COIL - THE UNRELEASED THEMES FOR HELLRAISER (EXPANDED RITUAL) [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: MPD057CD
Barcode: 5414166692569
Release Date: 29 May 2026
Genre: Soundtracks/Electronic/Experimental

Expanded edition with unissued bonus material, reassembled as a stand alone suite, with new text by Danny Hyde and original artwork by Trevor Brown. Non-Returnable.

Key long-term collaborators and Coil's "secret third member" Danny Hyde located the original Hellraiser studio session tapes, and the bonus material recovered from them is presented here as an "expanded ritual" edition.

Back in 1987, Clive Barker's supernatural body-horror classic Hellraiser hitted cinemas worldwide and introduced audiences to the demonic Cenobites. Barker was a devoted COIL fan (Peter Christopherson and John Balance), and he famously said they were the only band he'd ever heard on record whose music he'd had to take off because, in his words, "they made his bowels churn.". He initially invited them to compose the film's music, and the group began recording cues. But the producers at New World Pictures ultimately rejected the material in favor of a more traditional approach, bringing in Christopher Young, whose final score remains excellent, if less experimental. What remains from Coil is an unfinished soundtrack with surviving fragments and rough ideas, abruptly left behind mid-process, a glimpse into an alternate Hellraiser movie, one we can only fantasize into existence.

Nearly 40 years later, key long-term collaborators and Coil's "secret third member" Danny Hyde located the original Hellraiser studio session tapes, and the bonus material recovered from them is presented here as an "expanded ritual" edition, reassembled into a standalone, possibly definitive and strangely beautiful nightmare suite. Play it in the dark and experience the consequences of raising hell…

Tracklist: A1. Coil - Attack Of The Senmapods A2. Coil - The Box Theme (Mix 2) A3. Coil - The Main Title A4. Coil - Zither Theme A5. Coil - The Hellbound Heart (Mix 1) A6. Coil - No New World A7. Coil - The Box Theme (Mix 1) B1. Coil - Arcade Sound B2. Coil - Cardinal Points B3. Coil - Atmospheric Stuff B4. Coil - Hellraiser Theme (Mix 2) B5. Coil - Flutey Theme B6. Coil - Unearthly Hell