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Ghost Canyon

Title - ‘Oculus' [Soundtrack]
Artist - The Newton Brothers

The new horror film 'Oculus' tells the story of a woman who tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Well then, nothing can go wrong there, can it?! But, of course, all Hell breaks loose sooner rather than later and so on this excellent, and horrifically creepy Newton Brothers soundtrack score their unique style of composing most certainly comes to the fore.

Indeed, their melting pot of electronic instrumentation combined with organic, home-orchestrated sounds brings us something that hasn't been heard of in this genre of composition for a very long time: something very, very unique.

Using the sounds of such things as broken glass, metal scrapes, detuned instruments, and synthesizers in combination with choir, and a 50 piece string section to support (I know, right!) their stunning 'Oculus' composition is just simply amazing. Not to give too much away, but there is a certain object used in the movie that eventually takes centerstage - and the Newton's music definitely captures the evil vibrancy behind it, trust me.

For the more family bonding cinematic moments, the brothers chose to record with a variety of solo woodwinds. Combining those with the string section, they musically found a way to ensure that even if you were peaking through your fingers, you would know what was easy to watch, and what was best to turn squeamishly away from just by the music:

1. Recurring Dream
2. The Auction
3. Moving IN
4. You Promised Me
5. Juice Box
6. Kaylie's Nightmare
7. Graphic Photos
8. The Mirror
9. Grotesque Cow 1
10. The Other Woman
11. Memories Surface
12. Dead Plants
13. We Have A Gun To It's Head
14. History Of The Mirror
15. Fuzzy-Trace Theory
16. Mason Was Sick
17. Fingernails
18. Book Stacking
19. Whispers In The Glass
20. Who Are You Talking To?
21. The Reveal
22. Marisol, Marisol, Marisol
23. Shifting Glass
24. Marie's Breakdown
25. Lightbulbs & Apples
26. Seeing Things
27. Broken Plates
28. She Needs A Doctor
29. This Isn't Real
30. Staring Eyes
31. It Won't Let Us
32. I've Seen The Devil And He Is ME
33. A Mother's Embrace
34. Oculus
35. Oculus Remix (The Newton Brothers and Paul Oakenfold)
36. Oculus Of Glass (The Newton Brothers and Paul Oakenfold, Featuring Greta)

Mixing the past with the present, sometimes with events that are a figment of one of the character's imaginations, or seen from a character's different perspective, 'Oculus' is made all the more scary because of this soundtrack alone!

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