Escape the Dark
Horror Feature Film
A young woman wants to escape reality; she finds herself surrounded by the supernatural. A depressed young man wants to escape the outside world; he finds he's trapped in his own apartment. Both of them and their put-upon roommates are about to discover:
You cannot fight. You cannot hide. You can only escape.
Horror music is one of my favorite genres to write. Almost every shade and color of emotion finds its way into a horror movie, and that gives a composer a real workout. I was excited to dive into Escape The Dark, which deals with depression as much as it does with things that go bump in the night. It was a great opportunity to score a feature-length film that needed dark music, frightening music, and surprisingly heartfelt music too. Enjoy some scenes from the film and some selections of the score below.