The Dead Zone (1983)

Starred Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams
Directed by David Cronenberg and written by Jeffrey Boam, based on the novel by Stephen King

Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Score Producer

'I was living in London, working with Pink Floyd when the call came in. I flew to Los Angeles, met the producer (Debra Hill) and David Cronenberg. They took me to the legendary Dino De Laurentis who interviewed me and finally agreed to let me do the job saying - 'To me, a new composer is like a watermelon, you don't know if its ripe until you open it!!' When I saw him again after the first preview, he smiled and said... 'Ripe, sweet and juicy!!'

I flew back to London where I wrote the entire score in ten days, pounding on a piano through the night with the windows wide open. Very early one morning a distraught looking neighbour in a nightgown rang my doorbell. She was trembling as she said, 'Please, please stop playing the piano... You're scaring me and my family to death, we're having nightmares, we can't sleep... Please stop.' I knew then that I must have been doing something right!’ - Michael Kamen

Film, Paramount

Composed, Orchestrated, Conducted and Produced by
Michael Kamen

Performed by
The National Philharmonic Orchestra

Contractor
Sidney Sax

Recorded and Mixed by
John McLure and Eric Tomlinson

Special Effects
James Guthrie

Music Preparation
Vic Fraser

Recorded at
Abbey Road EMI Studios, London, August 1983

CUE LIST

M1-1 - Main Title

M1-2

M1-3 - Kiss & Crash

M1-3 Pt2 - Kiss & Crash Pt. 2

M2-1

Pre M2-2A

M2-2B

Pre M2-3

M2-3 - Fire

M2-3 spin

M2-3 wild

M2-4 - Poland

M3-1

M3-2

M3-3

M3-4

M4-1

M4-1 w/ alternate ending

M4-2 - Sarah

M5-1

M5-2

M5-3

M6-1 1st section - Dodd Is Dead Pt. 1

M6-1 2nd section - Dodd Is Dead Pt. 2

M7-1

M7-1 alternate

M7-2

M8-1 - Politics

M8-2

M8-3

M9-2 - Rally

M9-2 alternate - Rally (alternate)

M9-3

M9-3 retake

M10-01 - Assassin

M10-02 - Final Kill

Wild (no 1)

Wild (no 2)

Wild (no 2) alternate