Items17The creator’s order
  1. 1Jaws (1975)Jaws (1975) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased Jun 20, 1975Mondo, 50th Anniversary Edition 2xLP, 2025 The most theatrical package on this list. The jacket pops up into a shark fin, so the record stands on a shelf as its own piece of display art, with art direction by Alan Hynes. The music side is just as serious: Mike Matessino remixed John Williams's…0
  2. 2Taxi Driver (1976)Taxi Driver (1976) 8.2/10 on IMDbReleased Feb 9, 1976Waxwork, 40th Anniversary 2xLP, 2016 Bernard Herrmann's final score is the reason to own this, and Waxwork presents it in full for the first time, alongside the remastered original 1976 soundtrack album. That pairing lets you hear how much of the sleazy saxophone and dread the old album left out.…0
  3. 3Twin Peaks (1990)Twin Peaks (1990) 8.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 8, 1990Death Waltz Recording Co., Twin Peaks soundtrack LP, 2016 The TV pick, and a lesson in restraint. Sam Smith's cover was approved by David Lynch, and Jay Shaw of Mondo designed the die-cut outer jacket that holds the gatefold. Inside are lyrics and liner notes from Angelo Badalamenti himself. The…0
  4. 4Night of the Living Dead (1968)Night of the Living Dead (1968) 7.8/10 on IMDbReleased Oct 4, 1968Waxwork, 50th Anniversary 2xLP, 2018 Billed as the first official release of the film's score on double vinyl, this is the most complete way to hear the eerie, scratchy music behind Romero's farmhouse siege. Waxwork worked with the surviving members of Image Ten, the company that made the film, to…0
  5. 5Halloween (1978)Halloween (1978) 7.7/10 on IMDbReleased Oct 25, 1978Mondo 2xLP, 2013 John Carpenter's piano-and-synth theme is the most recognizable horror motif of its era, and Mondo's 2013 set was billed as the first complete pressing of his score on vinyl. Phantom City Creative designed the deluxe gatefold, fronted by a ghostly painted mask, and the two…0
  6. 6The Iron Giant (1999)The Iron Giant (1999) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased Aug 6, 1999Mondo 2xLP, 2014 Michael Kamen's warm, brassy score for Brad Bird's animated film made its vinyl debut here, remastered for the format. Mondo limited it to 1,000 copies and offered two packages: Jason Edmiston's painted cover, on black vinyl with randomly inserted steel grey copies, and a Jay Shaw…0
  7. 7Escape from New York (1981)Escape from New York (1981) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased May 23, 1981Waxwork deluxe 2xLP, 2020 Carpenter's pulsing synth score, co-produced with Alan Howarth, is the coldest, coolest sound of early-'80s genre cinema, and Waxwork gave it the full treatment for the film's 40th anniversary. Marc Aspinall painted new artwork, and a 12-page booklet adds unreleased…0
  8. 8Us (2019)Us (2019) 6.8/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 14, 2019Waxwork 2xLP, 2019 The most interactive package here. To reveal the Tethered hidden behind the family portraits on Edward Kinsella's gatefold, you actually have to cut part of the jacket, a bold ask that matches Jordan Peele's film. The discs are pressed in "Metallic Brass Scissors" and "Tethered…0
  9. 9Deep Red (1975)Deep Red (1975) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased Mar 7, 1975Death Waltz Recording Co. 2xLP, 2018 Goblin's score for Dario Argento's 1975 giallo mixes prog rock, disco and jazz into something that still sounds like nothing else, and this edition treats it as the landmark it is. The first disc reissues the original soundtrack as it appeared in 1975; the…0
  10. 10Tenebre (1982)Tenebre (1982) 7.0/10 on IMDbReleased Oct 28, 1982Waxwork 2xLP, 2018 Argento's 1982 thriller reunited three former members of Goblin, credited here as Simonetti, Pignatelli and Morante, and their score is colder and more electronic than Deep Red, all driving synths and pulse. Waxwork fully remastered the original album and added bonus tracks the…0