Obake - Japanese Horror (Global Series)
Volume
SCMGBL101
Album Title
Obake - Japanese Horror (Global Series)
Description
Horrific and mysterious, this exotic score employs a palette of traditional Japanese instruments - including taiko drums, shakuhachi, koto and shamisen - and sinuously entwines them with bellowing low brass, elegant horror fx and percussion to convey a dramatic, noir-leaning sense of dread and inevitability.
Released
July 15, 2024
Tracks
12
Label
SCOREMONGERS
Track Listing
Ominous strings and traditional Japanese instruments combine with subtle drums, synths, vocal effects, and sound design to create a feeling of unsettling urgency in this dramatic and foreboding cue. Version - Full
This sparse, cinematic hybrid cue creates dread intermingled with sadness with a forlorn koto theme matched with discordant strings, strange, animalistic fx, and Japanese shakuhachi and shamisen, which add an element of intrigue and mystery. Version - Full
Dark and mysterious, this cue slowly builds with dramatic strings, brass, stirring shamisen, and shakuhachi as looming taiko drums, sound effects, and bass pulses create a dangerous and suspenseful atmosphere. Version - Full
Provocative Japanese koto and shakuhachi interact in this cinematic cue, with eerie string textures, driving percussion, fx and eerie textures adding to the unease and sense of impending danger. Version - Full
This solemn scoring cue blends traditional Japanese instrumentation with haunting strings, percussion, and dramatic sound design to create a sense of melancholy and defeat while building into an unsettling climax. Version - Full
Suspenseful, pulsing, low strings, shakuhachi, and koto blend with cinematic drums, driving percussion and bass, and eerie fx to create a shadowy and anxious atmosphere, giving rise to a dark sense of unease. Version - Full
Japanese shakuhachi and koto create an unsettling environment as they intertwine with serious strings, brass, guitars, a slow building beat, and provocative sound design in this tense and dramatic cue. Version - Full
Anxious shakuhachi, koto, and strings intertwine while dramatic Taiko drums, building bass, and electronic fx create dread and fear in this building transitional cue. Version - Full
At the onset, eerie and atmospheric synths and sound design are punctuated with a rhythmic, percolating percussion pattern that slowly builds, adding to the rising unease and suspense in this shadowy scoring cue. Version - Full
Strained strings and ominous Japanese shakuhachi and koto create a haunting atmosphere before subtle percussion and mournful brass textures intensify the drama in this dark, noir-leaning transitional cue . Version - Full
Grim and mysterious, this dark, atmospheric cue - with provocative koto, shakuhachi, and strings - delivers spine-chilling unease as swelling synths join pounding percussion to help convey impending danger. Version - Full
Dark, anxious strings, blaring low brass and pressing percussion join Shakuhachi, koto, and shamisen in this driving scoring cue that conveys action and urgency. Version - Full
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