It’s freebie week for Monday Music Moves Me and I went TV Themes. There have been a lot of scary TV shows over the decades…I mean, a lot! I was checking out all the T. V. shows that are supposed to be scary and I’m surprised at how many there have been and how few show up on TV except for The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The X Files and the gazillion Walking Dead shows ( just go to your local mall and you can view the zombies there). I didn’t want to choose the most famous music from these TV Shows and decided on ones that I love, but don’t get the love they deserve.
1. THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR-2020
I received this and The Haunting Of Hill House for Christmas and both mini series are excellent and very, very eerie. This mini series is based on The Turn of the Screw that was made into a brilliant film starring Deborah Kerr ( The Innocents) and the actors seem to be favourites of the creator, Mike Flanagan whom he uses in his other anthology mini series, “ The Haunting of Hill House”. The music is very eerie and is used to great effect throughout this limited series. This music was created by The Nelson Bros.
2. DARK SHADOWS-1966-1971
Ok, the original series has become a cult classic that starred Jonathan Frid as the tortured vampire Barnabas who returns to his home after escaping from his coffin. The family are odd in so many ways and supernatural elements follow them. What’s fun is this was a soap opera on ABC and it starred one the best film stars from the 30s, 40s and 50s, Joan Bennet. The music was composed by Robert Cobert
3. FOREVER KNIGHT-1992-1996
This is a Canadian show that I love and have the full series. It stars Geraint Wyn-Davies as the tormented vampire who plays a detective and can often relate the crimes to his long past as a vampire. You learn about his philosophy along with his cohorts, Janette and Lucien the latter played by Nigel Bennett who, often, steals the show, as the vampire villain you love. Nick wants to become mortal again and, along with the pretty mortician, who shares a mutual attraction with the vampire, tries to come up with the “cure” to make Nick mortal. The music is eerie and mystical and was written by Fred Mollin.
Which TV music do you feel is eerie?
Hi, Birgit!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you again, dear friend!
That hell hound in your header gave me a fright. At first glance, I thought it was my buddy Harley dressed in a H-ween costume. :)
I have enjoyed actor and budding scream queen Victoria Pedretti ever since she played Love Quinn on the Netflix series You. I recently watched her in The Haunting of Bly Manor and very much enjoyed the creepy miniseries. Now, you have me determined to catch her earlier performance in Hill House.
I remember watching a few episodes of the after school spooker Dark Shadows, but I quickly determined that it was much to tame and slow paced to hold my interest. Dark Shadows preceded Dick Clark's Where The Action Is on the ABC weekday schedule, and the latter was a show I never wanted to miss.
I've never seen Forever Knight. It looks pretty good but, as it was with Dark Shadows, might be too tame for me, given that I have developed a taste for slasher gore in recent years.
My recommendation for eerie TV series music is the theme of Boris Karloff's Thriller. WARNING: The following video contains images of young William Shatner. Those who find that disturbing might want to turn away:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4D8NSItHQU&list=RDH4D8NSItHQU&start_radio=1
I'm sorry our schedules didn't sync up last month. I hope you can join me this month at Shady's Place where Pt. 2 of Shadyween 2025 is now underway! Take care, dear friend BB!