Season After: Cry Little Sister (2010) - Song Review

The original song for this movie is amazing, and the remake also pays homage to the original song quite well!

You know I will be honest and say that I do rather enjoy remixes, or re-done songs... Don't get me wrong, the originals are almost always the best, but some times, just some times you find one that is so good, that it actually comes close to the original... It's rare, but true...

Now the reason that I mention this is that there is a song that was done by Gerard McMann that was done for the classic horror movie, The Lost Boys (1987) called, 'Cry Little Sister'!

Now don't get me wrong, this song is freaking awesome! I mean it was truly a great addition to the movie, and in my opinion has actually helped make the movie the masterpiece that we all know and love today... But as a stand alone it is still just as good!

I mean it is one of the heavy metal songs that is not just people screaming, but it is a heavy metal song with a sort of a dark story to it that is just a lot of fun! And you know what? The original song was truly awesome, and the 2010 remake of the song by, 'Seasons After' did a great job as well!

Season After remaking the 1987 classic, 'Cry Little Sister'!

Now I stand by the fact that what Gerard McMann did when he made the original song was a pure masterpiece (as a matter of I would say that it is probably in my top 10 favorite songs of all time!)

But there are two things about this song that I have to say that I am truly impressed with... They are the fact that this song seems literally to be an homage to the original song, but while making it an updated version of the classic song, so that they didn't end up doing like what happened with the remake to the movie Psycho (1998)... That being the fact that in the remake to Psycho, they basically made a disjointed version of Alfred Hitchcock's movie, but sort of set in the modern age... That form of remaking Cry Little Sister, Season After did not do!

So if you haven't had a chance to listen to this song yet, check it out, I think you're gonna really like it... I know I do!

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Three Classic 80s Songs From Three Classic 80s Horror/Sci Fi Movies

Recently I have been on kind of a kick when it comes to listening to some of the great soundtracks of the 1990s, and so I thought that I might have some fun, and mention: 'Five Classic 80s Songs From Five Classic 80s Horror/Sci Fi Movies':

And with out further adieu:

At number 4: Dokken - 'Dream Warriors' for: A Nightmare On Elm Street: Dream Warriors (1987):

At number 3: Ray Parker, Jr. - 'Ghostbusters' for: Ghostbusters (1984).

At number 1: G Tom Mac - 'Cry Little Sister' for: The Lost Boys (1987).

There are a lot of other great songs from a lot of other great horror and science fiction movies from that era, I just thought that you guys would enjoy these!

A Major Contribution To Horror And Science Fiction Movies: The Soundtrack

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] James Horner composing music for a soundtrack to a movie.[/caption]

You know I will be honest with you and say that one of the biggest contributions that the music industry has given to the world of film, rather it be on the big screen or on the small screen is the, 'Soundtrack'!

You might be asking yourself though... Well what about, 'Musicals'? Well the truth is, is that there are some great musicals out there, I am going to have to say though that Soundtracks really take the cake when it comes to the more important of contributions... There are a couple of reasons for this:

1. Universally, rather it be on the big screen or on the small screen Soundtracks compliment the movies or TV series that they are supposed to go to pretty nicely!

2. Now this is just my opinion, but almost every musical TV episode, or music based TV show that I have ever scene has always and so far from what I can tell, will always universally suck!

And this is pretty universally true for the horror & science fiction genre as well!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Believe it or not, a truly fun soundtrack![/caption]

What I mean by this is that rather it be on the small screen or on the big screen, Soundtracks tend to play an extremely important role in the production they are connected to. A couple of great examples of this:

A: Psycho (1960): Universally, the arrangement that music composer, 'Bernard Hermann' put together for this classic horror/thriller by: Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo) was so well made that in a lot of respects, I think with out this maestro's work, this movie would never have become the insane cultural icon that it is today!

B: Star Trek... I know, I know, I do tend to use this example an awful lot, but it is true! I mean no matter who the composer or musicians are, who are associated with the latest movie or TV series, generally speaking truly help make the movie the historic epic that we all see on the big screen!

Now those are a couple of great examples of some soundtracks that have totally helped make these Horror or Science Fiction movies the true masterpieces that they were when they first came out, and the cultural icons they are today!

And there is another side of soundtracks that I thought that I would mention here that are really important... That is the talent they bring in to work on these movies!

Rather they be composers like, 'John Williams' (Jaws), or heavy metal super stars like, 'Rob Zombie' (Halloween), producers generally bring in some truly amazing talent! A couple of examples are as follows:

John Williams' score from, Star Wars - Episode 3: A New Hope (1977):

http://youtu.be/2Mo0dSHFGPg

Rob Zombie's 'House Of 1,000 Corpses' from the movie he directed with the same title:

http://youtu.be/WT_f2UFNj3U

Charles Bernstein's famous score from, A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984):

http://youtu.be/tn_DjzN8410

Marilyn Manson: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) - (1995) - Song Review

[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="220"] Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]

You know, as weird as people claim that Marilyn Manson is... And lets be honest here... This dude is pretty out there, I have to admit that his music is pretty awesome! I mean he takes metal to a whole new level, making it that borderline scary type of metal that I believe mostly only true goths really enjoy...

And you know what? His cover song for his 1995 EP, 'Sweet Dreams' was pretty much that level of awesomeness!

A remake of the classic 1980s song by the, 'Eurythmics', Marilyn Manson's song took the Eurythmics classic synthpop/new wave song and gave it the horror movie revamp!

What I mean by this is that  generally speaking the Eurythmics song was fun, and I imagine it could translate pretty well in to the soundtracks of certain Science Fiction movies of the 1980s... Marilyn Manson did that, but for Horror... As a matter of fact, I would say that this song could be a universally fun song to add to most horror movie soundtracks... As a matter of fact this song can already be heard in such horror movies as, Trick 'r Treat (2007), House On Haunted Hill (1999) and in the trailer for the Sci-fi/Fantasy movie, Wrath Of The Titans (2012)! And as for the small screen it can be heard in the pilot episode of Fox's hit TV series, 'The Following'!

[caption id="attachment_2897" align="aligncenter" width="458"] Marilyn Manson doing, 'Sweet Dreams' live in 2003![/caption]

The only problem with this song is that while it is definitely a fun one, it is also one of those songs that takes a certain type to listen to it and enjoy it... Basically it doesn't translate well to fans of other musical genres...

http://youtu.be/QUvVdTlA23w