''Pet Sematary'' is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name. Produced by

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, it was released in 1989.

Background

Elliot Goldenthal's ''Pet Sematary'' record was his first mainstream film score. Its style is sometimes compared to

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's soundtrack for ''

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'', while the theme is inspired by Lalo Schifrin's score to ''

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''.

Track listing

# "The Pet Sematary" (3:00) # "Dead Recollection" (1:19) # "Hope and Ordeal" (1:22) # "Adieu Gage" (1:22) # "Rachel Against Time" (0:49) # "The Return Game" (Jud and Gage) (3:42) # "Moving Day Waltz" (0:30) # "The Warning Tour" (1:41) # "Death Do Us Part" (Rachel Hugs Louis) (0:53) # "Nine Lives Minus Seven" (0:14) # "Up in Flames" (Flashback) (1:38) # "Bitter Loss" (Flashback) (1:51) # "Rachel's Dirty Secret" (0:22) # "Return Game Attack" (1:54) # "Rachel's Blow Out" (0:20) # "I Brought You Something Mommie" (0:34) # "The Return Game II" (Louis and Gage) (2:52) # "Gentle Exhuming" (1:03) # "To the Micmac Grounds" (2:45) # "Chorale" (0:29) # "Kite and Truck" (1:22) # "Immolation" (1:37)

Personnel

*Music composed by Elliot Goldenthal *Album produced by Elliot Goldenthal *Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal and Robert Elhai *Conducted by Steven Mercurio *Performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's *Vocals performed by the Zarathustra Boys Chorus *Recorded by Phil Bulla, Mixed by Joel Iwataki *Synthesizer programming/supervision by Mathias Gohl

References

External links

*
Goldenthal's webpage entry

Varèse Sarabande page for the score
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