Mimic

MIMIC (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed and Conducted by Marco Beltrami

Renovatio Records presents the score for 1997 horror flick Mimic, composed by Marco Beltrami. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, the film stars Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Giancarlo Giannini, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton and F. Murray Abraham, and revolves around a group of scientists that discover a miraculous cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease. However, three years later, their creation has evolved into a horrifying lifeform, able to mimic and hunt down its prey: man. With dark muddy sets and hideous insect-like creatures, the B-rate movie stands as one of Del Toro's most characteristic works. The same could be said about Beltrami's score, one that definitely set the composer in the horror genre mainstream.

The score's most characterizing feature is that it is quite accessible within this genre, which usually provides dissonant and cliched scores. Beltrami achieves in offering a strong thematic content, empowered by a large orchestra and a lot of intricate percussive passages. Most importantly, the score virtually lacks post-production work, as it was written and recorded with old-school techniques. What you hear is exactly what the orchestra performed!

Varèse Sarabande issued an album at the time of the movie release that was quite short, missing a considerable amount of good music. In 2011, the same label produced a Deluxe edition that included the complete score, with many short tracks resulting in a rather slow listening experience. Now, Renovatio Records brings you a new arrangement of this score, a clear tribute to the works of Christopher Young and Jerry Goldsmith in the horror genre. Mimic is definitely a must-have in a Beltrami collection!!

Track listing:

1. Main Titles (2:52)

2. Children's Hospital (1:27)

3. Release the Judas (2:29)

4. The Alley (2:52)

5. Delancey St. Station (1:17)

6. Susan Meets Chuy (1:09)

7. Problems in the Lab (5:18)

8. Pregnancy Test (2:55)

9. Chuy Steps Out (3:19)

10. Manny's Search (1:50)

11. In The Den (4:19)

12. Chased by a Bug (1:17)

13. Josh's Dead End (4:22)

14. Race To The Subway (2:15)

15. I'll Go (1:04)

16. Fleeing Terror (4:51)

17. The Leucistic's Alive (1:28)

18. Reunited (2:51)

19. End Credits (2:04)

Total running time: 49:59

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Priest

PRIEST (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by Christopher Young

Renovatio Records is pleased to present the original motion picture soundtrack for Priest, composed by horror master Christopher Young. The film directed by Scott Stewart and starring Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Cam Gigandet and Christopher Plummer is a dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction story about a long-time war between humans and vampires. Bettany plays the title character, who hunts down the vampires after realizing that they are planning to release a final attacking horde against the last remnants of mankind. The film was panned by critics and audiences to such an extent that the making of potential sequels was cancelled. Despite these opinions, the film has a lot of visual delights to offer, with a characteristic stylish design and well-orchestrated action scenes. Another aspect that cannot be missed is Christopher Young's bombastic score.

Young is a versatile composer, having composed music in many different genres. However, he is mostly known for his horror scores, which choral and orchestral bursts of pure thematic passages. Priest is not the exception! Furthermore, listeners will find plenty of gothic themes, grandiose action sequences, tender and inspiring motifs, chilling creepiness and majestic choral beauty to quench their thirst for everything they should expect from a Young score.

The music was released by Lakeshore Records at the time the film was premiered. Though the album was very well-balanced and offered a great presentation of Young's work, the label left out a lot of considerably good music. With the appearance of expanded and complete bootlegs, here at Renovatio Records, we decided to put together our own take on this one, with new unreleased material and a whole different track arrangement. Be sure to rock your walls (and possibly, your neighbours') with this terrific and explosive score!

Track listing:

1. Prologue (3:22)

2. Cathedral City (2:10)

3. Priest Fights Guards (3:32)

4. Family Photo (2:45)

5. Leaving City (3:12)

6. Priest Remembers (2:05)

7. Blackhat (4:01)

8. Killing Vamps (3:11)

9. Finding The Hive (3:40)

10. Eclipsed Heart (4:28)

11. Boarding The Vampire Train (4:58)

12. Blackhat Confrontation (4:21)

13. Aftermath (2:31)

14. Finale (4:57)

15. A World Without End (7:38)

Total running time: 56:51

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Rogue

ROGUE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music Composed by François Tetaz

Continuing our trend of man vs. man-eating creatures film scores, Renovatio Records presents Rogue, by composer François Tetaz. The 2007 Australian independent horror film is directed by Greg McNeal and is about a group of tourists that get caught in a small island in the Northern Territory of Australia. Soon they come to realize that they are being hunted by a massive and highly aggresive crocodile. The film is probably the best 'crocodile genre' film ever made, with strong performances by Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, Sam Worthington, John Jarrat and the rest of cast, beautiful landscape shots, memorable scenes of pure suspense à la Jaws, and an outstanding and realistic CGI croc!!

The film is also heightened by its accompanying score, which relies heavily on a powerful string ensemble. In Rogue, you will hear almost everything that can be done with a group of strings: from soft and dramatic themes, to melodic ostinatos, to frenzied and dissonant shrieks, to a low and aggressive motif that emulates the growling of an actual crocodile! This is not all the music has to offer; you will also get to enjoy an impressive vocal work for the locale and the delightful "River Suite" track, a true standout of the soundtrack. For these reasons, this score can be considered a prominent entry in the genre for its originality and experimental choices.

The score never received an official commercial release. It's been only available in the form of a promotional treatment containing all the music from the film, with most of the tracks meshed together. Since the film is full of intense scenes, the music sometimes may become quite hard for a pleasing listening experience. This is why Renovatio Records has made a selection of the best parts of the score and developed an album that will let the listener enjoy the magnificent work Tetaz has done for a film that should receive more attention. This score is truly a masterpiece from a barely known composer that cannot be missed!!

Track listing:

1. Violence Of Nature (1:23)

2. Welcome To The Terrortory (1:25)

3. River Suite (6:10)

4. Katherine Gorge (2:00)

5. Stranger Come Here (2:41)

6. The Island (4:03)

7. The Rope (3:14)

8. I'm Not Gonna Leave You (2:07)

9. Swimming (2:09)

10. Alone In The Forest (2:02)

11. The Lair (3:38)

12. Requiem (4:40)

13. Nature Of Violence (1:54)

Total running time: 37:26

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