http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-20-greatest-original-horror-scores-20150311
This article talks about the top 20 greatest soundtracks in horror movies and how they have been adapted into the film to make an impact on the audience.
Part of the article:
Krzysztof Komeda —"Rosemary's Baby" (1968)
La-la-la-la-laah... After the chilling psych-horror of "Repulsion" and the impish, spoofy horror of "The Fearless Vampire Killers," Roman Polanski struck a near-perfect balance between those funny/macabre impulses with "Rosemary's Baby," a deeply unnerving, devilishly insidious creepfest set off by its twist of sly black comedy. If it's the tension between horror and absurdity that gives the film its unique flavour, it's a tension that is carried over into the soundtrack, in which Polish film music composer and jazz pianist Krzysztof Komeda melds fright-film clichés with eerie lullabies and jazzy late '60s sunshine-pop moments. The counterpoint is arch and amusing, yet the nonsensical juxtaposition heightens the film's uncanniness, a trick Polanski would pull off in a more traditional manner with Philippe Sarde's great score for "The Tenant." But it's Komeda's arrangements of Mia Farrow's voice cooing those faux-soothing babyish motifs here that remain a touchstone for Polanski and for the horror genre in general.
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