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The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Wes Craven. Composer Don Peake has recently revisited his score and this vinyl release presents the newly discovered and remastered original tapes from the film. It follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert. Made for only $230,000, the film has spawned may sequels and remakes and has gone on to become a cult classic.

He remembers his work on the score and how this remarkable soundtrack was created:

“I was immediately struck with the brutality of the characters, and I decided to create a sparse, and disturbing score utilizing both acoustic instruments and a few experimental electronic instruments. I used “The Blaster Beam” – a long aluminium channel (About 10 feet) strung with a single wire. The Player (Craig Huxley) would slide a piece of steel up the wire string creating a long Glissando. I also had the prop master deliver the bone necklaces that the actors wore in the movie to the scoring stage. I used these bones as shakers for the chase scenes. The percussionists each had a necklace to play.

We recorded all the music “Live” with absolutely no overdubs. The tapes had been lost for many years. I just recently came upon them in my storage. I had my friend Ron Hitchcock “bake” the tapes for 10 hours, and then transferred them into the Pro Tools digital format. This is the very first time that this music has been available to listen to.”

Tracklist

SIDE A
A1. Opening Credits
A2. Stay On the Main Roads / Truck Explosion / Here They Come / Mutants Watch / Pretty Girl / Spider
A3. Bobby Runs After Beauty the Dog / Bobby Runs Back Down the Hill
A4. Oil Can Spout / Old Man Tells Story / Mutant Attacks Big Bob
A5. Bobby Hears a Noise / Nailing Big Bob to A Tree / Bobby Runs / Mutant Enters the RV
A6. Explosive Diversion / Big Bob’s Burned Corpse

SIDE B
B1. Stealing The Baby / Lynne Is Shot / RV Fight / Finding the Walkie-Talkie
B2. Dog Scare / Running Back Up the Hill / Finding the Camp / Mutants Run to RV / Ruby Steals the Baby
B3. Ruby Runs with Baby / The Rabbit / Brenda Sees Mutant / Dead Mom Decoy
B4. Gas Trap / The RV Explodes / Chasing the Baby / Rock Fight / The Rattlesnake
B5. End Credits
B6. Bobby Runs Back Down the Hill (Alternate)
B7. Bobby Runs (Alternate)
B8. Lynne Is Shot / RV Fight (Alternate)
B9. Chasing The Baby / Rock Fight (Alternate)
B10. Dog Scare / Running Back Up the Hill (Alternate)
B11. Wild Synth Wind
B12. Wild Axe Hits
B13. Percussion Suite 1
B14. Percussion Suite 2