OST: CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER (2x12")

Description

Sword-fighting, vampire-slaying and gothic atmosphere in a gleeful genre mash-up - CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER is one of the most gloriously bombastic films in the Hammer canon, and its score matches it, beat for outrageous beat. Released on vinyl for the very first time anywhere in the world, this double-disc LP features nearly 55 minutes of a rousing, swashbuckling LAURIE JOHNSON score that was synchronised against director Brian Clemens’s visuals by Hammer’s music supervisor Phil Martell. By August 1972, legendary composer Laurie Johnson – a close associate and friend of Clemens since they first worked together on The Avengers in the 1960s – had composed and created a rousing, swashbuckling score that was then synchronised against Clemens's visuals by Hammer's music supervisor Phil Martell. This double-disc LP features nearly 55 minutes of Laurie Johnson's music for Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter. By turns stirring, romantic, unsettling and bombastic, this much-requested, highly memorable score is made available here on vinyl for the first time anywhere in the world. Liner notes by writer and cultural commentator Tim Worthington. Liner notes by David Huckvale, author of James Bernard – composer to Count Dracula and Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde. Liner notes by John Mansell, author of The Symphony Behind the Screams: Hammer’s Musical Heritage.