Soundtrack Information

The Funhouse

Intrada (Special Collection Vol. 484)

Release Date: January 24, 2023

Conducted by John Beal

Formats: CD, Digital

Music From

The Funhouse (1981)

Music By

John Beal

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Track Listing

1.	Funhouse � Theme (Main Title) Get this album or track at:	5:50
2.	God Is Watching Get this album or track at:	1:12
3.	Embryo Get this album or track at:	1:58
4.	No Escape Get this album or track at:	1:31
5.	Crystal Ball Get this album or track at:	0:16
6.	Scary Stuff Get this album or track at:	0:21
7.	All Alone No. 1 Get this album or track at:	1:31
8.	Too Serious Get this album or track at:	1:11
9.	Zena Dies Get this album or track at:	1:47
10.	Bad Idea Get this album or track at:	3:07
11.	The Unmasking Get this album or track at:	1:21
12.	No Place To Be Get this album or track at:	1:50
13.	Hang-Up Get this album or track at:	0:33
14.	Hatchet Job Get this album or track at:	1:19
15.	Liz And The Knife Get this album or track at:	3:13
16.	The Last Of Liz Get this album or track at:	0:55
17.	Losing Battle Get this album or track at:	4:54
18.	Manic Montage Get this album or track at:	2:29
19.	Monster Mashed Get this album or track at:	5:00
20.	All Alone No. 2 Get this album or track at:	0:54
21.	Funhouse � Theme (End Title) Get this album or track at:	1:32
22.	THE EXTRAS: Funhouse � Theme (Alternate Main Title) Get this album or track at:	2:41
23.	Carousel March Get this album or track at:	2:50
24.	Carousel Waltz Get this album or track at:	2:54
25.	Merry-Go-Rag Get this album or track at:	1:47
26.	Zena's Zingaresa Get this album or track at:	2:27
27.	Eatery Source Get this album or track at:	3:24
28.	Stripper Source Get this album or track at:	2:26
29.	Tee-And-A-Tease Get this album or track at:	4:46
30.	Organ Loop #9 Get this album or track at:	2:34
31.	Dementia Rag Get this album or track at:	1:02
32.	Cockeyed Calliope (John Berkman) Get this album or track at:	5:19
33.	Funhouse � Theme (End Title � Alternate Take) Get this album or track at:	1:31
	Total Album Time:	76:25

Related Albums

The FunhouseReel Time
Released: September 24, 2014
Format: Digital (38 min)
The FunhousePromotional Release (JNBL 4001)
Released: 1998
Format: CD (38 min)

From the Manufacturer

Intrada announces the premiere release of John Beal's impressive score for the 1981 Universal horror film The Funhouse. Although the film capitalizes on the horror craze started by Halloween several years earlier, it did not follow suit in its approach to scoring. Whereas the earlier film featured a legendary electronic score, The Funhouse's executive producer Mace Neufeld insisted that a largely orchestral approach was warranted. The orchestra mixed with some electronics brings a sophisticated depth to this early entry in the slasher film genre. While the score starts unassumingly with a simple piccolo solo representing the kernel of Beal's main theme, the mood is quickly shattered by an orchestral slashing gesture before transitioning to the other major theme � the carousel waltz. The score culminates in a full-blown passacaglia of sorts as the action in the funhouse comes to a head.

Fans responded enthusiastically to the score, with the composer receiving letters from around the world for decades. For this release, Intrada obtained the original 24-track session elements stored at Universal, allowing the composer to oversee a new mix, highlighting details and a stereo image never before heard.

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