The Other Side Of The Door Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the film score The Other Side Of The Door by Joseph Bishara.

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At a glance:

Geek Score: 99
Total Minutes Of Excellence: 38.8
Album Excellence: 94.6%

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The Other Side Of The Door is 2016 British-Indian supernatural Horror film directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and Javier Botet. After the death of her son, Oliver (Logan Creran), young mother, Maria (Sarah Wayne Callies), struggles with the loss, along with her feelings towards her daughter, Lucy (Sofia Rosinsky), and her husband, Michael (Jeremy Sisto). Seeking a ritual to say a final farewell to Oliver, Maria inadvertently opens the door between the worlds of the living and the dead, unleashing a horrific figure in the form of her son. The score is composed by Joseph Bishara.

I think it’s safe to say that Joseph Bishara is the current king of horror scoring these days. While Christopher Young is welcome to take back the throne, Bishara is producing the goods. That is why this one is so exciting for me. The score opens with ‘The Other Side’ and yes, Bishara, the man, delivers again. That piano has so much disturbing emotions inside it. The reverb is absolutely superb and the string instrument is creepy. Indian I wonder? It’s perfection in terms of scary horror. I bet Bishara didn’t even break a sweat. This is what he does and he’s the best at it. Actually, that’s not true at all, the break a sweat part, because the layers upon layers of horror music like this requires a lot of work.

‘The Other Side’ is obviously a terrific horror cue, better than most on this score even, but there’s just something about the complexity and details that is part of cues like ‘Left Underwater’ and ‘Watch The Exhumed’. I love the little details. What I didn’t appreciate (at first) was the massive jump scare in ‘Watch The Exhumed’. I actually managed to hurt my knee as it hit the table. But damn that’s what film music is all about, moods, emotions, even cheap scares like that when you put it together for the big picture. It is the big picture which is important here, how the terror meets the drama meets the terror with terrific moody scoring, something I truly appreciate. I know people that could never appreciate this, but I was one of them at some point and I have no idea what brought me from there to here. It just evolved over time and now I just can’t get enough of scores like this. Yes they haunt me at times, they scare me even more but maybe that’s the key. Fear is such a powerful emotion even in controlled environments. It’s an addictiveness for sure and Bishara has the key to open up my deepest darkest fears seemingly at will. Well I won’t stand in the way of excellence. Just keep it coming Mr. Bishara as your talents will never go to waste with me.

HIGHLIGHTS:
1. The Other Side
2. Going To Be Fine
3. Left Underwater
4. Back Not Lost
5. Watch The Exhumed
6. To The Last Stop
7. Dead Forest Temple
8. Call Through The Door
9. Door Opened
10. Aghori Guardian
11. Where Did You Come From?
13. Dying All Around
14. Downed Traveler
15. Visit During Storm
16. Mud Crawler
17. Diety Involved
18. Burned Tethers
19. Sent Back
20. At The Door