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In Search of Darkness

Every film has tension, chase, kill

Every film has tension, chase, kill

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Every film has tension, chase, kill.
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5 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
02:47:48
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary, horror
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Movie Summary

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
Your job as a film composer in general you have to deliver the story. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
Your job as a film composer in general you have to deliver t...
Whether it's a scare or a laugh, a kill or someone crying. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
Whether it's a scare or a laugh, a kill or someone cryi...
Is it a better scare if it just jumps out at you or is it a better scare if I'm really - In Search of Darkness 00:08
Is it a better scare if it just jumps out at you or is it a ...
Those are actual mechanical compositional things that you deal with. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
Those are actual mechanical compositional things that you de...
If you've already got the audience at a seven like they're really agitated and they're really - In Search of Darkness 00:13
If you've already got the audience at a seven like they...
But if you pull the music out and you let the audience calm down then you hit, - In Search of Darkness 00:16
But if you pull the music out and you let the audience calm ...
I think Harry doesn't get enough credit for his discofied Friday the 13th Part 3 score. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
I think Harry doesn't get enough credit for his discofi...
Well, the piece of horror music I'll always remember was John Carpenter's opening theme - In Search of Darkness 00:13
Well, the piece of horror music I'll always remember wa...
That was my first encounter with music that really set a mood and got me creeped out before - In Search of Darkness 00:07
That was my first encounter with music that really set a moo...
Well, I don't know if John invented using the synthesizer for horror or something like that - In Search of Darkness 00:09
Well, I don't know if John invented using the synthesiz...
We were both in a rock-and-roll group coming out of film school so I know his background, - In Search of Darkness 00:12
We were both in a rock-and-roll group coming out of film sch...
He said he wrote that, the score to Halloween for instance I think in an afternoon. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
He said he wrote that, the score to Halloween for instance I...
He just had an idea and this 4/5 time was the clever way of approaching it. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
He just had an idea and this 4/5 time was the clever way of ...
If you have that skill you can think in pre-production about the music, you're thinking of - In Search of Darkness 00:07
If you have that skill you can think in pre-production about...
The score then becomes a part of the life of the movie to you, I think. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
The score then becomes a part of the life of the movie to yo...
When you have a little tiny budget, you don't have a budget for a big-time composer and - In Search of Darkness 00:07
When you have a little tiny budget, you don't have a bu...
You have to do it on a synthesizer and that, I could do it myself. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
You have to do it on a synthesizer and that, I could do it m...
So, it started in Halloween and then it became a creative choice after a while. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
So, it started in Halloween and then it became a creative ch...
Although, I worked with Ennio Morricone on The Thing and he was just a brilliant composer. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
Although, I worked with Ennio Morricone on The Thing and he ...
What they ended up with was a very Carpenteresque score that is very minimalist and - In Search of Darkness 00:13
What they ended up with was a very Carpenteresque score that...