Friday, 14 January 2011

The Innocents [1961] : Custom Soundtrack.

















If you've seen this classic, then you'll know that it's crammed full of eerie noises and disturbing atmosphere. I've taken the entire audio track from the movie, and isolated all the creepy sound effects and musical oddities; editing them together into one continuous piece of music. Some moments provide subtle chills, while others will make you jump out of your armchair !
At the end, I've included "O Willow Waly", the song from the film, written by Georges Auric and Paul Dehn and sung on the soundtrack by Isla Cameron; this was originally released in the UK on a Decca single in March, 1962.
I played this last night by a roaring fire, and a major supernatural entity entered the cottage through the chimney.
















Running Time 26:09 . 320 kbps. Download here or here.
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13 comments:

  1. Paul Bareham16 January 2011 at 04:34

    Fantastic, thanks very much indeed. I hope you don't mind, but I've posted about this on Found Objects, here --

    http://found0bjects.blogspot.com/2011/01/sound-of-innocents.html --

    Spread the fear, I say.

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  2. Fearlono16 January 2011 at 09:27

    Not at all, Unman-Wittering; the more people who experience difficulty sleeping after hearing this, the better.

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  3. jonny mugwump16 January 2011 at 15:21

    hi fearlono- sorry to use a comment box for this- have a proposal- could you email me at jonnymugwump@gmail.com cheers jm

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  4. Unknown17 January 2011 at 04:54

    Hi my mix of the "O Willow Waly"theme.
    http://soundcloud.com/isolde-and-isobelle/render-reprised-reversed-reviled
    Bless :)

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  5. Fearlono18 January 2011 at 07:04

    ^ lovely track, Mark, thanks for sharing it. Just played that through twice.
    Very pleasant, and a nice compliment to strong cough sweets.

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  6. Unknown24 January 2011 at 05:02

    ^^^^ Thank you & Get Well Soon.

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  7. Keith Seatman2 February 2011 at 07:10

    Excellent

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  8. Fearlono2 February 2011 at 14:23

    Thanks, Keith, good to see you here.
    Plenty more custom audio projects planned for this year.

    Watch the skies !

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  9. Editor B9 February 2011 at 12:16

    I like to collect odd bits of audio from films I watch, so I absolutely love this.

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  10. Anonymous29 September 2011 at 02:47

    Thank you so much! Just watched the film and was knocked out by the soundtrack, beginning to give up on finding it till I discovered the Cottage. Great work Fearlono.

    Orgones

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  11. Porky Crow4 December 2011 at 16:05

    If anyone's looking for the rerecorded 7" single of O Willow Waly mentioned on Wikipedia (alas not the original acapella version, but still featuring Isla Cameron's vocals), I ripped it for my blog here: http://porkycrow.blogspot.com/2011/12/raymonde-singers-just-wearyin-for-you-o.html

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  12. Antony14 October 2012 at 18:08

    The backing music/sound effects were composed by Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - http://youtu.be/NNaqvAH7R34 segment on The Innocents at 16:40

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  13. 02829 May 2014 at 13:03

    It's like that Murphy's Mob, only sans bollocks.

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