SINISTER

So I saw the movie 'Sinister'! Lah di da! Same old story basically as every time I see a horror film. It was good and scary at times but most of the juicy stuff had already been given away in the trailer. Dammit! Why do they always do this to me?
  Anyway, that's pretty much all I want to say about the film itself. BUT - I was pretty impressed with the sound design and the score. Obviously, like so many other scary films this would have been nothing without good sounds. And of course, to my astonishment, it was Christopher Young doing the score.
  I've become quite a fan of his lately. From creepy scores (Nightmare on Elm Street & The Exorcism Of Emily Rose) to some of the most beautiful scores I can remember (Copycat & Entrapment). Anyway, I have now listened to so many film score composers that I can almost always hear who did the score to the movie I'm watching. However, mr. Young continues to surprise me. Pull him up on IMDb and see the astonishing list of very different movies he has composed for. I find it amazing. He renews himself with every score and only in his beautifully composed, quiet piano pieces does he reveal himself from film to film. The rest of the music is a surprise every time. Below is his 'Greatest Hits' from YouTube. Listen for yourself. Though I disagree that these are his greatest hits it definitely shows the incredible variety in his works.

  And on that note, worth mentioning is definitely also Dane A. Davis, the main sound designer on the film, who has worked on 'Cabin In The Woods' and the 'Matrix' films. No wonder it's all so well done!