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Tags: haunted hotel, typewriter
Alternate Names:
Title in Español:

El resplandor

Title in Italiano:

Shining

Title in Português:

Shining

Synopsis

After landing a job as an off-season caretaker, Jack Torrance, an aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, drags his wife Wendy and gifted son Danny to snow-covered Colorado's secluded Overlook Hotel.

But writer's block prevents Jack from pursuing a new writing career. Everything has its time, however.

First, the manager must give Jack a grand tour. Then, Mr Hallorann, the facility's ageing chef, chats with Danny about rare psychic gifts.

The mysterious employee also warns the boy about the cavernous hotel's abandoned rooms. Room 237, especially, is off-limits.

That's all very well, but Jack is gradually losing his mind. After all, strange occurrences and blood-chilling visions have trapped the family in a silent gargantuan prison hammered by endless snowstorms.

And now, incessant voices inside Jack's head demand sacrifice. However, is Jack capable of murder?

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Shining
The Shining (Main Title)
Wendy Carlos: Writer
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Hector Berlioz: Based on "dream of a witches' sabbath" from symphonie fantastique
Lontano
The Awakening of Jakob
Utrenja - Ewangelia
Utrenja - Kanon Paschy
De Natura Sonoris No. 1
De Natura Sonoris No. 2
Polymorphia
Masquerade
Midnight, the Stars and You
Jimmy Campbell: Writer
Ray Noble: Performer
It's All Forgotten Now
Ray Noble: Writer
Ray Noble: Performer
Home (When Shadows Fall)
Peter Van Steeden: Writer
Henry Hall: Performer
Kanon for 52 String Orchestra and Tape
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (Movement III)
Béla Bartók: Performer
Herbert von Karajan: Conducted
It's All Forgotten Now
Ray Noble: Performer
Main Titles
Nicholas Pike: Performer
To The Mountains
Nicholas Pike: Performer
You're Not Well
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Draw Good Fruit
Nicholas Pike: Performer
A Great Hotel
Nicholas Pike: Performer
That you Jack?
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Visiting The Doctor
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Into The Pantry
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Well, Doc?
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Psychic Call
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Croquet With Wendy
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Topiary Tango
Nicholas Pike: Performer
They're Still Here
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Unmask!
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Room 217
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Falling Into Blackness
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Oh, I'm Not Seeing This!
Nicholas Pike: Performer
You Don't Scare MeÖ
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Are You Happy?
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Guess What You Forgot?
Nicholas Pike: Performer
10 Years Later
Nicholas Pike: Performer
Finding The Keys / Be Careful
James Newton Howard: Performer
Accident / To The Cabin
James Newton Howard: Performer
Gathering Wood / Remembering Duddits
James Newton Howard: Performer
Memory Warehouse
James Newton Howard: Performer
Toasting Duddit
James Newton Howard: Performer
Saving Duddits
James Newton Howard: Performer
Finding Rick
James Newton Howard: Performer
Animal Exodus
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Bathroom / What Is It?
James Newton Howard: Performer
Weasel Kills Beaver
James Newton Howard: Performer
Military Moves In
James Newton Howard: Performer
Scout's Honor
James Newton Howard: Performer
Becky Bleeds
James Newton Howard: Performer
Weasel Attacks Pete
James Newton Howard: Performer
Jonesy And Gray Debate
James Newton Howard: Performer
Henry Returns To The Cabin
James Newton Howard: Performer
Boys Find Josie
James Newton Howard: Performer
Disc Time:
James Newton Howard: Performer
I'm That Monster
James Newton Howard: Performer
Gray Kills Pete / Trucker
James Newton Howard: Performer
Jonesy Gets Files
James Newton Howard: Performer
Soldiers Find Henry
James Newton Howard: Performer
Reading Curtis' Mind
James Newton Howard: Performer
Henry Tells Owen
James Newton Howard: Performer
Owen Rescues Henry
James Newton Howard: Performer
Jonesy Calls Henry
James Newton Howard: Performer
Picking Up Duddits
James Newton Howard: Performer
Killing Trooper
James Newton Howard: Performer
Duddits Tells Story
James Newton Howard: Performer
Curtis Takes Chopper
James Newton Howard: Performer
Curtis And Owen Battle
James Newton Howard: Performer
Owen Dead
James Newton Howard: Performer
Mr. Gray Go Away
James Newton Howard: Performer
Duddits and Mr. Gray
James Newton Howard: Performer
It's Over
James Newton Howard: Performer
End Credits
James Newton Howard: Performer
Crystal Voice
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Run
James Newton Howard: Performer
Testlab
James Newton Howard: Performer
Charly The Kid
James Newton Howard: Performer
Escaping Point
James Newton Howard: Performer
Rainbirds Move
James Newton Howard: Performer
Burning Force
James Newton Howard: Performer
Between Realities
James Newton Howard: Performer
Shop Territory
James Newton Howard: Performer
Flash Final
James Newton Howard: Performer
Out Of The Heat
James Newton Howard: Performer
Main Titles – Night #1
James Newton Howard: Performer
Flashback
James Newton Howard: Performer
Hello / Nice Day For Croquet (Tied)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Tire Slash Time / Time To Play
James Newton Howard: Performer
Memory Of Dad
James Newton Howard: Performer
Scary Stop Sign
James Newton Howard: Performer
Read Between The Lines
James Newton Howard: Performer
A Scary View
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Hotel Waits / Comin' To Get Doc / Lend Me A Hand
James Newton Howard: Performer
Danny Holds Back
James Newton Howard: Performer
That's How It Is For Me
James Newton Howard: Performer
Give Me A Holler
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Lonely Wind / The Picture Changes / What's So Sweet About It?
James Newton Howard: Performer
Alone
James Newton Howard: Performer
A Near Fall
James Newton Howard: Performer
No Sale
James Newton Howard: Performer
Safe As Safe Can Be / There Is No Tony
James Newton Howard: Performer
Night Nest / Freeze You Bastards
James Newton Howard: Performer
End Credits – Night #1
James Newton Howard: Performer
Main Titles – Night #2
James Newton Howard: Performer
How Did He Break His Arm?
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Usual Suspects
James Newton Howard: Performer
Behind The Door
James Newton Howard: Performer
Are You Gonna Hurt Me? / What Does Redrum Mean?
James Newton Howard: Performer
Please Stay
James Newton Howard: Performer
Dollhouse Mallet / Into The Room
James Newton Howard: Performer
Dad On The Radio / That Was Close
James Newton Howard: Performer
A Key Is Missing
James Newton Howard: Performer
Boy On The Stairs
James Newton Howard: Performer
Not My Shade
James Newton Howard: Performer
I'm Not Seeing That / Trapped
James Newton Howard: Performer
They're After Danny
James Newton Howard: Performer
End Credits – Night #2
James Newton Howard: Performer
Main Titles – Night #3
James Newton Howard: Performer
Someone Got Their Fuse Blown
James Newton Howard: Performer
That's Not The Problem
James Newton Howard: Performer
Dad In The Window / Where There's A Will
James Newton Howard: Performer
Drive Through The Snow
James Newton Howard: Performer
Girl With A Knife / Interfering Again
James Newton Howard: Performer
It's A Drag
James Newton Howard: Performer
Nothing But Spooks / Unmask
James Newton Howard: Performer
Batter Up / Run And Hide
James Newton Howard: Performer
Between The Eyes
James Newton Howard: Performer
Here's Jack
James Newton Howard: Performer
What's Been Forgotten
James Newton Howard: Performer
Take Your Medicine
James Newton Howard: Performer
What Could You Know?
James Newton Howard: Performer
Dump It
James Newton Howard: Performer
Think The Party's Over
James Newton Howard: Performer
All's Well That Ends Well
James Newton Howard: Performer
End Credits – Night #3
James Newton Howard: Performer
Hello
James Newton Howard: Performer
Nice Day For Croquet
James Newton Howard: Performer
What Could You Know
James Newton Howard: Performer
Project Blue
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Dreams Begin
James Newton Howard: Performer
On The Road To Kansas
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Trashman In Vegas
James Newton Howard: Performer
Headin' West
James Newton Howard: Performer
Larry & Nadine (The Rejection)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Mother Abigail
James Newton Howard: Performer
“Sorry Mister, I Don't Understand” (Tom & Nick Meet)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Mid Country: By The Stream
James Newton Howard: Performer
Mother Greets The Multitudes
James Newton Howard: Performer
M-O-O-N…That Spells Suicide
James Newton Howard: Performer
“One Will Fall By The Way”
James Newton Howard: Performer
Beginning Of The End
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Stand
James Newton Howard: Performer
Tom & Stu Go Home
James Newton Howard: Performer
“Ain't She Beautiful”
James Newton Howard: Performer
Escaping
James Newton Howard: Performer
Streets Of New York
James Newton Howard: Performer
Trashy And The Dark Man
James Newton Howard: Performer
Sewing The Canvas
James Newton Howard: Performer
Corn Fields
James Newton Howard: Performer
Locked Up
James Newton Howard: Performer
New York No More
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Funeral
James Newton Howard: Performer
Leaving Mother Abigail's
James Newton Howard: Performer
Las Vegas
James Newton Howard: Performer
Nadine Seduction
James Newton Howard: Performer
Table Talk
James Newton Howard: Performer
Boulder To Vegas
James Newton Howard: Performer
Trashy Lights Up
James Newton Howard: Performer
Nadine's Dream
James Newton Howard: Performer
Captured
James Newton Howard: Performer
War Preparations
James Newton Howard: Performer
Main Title (The Shining)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Rocky Mountains
Wendy Carlos: Performer
The Shining (Main Title) (Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Rocky Mountains (Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Lontano (Gyorgy Ligeti)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Bela Bartok)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Utrenja (Excerpt) (Krzysztof Penderecki)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
The Awakening of Jacob (Krzysztof Penderecki)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
De Natura Sonoris, No. 2 (Krzysztof Penderecki)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Home (Henry Hall and the Gleneagles Hotel Band)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
THE SHINING: Shining Title Music
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Paraphrase for 'Cello
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Where's Jack?
Wendy Carlos: Performer
The Overlook
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Psychic Scream
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Day of Wrath
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Paraphrase for Brass
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Title Music "Dies""
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Clockwork "Dies""
Wendy Carlos: Performer
TRON: Creation of Tron v. I
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Creation of Tron v. II
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Lightcycle Games
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Anthem (studio version)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Little Interludes
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Trinitron
Wendy Carlos: Performer
SPLIT SECOND: Visit to a Morgue
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Return to the Morgue
Wendy Carlos: Performer
WOUNDINGS: Woundings Title Music
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Angela's Walk
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Jimmy
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Louise
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Doug Does Angela
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Scattering Ashes
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Angela's Aftermath
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Jimmy Kills Louise
Wendy Carlos: Performer
In a Cemetery
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Fly Away and End
Wendy Carlos: Performer
DOLBY DEMOS: Jiffy Test: Bee Dee Bei Mir
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Listen: Tannhauser
Wendy Carlos: Performer
THE SHINING: Colorado
Wendy Carlos: Performer
The Rocky Mountains
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Chase Music
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Nocturnal Valse Triste
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Greetings Ghosties
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Horror Show
Wendy Carlos: Performer
A Haunted Waltz
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Psychic Shout 237
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Danny
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Heartbeats And Worry
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Subliminal Ballroom
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Thought Clusters
Wendy Carlos: Performer
A Ghost Piano
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Visitors
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Dark Winds And Rustles
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Bumps In The Night
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Setting With Medea
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Two Polymoog Improvisations
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Fanfare And Drunken Dies
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Clockworks (Bloody Elevators)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Danny Bells Ascending
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Postlude
Wendy Carlos: Performer
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: Stately Purcell
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Pop Purcell
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Trumpet Voluntary
Wendy Carlos: Performer
UNICEF FILMS: The Children Of Peru
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Shanty Town And Farewell
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Daycare And The Colonel
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Two Distant Walks
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Ethiopian Life
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Tazanian Scenes
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Three Hopful Places
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Main Title "The Shining"
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Urenja (Excerpt)
Wendy Carlos: Performer
THe Awakening Of Jacob
Wendy Carlos: Performer
Home
Wendy Carlos: Performer

User reviews

Melissa Harris
8/10

The way the music mirrors Jack's descent into madness is incredibly powerful, adding depth and complexity to his character arc.

Paul Thomas
5/10

The soundtrack effectively conveys the isolation and claustrophobia of the snow-covered hotel, amplifying the sense of dread and unease throughout the film.

William Taylor
5/10

The soundtrack's mix of traditional orchestral elements and experimental sounds creates a unique and unforgettable sonic landscape that lingers long after the film ends.

Paul Davis
5/10

Overall, the soundtrack of The Shining is a masterclass in creating atmosphere and mood through music, elevating the film to a whole new level of psychological horror.

Ashley Harris
9/10

The use of music in The Shining is masterful, creating a sense of unease and building anticipation throughout the film. The haunting and memorable main theme is iconic and instantly recognizable, adding to the film's lasting impact on viewers.

Mark Garcia
8/10

The music seamlessly transitions between moments of calm and moments of intense horror, enhancing the overall experience of the film.

Ashley Nelson
9/10

The haunting and atmospheric score of The Shining perfectly captures the eerie and unsettling tone of the film. Each note and melody adds layers of tension and suspense, enhancing the overall viewing experience.

Timothy King
7/10

The recurring motifs and themes in the music help to build a sense of unease and foreboding, creating a truly immersive viewing experience.

Laura Young
8/10

The soundtrack effectively conveys the isolation and claustrophobia of the snow-covered hotel, making me feel like a part of the characters' descent into madness.

Laura Parker
7/10

The use of dissonant strings and unsettling melodies adds an extra layer of suspense to each scene, keeping me on the edge of my seat throughout the movie.

Linda Phillips
6/10

The music enhances the tension and suspense in key scenes, such as when Jack Torrance descends into madness in the Overlook Hotel. The score mirrors his descent into madness, adding layers of complexity to his character.

Joshua Baker
5/10

The soundtrack of The Shining perfectly captures the eerie and unsettling atmosphere of the film. The use of dissonant strings and haunting melodies creates a sense of impending doom.

Kenneth Johnson
7/10

The haunting and eerie atmosphere created by the soundtrack perfectly captures the psychological tension of the film.

George Walker
8/10

Overall, the soundtrack of The Shining is a masterclass in creating tension and atmosphere, making it one of the most effective and memorable film scores I've ever experienced.

Nancy Scott
5/10

The use of silence in certain moments is just as powerful as the music itself, creating a stark contrast that heightens the impact of pivotal scenes.