The fourth installment of the popular horror franchise Scream reunited director
Wes Craven with actors
Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and
David Arquette, but the usual fare of up-and-coming hard rock/post-grunge acts that peppered the soundtracks of previous entries was replaced by a gaggle of up-and-coming indie rock and pop outfits like
the Sounds,
Ida Marie, and
Say Hi -- a few hard-hitting selections remain, like
Stereo Black's stadium-sized electro-rocker “Denial” and
Locksley's bluesy,
Nuggets-inspired “On Fire.” Elsewhere, composer
Marco Beltrami gets two slots for his score, both of which break little ground for the genre, but skillfully help to ratchet up the dread, and
Raney Shockne offers up a weird karaoke-style carbon copy cover of
Harold Faltermeyer's iconic Beverly Hills Cop theme, “Axel F,” resulting in a hodgepodge of moods and styles that never quite clicks, but dutifully echoes the formless post-MP3 musical culture of 2011.