One Way Static Records puts out the release of this historical motion picture soundtrack !Born in 1936 in New York City, David Hess began his career when he recorded the original version of the Otis Blackwell composition “All Shook Up” under the stage name Dave Hill in 1956. After a career as a record company executive, including becoming head of A&R at Mercury Records (where he co-wrote the Grammy award winning 1970 rock opera ‘The Naked Carmen’) in New York and working with PolyGram Records’ German affiliate in the 1970s, Hess took on the role of actor, writer, director and producer in the movie industry. Most of us will remember him as Krug Stillo, an unrepentant serial killer and leader of a gang in Wes Craven’s classic 1972 cult shocker “The Last House On The Left” (inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s ‘The Virgin Spring’), as well as portraying the villains in RuggeroDeodato’s “House on the Edge of the Park” (1980) and Wes Craven’s “Swamp Thing” (1982). On October 7, 2011, just two years after his role in the 2009 horror epic “Smash Cut” starring Sasha Grey, David Hess sadly passed away at the age of 75. He will forever be in our hearts. David Hess composed the soundtrack for ‘Last House on the Left’ in collaboration with Steve Chapin (Let Time Go Lightly). David’s work here contains some truly beautiful songs, the discovery of which, for some, may be in stark contrast to the brutal displays of sadism and violence for which he was known to purvey onscreen. The fact that Hess could perform as both the poet, and the monster, is a testament to his skill as an artist. The soundtrack to Last House On The Left is a brilliantly unique and diverse mixture of farcical comedy, poignant, reflective folk music and instrumental experimentalism. Hess constructed a wonderful counterbalancing entity, which serves only to accentuate the impact of the movie.