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Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack
2006 La-La
Land Records
Produced by Jon
Mikl Thor
Executive
Producers: MV Gerhard and Matt
Verboys
The movie Rock-n-Roll Nightmare,
originally released in 1987, has become an underground classic. It
centered around a hard rock/heavy metal group, The Tritonz, who battle
demons in a remote ramshackle house, which doubled as their practice
area. Lead singer John Triton (Jon Mikl Thor) turned out to be one
of God's warriors, and the rest is biblical folklore. What
I liked most about the movie, was it's ability to frighten through
sound. The effects were what you'd expect from a campy 80's b-flick, but
the score, emphasizing the metamorphosis from human to demon, and
following the victim to death's call, made that movie!
The soundtrack, re-released on La La Land Records in 2006, brings both score, and the original recordings of The Tritonz, fronted by Canadian actor, bodybuilder, and musician John Mikl Thor. Thor along with orchestral arranging done by Rob Begg, beckon a moving, and unsettling score. Spiraling Terror (Song # 2, on the 28 song soundtrack) sets the dark mood, and Ghost Walker winds down the scale like a slithering snake in the night, meandering through the plumbing, and on into your room, down through the ceiling! Check out Winds Of Evil! That one was correlated perfectly to a sunset scene in the movie, and sounds quite unnerving. Awesome work on the score! For fans of Type O Negative, what song does the intro to Winds of Evil remind you of? Face Off brings to life the epic battle of good vs. evil, at the end of the film, through it's pre dawn like groan, and offers dialog from the movie itself. Watch out, things could get bloody around here! As for the soundtrack's songs, The Tritonz ride again, and epitomize 1980's hairband music. Wild Life, (song number 3) emphasizes the mindset of the times. We Live To Rock continues the fun times, rock hard, learn as you go along attitude, and serves up quite an impressive guitar solo from Frank Soda. Finally The Tritonz reunite for the soundtrack's last two songs, the titular track Rock-n-Roll Nightmare, and Lend Me Your Ears. The former starting off like a steam engine purging it's exhaust pipe, and continues the 80's approach, with a slight update in sound. The latter is a moody meets fun times anthem to round out the collection. If you like The Alan Parsons Project, and if you like Motley Crue, then hunt down Rock-n-Roll Nightmare Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Step back in time, to not so long ago, when rock music was the order of the day, and the good times flowed freely. Check the movie out, it's one of those that you have to see once. The rest is rock-n-roll history. | ||
