The Unreleased Themes From Hellraiser [Expanded Ritual] - Standard Version
The original unused movie soundtrack for the horror classic Hellraiser by Coil!

The Unreleased Themes From Hellraiser [Expanded Ritual] - Standard Version

Coil

€ 26,95
  • LP
Label
Musiqua Pour La Danse
Expected release
29 May 2026
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Description

Back in 1987, Clive Barker's supernatural body-horror classic Hellraiser hitted cinemas worldwide and introduced audiences to the demonic Cenobites. Barker was a devoted COIL fan (Peter Christopherson and John Balance), and he famously said they were the only band he'd ever heard on record whose music he'd had to take off because, in his words, "theymade his bowels churn.". He initially invited them to compose the film's music, and the group began recording cues. But the producers at New World Pictures ultimately rejected the material in favor of a more traditional approach, bringing in Christopher Young, whose final score remains excellent, if less experimental. What remains from Coil is an unfinished soundtrack with surviving fragments and rough ideas, abruptly left behind mid-process, a glimpse into an alternate Hellraiser movie, one we can only fantasize into existence.

Nearly 40 years later, key long-term collaborators and Coil's "secret third member" Danny Hyde located the original Hellraiser studio session tapes, and the bonus material recovered from them is presented here as an "expanded ritual" edition, reassembled into a standalone, possibly defnitive and strangely beautiful nightmare suite. Play it in the dark and experience the consequences of raising hell...

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Attack Of The Senmapods
  • 2.The Box Theme (Mix 2)
  • 3.The Main Title
  • 4.Zither Theme
  • 5.The Hellbound Heart (Mix 1)
  • 6.No New World
  • 7.The Box Theme (Mix 1)

B

  • 1.Arcade Sound
  • 2.Cardinal Points
  • 3.Atmospheric Stuff
  • 4.Hellraiser Theme (Mix 2)
  • 5.Flutey Theme
  • 6.Unearthly Hell

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