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50. Sinister Soundtrack (17 points)
Nominated by: Place (2/5 remaining)
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Importance: 2.5
Fear: 6
Snake: 8.5

This soundtrack is right up my alley. Sparse, atmospheric, grating, it's the type of soundtrack that offers up a scart tone for the film but also manages to be strangely relaxing for me. I don't even think Sinister is that great of a film, yet this soundtrack is such a stand-out accomplishment. In typical horror movie fashion, the opening track of "Portrait of Mr. Boogie" is more loud and bombastic when put against the rest of the soundtrack, with sort of a dubstep background accompanied by some atmospheric gurgling and other strange noises to give the track a grimy feel. One of the weirdest tracks of the album comes early with "Levantation", a schizophrenic soundscape that bounces from ear to ear like a disturbed gremlin, with the slightest touches of industrial, ending off with the screams of anguish and agony. Not to be outdone, "The Horror in the Canisters" slowly crescendos into a pulsing, tribal rhythm that feels ancient and urgent, almost goading the listener into action. Jumping ahead, "The Eater of Children" is one of the most harsh tracks on the album, feeling like a scrambled recording from a crashed alien spaceship. Only someone as weird as me could find something like this appealing, but it just surrounds me with a sense of chaos and entropy that I can't quite quantify. "Rot Not, Want Not" meanwhile could be the backing track to a trip hop song, and I like the air of mystery and investigation that comes with it.

I have nothing but praise for this soundtrack, a perfect horror film condensed down to its purest, rawest form. The tracks I laid out here are just the tip of the iceberg, and represent merely what I consider my favorites. It's perfectly paced and is comparable to a Silent Hill soundtrack at its best moments. It could be just the thing you need this year to spice up your Halloween.
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I try in vain to slumber, my reveries gripped by violent terror. My only salvation, the shock of awakening. Something is very, very wrong here.