Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Expanded Motion Picture Score (1974 - 320kbps)

I was shocked to discover that I had not already posted this soundtrack, which is possibly one of the greatest horror scores to never see an official release. I am presenting two different versions of this bootleg soundtrack to you today. The first version comes courtesy of Shelby Cobras from the Illogical Contraption blog, which is a great blog that you should definitely pay a visit if you haven't already. The second comes from a fellow known for creating a massive number of bootleg soundtrack releases, "Chief Brody", who also runs a blog which can be found here. Chief Brody's version is entitled "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Expanded Motion Picture Score" and contains 15 tracks in total. I tagged and properly named the tracks according to the tracklist provided by Chief Brody on the cover art he created. The Illogical Contraption version contains a total of 11 tracks, including the opening narration by John Larroquette, and the upbeat little number "Fool For A Blond" by Roger Bartlett, both of which appeared in the film. While "Fool For A Blond" isn't a bad song at all, it does contrast sharply with the rest of the music on the soundtrack, detracting from the chilling atmosphere created by the weird experimental music of Hooper and Bell. Since the soundtrack was never officially released, the tracks were never given official names. The track names differ on both bootleg releases because both rippers had to name the tracks as they saw fit. Both versions were ripped to 320kbps mp3 and sound as good as a bootleg audio rip from a low-budget mid-70s film can possibly be.

The soundtrack that accompanied the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was made up 7 original songs by various artists from Texas and an original background effects track by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell. Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper have both stated that neither have any recollection as to what happened to the original vinyl copies of the music used for the film. Kim Henkel is in possesion of the optical track containing the master soundtrack to the film, however, this track and any other significant copies of the film do not contain any audio track separation of the songs, background music, effects or dialogue. The original film contained only one mono track with the master audio, again with no separation between music, dialogue, etc.

While we may not have the isolated score created by Wayne Bell and Toby Hooper, the music, dialogue and sound effects contained in these bootlegs still manage to be every bit as creepy as the movie they accompanied.
Bell and Hooper created some of the most unnerving and creepy backing tracks to ever appear in a horror film. They incorporated a wide variety of unconventional instruments, ranging from cymbals to African instruments, and sound effects. For example, the screeching you hear during Sally's encounter with the Grandparents and at the end of the credits was made by running a pitch fork along the edge of a table. As with the film editing, the sound editing solely took place in Tobe Hooper's living room.

I would like to thank Chief Brody and Shelby Cobras for taking the time to create these and making them available to the rest of us. I would also like to thank Tim Harden from texaschainsawmassacre.net for providing some of the background information about the creative process behind the music.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Soundtrack (IC Version)

Year of Release: 1974
Label: N/A (Bootleg Release)
Genre: Soundtrack/Score, Horror, Experimental
Bitrate: 320kbps

Tracklist:
1. John Larroquette - Opening Narration
2. Roger Bartlett - Fool For A Blond
3. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - Opening Titles
4. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Graveyard
5. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - Smell of the Slaughterhouse
6. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - Sign of the Hitchhiker
7. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Drive Back to the House
8. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - Jerry Finds Pam in the Freezer/Fullmoon Sawchase
9. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - At Dawn They Feast/Escape Through A Window
10. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - A Room of Feathers and Bones
11. Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - End Titles

Download: Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Unofficial Soundtrack
Download Size: 63MB

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Expanded Motion Picture Score

Year of Release: 1974
Label: N/A (Bootleg Release)
Genre: Soundtrack/Score, Horror, Experimental
Bitrate: 320kbps

Tracklist:
1. Main Title
2. The Graveyard
3. Near Terror
4. First Meat
5. The Chicken Room
6. Pursuits Into Darkness
7. The Old House
8. Busted 1
9. The Dinner Game
10. End Credits
11. Theme Reprise
12. Gutted Corpses
13. Chainsaw Chasing
14. Grandpa's Feast
15. Sawyer Gone Crazy

Download: Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Expanded Motion Picture Score Bootleg
Download Size: 92MB