Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Written In Blood: Romantically Macabre Soundtrack Music Vol. 1-10

WIB Vol.2 10/8/21Covering six decades of soundtracks with over 200 songs; the Written In Blood series includes unreleased, out-of-print, and classic themes from horror and thriller genres.

It's hard to believe I started this series nearly two decades ago. Since then so many rare horror soundtracks have been reissued or made available for the first time, at least in the vinyl realm, that I know I'm not alone in my appreciation for this genre. I've seen these comps pop up on other blogs, YouTube channels, and CDs on Discogs (someone named their label after volume 6 for the bootlegs). My favorite sighting of these in the wild has been at Beech Street Parlor, in Portland, Oregon. I was there on Halloween a few years ago and they were playing the mixes with one of their cocktails named after the series!

This posting of music wouldn't be complete without mentioning my friend, Eric Adrian Lee. His musical taste and design work continue to blow me away. If you enjoy these mixes you'll like his too (Nature Film).



Love Songs For The Lycanthrope download link:





Volume 9! It didn't take a lot of encouragement to venture deeper within the vaults of horror to dig out some more romantically macabre instrumentals. Stereoblade covers a wide swath of music in both style and era, but each song has a place in the annals of horror soundtracks.

Stereo blade download link:



note: For the first time I've come across a theme I can't find a credited artist for! The Babysitter is from a made-for-tv-movie of the same name. There was a whole bunch of library source music used for this, those artists are easy to find, but the main title presents a fun internet challenge.



Here are some rare gems and newly remixed tracks for an expanded edition of Written In Blood Vol.8. The soundtrack odyssey continues with The Piano String Strangler, focusing more on the '80s synthesizer scores while still including some haunting melodies from the '60s and '70s.

The Piano String Strangler download link:





Serenades For The Damned download link:





Download updated with Horror-Fi sound quality and additional streaming option!



Unholy Hymns download link: 



The Devil's Lullaby download link: 




    

Here's Vol.4. It has one of my favorite songs (and posters, used for the cover) from The Haunting Of Julia (Full Circle). I remember getting into a bidding war for that score on ebay years ago. Enjoy!

The Minor Key download link:
WIB Vol.4 10/8/21




Murderous Melodies download link:

 



The A Capella Scream is the second volume in the Written In Blood series. This Horror-Fi edition features higher quality music than previous versions and a few alternate tracks. When I first put these mixes together some of the soundtracks weren't released so I ripped the songs from VHS and DVDs. Since then there have been quite a few scores that have finally come to see the light of day, albeit in limited editions. Enjoy!
The A Capella Scream download link:




This special edition of Written In Blood Vol.1 is an essential addition to any audiophile or discerning horror fan's collection. Now in Horror-Fi Stereo! With better sound quality, volume balanced tracks, and improved segues.
Written In Blood download link:
WIB Vol.1 10/8/21


27 comments:

  1. This collection in flac please! Thank`s in advance!

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    1. Re-up vol 2, vol 8, vol 9 please, thank's

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    2. Hi Nate. Hope you're safe and OK. Good thing i have almost all your WiB comps safe in my hard disk because almost all of the zippyshare links are down. Could you please re-up Vol. 10?

      Thanks in advance.

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  3. Hey Rabo, Good news, all the links are still working! I checked them this morning. It can be a little wonky downloading them. Usually you have to hit the orange download button a few times before the actual file will download. They usually say the file is no long available if it's been taken down.
    Good luck!

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  4. Hi Nate! Thanks for the quick answer. I've found that it's a geolocation thing and zippyshare is blocking a lot of places in Europe (Spain, Germany, Uk..) I've been able to download WiB 10 using a US proxy. I have backups of almost all of the WiBs in Mega. Let me know if you want to use these links.

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  5. WOW! What a set!!!
    Any chance of re-upping Vols 01-07?

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  6. Thanks for the great Written in Blood comps over the years, Nate! Hope you are doing well!

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    1. Glad you enjoy them, Rik! Hope you're doing well too.

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  7. I need Vol.2 and Vol. 10. Any chance of a reupload?

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    1. I updated all the links for the WIB series, Merry Christmas!

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  8. Dude..A big go-to for me! A strong draw,on a regular basis,since got years ago..great 'flow' as hipsters would say! Great evocative,emotive,scary and fun...without falling into camp(y) territory! The artwork is soo apropos and great too! Now I will put all together in one common place...save for The Piano String Strangler. Fix! ;)

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    1. Gald you like the comps and appreciate the time I put into them over the years. I'll fix the link to vol.8 this morning!

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  9. Great to rediscover these, thanks! The links for Written in Blood Vol. 1 and Movie Madness Music Vols. 1-10 are currently down, would love for you to re-up when you have the time. Cheers!

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  10. Glad you like the comps, Andrew. I finally had time to re-up all those links, hope you enjoy them!

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    1. Hi Nate. Hope you're doing well and thank you very much for the reups. I now have all the MMM. Awesome music to telework to.

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  12. For the last couple of weeks, I've been searching for rare Halloween tunes. I've come across these comps in 2 or 3 different blogs, but all with deadlinks. I wouldn't be surprised they used your links. And here I am at the originator of this series. Is there any chance you could re-up this collection? Or at least the one comp, Serenades For The Damned? A big thank you in advance :)

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    1. Hey Geroge, glad you like the mixes. I think I've got them all re-upped for Halloween month. Enjoy!

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    2. Thank you so much Nate. The generosity is more than appreciated. :)

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