Bo Harwood & Lance Rubin – Happy Birthday To Me (1981)

Composers: Bo Harwood & Lance Rubin

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 Happy Birthday To Me is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson,

(famous for the 1962 classic movie Cape Fear), and starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Glenn Ford.
Its plot revolves around six brutal murders occurring around a popular high school senior's birthday.
The movie was released theatrically in North America on May 15, 1981

and while reception was generally negative, it has since achieved a cult following.
Actress Melissa Sue Anderson, who had garnered childhood fame for her portrayal of Mary Ingalls

 on the television series Little House On The Prairie, was cast in the film's lead, marking her major feature debut.
Hollywood actor Glenn Ford, who played Jonathan Kent in Richard Donner’s Superman (1978),

was less-than-thrilled to be in a slasher film and apparently he was unpleasant on the set.
The make-up effects were done by special effects guru Tom Burman.
The film's ending was changed to hide the fact that the script was being rewritten so late in production.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Happy Birthday To Me on DVD in 2004 with an entirely different,

uncredited musical score that diverged from the one used in the original cut.
On October 13, 2009, Anchor Bay Entertainment re-released the film on DVD with original musical score reintroduced.
Bo Harwood (known for his work on films directed by John Cassavetes) and Lance Rubin provided the film's score.

Syreeta Wright, one-time wife of Stevie Wonder, provided the eerie closing track,

composed by Lance Rubin that plays over the credits.

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