The Rite [Original Motion Picture Score]

by Alex Heffes

Overview

British film composer Alex Heffes' score for director Mikael Hafstroem's supernatural thriller The Rite, an exorcism movie, is generally low-key, getting across the ominous suspense as audiences wait for the appearances of the Devil in possessed people being helped by priests led by Anthony Hopkins. Occasionally, Heffes is required to accompany actual moments of possession, and then he revs things up, notably in such cues as "The Terror Is Real." But mostly, he keeps things at a simmer, locating his themes in celli and violas, plus a repetitive piano theme. When he wants to get a little more disturbing, as in "Angeline's Story," for example, he augments the lower sounds with some synthesized percussion. But this does not sound like the music for a typical horror movie. Rather, it suggests that The Rite is a film full of foreshadowing in which the fear is as much located in what the audience anticipates than in what it actually gets to see. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	01/25/2011
Label:	Silva / Silva America / Silva Screen
UPC:	0738572135621
Rank:	235750

Tracks

1. The Rite~The Procedure
2. The Rite~Going to Rome
3. The Rite~The Accident
4. The Rite~The First Exorcism
5. The Rite~God's Finger Nail
6. The Rite~Rosaria Coughs Up the Nails
7. The Rite~Michael Remembers / The Hospital
8. The Rite~Angeline's Story
9. The Rite~Phone Call to Father
10. The Rite~The Terror is Real
11. The Rite~Exorcism of Lucas Part 1
12. The Rite~The Final Exorcism
13. The Rite~The Farewell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alex Heffes   Primary Artist,Conductor
Karen Whipple Schnurr   Soprano (Vocal)
Lesley Leighton   Soprano (Vocal)
Mark Edward Smith   Bass (Vocal)
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Alex Iles   Trombone
Chris Gambol   Tenor (Vocal)
Jules Green   Bass (Vocal)
Nina Evtuhov   Violin
Stuart Clark   Clarinet
Armen Ksajikian   Cello
Stephen Dress   Bass
Sara Andon   Flute
Lisa M. Sutton   Violin
Wade Culbreath   Percussion
Michael Valerio   Bass
Darrin McCann   Viola
Don Williams   Percussion
George Thatcher   Trombone
Sarah Thornblade   Violin
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Daniel Kelley   Horn
Andrew Duckles   Viola
Serena McKinney   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Guy Maeda   Bass (Vocal)
Pamela Goldsmith   Viola
Allen Savedoff   Bassoon
Edward Meares   Bass
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Daniel Chaney   Tenor (Vocal)
Antony Cooke   Cello
Brian Dembow   Viola
Oscar Hidalgo   Bass
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Robert Brophy   Viola
Elin Carlson   Soprano (Vocal)
William Booth   Trombone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Mark Adams   Horn
Shalini Vijayan   Violin
Bruce Morgenthaler   Bass
David Shostac   Flute
Drew Dembowski   Bass
Alan Estes   Percussion
Songa Lee   Violin
Katia Popov   Violin
Searmi Park   Violin
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Mark Beasom   Bass (Vocal)
Steven Harms   Tenor (Vocal)
Amber Erwin   Alto (Vocals)
Drea Pressley   Alto (Vocals)
George Sterne   Tenor (Vocal)
Jasper Randall   Choir Conductor
Christina Soule   Cello
Bob Joyce   Bass (Vocal)
Trevor Handy   Cello
Shawn Mann   Viola
Doug Tornquist   Tuba
Eun Mee Ahn   Violin
Roberto Cani   Violin
Jonathan Mack   Tenor (Vocal)
Nico Abondolo   Bass
Chris Bleth   Oboe
Rose Corrigan   Bassoon
Michele Hemmings   Alto (Vocals)
Nancy Sulahian   Alto (Vocals)
Nike St. Clair   Alto (Vocals)
Aleta Braxton   Alto (Vocals)
Gary Bovyer   Clarinet
Reid Bruton   Bass (Vocal)
Andrew Shulman   Cello
Vatsche Barsoumian   Bass (Vocal)
Ralph Williams   Clarinet
Amy Fogerson   Alto (Vocals)
Elizabeth Hedman   Violin
Claire Fedoruk   Soprano (Vocal)
Mike Geiger   Bass (Vocal)
Agostino Castagnola   Tenor (Vocal)
Kenneth Munday   Bassoon
Phillip Levy   Violin
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick   Cello
James Thatcher   Horn
Jim Campbell   Bass (Vocal)
Michael Lichtenauer   Tenor (Vocal)
Michael Nowak   Viola
Timothy G. Morrison   Trumpet
Yelena Yegoryan   Violin
Scott Graff   Bass (Vocal)
Jody Golightly   Tenor (Vocal)
David H. Speltz   Cello
Matthew Funes   Viola
Dave Everson   Horn
Elissa Johnston   Soprano (Vocal)
Ayana Haviv   Soprano (Vocal)
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Karen Hogle Brown   Soprano (Vocal)
Laszlo Mezo   Cello
J. Wingate Greathouse   Tenor (Vocal)
Amy Hershberger   Violin
Chris Ermacoff   Cello
Pamela Jacobson   Viola
Greg Davies   Bass (Vocal)
Shawn Kirchner   Tenor (Vocal)
Kimberly Switzer   Alto (Vocals)
Cecelia Tsan   Cello
Douglas Shabe   Bass (Vocal)
Elin Carlon   Soprano (Vocal)
Elyse Marchant   Soprano (Vocal)
Jessica E. Guideri   Violin
Ting Guo   Cello
Augie Castagnola   Tenor (Vocal)
Nancy Sulahan   Alto (Vocals)
Alyssa Park   Violin
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Geri Rotella   Flute
David Parmeter   Bass
Phil Ayling   Oboe
Julie Gigante   Violin
Dave Walther   Viola
David Washburn   Trumpet
Gerald White   Tenor (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Jasper Randall   Choir Contractor
Matt Ward   Mixing Assistant
Alex Heffes   Composer,Producer
Ryan Robinson   Technical Engineer
Tom Hardisty   Engineer,Recording
Larry Mah   Engineer,Digital Recording
Daniel Lerner   Technical Assistance
Dennis Sands   Engineer,Recording
Peter Myles   Music Editor
Joel Iwataki   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
David Stoner   Executive Producer
Jeff Atmajian   Orchestration
Greg Loskorn   Engineer
Peter Rotter   Orchestra Contractor
Mark Graham   Music Preparation
Erin Scully   Executive in Charge of Music
Peter Compton   Release Coordinator
Adam Michalak   Engineer,Recording
Mikael Hafstroem   Liner Notes
Reynold D'Silva   Executive Producer
Dirk Hebert   Music Business Affairs
Sandy De Crescent   Orchestra Contractor
Andrew Kinney   Orchestration
Robert Croucher   Artwork
Ben Wallfisch   Orchestration