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In early 1957, composer James Bernard wrote, orchestrated, and recorded 16 powerful cues for the first Hammer horror movie, ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’. Created in a remarkably short production window, Bernard’s score became the sonic blueprint for Hammer’s bold new gothic identity. Although all sixteen tracks were used in the finished film, the original session recordings are now lost. During Hammer’s painstaking 2025 4K feature restoration, approximately 13 minutes of clean music were newly extracted from the film’s original mixed music-and-effects track – a rare archival recovery that brings Bernard’s work back from the grave. For the first time anywhere in the world, this historic music is released on vinyl, presented as four atmospheric suites across two 45rpm seven-inch EPs.