Scream 2 (soundtrack)

The album "Scream 2: Music From The Dimension Motion Picture" with songs from the film went on sale on November 18, 1997 , released by the label "Capitol Records". The disc housed 15 tracks of various musical genres - R&B , rap and rock . All songs except the songs “One More Chance” and “The Race” sound in the film. The disc got into the Billboard 200 chat and lasted for 10 weeks, reaching the # 50 position, ^[2] showing much better results than its predecessor - the soundtrack to the first film did not hit the hit parade at all. ^[3]

The AllMusic resource assigned the album only 2 stars out of 5, ^[1] appreciating even lower than the soundtrack of “ Scream ”. Steven Earlvine noted that this is “an unsuccessful attempt to compensate for the lack of musical hits in the first film. [...] The songs from this “bumpy” album are not good enough to help the artists release their own album ”- in the end he assigned the album 2 stars out of 5. ^[1] The only song from the film that did not appear on the album was“ Take Away The Fear ”, written and performed by director Wes Kryaven’s daughter , Jessica and Mike Mancini, sounds on TV in one of the scenes with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the women's dormitory.

Be that as it may, on February 4, 1998 , the album was given the status of " golden ", as sales exceeded 500 thousand copies. ^[four]

The album, entitled “Scream / Scream 2” ^{[5], was} released by Varèse Sarabande on July 14, 1998. The disc contained compositions written by Marco Beltrami for the first and second films. The release is far from complete and contains only 9 tracks played in the second film “Stage Fright Requiem”, “Love Turns Sour”, “Cici Creepies”, “Deputy for a Friend”, “Hollow Parting”, “Dewpoint / Stabbed”, “ Hairtrigger Lunatic ”,“ Sundown Search ”and“ It's Over, Sid ”. Their total duration was only 17 minutes, given the fact that compositions for the film were written with a total duration of about 90 minutes. In addition, the average duration of official releases with instrumental compositions for films is 30-45 minutes. ^{[5] [5]}

In addition, the album lacks the track "Cassandra Aria", written by composer Danny Elfman . A critic from the famous browser site Filmtracks.Com called the song “a three-minute frantic masterpiece of choral music.” ^[6] According to critics, such a “poor” release is due to the fact that for a more complete publication of copyright works, producers would have to pay a high fee. ^[5]

Beltarmi's works for the trilogy feel the influence of such composers as Hans Zimmer , Elliot Goldenenthal , Ennio Morricone and Christopher Young . In addition, the film uses the compositions “Brothers” and “Secure”, written by Zimmer for the film “ Broken Arrow ” - guitarist Dwayne Eddy took part in the recording of the tracks. These two tunes became the main musical theme of the character of Dewey Riley and sound in the scenes of Riley and Gale, as well as in front of the song “She Said” playing during the final credits.

Critics praised Beltrami's professional growth by comparing the work on this film and the first part, but in their opinion, the main merit of the film in terms of music was the work of Hans Zimmer and Cassandra Aria, written by Danny Elfman . Meanwhile, the Dewey character melody written by Beltarmi was replaced with Zimmer’s music, considering it to be more “catchy”. The absence of Elfman's track especially causes a feeling of incompleteness of the album. As a result, the soundtrack was rated 2.5 out of 5. ^[6] The AllMusic website reviewer wrote that Beltrami’s music “perfectly portrayed the post-modernist mood of the Scream series” - the album was given 3 stars out of 5. ^[1]

Score 2: Music From The Dimension Motion Picture:

• Amazon Album
• Album on CD Universe
• Lyrics at STLyrics

Scream / Scream 2:

• Amazon Album
• Review on the Film Tracks website