Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell
OST The Texas Chain Saw Massacre LP (blood stained coloured vinyl)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American Independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. Over the 50 years since its release, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has become widely regarded as one of the best and most influential horror films ever made. The film's original score by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell is an experimental exercise in music composing and performance that utilizes non-traditional instruments such as suspended cymbals, aluminium saucepans, a children's toy percussion set, various wildlife calls, whistles, shakers, and more. The result is one of the earliest examples of industrial music and has since become known as the holy grail of film scores due to its status of being either lost or destroyed. As such, Hooper and Bell's innovative score has become highly sought after, spawning countless bootlegs and attempts to re-create it for commercial gain. In 2023, the original film score master tapes were discovered and then privately held at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, TX for preservation. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre's co-composer Wayne Bell painstakingly worked to have these original source material master tapes safely transferred. Bell then personally worked to construct and mix the newly transferred official Texas Chain Saw Massacre score for a cohesive listening experience. The score was then mastered by Thomas Dimuzio at Gench Mastering.

NEW / Released in 2006 / Reissue 2025

Tracklist:

A1 Main TitleA2a Joe Bill's Cemetery Warning

A2b Gas Station Sun

A3a Feedlot

A3b Hitchhiker's Razor

A4 Outside Grandpa's - The Mark

A5 Inside Grandpa's - Bones

A6a What Kirk And Pam Don't Know

A6b Pam's Foreboding

A6c Leatherface Slams the Door

A7 Jerry X, Leatherface Worries

A8 Trouble Moon

A9 Distant Disturbance (Sketch 1)

B10 Closer Problem (Sketch 2)

B11 Franklin X, But Then...

B12 Sally Awakens For Dinner, To The End

B13 End Titles

B14 Descent (Sketch 3)