Composer
Ramin Djawadi
(
Game of Thrones
,
Clash of the Titans
) provides director
Craig Gillespie
's 2011 reboot of the 1985 vampire horror-comedy
Fright Night
with copious amounts of (slightly tongue in cheek) thrills and chills that offer up a dark, sinister, and playful homage to classic horror themes. Opening with a surging,
Elfman
-esque action cue that resolves itself into a fun and macabre, pipe organ-led crescendo by the final cut,
Djawadi
occasionally sinks into the quicksand of percussive bombast overload, but subtle nods to
John Carpenter
("We Could Rock This Evil Thing Together") and
Bernard Herrmann
("That's a Mighty Big Cross"), as well as an overall sense of
Lost Boys
/
Scream
nostalgia, helps to keep things amiable, despite all of the carnage. ~ James Christopher Monger