{"id":35625,"date":"2023-04-21T23:13:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=35625"},"modified":"2023-04-21T23:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T03:13:16","slug":"soundwaves-available-now-from-watertower-music-the-evil-dead-rise-original-soundtrack-by-stephen-mckeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=35625","title":{"rendered":"Soundwaves: Available Now from WaterTower Music the Evil Dead Rise Original Soundtrack by Stephen McKeon"},"content":{"rendered":"

WaterTower Music is pleased to announce the release\"\"<\/a> of the Soundtrack to ‘Evil Dead Rise’, New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures\u2019 return to the iconic horror franchise, which features the music of composer Stephen McKeon.The film opened in theaters in North America on April 21, 2023 and began opening internationally on 19 April.<\/p>\n

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The 20-track Evil Dead Rise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring the music of composer Stephen McKeon is now available for streaming and digital purchase. A vinyl configuration will be released by Waxwork Records and is now available for preorder.<\/p>\n

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To create the music for the film, \u2018Evil Dead Rise\u2019 director Lee Cronin turned to composer Stephen McKeon, who previously worked with the filmmaker on \u201cThe Hole in the Ground.\u201d  McKeon, an admitted \u2018huge horror fan,\u2019 discussed his approach to the film\u2019s soundtrack.  \u201cLee liked the idea of something offscreen laughing and delighting at the suffering and terror of the characters, so I recorded two female vocalists performing ‘taunting’ sounds and vocal effects.<\/p>\n

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(Lee) wanted a score that was visceral, immersive and confrontational, while still leaving room for an emotional theme. So, I began to create sounds and textures based on guitar feedback; guitar strings stretching and breaking; strings being ripped with knives and scissors; and many other weird effects. Many of these made it into the score as part of the texture and tapestry. But ultimately, for the signature, we hit upon an idea we called ‘the meat grinder.’ I spent a week creating lots of sounds using a variety of methods, but eventually, the one that worked was the result of me dragging carving knives along the strings of my beautiful grand piano and then chopping and stretching the audio into something that eventually sounded like a demonic meat grinder being revved up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The composer also used a decidedly non-traditional approach when writing for the orchestra and female chorus that provided the music for the main body of the score. For example, one instruction for the 50-plus string players read simply, \u2018Rage for 15 seconds.\u2019<\/p>\n

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McKeon also recorded various stringed and percussion instruments, \u201cbeing tortured, broken and slowly dismembered. Then, these recordings were chopped up, bent and stretched before being fed, screaming for mercy, into the score.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 20-track Evil Dead Rise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring the music of composer Stephen McKeon is now available for streaming, digital purchase, and on vinyl through Waxwork Records via preorder. The track list is as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Main Titles (Evil Dead Rise)<\/li>\n
  2. Meat Puppet<\/li>\n
  3. Swimming Headless<\/li>\n
  4. Los Diablos<\/li>\n
  5. Underground Carpark<\/li>\n
  6. The Vault<\/li>\n
  7. Christ’s Head<\/li>\n
  8. Opening the Book of the Dead<\/li>\n
  9. Incantation<\/li>\n
  10. Pulled Apart<\/li>\n
  11. Mommy’s Home<\/li>\n
  12. Eeny Meeny Miney DIE!<\/li>\n
  13. Psycho Bitch<\/li>\n
  14. Say Cheese!<\/li>\n
  15. Beth and Kassie<\/li>\n
  16. Burning Your Bridget<\/li>\n
  17. Dead by Dawn<\/li>\n
  18. Final Confrontation<\/li>\n
  19. Two Souls<\/li>\n
  20. Another Meat Puppet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures present a return to the iconic horror franchise, \u201cEvil Dead Rise,\u201d written and directed by Lee Cronin (\u201cThe Hole in the Ground\u201d). The movie stars Lily Sullivan (\u201cI Met a Girl,\u201d \u201cBarkskins\u201d), Alyssa Sutherland (\u201cNew Gold Mountain,\u201d \u201cVikings\u201d), Morgan Davies (\u201cThe End,\u201d \u201cStorm Boy\u201d), Gabrielle Echols (\u201cReminiscence\u201d) and introducing Nell Fisher (\u201cNorthspur\u201d).<\/p>\n

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    Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, \u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sullivan and Sutherland, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cEvil Dead Rise\u201d is produced by longtime franchise producer Rob Tapert (\u201cAsh vs Evil Dead,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Breathe\u201d) and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and \u201cAsh\u201d himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmeri.<\/p>\n

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    Cronin is joined behind the camera by director of photography Dave Garbett (\u201cZ for Zachariah,\u201d \u201cUnderworld: Rise of the Lycans\u201d), production designer Nick Bassett (\u201cGuns Akimbo,\u201d \u201cSweet Tooth\u201d), editor Bryan Shaw (\u201cAsh vs Evil Dead,\u201d \u201cSpartacus\u201d) and costume designer Sarah Voon (\u201cChasing Great,\u201d \u201cInside\u201d), with a score by Stephen McKeon (\u201cThe Hole in the Ground,\u201d \u201cPilgrimage\u201d).<\/p>\n

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    ABOUT STEPHEN MCKEON<\/p>\n

    Stephen McKeon has been composing music for film and television for more than 30 years. A highly versatile multi-instrumentalist, he has scored over 100 feature films and numerous award-winning international television drama series and documentaries, including BLACK MIRROR (\u201cFifteen Million Merits\u201d).<\/p>\n

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    McKeon has been nominated for several international awards and is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Academy awards for Best Original Score: 2017\u2019s PILGRIMAGE, and 2006\u2019s  THE TIGER’S TAIL and 2014\u2019s QUEEN & COUNTRY (the follow-up to HOPE AND GLORY), the latter two for legendary director John Boorman. He is currently scoring the second series of the crime drama KIN for Bron Studios and AMC. McKeon lives and works from his Moonflower Studios in County Wicklow, Ireland and Myshkin Studios, London.<\/p>\n

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    ABOUT WATERTOWER MUSIC<\/p>\n

    WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the Warner Bros Discovery companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves. It has been the soundtrack home to many of the world\u2019s most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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