Uncle G’s FUN Scary Soundtrack Reviews: The Exorcist (2013)

Compliments of…Classic Rock Radio (UK)
Published: Halloween – 31 October 2013 (The Witching Hour)

Uncle G’s FUN Scary Soundtrack Reviews
Spotlight: The Exorcist (1973)

By Gary “Uncle G” Brown
American Corespondent for Classic Rock Radio (UK)

For myself, the film The Exorcist (1973) is one of the coolest, and scariest horror movies ever made. The story of an innocent 12-year-old girl’s demonic possession simply blew me away. At the time when the film was released, I was twelve years old myself. Was thrown into Catholic school after my Mom passed away when I was age seven. She was a professional musician who had a liking for spirits herself, but with hers coming out of a whiskey bottle. Pretty much immediately after her death, my Dad had me baptized and threw me into a Catholic school. Became involved in the whole experience, even at one time becoming an Alter Boy. So this story of possession, of classic good vs. evil, interested me.

A small group of us arrived at the theater, and once the film started, we all became submerged in the story that was taking place on the BIG screen. The next day at school we were reciting lines in private that came from the movie. During breaks, we hid in the back of the church smoking cigarettes and seeing who could do the best-possessed demon impersonation. Lines of dialogue that still shock today. That explains why we were doing this on the sneak. One of my favorites and perhaps it was because of the character’s dialect, that this line forever stayed with me:

“Father, could you help an old altar boy? I’m Cat’lick.”

Knowing about the film The Exorcist, and being a music fan, it was only natural that we follow up our interest by securing the album that helped launch Virgin Records; Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells (1973). I played the record so much that I memorized every note of music on it. Lots of times when I was a teen, I’d be under the influence of marijuana and listening to TB with Sennheiser headphones on. Still one of my all-time favorite pieces of music today. I did past columns on the subject before. Stayed a loyal Mike Oldfield fan over the decades. Odds are I have most of his studio recordings, and a few times a year get into a Mike Oldfield kick and during this period play several of his albums, which always includes Tubular Bells.

In the “Uncle G” CD Collection I have what I believe is the only actual score from the film The Exorcist on CD that I’m aware of. It’s a Japanese import. I’m SURE the CD is Out of Print and a collector’s item nowadays. On track two there is a good piece of Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, part of which is the famous opening that the world now links to anything weird or scary. If something strange happens in the news, a lot of times you will hear Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells playing in the background. Track nine TB repeats, but it’s a much smaller sample.

Happy Halloween….and if I may pick a scary movie for this or any other Halloween night; The Exorcist (1973). Be warned…can give you nightmares.

Bonus – From the Gary “Uncle G” Brown Autograph Collection

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