The House Of Usher (Les Baxter) (1960) - Soundtrack

The House Of Usher - Soundtrack (By Les Baxter) (1960)


House of Usher (1960) is an American International Pictures horror film starring Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, and Mark Damon in a tale about a New England family cursed with madness, criminal conduct, and debauchery. The film was directed by Roger Corman and its screenplay written by Richard Matheson after the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by American author Edgar Allan Poe. The film was the first of eight Corman/Poe feature films. In 2005, the film was listed with the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film is also known as Fall of the House of Usher and The Mysterious House of Usher.
Plot and cast
Young and handsome Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) travels to the House of Usher, a desolate mansion surrounded by a murky swamp, to bring away his fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). The two were affianced after meeting in Boston before the film opens.
Madeline's corpse-like brother Roderick (Vincent Price) opposes Philip's intentions, telling the young man that the Usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which has driven all their ancestors to madness, criminality, and debauchery. Roderick foresees the family evils being propagated into future generations with a marriage to Madeline and vehemently discourages the union. Philip becomes increasingly desperate to take Madeline away and she agrees to leave with him.
During a heated argument with her brother, Madeline suddenly dies and is laid to rest in the family crypt beneath the house. As Philip is preparing to leave following the entombment, the butler Bristol (Harry Ellerbe) lets slip that Madeline suffered from catalepsy, a condition which can make its sufferers appear dead.
Philip rips open Madline's coffin and finds it empty. He desperately searches for her in the winding passages of the crypt but she eludes him and confronts her brother. Now completely insane, Madeline avenges herself upon the brother who knowingly buried her alive. Both die as a fire breaks out. Philip escapes and watches the house sink into the swampy land surrounding it.
01 Main Titles
02 Philip Arrives
03 Story Of The Ushers Pt 1
04 Story Of The Ushers Pt 2
05 Dark Harpsichord
06 Madeleine By Night
07 Roderick's Solitude
08 Red Candles
09 Nightmare
10 Catalepsy
11 Telltale Signs
12 She Is Dead
13 The Last Night
14 The Fall / End Titles

Format: Mp3 vbr~159 kbps
Size: 70.4 MB