The Stairs: BC Smith’s Original Score To Acclaimed Horror Film Releases Digitally!

Lakeshore Records has released the soundtrack for The Stairs, the independent horror film released by Cinedigm. The score by BC Smith (Smoke Signals, Skins), utilizes both acoustic and electronic instrumentation that subtly adds to the different characters and events in the film—a range that spans from idyllic to horrific.  The 21-track album is available now digitally on all major music services across the globe.  Keep reading to access the soundtrack listening links and more.  Dread Central premiered the tracks, “Jessie” and “ShroomSexKill,” which you can also listen to below.

Cinedigm and Fathom Events screened the film in theaters for one night only on August 12 in 700 theaters!  

Subscribe to Soundtracks, Scores and More to stay in the loop for forthcoming The Stairs news!

 

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

Track List
01. Mountain Drive
02. Hunting Trip
03. The Stairs
04. Blood Moon
05. Into The Woods
06. The Nest
07. Doug Cries Wolf
08. Off The Grid
09. Ghost Family
10. Family Matters
11. Stay The Night
12. ShroomSexKill
13. Search For Doug
14. Staircase In The Woods
15. What Is This Place?
16. Trust Me
17. Grub Daddy
18. Rebecca Dies
19. Jessie
20. Who’s The Daddy?
21. Burn The Stairs

A frightening tale about a group of hikers hunted by a sinister presence in the woods. Twenty years after the mysterious disappearance of an 11-year-old boy and his grandfather, a group of friends find themselves along the same trail, unaware of a long-forgotten evil lurking just beyond the tree line. What started as a week-long adventure with friends, quickly turns into a terrifying fight for survival as they come face to face with the thing that nightmares are made of.

Directed by Peter “Drago” Tiemann, The Stairs blends the sweeping natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest with the stomach-churning gore of Hollywood, in this modern-day monster movie. Written by Tiemann and Jason L Lowe, both men took on additional roles for the film; Tiemann Producing and Lowe working as an Executive Producer. Also Produced by Amanda Rae Jones, with additional Executive Producers Andrew Nevils, Christopher Hill & Amy Bovenkamp, John Kritsonis, Karl Lindor, Thomas Lowe, Wesley Barker and Scott Riefler.

Says Smith: “Scoring The Stairs was a creative joy. There is nothing normal or ordinary about what the characters encounter which proved fabulous inspiration for the music. The characters struggle to comprehend what they’re seeing and the music helps to subliminally enhance that uncertainty, absurdity and terror.

The Stairs represent a malignant evil, incongruous to the serenity of the forest.
The score adopts that metaphor by using sounds that don’t normally go together like acoustic guitars and modular synthesizers, or sounds that seem familiar but actually something else entirely.”

ABOUT BC SMITH
From his first film score, Chris Eyre and Sherman Alexie’s SMOKE SIGNALS (Sundance Film Festival Audience Award & Filmmaker Trophy winner), to horror master Tobe Hooper’s final film DJINN, to Steven Cantor’s Hulu documentary BALLET NOW, composer BC Smith’s unique talent as a musical storyteller has enhanced an incredibly diverse and eclectic collection of films.

Whether working with modular synthesizers, orchestras, multifarious ensembles, peyote singers, or bespoke electronics, BC is one of those rare composers not bound by genre or convention. He approaches each movie from its own unique perspective to create an original sonic pallet and score that is truly born from the film’s characters and story.

Notable projects include Chris Eyre’s award-winning films, SKINS, EDGE OF AMERICA and the Robert Redford produced Tony Hillerman detective series (THIEF OF TIME, SKINWALKERS, and COYOTE WAITS), MGM’s MOD SQUAD, the John Cusack and Emma Roberts starred ADULT WORLD, AMANDA AND JACK GO GLAMPING staring Amy Acker and David Arquette, and Netflix’s Ryan Koo drama AMATEUR.

His love of pushing boundaries has led to his ongoing collaboration with Nine Inch Nails / How To Destroy Angels multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Cortini under the nom de guerre ACBC. Winners of a bronze Clio and silver Eurobest Cannes Lion for their music, their international projects include Gus Van Sant and Martin Werner directed campaigns for BMW, the award-winning 8-part Woodkid directed films for Rihanna’s album ANTI and the firefighting documentary BURN, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Audience Award.

Recent projects include scores for director Cornelia Duryée’s autism drama LANGUAGE ARTS and 2020 SXSW premiere HOOD RIVER for director Steven Cantor and producer Robert Rodriquez and sci-fi thriller THE STAIRS for director Peter “Drago” Tiemann.

BC is also an accomplished amateur magician, specializing in close up magic with purportedly haunted artifacts. (Come for the card tricks…stay for the demon summoning). He is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts world-famous Magic Castle and the co-creator of Two Headed Dreams, a streaming magic experience that premiered Sept 2020 and featured some of the world’s best magicians including Zabrecky, Penn & Teller and Michael Carbonaro.

Free Email Updates
Get the latest content first.
We respect your privacy.

Subscribe and Follow: