The Conjuring (soundtrack)

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The Conjuring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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ReleasedJuly 16, 2013
Studio
Genre Film score
Length46:44
Label
Producer Joseph Bishara
Joseph Bishara chronology
Dark Skies
(2013)
The Conjuring
(2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2
(2013)
No.TitleLength
1."The Conjuring"1:01
2."Dead Birds"0:35
3."Clap Game"5:23
4."Witch Perch"2:32
5."Maurice"0:59
6."Touring Haunted Planes"1:37
7."Taped Occurrences"2:00
8."Black Bile"1:04
9."She Saw Something"1:10
10."Look What She Made Me Do"0:35
11."Sleepwalker"1:34
12."Wall Searching"0:28
13."Hanging Drop"2:14
14."Water Corpse Vision"1:44
15."You Look Very Pretty"1:49
16."Souls Pulled In"1:43
17."Witch Comes Through"1:29
18."Birds Pulled In"1:15
19."Murderous Offering"0:58
20."The Soaring Entities"3:15
21."Ritual Casting"3:25
22."Cellar Tone"0:59
23."Annabelle"3:32
24."Doll Box"0:48
25."Family Theme" (Mark Isham)4:35
Total length:46:44

Reception

Justin Chang of Variety commented "composer Joseph Bishara supplies another deranged symphony of screeching strings, working in nerve-shredding counterpoint to the film’s inventive soundscape of bumps, creaks, whispers and pauses." [5] Tim Grierson of Screen International wrote "composer Joseph Bishara has fashioned an elegant, restrained score that rarely oversells the shocks, preferring a quietly insistent mood of slithering unease to produce its desired effects." [6] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter commented that "the churn and squall" of Bishara's score heightens the mood. [7] Kanika Johri of Hindustan Times wrote "the film is effective primarily due to its sudden sound transitions combined with the A-tonal music, kudos to Joseph Bishara and Mark Crozer for that." [8]

Music critic Jonathan Broxton gave a negative review, summarizing "The Conjuring is a vacuum, with an almost total lack of any sort of thematic presence, melody, harmony, or emotional connection besides the pervading sense of fear." [9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [10]

Instruments
Orchestra and choir
Management

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