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'''''Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''''' and '''''Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Score''''' are the soundtracks to the 2011 [[slasher film]] ''[[Scream 4]]'', the fourth instalment in the [[Scream (franchise)|''Scream'' franchise]] and the sequel to ''[[Scream 3]]''. The former is an original soundtrack consisting 12 songs performed by various artists mainly of the [[Rock music|rock genre]], such as [[Ida Maria]], [[The Sounds]] and [[The Novocaines]], and released on April 12, 2011, by [[Lakeshore Records]], but was not successful as the previous instalment's soundtracks.<ref name="soundtrack">{{cite web |title=Scream 4: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RPQSDC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401024412/http://www.amazon.com/Scream-4-Score-Marco-Beltrami/dp/B004RPQSDC |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2011 |website=Amazon}}</ref> The latter, is a score soundtrack consisting the original score composed by veteran franchise composer [[Marco Beltrami]], released under the [[Varèse Sarabande]] label on April 19, 2011.<ref name="soundtrack2">{{cite web |title=KEVIN'S MUSIC REVIEW: SCREAM 4 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK |url=http://www.gotham-news.com/node/5439 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202120934/http://www.gotham-news.com/node/5439 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |publisher=Gotham-news.com}}</ref>

== ''Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' ==
{{Infobox album
| name         = Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| italic_title = no
| type         = Soundtrack
| artist       = Various artists
| cover        = Scream 4 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011) cover.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = April 12, 2011
| recorded     =
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=35|s=51}}
| label        = [[Lakeshore Records]]
| producer     = [[Buck Sanders]], Richard Glasser
| chronology   = ''Scream'' soundtrack
| prev_title   = [[Music of the Scream franchise#''Scream 3'' (2000)|Scream 3: <br /> The Score]]
| prev_year    = 2000
| next_title   = [[Music of the Scream franchise#Scream 4 (2011)|Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Score]]
| next_year    = 2015
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Artist
| total_length = 35:51
| title1 = Something to Die For
| writer1 = [[Jesper Anderberg]]<br />[[Johan Bengtsson]]<br />Fredrik Blond<br />[[Maja Ivarsson]]<br />[[Felix Rodriguez (guitarist)|Felix Rodriguez]]
| extra1 = [[The Sounds]]
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = Bad Karma
| writer2 = [[Desmond Child]]<br />Ida Maria Sivertsen<br />Stefan Tornby
| extra2 = [[Ida Maria]]
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = Cup of Coffee
| writer3 = Corey Marriott<br />Jay Marriott<br />Steve Turnock<br />Liam Young
| extra3 = [[The Novocaines]]
| length3 = 1:30
| title4 = Make My Body
| writer4 = Christophe Eagleton<br />Kamtin Mohager
| extra4 = [[The Chain Gang of 1974]]
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Don't Mess with the Original
| writer5 = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| extra5 = Marco Beltrami
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Yeah Yeah Yeah
| writer6 = Jesper Anderberg<br />Johan Bengtsson<br />Fredrik Blond<br />Maja Ivarsson<br />Felix Rodriguez
| extra6 = The Sounds
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Run for Your Life
| writer7 = Tamara Schlesinger
| extra7 = 6 Day Riot
| length7 = 2:32
| title8 = [[Axel F]]
| writer8 = [[Harold Faltermeyer]]
| extra8 = [[Raney Shockne]]
| length8 = 3:01
| title9 = On Fire
| writer9 = Jesse Laz
| extra9 = [[Locksley (band)|Locksley]]
| length9 = 1:54
| title10 = Devils
| writer10 = Eric Elbogen
| extra10 = [[Say Hi]]
| length10 = 2:20
| title11 = Denial
| writer11 = Lucas Banker<br />[[Logan Mader|Logan Conrad Mader]]
| extra11 = Stereo Black
| length11 = 3:43
| title12 = Jill's America
| writer12 = Marco Beltrami
| extra12 = Marco Beltrami
| length12 = 3:26
}}

== ''Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Score'' ==
{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name         = Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Score
| type         = film
| artist       = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| cover        = Scream 4 Music from the Dimension Motion Picture (2011) cover.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 19, 2011
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Film score]]
| length       = 46:30
| label        = [[Varèse Sarabande]]
| producer     = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| prev_title   = [[Music of the Scream franchise#Scream 4 (2011)|Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| prev_year    = 2011
| next_title   = [[Scream (TV series)#Music|Scream: <br /> Music from Season One]]
| next_year    = 2015
| chronology   = ''Scream'' soundtrack
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Marco Beltrami]]
 | type       = film
 | prev_title = [[Soul Surfer (film)|Soul Surfer]]
 | prev_year  = 2011
 | title      = Scream 4
 | year       = 2011
 | next_title = [[The Thing (2011 film)|The Thing]]
 | next_year  = 2011
 }}
}}

''Scream 4'' is the last score composed by Beltrami in the ''Scream'' franchise, as he was replaced by [[Brian Tyler]] for the fifth and sixth instalments. The initial release consisted of only 21 tracks from Beltrami's score lasting for an hour.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Scream 4' Score Album Details |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/03/30/scream-4-score-album-details/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> When the score was packaged in a limited edition box set, along with the predecessor's scores, the album consisted the complete score with additional cues and demos from the original score, running for more than one hour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2022 |title=Marco Beltrami's Original 'Scream' Scores Released in New Box Set |url=https://collider.com/scream-soundtrack-box-set-marco-beltrami/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108001206/https://collider.com/scream-soundtrack-box-set-marco-beltrami/ |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> The limited edition box set was released on January 7, 2022, to coincide the soundtrack release of ''[[Scream (2022 film)|Scream]]'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schube |first=Will |date=January 7, 2022 |title=Soundtrack To The New 'Scream' Film Arrives Along With Franchise-Spanning Box Set |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/scream-original-soundtrack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126174447/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/scream-original-soundtrack/ |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=January 7, 2022 |title='Scream: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks' Box Set Includes All Four of Marco Beltrami's 'Scream' Scores! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3698291/scream-original-motion-picture-soundtracks-box-set-includes-four-marco-beltramis-scream-scores/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117033405/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3698291/scream-original-motion-picture-soundtracks-box-set-includes-four-marco-beltramis-scream-scores/ |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Track listing
| headline      = ''Scream 4'' {{nobold|{{ndash}} original track listing}}
| title1        = You're Not Real
| length1       = 5:44
| title2        = Dewey In The Morning
| length2       = 0:29
| title3        = Cheating On My Diet / Woodsboro 2010
| length3       = 2:50
| title4        = When You Let Someone Go
| length4       = 1:36
| title5        = It's My Rental
| length5       = 1:35
| title6        = You Were Busy
| length6       = 1:09
| title7        = Which Closet?
| length7       = 4:32
| title8        = Working Together
| length8       = 1:24
| title9        = You Are The Message
| length9       = 3:14
| title10       = Everything's Under Control
| length10      = 1:18
| title11       = I Know How You Feel
| length11      = 2:30
| title12       = Cameras Obscured
| length12      = 1:33
| title13       = Gale and Ghostface
| length13      = 1:05
| title14       = Don't Spoil It
| length14      = 4:27
| title15       = The After Party
| length15      = 2:47
| title16       = I Got It Right
| length16      = 3:58
| title17       = Your Ingenue Days Are Over
| length17      = 5:45
| title18       = The After-After Party
| length18      = 3:16
| title19       = Touch and Go
| length19      = 2:52
| title20       = Don't Spoil It, Part 2
| length20      = 3:57
| total_length  = 61:42
| title21       = Sid's Advice
| length21      = 5:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = ''Scream 4'' {{nobold|{{ndash}} limited edition box set track listing}}
| title1        = Stab 6
| length1       = 3:40
| title2        = You're Not Real
| length2       = 5:44
| title3        = Dewey in the Morning
| length3       = 0:29
| title4        = Jenny's Phone Call
| length4       = 0:42
| title5        = Dewey Cleans Up
| length5       = 0:33
| title6        = Cheating On My Diet
| length6       = 2:10
| title7        = Woodsboro 2010
| length7       = 0:43
| title8        = When You Let Someone Go
| length8       = 1:36
| title9        = It's My Rental
| length9       = 1:35
| title10       = The Media Arrives
| length10      = 0:37
| title11       = Interrogation
| length11      = 1:16
| title12       = How's Gale
| length12      = 1:18
| title13       = No Match for the Ninja
| length13      = 0:48
| title14       = You Were Busy
| length14      = 1:09
| title15       = In The Closet
| length15      = 1:42
| title16       = Olivia Dies
| length16      = 4:30
| title17       = Woodsboro Remake
| length17      = 0:21
| title18       = Working Together
| length18      = 1:22
| title19       = You Are the Message
| length19      = 3:13
| title20       = Everything's Under Control
| length20      = 1:16
| total_length  = 76:42
| title21       = I Know How You Feel
| length21      = 2:29
| title22       = Cameras Obscured
| length22      = 1:32
| title23       = Gale and Ghostface
| length23      = 1:04
| title24       = He's Making the Movie
| length24      = 0:36
| title25       = F**k Bruce Willis
| length25      = 2:16
| title26       = You're a Survivor
| length26      = 4:26
| title27       = The After Party
| length27      = 2:46
| title28       = Make A Move
| length28      = 0:48
| title29       = I'm Gay...If It Helps
| length29      = 1:16
| title30       = Jill, Run!
| length30      = 1:50
| title31       = I Got It, Right
| length31      = 3:56
| title32       = This Is Making A Move
| length32      = 1:22
| title33       = Your Ingenue Days Are Over
| length33      = 5:44
| title34       = Sole Survivor
| length34      = 3:15
| title35       = Touch and Go
| length35      = 2:50
| title36       = You Just Won't Die
| length36      = 3:55
| title37       = Don't F**k with the Original
| length37      = 1:53
| title38       = Dewey in the Morning (original demo)
| length38      = 0:29
| title39       = Dewey Cleans Up (original demo)
| length39      = 0:29
| title40       = Stab Main Title (rejected demo)
| length40      = 1:01
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = ''Scream 4'' {{nobold|{{ndash}} limited edition vinyl box set track listing}}
| title1        = You're Not Real
| length1       = 5:44
| title2        = Cheating On My Diet / Woodsboro 2010
| length2       = 2:50
| title3        = When You Let Someone Go
| length3       = 1:36
| title4        = Which Closet?
| length4       = 4:32
| title5        = You Are The Message
| length5       = 3:14
| title6        = Everything's Under Control
| length6       = 1:18
| title7        = I Know How You Feel
| length7       = 2:30
| title8        = I Got It Right
| length8       = 3:58
| title9        = Your Ingenue Days Are Over
| length9       = 5:45
| title10       = The After-After Party
| length10      = 3:16
| title11       = Touch and Go
| length11      = 2:52
| title12       = Don't Spoil It, Part 2
| length12      = 3:57
| title13       = Don't F**k with the Original
| length13      = 1:53
| total_length  = 43:31
}}

== Reception ==
Both the soundtrack and the film's score received mixed critical reactions. ''Gotham News'' commented that "This new album attempts to retain the style of the old, while speaking to the present content-diluted market. It has some success, but no cigar."<ref name="soundtrack2" /> ''Shadowlocked'' criticized the soundtrack's overly light tone, saying that "There's little here that I would have picked for a horror movie."<ref name="shadwolocked">{{cite web |title=SCREAM 4 SOUNDTRACK REVIEW |url=http://www.shadowlocked.com/201104041682/reviews/scream-4-soundtrack-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423112803/http://www.shadowlocked.com/201104041682/reviews/scream-4-soundtrack-review.html |archive-date=April 23, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |publisher=Shadowlocked.com}}</ref> James Christopher Monger, in his review for ''[[AllMusic]]'', commented that the up-and-coming indie rock and pop songs resulted in a "hodgepodge of moods and styles that never quite clicks, but dutifully echoes the formless post-MP3 musical culture of 2011", giving two-and-a-half to the album.<ref name="scream3soundtrack2">{{cite web |last=Christopher Monger |first=James |title=Scream 4 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-4-original-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0002117247 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808110245/https://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-4-original-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0002117247 |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

''[[Filmtracks.com]]'' summarised that "Despite the memorable history Beltrami has afforded the franchise musically, Scream 4 is a substantially disappointing continuation of the narrative. He and four assistant composers handle the 2011 entry from a purely functional stance, tackling individual scenes with stylistic remnants of the previous scores while accomplishing absolutely nothing new."<ref name="filmtracks">{{cite web |title=Scre4m |url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/scream4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423073205/http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/scream4.html |archive-date=April 23, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |publisher=Filmtracks.com}}</ref> In contrast, the music review site Sountrackgeek gave the score a highly favorable review: "It is possibly the best score in the Scream series, because it is so incredibly forceful. It wants to be full of action and chills and it is. It's not the scariest of scores, but Scream has never been about the moody scares, but rather the surprise scare and crazy fight/chase scenes. It succeeds and I had a blast listening to this from start to finish."<ref name="soundtrackgeek">{{cite web |title=Scre4m Soundtrack Review |url=http://soundtrackgeek.com/reviews/scream-4-soundtrack-review.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501075716/http://soundtrackgeek.com/reviews/scream-4-soundtrack-review.php |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Soundtrackgeek.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Music of the Scream franchise|Music of the ''Scream'' franchise]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Marco Beltrami}}
{{Scream (franchise)}}

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[[Category:2010s film soundtrack albums]]
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[[Category:Horror film soundtracks]]
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[[Category:Marco Beltrami soundtracks]]
[[Category:Scream (film series)]]
[[Category:Varèse Sarabande soundtracks]]

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