The third entry in Paco Plaza’s acclaimed Rec movie series takes the franchise in a new direction and Screamworks Records presents the first ever Rec score - an aggressive, but also sometimes poignant and beautiful, orchestral horror soundtrack that really delivers when it comes to blood-curling excitement. Orchestrated by Arnau Bataller (whose score for La Sombra Prohibida: La Herencia Valdemar II was released by MovieScore Media in 2011), Mikel Salas's [Rec] 3 music is a first-rate genre score where violence meets beauty - the aggressive, atonal cluster outbursts depicting zombie mayhem is expertly contrasted by the beautiful and somewhat nostalgic theme for the main character, Clara...

Mikel Salas's score for [Rec] 3: Genesis was a bit of a surprise. I was expecting lots of cliched, atmospheric background music that is usually the trademark soundtrack that director's insist on adding to low budget horror movies. However, while there are elements of this (most notably in the track 'Attack and Pray'), there are also some incredibly beautiful moments.

Highlights include the beautiful 'Clara'; the hauntingly mesmerising 'Mama'; and 'You'll Be a Helluva Father!'. The album contains 14 tracks and lasts for 41 min, 17 sec.

While not an essential purchase, there's enough quality music here to at least give it a listen before you decide to buy or not.

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Darren Rea