Tom Schraeder’s low-key mournful score has just the right dose of uncanny, but his finest work is the closing theme song “Darkness Stalls” — an evocative country folksong with a Gothic streak which he composed and sung himself.
— Variety - Maggie Lee
None of it would be nearly as affective if it weren’t for Tom Schraeder’s unnerving score. Similar to Colin Stetson’s work on 2018’s Hereditary — or even Mark Korven’s melange of sounds for 2015’s The Witch — Schraeder floods so much of the terrain here with compositions that feel culled from the roots of Hades. But at the same time, it’s also very earthy and rustic, a dichotomy that helps turn the film’s isolated pastures into a claustrophobic nightmare.
— Consequence of Sound - Michael Roffman

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Musical Catalogue

Stream and download Tom’s full musical archive featuring two decades of albums, including Original Motion Picture Soundtracks, ‘The Dark and The Wicked’ and his latest “HURT.'‘

Film Festival Highlights

August 2018

Fantasia Film Festival

‘Hurt’

Montreal

April 2020

Tribeca Film Festival

‘The Dark and The Wicked’

New York City

September 2020

Tokyo Cinemasters

‘Adjunto’

Tokyo

October 2020

Chicago Film Festival

‘The Dark and The Wicked'

Chicago