Don Gere – Werewolves On Wheels (Main Theme)
Sometimes the soundtacks that labels like Finders Keepers digs up seem like pseudo-soundtracks for movies that don’t exist (like the Blood’s Haul soundtrack that Connie Price and the Keystones did a few years ago). I mean, how is it possible that someone actually decided to combine Biker movies with Werewolf movies AND Satanic Cult movies!!! It seems unbelievable, but such is the wonder that is 1970s exploitation grindhouse cinema. Don Gere’s music for this film evokes as special kind of atmosphere that some how manages to blend in all those disparate elements in a cohesive sound. This is especially true on the main theme, the longest cut on the album, with it’s droney acoustic guitar lines and minimal percussion. The song seems like it’s going somewhere and nowhere at exactly the same time, kind of like being on the open road, until the realtive peace and tranquility is offset unexpectedly about halfway by a sudden rush of fuzzy guitar, almost as if another song has just broken in and broken out. Heavy heavy trip, just like this movie, which strangely enough is actually available in it’s entirety on Youtube and despite it’s grindhouse beginnings has some of the most unsettling and memorable footage you’ll ever see in 1970s genre film.