Released to coincide with the UK theatrical release of this French zombie movie, MovieScore Media releases Christopher Lennertz's aggressive and sonically interesting score for The Horde. The album contains additional music, and is co-produced, by Philip White. The composers came up with an original palette for the score with many processed samples of instruments such as the duduk and the zourna, distorted Tuvan throat singing and other vocals, looped percussion, cimbalom, santoor, aleatoric orchestral elements and various solo woodwinds...

For me, the biggest problem with the soundtrack release of The Horde is that the majority of the music is designed to add atmospheric enhancement to the horror and suspense of the movie. While it certainly does this when accompanying the visual imagery, as a standalone score it's a little boring... for the most part.

There are exceptions, moments when Christopher Lennertz's real creative talent is allowed to shine through. Tracks like 'Oessem and Aurore', 'The Mirror' and the final segment of 'Zombie Humiliation' show his ability to craft beautiful themes. And even the chase/suspense theme that forms the backbone of 'First Attack and Escape' shows promise as a stand alone track.

While interesting in parts, I doubt this is a soundtrack I'll be digging out to listen to again anytime soon.

5

Darren Rea