Released in conjunction with Lakeshore Records, Mondo and Death Waltz Records’ original motion picture soundtrack for David Bruckner’s Hellraiser (2022, now streaming via Hulu) is now available for pre-order, and this thing looks gorgeous.
Let’s take a look, starting with the cover art by the great Matt Ryan Tobin…
And what do those LPs look like? Pressed on “Hell Priest Vinyl,” the 2XLP set features one “Gold & Black Swirl” disc and one “Red & White Galaxy” disc…
And here’s how Mondo’s describing the release:
We have such sights to show you. The iconic Hell Priest returns in HELLRAISER, an all-new interpretation of Clive Barker’s classic tale, directed by David Bruckner (THE NIGHT HOUSE), with a new cast of characters drawn into the nightmarish world of the cenobites, where pain and pleasure meet. Riley is a young girl looking for her brother who believes the key to his disappearance is a puzzle box called the Lament Configuration. However, she cannot possibly comprehend the dark forces the box will unleash and the shocking truth behind her brother’s disappearance. Unleashing the cacophony of hell is Ben Lovett (SYNCHRONICITY, THE NIGHT HOUSE), who brings a fresh angle to the music of the franchise while still respecting the epic neo-gothic palette of original composer Christopher Young. Lovett’s score is both seductive and sickening, using the beauty of the piano and the ferocity of low-frequency electronics to paint a sordidly stunning picture of Riley’s demented ordeal in the world of hell. It’s also patient to a fault, content to sit back and not give you the empty pleasures of everything at once, instead carefully edging until the full power of the cenobites is ready to be released—an experience beyond limits.
Having seen the new Hellraiser a few times now, I can tell you that Ben Lovett’s score is an excellent listen – foreboding, sinister, everything you’d want out of a Hellraiser score. I will be adding this one to my collection promptly, thank you very much (foreboding, sinister music is always great to write to).
Head on over to Mondo’s shop to place your pre-order now, and while you’re there, consider checking out their other Hellraiser scores: one for Clive Barker’s 1988 original, and another for its sequel, Hellbound: Hellraiser II (both featuring music from the wildly talented Christopher Young). You may want the whole set!
