverance Records (USA)

Red Sonja (Ennio Morricone)

Unforgettable (Christopher Young) – ltd. 1200 copies (coming soon)

Phantom Soundtracks (USA)

Spikes (2010)

Silva Screen Records (UK / USA)

Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy (Jacob Groth)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Brad Fiedel)

Tadlow Music (UK)

Lawrence of Arabia (incl. bonus themes from Solar Crisis + Resurrection)(Maurice Jarre) – 2 CDs, re-recording

Varese Sarabande (USA)

True Blood: Season 2 (Nathan Barr) – Sept. 14

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