Pet Sematary
Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal
Released	1989
Genre	Classical, electronic, progressive
Length	27:39
Label	Varèse Sarabande, Cat.VSD-5227
Producer	Elliot Goldenthal
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Pet Sematary (1989) Alien³ (1992)

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Pet Sematary is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name. Produced by Elliot Goldenthal, it was released in 1989.

Background

Elliot Goldenthal's Pet Sematary record was his first mainstream film score.^[1]

Its style is sometimes compared to Jack Nitzsche's soundtrack for The Exorcist, while the theme is inspired by Lalo Schifrin's score to The Amityville Horror.

Track listing

1. "The Pet Sematary" (3:00)
2. "Dead Recollection" (1:19)
3. "Hope and Ordeal" (1:22)
4. "Adieu Gage" (1:22)
5. "Rachel Against Time" (0:49)
6. "The Return Game" (Jud and Gage) (3:42)
7. "Moving Day Waltz" (0:30)
8. "The Warning Tour" (1:41)
9. "Death Do Us Part" (Rachel Hugs Louis) (0:53)
10. "Nine Lives Minus Seven" (0:14)
11. "Up in Flames" (Flashback) (1:38)
12. "Bitter Loss" (Flashback) (1:51)
13. "Rachel's Dirty Secret" (0:22)
14. "Return Game Attack" (1:54)
15. "Rachel's Blow Out" (0:20)
16. "I Brought You Something Mommie" (0:34)
17. "The Return Game II" (Louis and Gage) (2:52)
18. "Gentle Exhuming" (1:03)
19. "To the Micmac Grounds" (2:45)
20. "Chorale" (0:29)
21. "Kite and Truck" (1:22)
22. "Immolation" (1:37)

Personnel

• Music composed by Elliot Goldenthal
• Album produced by Elliot Goldenthal
• Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal and Robert Elhai
• Conducted by Steven Mercurio
• Performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's
• Vocals performed by the Zarathustra Boys Chorus
• Recorded by Phil Bulla, Mixed by Joel Iwataki
• Synthesizer programming/supervision by Mathias Gohl

References

External links

• Pet Sematary at AllMusic
• Goldenthal's webpage entry
• Varèse Sarabande page for the score