Mike Fowler

#Folkhorror, music, and folk horror music.
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Thanks to @Bob_Fischer @StuartMaconie @folk_horror and Bret Williams of Classical Guitar Insider for taking the time to listen. Happy Halloween one and all, (I think my Halloween season lasts most of the year to be fair :-))
Horn Dancing | Mike Fowler (https://t.co/bMyI2pb6M5)

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I’m recording a new album, 'The Acorn Bride'.
It’s a blend of folk‑baroque, and original pieces inspired by English folklore and old modal traditions.I’ll be sharing the process as I finish the remaining tracks over the next few months. #folkmusic #classicalguitar

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This is my record. Taken me 43 years to learn how to play this. Since watching it as a kid and fumbling on an old Spanish guitar with strings that had never been changed since #ThePrisoner first aired in 1966/7. #fingerstyle #classicalguitar
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Coventry Carol is such a lovely old tune. I have a soft spot for carols and this one particularly reminds me of a far more innocent and less commercial time of year.
Tried to arrange in the style of John Renbourn. #fingerstyle #folkbaroque
#carol
https://t.co/xpAfDUBKOH

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Watching #TheBoxOfDelights on a DVD I bought some years ago, and never got round to fully watching, then realised it's exactly 40 years to the day - it was a Wednesday - that I first saw it.

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I'm wondering when John Renbourn's archive will be made available to view? It sounds amazing. @Renbourn

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@mockinghorse
You were right. That really did go with my series, and for some reason that one slipped through my net. An excellent little doc on Hammer music, and the use of avant-garde in their film scores. I may have to revisit...👍👍

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Day 31. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic. It's the last one. Go big. (Or do the Book tower theme!) This time round I'm finishing with Stravinsky, the Rite of Spring. Decadent and pagan. Go to 4:00, hear echoes of Jaws and parts of Witchfinder General. Remarkable.

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Day 30. Jerry Goldsmith has had a few this time round for the #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
Although not perfect, the unsettling nature of this music from Planet of the Apes has stayed with me for nearly fifty years. Did they use this for the TV series as well?
https://t.co/e9Dri5ERLp

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Day 29. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
Aleister Crowley didn't have rock bands when he was alive, but I reckon if he did..
A reworked 'Mars' (Holst) brilliantly done by King Crimson @DGMHQ. Play it at your kids Halloween party. That build up to 7:45 wow.
https://t.co/DJHdhns6DT

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Day 28. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
The Haunted Generation. Yes, a little late again. Jacques Lasry composer lived to the ripe old age of 96. So, there's one of the secrets to longevity. Write weird children's music.
Manege - The Theme from Picture Box

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Day27. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
One of the best from that late 70s early 80s crop, the theme from Phantasm by Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave.

Sweet dreams.
https://t.co/57pSleVVbP

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Day 26 and it's getting darker. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic. Jerry Goldsmith clearly had a talent for this type of thing. From the film 'Seconds'
https://t.co/fgaGnDg4m3

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It's midnight. It's the end of day 25. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic.

We're coming home. This piece of music seriously means business. Seriously. Lynch used it to soundtrack the birth of Bob. So.
Penderecki. Who else. This is real horror music.
https://t.co/OnYJBwmssb

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Day 24. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
I was encouraged to arrange this by the composer, John Scott. Truly an honour. Also from the #HornDancing album, this gothic waltz perfectly conjures the fog drenched streets of Whitechapel
'A Study In Terror'
https://t.co/DwFrifrhQg

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Day 23. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic. Late again. This time, it's more music from the late Mr Shostakovich, from the late Mr Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut (it's 2nd appearance this time on the list).
https://t.co/VSTgDHYGxk

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From the mist wreathen streets of Whitechapel...
Another video from the horror music collection..
#HornDancing. Along shortly.

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@dongillette I think the problem with Borderlands is direction. The premise, the story, the photography are all fine. But it's the way it hangs together.

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@dongillette Watched Smile again last night, as my partner hadn't seen it, and I was curious to see the sequel. That's a solid horror there I think. The ending wipes me out. I'm not saying it's the best of the last ten years or so, there are other contenders for that. Just, saying...

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Day 22. #31DaysOfHorrorMusic

Always loved this version by fingerstyle supremo Ewan Dobson. John Carpenter's https://t.co/PyE6JIRzwE

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Day 21 #31DaysOfHorrorMusic
By Zittrer & Zaza https://t.co/KzQJbGZqWD. Murder by decree. . What an absolute belter this is and really deserving of a full reissue. If you forward through the terror to 5:15 there's a lovely air played as we remember the Ripper victims.