Tangerine Dream – Strange Behavior

Soundtrack to 1981 horror film, “Strange Behavior” on Neon Twist vinyl for the first time ever!

 

Although it’s had a strong cult reputation since its initial release, Strange Behavior was the odd man out at the time: in 1981, horror movies were primarily of the stupid slasher variety. This film deserves better – it’s more of an homage to the all-American 1950s B movie. Future Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) and director Michael Laughlin cooked up this kooky tale of a mad scientist programming small-town teens to kill. Laughlin’s long-take style gets under your skin, the Tangerine Dream score is unnerving, and the fact that the whole thing was shot in New Zealand adds a touch of the peculiar to the “Midwestern” landscape. At times the weird science seems to have infected everyone in town (a giddy choreographed dance at a teen party comes from nowhere), which just adds to the sense of general – you know – strange behavior. Condon and Laughlin followed with 1983’s Strange Invaders.

 

A1 – Opening Credit – 1:26

A2 – Murder In The Kitchen – 1:14

A3 – Driving The Car (Excerpt From Wedding Theme) – 1:03

A4 – Tension In The Classroom – 3:04

A5 – Music Box (Excerpt From Wedding Theme) – 0:50

A6 – Horror In The Mud – 0:44

A7 – Laboratory Theme (Part 1) – 1:28

A8 – Laboratory Theme (Part 2) – 0:56

A9 – Romance Theme – 1:20

A10 – Horror In The Bathroom – 3:19

A11 – Experiments In Tension (Part 1) – 1:45

A12 – Experiments In Tension (Part 2) – 2:09

A13 – Experiments In Tension (Part 3) – 0:56

B1 – Tension In The Graveyard (Part 1) – 0:44

B2 – Tension In The Graveyard (Part 2) – 1:21

B3 – Tension In The Graveyard (Part 3) – 1:22

B4 – Dad’s Story (Part 1) – 4:56

B5 – Dad’s Story (Part 2) – 1:18

B6 – Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 1) – 0:26

B7 – Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 2) – 0:48

B8 – Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 3) – 0:38

B9 – Tension In The Laboratory – 1:17

B10 – More Tension In The Laboratory (Part 1) – 2:10

B11 – More Tension In The Laboratory (Part 2) – 0:41

B12 – Kill The Professor – 0:46

B13 – Cleaning Up – 1:04

B14 – Wedding Theme – 2:28