A recurring theme in this album is taking usually happy and reassuring child-related objects and making them horrifying, and this has never been more true than with the “Buddi Song”, a nursery rhyme-type piece that nearly makes my skin crawl.īirth of Chucky is where the full score begins, and it opens with a few ominous notes from the main Child’s Play theme on a one of the instruments from McCreary’s toy orchestra, which sounds creepy as ever. If you didn’t think the theme could get any more disturbing, you were wrong – just before the track draws to a close, Mark Hamill (the actor who voices Chucky in the new film, you may have heard of him) takes centre stage, singing the particularly frightening “Buddi Song”, a vocal piece that McCreary also composed for the film which the Chucky doll sings at various points in the story. This compositional choice is incredibly effective, as the use of children’s toys (which sound quite innocent, child-like and friendly) combined with the sinister vocals and strings creates quite an unnerving musical atmosphere, and one that I feel pretty perfectly captures the character of Chucky. One particularly interesting thing to note about this theme (and the score) is McCreary’s use of instrumentation, as he primarily used various musical toys (including little toy pianos, harmonicas and Slinkies) to compose it, with standard strings and vocals playing much more of a background role. Additional and far deeper vocals then join the fray and the music starts to rise in intensity, with the backing instruments becoming increasingly dramatic and intimidating as the track continues, but underneath it all you can hear the opening vocals singing the new main theme (this occurs throughout the piece), which all together makes for a very creepy and atmospheric introduction to the album overall. The album begins with Theme From Child’s Play, and the sinister atmosphere of the movie is gotten across near-immediately as light percussion appears in combination with very ominous-sounding child-like vocals that then sound out the first rendition of the Child’s Play theme. Having been a fan of his work for a little while now (particular favourites being his Cloverfield and Godzilla albums) I’ve come to expect a certain level of quality with his usually outstanding compositional work, and having now listened to it more than a few times, I can safely say that Child’s Play more than meets that bar. McCreary seems to be on a bit of a roll at the moment, having only recently released his fantastic soundtrack for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and now just a few weeks later he’s treated us to even more, this time with the new Child’s Play. Bear McCreary’s score for the new Child’s Play is near-masterfully composed, with the use of a toy orchestra to get across the child-like yet incredibly sinister atmosphere of the film being a stroke of horror-base genius.
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