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The 'Attack' music cues

posted 11 years ago by MikeJackKearney
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Hey there,

This may be a weird question, but I was wondering if anyone knows what other horror movies the "attack" music cues appeared in.

I watched RABID the other night, and every time Rose attacks someone, big crescendos of library music blast. And I've seen a lot of horror movies, so every time I heard them, I thought, "I know I've heard these before."

So if there are any horror movie savants out there, I'm wondering what other (probably low budget) movies these cues appeared in.

Thank you.

[–] Mysteriously_Eerie 10 years ago

I haven't done a comparison, but I'm wondering if the "attack cues," the long-held chords, are the same ones that are at the end of SLEEPAWAY CAMP, the original.

[–] glaeken777 9 years ago

They were originally used in the original Twilight Zone series, but also in Kingdom of the Spiders.

[–] kevcoe 9 years ago

I'm fairly sure these cues were also used quite a bit in 1970's UK Saturday Morning show, 'Tiswas'...

[–] jinx_malone 8 years ago

They're in a Monty Python episode, so they're pretty *beep* old! I'd love to know the origin. I saw that someone mentioned the Twilight Zone but I have that on blu-ray and never once heard that particular sting in any episode that I can recall.

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[–] mtait237 8 years ago

That's a great question and it's driving me crazy trying to figure it out... It's for sure not from Twilight Zone, but Kingdom Of The Spiders sounds right. Definitely a 70's jazz/horror style. I'm almost positive that they're the same attack cues from a lot of the 70's Hammer Horror films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee..

[–] shatterhand (39) 7 years ago

Some of the cues were used in the 60's Spiderman animated show and yes Kingdom of the Spiders.