Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD is Returning To Theaters With an All New Musical Score
With the 4k Blu-ray release of Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror classic Evil Dead coming soon, Grindhouse Releasing is celebrating by bringing the film back to theaters for limited engagements!
One of the cool things about this re-release that I’m looking forward to is the fact that it will include an all new musical score from original composer Joe LoDuca. This restoration will also bring the picture to its highest quality, and it also will have a 5.1 surround mix.
The reason for the new musical score is because when the film was first made there were budgetary and technological limitations. This allows LoDuca to give the film the musical score that it deserves. Bruce Campbell had this to say in a statement:
“Mixing the sound for Evil Dead in the early '80s, we were forced to shove everything into one monaural box. As a result, Joe LoDuca’s great score had to compete unfairly with Kandarian Demons, gore sound effects, and lots of screaming. With this new release, Joe can finally have his dynamic composition mixed, balanced and featured properly – for perhaps the first time ever!”
Grindhouse Releasing owner Bob Murawski, who worked with director Sam Raimi and the original 16mm prints to bring back the film's true glory, added:
“With this fantastic new score, Joe LoDuca proves that he’s the Bartok of blood, the Shostakovich of shock, the Mahler of the macabre. The new music, new sound mix, and new 4K restoration have elevated Evil Dead from the scary to the sublime.”
You can learn more about not just the theatrical release, but also the home video release, on Grindhouse Releasing’s official website. I’ll be looking forward to checking this out!