Annabelle (soundtrack)

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Annabelle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2014
Recorded
Genre Film score
Length51:02
Label WaterTower Music
Producer Joseph Bishara
Joseph Bishara chronology
Insidious: Chapter 2
(2013)
Annabelle
(2014)
V/H/S: Viral
(2014)
No.TitleLength
1."Annabelle Opening"2:18
2."Found at Prayer"1:01
3."It's the One"1:24
4."Not My Blood"3:58
5."Cult Killings"0:40
6."Return Home"1:15
7."Promise Me"0:55
8."Doll Disposal"0:35
9."Broken Needle"2:23
10."Doll is Back"1:34
11."Shaken Foundations"1:23
12."Black Stroller"2:38
13."Disciples of the Ram"2:42
14."They Summon"2:28
15."The Devil Preys"1:32
16."Demon Doll Rises"3:04
17."No Chance"1:40
18."Devil Ram"1:42
19."What do You Want from Me"2:00
20."Her Soul"3:33
21."The Fallen"1:59
22."Evil is Constant"1:36
23."Annabelle Closing"0:57
24."Annabelle Soaring"1:53
25."The New Changes"2:24
26."New Beginnings"3:28
Total length:51:02

Reception

Scott Foundas of Variety called that Bishara's score is "still doing basso profundo backflips even as the end credits are rolling". [3] Peter Hartlaub of SFGate wrote "The score by Joseph Bishara also shows early Hitchcock influences." [4] Drew Taylor of IndieWire called it as a "screeching score" that had a separate personality. [5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes: [6]

Instruments
Orchestra
Management

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