Michael Wandmacher: Crafting the Nightmarish Sounds of The Haunting in Connecticut 2 – Ghosts of Georgia

HauntingInConnecticut2_poster_bMichael Wandmacher is one of horror’s most in-demand composers, and this year’s he’s scored the latest entries in two successful franchises: The Last Exorcism Part II, and The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia for director Tom Elkins, who began his career as an assistant editor for Wes Craven.

Wandmacher has maintained a collaborative relationship with director Patrick Lussier, himself a former editor on Craven’s Scream (1996), Cursed and Red Eye (both 2005), and Lussier’s own directorial efforts – My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) and Drive Angry 3D [M] (2011) – have resulted in a pair of very strong and distinct scores.

In out latest podcast, Wandmacher touches upon working with first-time director Elkins, and how horror scoring no longer includes straight music, but elements of sound design.

At the time of our conversation, a label had been approached to release the soundtrack to Lionsgate’s The Haunting in Connecticut: Ghosts of Georgia, and I’ll post further details when Wandmacher’s shape-shifting work is available.

Prior interviews at KQEK.com with Michael Wandmacher include discussions on scoring the video game Twisted Metal [M] in 2012 [M]; scoring Lussier’s 3D film Drive Angry in 2011 [M]; composing the score for Alexander Aja’s Piranha 3D [M] in 2010 [M]; and writing music for My Bloody Valentine 3D and his large orchestral score for The Punisher: War Zone in 2009 [M].

Special thanks to Michael Wandmacher, and Albert Tello at Costa Communications.

This podcast is also available at Sound Cloud.

 

 

 

Mark R. Hasan, Editor
Big Head Amusements

 

 

 

 

Mark R. Hasan, Editor
Big Head Amusements

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