His eerie electronica for the opening narration of the Poe poem is really effective, and his music for the battle of the sorcerers is classic Baxter, as his exhilarating music for the wild ride to Scarabus' castle.
Baxter uses electronics as well as conventional orchestra, and the result is a really fun and interesting score that just propels the film along its merry way.
It didn't matter that the emphasis was on the latter, because audiences still flocked to see it.Īdding to the fun of The Raven is the delightful score of Les Baxter, who did several of the Corman/Poe films. With a screenplay by Richard Matheson and delectable performances by the likes of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff (along with a young Jack Nicholson and a fetching Hazel Court), audiences expecting a horror film instead got a horror comedy, with an emphasis on the latter. These were all stylish horror films, but only one of them was an out-and-out comedy and that was The Raven. Knowing a good thing when he saw it, he followed with more inspired-by Poe films, including The Pit and the Pendulum, The Premature Burial, Tales Of Terror, The Raven, The Haunted Palace, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Tomb of Ligeia. In 1960, Roger Corman made House of Usher, the first of his inspired-by Edgar Allan Poe films, and it was an exploitation sensation, playing to packed houses and packed cars at drive-ins. Music Composed and Conducted by Les Baxter Kritzerland presents one of its final two new limited edition CD soundtracks for 2011: Kritzerland KR 20021-1 | Format CD | Jahr 1963 / 1970ĭer Rabe - Duell der Zauberer (West Germany) The Raven / An Evening Of Edgar Allan Poe (Les Baxter) Ihr Konto | Warenkorb | Wunschliste | Kasse Startseite » Katalog » Kritzerland » Kritzerland KR 20021-1 The Raven / An Evening Of Edgar Allan Poe - Les Baxter - soundtrack (CD)
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