A Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack Box Set

If you grew up in the '80s as I did, Freddy Krueger is bound to be as recognizable to you as the Trix rabbit, or, more appropriately, Count Chocula.  Most people automatically think of Freddy's glove and his wisecracks, but there was more to the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies.  One major aspect that is memorable, although still somewhat overlooked, is the music.  The scores for these movies were excellent (some more than others, of course).  Varèse Sarabande put together a beautiful package for those of us who love the music as well as the movies.

This is a collection of the scores for each movie, from Wes Craven's classic original film to the misguided Freddy Vs. Jason.  Each CD includes the original soundtrack album, then additional material not included on those original releases.  There is a whole hell of a lot of music included in this box, with the CDs ranging from about 55 minutes to around 75.

Varèse Sarabande really did a wonderful job with the packaging on this one.  The 8 CDs are in cardboard sleeves, but they took the extra step of putting each disc in a plastic inner sleeve that protects it from the various scratches that tend show up when stored in cardboard sleeves.  When laid out, the covers of the cardboard sleeves make a large piece of artwork made for this release.

                                Box cover (left) and the booklet (right)

                                               Miniature Freddy Sweater cover that slips over the box

                                   All eight cardboard sleeves lined up to show the new artwork
This is quite a release, but it is also quite an expensive one.  While I absolutely do recommend it, I only recommend it to Elm Street fans who also like film scores.  If you haven't the patience or interest in listening to the score of any movie, you would do best to skip this.  If you do enjoy film scores, then it isn't cheap, but you do get quite a bit for your money.

Just don't try to get it off of eBay.  It makes the list price seem cheap in comparison.

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