James Bernard - Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires: Original Soundtrack '1974; 2019

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BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES. The soundtrack
features music composed by James Bernard for the 1974 horror film directed by
Roy Ward Baker (THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, QUATERMASS AND THE PIT), starring Peter
Cushing as Van Helsing, Julie Ege, David Chiang, Robin Stewart, Shen Chan and
John Forbes-Robertson.

In THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES, Hammer’s ninth and final Dracula
film, Count Dracula rises from the grave in 1804 Transylvania and assumes the
form of his Chinese disciple, Kah. A century later, Professor Van Helsing
(Cushing) is in Chungking, lecturing a group of cynical students about the
legend of Ping Keui, a small village terrorized by vampires wearing golden
masks. Hsi Cheng, one of his students, takes the story seriously and begs Van
Helsing for help in defeating the monsters. Van Helsing joins his son, Leland, a
wealthy widow, Vanessa Buren (Ege) and Hsi Cheng on an expedition to Ping Keui.
They travel with Hsi Cheng’s five brothers and one sister, all martial
artists, to challenge Kah and meet their fate in Ping Keui.

For THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES, legendary Hammer Films collaborated
with the equally legendary Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong to create a fascinating
hybrid of both horror and martial arts genres. To score the film, the Shaw
Brothers originally intended to score the film as they would their other kung fu
films, using stock music licensed from music libraries or liberally lifted from
already available soundtracks. Hammer’s production executive, Michael
Carreras, thankfully insisted on an original score by James Bernard, the
composer most associated with Dracula at the time through his music for the
other Dracula films produced by Hammer. For THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES,
Bernard composed one of his most engaging scores, blending his recognizable
style with elements of traditional Chinese music.

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents this premiere release of the original motion
picture soundtrack to THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES along with the
contents of a 2 sided storyteller album released in 1974 of the story of THE
LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES, narrated by Peter Cushing himself, both newly
mastered by Digital Outland. THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES features music
composed by James Bernard and arranged and conducted by Philip Martell and is
presented by BUYSOUNDTRAX Records continuing in the tradition of our incredible
series of soundtracks from the Hammer vaults. THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN
VAMPIRES is a limited edition of 1000 units.

Tracklist:
3:23 | 01. James Bernard - Who Dares To Disturb
3:11 | 02. James Bernard - Draculas Metamorphosis
5:30 | 03. James Bernard - Temple Of Evil
2:38 | 04. James Bernard - The Hunt Of Death
3:18 | 05. James Bernard - Introducing Vanessa Buren
4:04 | 06. James Bernard - Ambush
4:59 | 07. James Bernard - The Siege Begins
3:30 | 08. James Bernard - The Battle Rages
0:51 | 09. James Bernard - End Credits
3:05 | 10. James Bernard - The Seven Brothers Meet
0:56 | 11. James Bernard - The Call Of The Undead
1:10 | 12. Peter Cushing - Legend Of Ancient China
8:40 | 13. Peter Cushing - Prologue
3:33 | 14. Peter Cushing - The 7 Golden Vampires
1:52 | 15. Peter Cushing - The Chinese Embassy Party
4:30 | 16. Peter Cushing - Street Fight / Martial Arts
1:05 | 17. Peter Cushing - Legend Of Ancient China
3:59 | 18. Peter Cushing - Preparation For The Trek
2:43 | 19. Peter Cushing - The Lovers
4:11 | 20. Peter Cushing - The Vampires Attack
1:10 | 21. Peter Cushing - Romance Blossoms
3:38 | 22. Peter Cushing - Destruction Of The Vampires
0:29 | 23. Peter Cushing - The Lovers Death
6:14 | 24. Peter Cushing - Draculas Disintegration
0:58 | 25. Peter Cushing - Epilogue
1:11 | 26. Peter Cushing - Legend Of Ancient China

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