TRACK #218:

Prom Night by Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer

And now, we have our first track to make its debut on Shindig Radio before being added to the playlist, and what a perfect song for that honor.

An 80’s disco Title Track for the slasher classic Prom Night, composer Paul Zaza cranked out a doozy with this one. Perfectly capturing the mood of the film and the vibe of its era, Prom Night is, at least sonically anyway, a fantastic Title Track.

Featured during the film’s climactic Prom sequence, it’s catchy, danceable and more importantly (like any good Title Track) it repeats the title ad nauseam.

Though, as noted by The Shindig Radio crew, that’s about where any references to either this movie or even an actual Prom, end. Which is a shame, as just a little bit could have gone a long way to taking this from just a passing Title Track to something really great.

No matter, because despite how Graham Schofield may feel about this cut, it’s unused sister Title Track or dancing disco bullshit in general, I think this song boogies.

Allegedly, this sequence was shot with a bunch of popular disco tunes playing in the background. Once the producers realized it might cost them a small fortune to secure the rights to such recognizable hits, they tasked Paul Zaza with recreating reasonable facsimiles as replacements.

Unfortunately, he only had about a week to do it.

Given the tight timeline, I think Paul knocked this one out of the park, creating a disco slasher Title Track for the ages.

Just remember, it’s not who you go with, it’s who takes you home.

Everything is all right!