The companion to the Alfons Conde album The Abandoned features another exquisite horror score written by the Spanish composer in 2006: THE DARK HOUR (original Spanish title: LA HORA FRIA). Performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and is an atmospheric symphonic score that has a lot of dark but colorful music to offer the listener. “We wanted to surround this film with a suffocating, anguishing, claustrophobic atmosphere. The key to the story is that the characters cannot leave the place where they live. Solitude is also a big theme,” Alfons Conde explains. The score makes use of several interesting devices, including the pipe organ, a gothic approach which is contrasted beautifully by the solitary theme duet on bassoon and clarinet. Just like The Abandoned, this album features a lengthy bonus track, the exciting orchestral score from Elio Quiroga’s award-winning short Home Delivery.

1. Main Titles 5:59
2. To Judas’ 1:35
3. The Alone Kid 0:49
4. Daily Life 0:38
5. First Cold Hour 2:43
6. The Expedition 5:08
7. Death of Pablo 1:00
8. Ana and Mateo 3:05
9. Pablo’s Funeral 1:37
10. Judas Tells the Story 2:21
11. Magda’s Confession 1:23
12. A Stranger and the Children 1:06
13. Jesús Infected 1:58
14. Ana and Magda at the Lab 2:13
15. Judas Wraps Them Up 0:54
16. Epiphany 7:08
17. Home Delivery (bonus track) 8:36