OST [Dick Hieronymus & Alan Oldfield]- The Forest

Label: Mystic Vault

Released 11/6/2026

Rue Morgue magazine review Issue #216: "Say what you will about the cannibal movie sub-genre, but those flicks tend to elicit some really inventive scores. In Don Jones' 1982 cannibal slasher The Forest, we get a winning score that fuses together all kinds of ideas, kicking off with a main title that's anchored with a horn melody right out of a Chuck Mangione playbook. The score plays a substantial role in the film, oscillating between wistful melodies and menacing dissonance, and nearly finding the right balance. While Dick Hieronymus gets top billing here he's largely responsible for the jazzy pop beats. Alan Oldfield contributes the bulk of the eerie underscore and seems to have had a ball bending notes on the keyboard. What results is a real clash of styles between early '80s synth horror and, say, Carol Browning's syrupy take on Hieronymus's 'Edge of Forever' theme, but the unusual mash-up means you're never bored. How many scores contain tracks like 'Jazz Fight?' 'Nuff said." --Jeff Szpirglas

Track listing:

1. The Forest Main title
   
2. The killer stalks the couple
   
3. The edge of forever
   
4. Its a mystery
   
5. Tami Stevens - Im coming on strong
   
6. Girls arrive
   
7. The dark side of the forest
   
8. The Forest reprise
   
9. Ghost mother appears
   
10. Nowhere to go
    
11. Killer stalks the girls
    
12. Night campfire
    
13. Sharon escapes
    
14. Terror in the forest
    
15. Michelle Hart - you're my special kind of love
    
16. Jazz fight
    
17. The forest suite 1
    
18. The forest suite 2
    
19. The forest suite 3
    
20. Carol Browning - the edge of forever