When a Stranger Calls was Dana Kaproff’s second film score – his first was for Bert I. Gordon’s Empire of the Ants (released by Kritzerland) – and Kaproff deserves a good deal of the credit for the film’s suspense level. It is simply unthinkable to imagine this film without his score because his score is as much a leading player as any of its cast. It’s relentlessly suspenseful music – there are no pretty themes to lull you and give you security – just dread, pure dread, and then almost psychotic music for those moments when things, well, get out of hand. The score is written for strings, prepared piano, and percussion. It is a superb genre score and a classic. This is the world premiere release of the soundtrack to When a Stranger Calls. The film, of course, was mono, as is this recording, taken from the original session tapes. We present every note of music Kaproff wrote, in film order, as that’s the way it plays best – like a symphony of dread and terror. - Kritzerland

1. Main Title
2. The Ice Maker
3. Phone Calls in the Night
4. Have You Checked the Children?
5. Waiting/The Caller Confronts
6. He’s in the House
7. Curt and Tracy
8. Following Tracy/Curt on the Streets
9. Cat and Mouse
10. Be My Friend/Escape
11. The Mirror/Curt Remembers
12. The Flop House
13. Hide and Seek/ I’m Not Here, I Was Never Born
14. He’s Back/False Alarm
15. Sleepless Night/Closet
16. Disconnected/Strange Bedfellows
17. End Title

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