Directed by:
Stuart GordonScreenplay:
Dennis PaoliCinematography:
Adolfo BartoliComposer:
Richard BandCast:
Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Mark Margolis, Jeffrey Combs, Jonathan Fuller, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Oliver Reed, Frances Bay, Tom Towles, Stephen Lee (more)Plots(1)
In the quest to save souls, the Spanish Inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada (Lance Henriksen) the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker’s wife named Maria (Rona De Ricci) is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the Inquisition and the Cardinal (Oliver Reed). Torquemada is enchanted by Maria’s beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio (Jonathan Fuller) to heinous tortures hoping to prove that his own desires for her are a result of her magic, and that she has “bewitched him”. With the help of Esmerelda, Maria’s cellmate and confessed witch, Maria must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada’s ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp pendulum poised over the inescapable pit of hell. (88 Films)
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Dragon's Domain Records
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:52:34
Notes: Limited edition.
1. | The Crypt / The Whipping Of The Corpse | Richard Band | 02:26 |
2. | The Pit And The Pendulum Main Title | Richard Band | 03:58 |
3. | The Chase And Onslaught | Richard Band | 02:33 |
4. | Auto Da Fe | Richard Band | 02:35 |
5. | The Arrest Of Maria / Maria Is Searched | Richard Band | 02:48 |
6. | Torquemada's Flogging / Antonio Searches Dungeon | Richard Band | 03:40 |
7. | Esmeralda's Meadow Of Peace | Richard Band | 01:32 |
8. | Torquemada Takes Maria / Maria Is Shown Chamber | Richard Band | 02:36 |
9. | Antonio Battles The Guards / The Pope's Envoy | Richard Band | 06:12 |
10. | The Rape Of Maria | Richard Band | 06:00 |
11. | Esmeralda Comforts Maria | Richard Band | 01:41 |
12. | Maria's Burial / Esmeralda's Curse | Richard Band | 05:19 |
13. | The Pit And The Pendulum | Richard Band | 08:45 |
14. | Hidden Action | Richard Band | 05:06 |
15. | Gordon's Shop | Richard Band | 02:25 |
16. | Maria Rises From The Crypt | Richard Band | 05:19 |
17. | Resurrection And Finale And End | Richard Band | 05:52 |
1. | Auto Da Fe | Richard Band | 02:36 |
2. | The Night Auto Da Fe / Esmeralda's Revenge (Album Version) | Richard Band | 02:36 |
3. | Antonio Battles The Guards | Richard Band | 04:01 |
4. | Torquemada Cuts Out Maria's Tongue | Richard Band | 02:23 |
5. | The Crypt / Main Title (No Choir) | Richard Band | 05:05 |
6. | The Chase And Onslaught / Auto Da Fe Again | Richard Band | 04:51 |
7. | Esmeralda's Meadow Of Peace | Richard Band | 01:32 |
8. | Antonio Battles The Guards | Richard Band | 04:03 |
9. | The Rape Of Maria | Richard Band | 03:44 |
10. | Maria's Burial / Mendoza Sees Torquemada (Maria's Crypt) | Richard Band | 02:25 |
11. | The End Of Torquemada | Richard Band | 04:35 |
12. | Resurrection And Finale | Richard Band | 03:08 |
13. | Main Theme From The Pit And The Pendulum | Richard Band | 02:48 |
The Pit and the Pendulum
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Perseverance Records
Year: 2014
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:04:03
Notes: Limited edition.
1. | The Crypt | Richard Band | 01:01 |
2. | The Whipping | Richard Band | 01:01 |
3. | Main Title | Richard Band | 04:02 |
4. | Maria & Antonio | Richard Band | 00:17 |
5. | The Chase | Richard Band | 02:20 |
6. | Auto Da Fe | Richard Band | 02:35 |
7. | Torquemada Meets Maria | Richard Band | 01:17 |
8. | Antonio's Disbelief | Richard Band | 00:21 |
9. | Maria Is Searched | Richard Band | 01:10 |
10. | Torquemada's Flogging | Richard Band | 01:05 |
11. | Under The Cart | Richard Band | 00:59 |
12. | Antonio Searches Dungeon | Richard Band | 01:40 |
13. | The Meadow | Richard Band | 01:33 |
14. | Torquemada Takes Maria | Richard Band | 01:16 |
15. | Maria Is Shown Chamber | Richard Band | 01:28 |
16. | Antonio Breaks Loose | Richard Band | 04:03 |
17. | The Pope's Envoy | Richard Band | 02:15 |
18. | The Rape Of Maria | Richard Band | 06:00 |
19. | Torquemada Cuts Out Maria's Tongue | Richard Band | 02:23 |
20. | Esmeralda Comforts Maria | Richard Band | 01:41 |
21. | Maria Is Buried In The Crypt | Richard Band | 00:41 |
22. | Esmeralda's Auto Da Fe | Richard Band | 00:34 |
23. | Esmeralda's Curse | Richard Band | 03:04 |
24. | Mendoza Sees Torquemada By Maria's Crypt | Richard Band | 01:17 |
25. | The Pit And The Pendulum | Richard Band | 08:45 |
26. | Maria Rises From Crypt And | Richard Band | 05:21 |
27. | Finale & End Title | Richard Band | 05:54 |
The Pit and the Pendulum
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Full Moon Entertainment
Year: 1991
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 48:02
1. | The Crypt And Main Titles | Richard Band | 03:57 |
2. | The Chase And Onslaught | Richard Band | 02:14 |
3. | The Arrest Of Maria | Richard Band | 01:16 |
4. | The Purging Of Torquemada | Richard Band | 01:05 |
5. | Antonia Sneaks Into The Castle | Richard Band | 02:40 |
6. | Esmerelda's Medow Of Peace | Richard Band | 01:32 |
7. | Antonio Battles The Guards | Richard Band | 04:05 |
8. | The Pope's Envoy | Richard Band | 02:13 |
9. | The Rape Of Maria | Richard Band | 06:00 |
10. | Esmerelda Comforts Maria | Richard Band | 01:40 |
11. | The Night Auto Da Fe / Esmerelda's Revenge | Richard Band | 02:34 |
12. | Maria's Burial | Richard Band | 00:38 |
13. | The Pit And The Pedulum | Richard Band | 08:44 |
14. | Justice For The Grand Inquisitor... Death | Richard Band | 03:34 |
15. | Maria's Resurrection And Finale | Richard Band | 05:50 |