Once that saxophone kicked in I was like
F@CK YES! and I hugged the song during my brief break from dancing.
My parents were big fans of Elvis' 70s music, cause they were born in the mid-50s so that aligned with their age group. Due to this, I only ever heard later Elvis or gospel Elvis around the house growing up.
My friend's mom was a huge Elvis fan... we would joke that she married her husband because he encapsulated the "young Elvis"...there was some truth to it
She liked all his different "eras" of music, but I was always distracted by all the memorabilia she had collected over the years.
About 10 years ago I dipped my toes into the Sun Records era of Elvis and realized my parents were missing out. Songs like Mystery Train and That's Alright hold up incredibly well today. I still have a soft spot for American Trilogy and the stuff my parents listened to, but the early recordings are the real gold.
...I love Patsy Cline too.
..and the Day of the Dead ST. The last horror ST I picked up was The Thing and it is great.
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I love all those synthesizer-heavy soundtracks. Even if they are simplistic, or heavy-handed, there is something special they evoke.
What is nice is that Day of the Dead + The Thing happen to be excellent films, too.
Of course, even generic slasher/action films from 80's can have nice soundtracks, too.
HINT: Go to "Intergalactic FM" and listen to the channel with music from films/TV...lots of interesting stuff. For example, the soundtrack for "Assault on Precinct 16" (can't remember the actual title) was surprisingly better than I remembered it...it is another Carpenter film, like The Thing, Halloween, The Fog <--
with a good, simple soundtrack.
