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I have added a page in the Music submenu of the Multimedia section with video and music from the “Resident Evil” movies. I love the movies, and I was suprised to learn that the title music and variations were composed by Marilyn Manson. The first one on the page is the full main title soundtrack mix, and the second is the video opening of the original movie with the music. I like this title music because it’s eerie in a haunted house, spine chilling kind of way. I also find it  interesting because it takes a very simple tune and arranges the notes in different patterns to develop complex mixtures and intensities. The composition has elements of electronic simplistic music, rock and pop that warp and fade in and out giving it it’s transitions; from benign to interesting, intense to menacing, and on to horror .  The opening title video dosen’t give enough of this music to be able to appreciate all of these qualities, which is why I included the full soundtrack mix. I find it really quite extraordinary, and It’s one of those things I can listen to over and over again.  I’m not ever going to be a Marilyn Manson fan, I find him a bit too bizarre for me. That said, there is no doubt about his ability as a composer when given a specific job to do.  Alfred Hitchcock once said (paraphrased), “I play my audience like a finely tuned piano”. As far as I’m concerned, this was a Hitchcock quality manipulation of audience response and makes the movies. The movies no doubt would have made good box office without it, but the suspense would have fallen by the wayside to simple zombie dinners. Although I found the music on YouTube, please buy the soundtrack if you enjoy it. It’s the ethical thing to do.

Enjoy,

Denigris