My dad wrote me the other day:<\/p>\n
You know, every time I watch “Poltergeist” I am struck by how the music seems so out of place for a scary movie. I was watching it the other day and I happened to let the DVD run through the credits. Underneath the credits there’s a girls choir singing and I found out the theme is actually a lullaby. So I looked it up on the Internet and it’s quite pretty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I might disagree with the music being out of place; for my money, there’s nothing creepier than the juxtaposition of spooky imagery and small children’s voices. The lyrics are a nice fit for the movie’s theme, too.<\/p>\n
Bless This House (aka Carol Ann’s Theme)<\/B><\/p>\n
As evening shadows grow deep and long
\nReaching across the bed
\nMother and father hear children\u2019s prayers
\nNow as they bow their heads
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nAnd the souls within
\nThrough the night til it’s light again
\nGuide our hearts
\nThrough the dark
\nTo the breaking day
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nWe pray<\/p>\nSave me from bad dreams
\nIf they should come
\nRaging into my heart
\nKeep us together one family
\nNothing can tear apart
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nAnd the souls within
\nThrough the night til it\u2019s light again
\nGuide our hearts
\nThrough the dark
\nTo the breaking day
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nWe pray<\/p>\nGive us arms to hold that are right and strong
\nWhen the night goes on too long
\nBring us a morning wide as the sea
\nWhere love will be our ark
\nStanding together one family
\nNothing can tear apart
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nAnd the souls within
\nThrough the night til it\u2019s light again
\nGuide our hearts
\nThrough the dark
\nTo the breaking day
\nBless this house
\nBless this house
\nWe pray….<\/p>\nIncidentally, you can buy the song; it’s part of the Fantastic Journey<\/a> soundtrack compilation.<\/p>\n
(Note: Immediately after writing this post, I read that they’re planning a Poltergeist remake<\/a>. Dammit, leave the classics alone. A remake implies that there’s something in the original that was lacking. There was not. Go<\/a> ruin<\/a> something<\/a> else<\/a> instead<\/a>. Oh, wait. You are….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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