Label: Waxwork

Reissued 5/30/2025, Originally released 1979

Waxwork Records is thrilled to release PHANTASM Original Motion Picture Score by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave. In celebration of the iconic Horror film's 45th Anniversary, this special triple LP features the complete score sourced from the original 1979 master tapes for the first time in any format, a full LP of never before released cues from the Phantasm score recordings sessions, and the newly re-mastered original 1979 score album. Directed by Don Coscarelli, Phantasm has become a horror classic due to it's surreal and unconventional storytelling. Filming on weekends over the span of a year, and working with a budget of only $300,000, Coscarelli and his crew created a bizarre, gorey, and entirely original horror film. Some of the most famous aspects of the film, like the floating silver orb, come directly from Coscarelli's dreams, which give the film an even more ethereal feel. Composers Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave were inspired by the horror scores of Goblin (Suspiria) and Mike Oldfield (The Exorcist) to create the haunting sounds of Phantasm. Myrow and Seagrave were working with synthesizers in the early days of the instrument. Says Coscarelli, "The synthesizers we used back then were so primitive that you couldn't repeat something; you would program the synthesizer, which means setting all of these dials to create a sound, and you went back and tried to get it again and forget it - it was impossible." "I recently received notice that our long-term film storage vault in the basement of the historic Howard Hughes Headquarters building on the corner of Romaine and Sycamore in Hollywood was being permanently closed. During the process of moving out our negative materials, I came across the original three reels of Ampex 456 analog tape used in the Phantasm score recording sessions. Listening now to the score, including the outtake tracks, I am impressed with how inventive and adventurous Fred and Malcolm were in their approach to scoring Phantasm." Waxwork Records is excited to release the definitive PHANTASM Original Motion Picture Score by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave as a deluxe 3xLP with features including the expanded and complete score sourced from the original 1979 master tapes, never before released score cues from the Phantasm recording sessions, and the newly re-mastered original 1979 score album. Each disc is pressed to "Silver Sphere" metallic silver colored vinyl and housed in a heavyweight triple gatefold jacket. Also included are exclusive liner notes by Phantasm writer, director, and producer Don Coscarelli, an 11"x11" insert, and full album artwork by Graham Humphreys.

Track listing:

1. Welcome To Morningside
   
2. Into The Mausoleum
   
3. Tommy's Funeral
   
4. Lifting The Casket
   
5. To The Fortuneteller
   
6. Inside The Fortuneteller's Den
   
7. Don't Fear
   
8. Silver Sphere Disco
   
9. It Wasn't Any Gopher
   
10. Jody In The Graveyard
    
11. Main Street
    
12. Garage
    
13. Phantasm Theme
    
14. Basement Surprise
    
15. I Believe You
    
16. Cuda' Chase
    
17. Tommy Dead Again
    
18. Reggie In The Mausoleum
    
19. Jody's Dream
    
20. Ice Cream Truck
    
21. Running Home
    
22. Hearse Explosion
    
23. Singer's Creek
    
24. We'll Figure It Out When We Get There

Unused Cues

1. Telepathy, Take 1
   
2. Mike Chases Jody On The Dirtbike, Take 1
   
3. Mike Chases Jody On The Dirtbike, Take 2
   
4. Main Street, Take 1
   
5. Mike To Palmist, Take 1
   
6. Jody Chases Michael, Take 1
   
7. The Tall Man Chases Mike, Take 1
   
8. Michael Goes To Morningside, Take 1
   
9. Car Chase, Take 1
   
10. Spacegate, Take 1
    
11. Atmosphere - Slumber Room
    
12. Michael's Dwarfs
    
13. Michael In Bushes, Take 1
    
14. Reg Meets Purple, Take 1
    
15. Jody Looks For Parents - Jody's Parent's Crypt
    
16. Driverless Cuda', Take 1
    
17. X-Palmist Take 1 - Silver Sphere
    
18. Bug Fight, Take 1
    
19. Bug Fight, Take 2
    
20. Antique Store
    
21. Slumber Room (Transformation)
    
22. Jody Goes To Morningside, Take 1
    
23. Jody Goes To Morningside, Take 2
    
24. Mike To Window, Take 1

Original 1979 Motion Picture Score Album

1. Main Title
   
2. Welcome To Morningside - Hand In Box
   
3. Mineshift Chase
   
4. Phantasmagoria - Silver Sphere Disco
   
5. Hearse Inferno
   
6. Cemetery Spectres
   
7. Spacegate To Infinity
   
8. Jody At Morningside - Just A Dream
   
9. Phantasm Atmosphere
   
10. The Tall Man On Main Street
    
11. Funeral Organ - Dwarf In Hearse
    
12. Under The Car
    
13. Mike On The Road
    
14. Hearse Chase
    
15. Overturned Ice Cream Truck
    
16. End Of The Game
    
17. Or Is It - (Outtakes)