Charles BERNSTEIN
April Fool's Day (Soundtrack) (Deluxe Edition)
Craft
Rel: 29 Apr 24
Soundtracks
| Side 1 - Track 1. Main Title (LP1:orchestral Film version) |
| Side 1 - Track 2. Muffy's Present |
| Side 1 - Track 3. Pier Pressure (part 2) |
| Side 1 - Track 4. Pier Pressure (part 1) |
| Side 1 - Track 5. Night |
| Side 1 - Track 6. Trick Or Threat/Muffy & The Dolls Alt |
| Side 1 - Track 7. Little Miss Muffy (part 2) |
| Side 1 - Track 8. Little Miss Muffy (part 3) |
| Side 1 - Track 9. First Victim |
| Side 1 - Track 10. Snakes Alive |
| Side 1 - Track 11. All's Well That Ends |
| Side 1 - Track 12. The House (version 1) |
| Side 1 - Track 13. Little Miss Muffy (part 1) |
| Side 1 - Track 14. Nightwatch |
| Side 1 - Track 15. Wind/Window |
| Side 2 - Track 1. Stab In The Dark |
| Side 2 - Track 2. Hanging Around |
| Side 2 - Track 3. Nan In Danger |
| Side 2 - Track 4. Muffy Attack (part 2) |
| Side 2 - Track 5. Choke & Dagger (Parts 1 & 2) |
| Side 2 - Track 6. Getting The Point |
| Side 2 - Track 7. Hack In The Box |
| Side 2 - Track 8. Muffy Attack (part 1) |
| Side 2 - Track 9. CB Groove 1 (alternative Source Cue - bonus track) |
| Side 2 - Track 10. CB Groove 2 (alternative Source Cue - bonus track) |
| Side 2 - Track 11. Violin Concerto No 1 In A Minor (JS Bach orchestral Source Cue - bonus track) |
| Side 3 - Track 1. Intro (LP2: original 1996 Soundtrack) |
| Side 3 - Track 2. Main Title |
| Side 3 - Track 3. Choke & Dagger |
| Side 3 - Track 4. Pier Pressure |
| Side 3 - Track 5. All's Well That Ends |
| Side 3 - Track 6. Snakes Alive |
| Side 3 - Track 7. Stab In The Dark |
| Side 3 - Track 8. Hanging Around |
| Side 3 - Track 9. The House |
| Side 3 - Track 10. Trick Or Threat |
| Side 3 - Track 11. Nan In Danger |
| Side 3 - Track 12. Nightwatch |
| Side 3 - Track 13. Sitting Duck |
| Side 4 - Track 1. Dead Man's Float |
| Side 4 - Track 2. Night |
| Side 4 - Track 3. Getting The Point |
| Side 4 - Track 4. Little Miss Muffy |
| Side 4 - Track 5. Muffy Attack |
| Side 4 - Track 6. First Victim |
| Side 4 - Track 7. Hack-In-The-Box |
| Side 4 - Track 8. Techno-Loons 1 (bonus track From Charles) |
| Side 4 - Track 9. Music Box & Child Voices (bonus track From Charles) |
| Side 4 - Track 10. Popup Sting Layers (bonus track From Charles) |
| Side 4 - Track 11. Winks, Clock Motifs & Rhythmic Motif (bonus track From Charles) |
| Side 4 - Track 12. Melodic Motif (bonus track From Charles) |
For the most part, in 2024 movie soundtracks only really make it into the public domain when the film was a big hit, or has achieved the kind of cult status that turns fans into collectors. April Fool's Day, released in 1986, received widely varied responses from critics at the time, but has since chalked up a strong following among die hard horror, and particularly slasher, movie lovers. We definitely recommend watching it - the flick landed at a great time for genre and sub-genre and refused to kowtow to the canon's rules of the day. In terms of score itself, this is Charles Bernstein working at his most comfortable (his other horror scores include the iconic Nightmare On Elm Street, a year or so earlier), so think tense, ominous refrains, twinkling synths, and descending strings. Oh, and bar room rock & roll.