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The Last House on the Left

Current price: $18.99
The Last House on the Left
The Last House on the Left

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The Last House on the Left

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Filmmaker , who directed the original 1972 version of , returns as a co-producer of the 2009 remake directed by , a film with at least a slightly higher budget than its predecessor, which allowed to engage composer to write the score. contributes the sort of music that might be expected for such a thriller, mixing acoustic strings with synthesizers to create suspenseful cues that occasionally divert from building up tension to sudden climaxes as the scary parts of the movie kick in. 's main theme ( ), with its acoustic guitar, sounds like the beginning of a power ballad by a heavy metal band from the 1980s, and he also mixes in rock-like riffs here and there in and is a pretty orchestral theme that sounds out of place with the rest, while is electronic with a rhythm reminiscent of 's Of course, the music needs to serve the action onscreen, so, for example in relatively calm passages, suddenly give way after a couple of minutes to smashes of electronic percussion. The later parts of the score are the most disturbing, with creating music that alternately sounds like a swarm of electronic bees or heavy machinery being dragged across a factory floor. (All of these strategies are the same ones that has employed before, notably in his score for the horror film , which this one strikingly resembles.) It's not a score that lives well outside the theater, but it no doubt helps keep those in the theater on the edges of their seats. ~ William Ruhlmann

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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