Presenting the 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 deluxe 3xLP 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 its 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 movie, such as the floating silver orb, were products of Coscarelli’s dreams, 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.

Phantasm centers on a newly orphaned teenager named Mike Pearson (A. Michael Baldwin), his older brother Jody (Bill Thornbury), and their friend Reggie (Reggie Bannister), as they face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), who controls a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons, as well as dwarf creatures, in their southern California town. Written and directed by Don Coscarelli, Phantasm stars A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie Kalbus, Kenneth V. Jones, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman-Rossi and Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man.

Features include:

• The Complete Score Album For The First Time Ever
• Never Before Released Score Cues and Outtakes
• The Re-Mastered Original 1979 Score Album
• Exclusive Liner Notes by Don Coscarelli
• Artwork by Graham Humphreys
• Heavyweight Triple LP Gatefold Packaging
• 11×11 inch Illustrated Insert