The selections are all from vampire films (or TV shows) or inspired by them. None of these, tho, seem to be from the actual soundtracks. Even the Bauhaus classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a live version not the studio version used (as I recall) in THE HUNGER. There is also a cover (by The Electric Hellfire Club) of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" included because it was the closing music for INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. (But that film used a cover by Guns n' Roses so the selection here can, I guess, be considered a cover of a cover.) The music from FOREVER KNIGHT is here with LaCroix's chilling opening narrative ("He was brought across in 1228...") but IT'S NOT NIGEL BENNET SPEAKING! That last seems like heresy and is epecially disappointing but apparently the selections are meant as original tributes to the productions and soundtracks which inspired them- a sampling of new interpretations of music which the vampire legend has generated.

Still, there are many good selections. I suspect different people may like very different things here. I especially enjoyed Electric Hellfire's "Sympathy" (creepy treated vocal, driving rhythm and no "woo-oo woo"), The Damned's "Testify" and Nosferatu's "Graveyard Shift". Big Electric Cat's cover of "Cat People" was OK but didn't seem to add much new. (And technically CAT PEOPLE isn't a vampire movie, remember?) The instrumentals seemed very atmospheric but, for me, tended to blend together- lots of low strings, for example, and Tangerine Dream effects.


So So   December 9, 1999
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Vampire Themes represents many wonderful artists. Taken individually the songs are mostly fair-good renditions and attempts. Listening to the album start to finish, however, is a headache experience. The low point for me was the version of Sympathy For The Devil; annoying and grating to the ear. The album isn't nesessarily that bad, but I think it had more promise than quality.


Click with the title   May 1, 2000
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Nice collection fit for vampyre or horror movie fans, the vampyre and eerie atmosphere is strong.


It was decent ...   November 18, 2001
 3 out of 6 found this review helpful

... but I've only listened to it a couple of times in the 4 months I've owned it.
It was the 3rd or 4th CD I got that has 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' on it (that starts to get pretty tedious after a while). And none of the other songs really appealed to me.
ah well.
you win some, you lose some.


THis is the most foul....   February 17, 2000
 2 out of 7 found this review helpful

this has to be the WORST goth comp I have ever heard. The only high point (other than bela lugosi's dead..the live version taht is on EVERYTHING even non goth compilaitons LOL)was the Electric hellfire Clubs sympathy for the devil...even with this i would not recommend buying this cd..its nothing but music with the occasional lyric, really dissapointing.