Ghostbusters Score
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The Ghostbusters Score is the orchestral film score composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein for Ghostbusters (1984). It is distinct from the Ghostbusters Soundtrack, the song-based album, though two of the score's tracks also appeared on that release. Bernstein's score is built around the ondes Martenot, an early electronic keyboard instrument performed by Cynthia Millar, which gives the music its eerie, otherworldly character.
The score went unreleased on its own for years. A first official album appeared in 2006 from Varese Sarabande, and an expanded, remixed edition followed in 2019 from Sony Classical, issued on CD and vinyl to coincide with the film's anniversary.