Categorical Records has released a soundtrack album for the new 4K restoration of the 1920 German horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari directed by Robert Wiene and and starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Lil Dagover and Rudolf Lettinger. The album features the new score for the film composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Rome, Appaloosa, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm, Carnivale) and performed by The Silver Nitrate Big Band and Fourth Wall Ensemble. Beal premiered his music at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 2024. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s Caligari Overture after the jump. The restored version of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari has just been released ttoday on 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray, which also includes an audio commentary by Beal, among other extras, by Kino Lorber and is also available on VOD.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Caligari Overture (4:38)
2. Doctor Caligari (5:30)
3. The Fair (2:42)
4. Mysterious Murder (1:20)
5. Step Right Up (3:29)
6. Caesare the Sleepwalker (8:09)
7. Alan Is Dead (8:07)
8. Surrender to Evil (3:59)
9. Shadows and Fog (6:43)
10. Ceasare Stalks His Victim (5:34)
11. The Asylum (6:06)
12. Enigmas (4:19)
13. Mania (4:37)
14. Unreliable Narrators (10:26)
