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"Shadows and Nightmares" was the second industry album released by Two Steps From Hell, and the second overall. It was released in 2006 and featured mostly horror-themed tracks along with a sound effects library. As of 2015, only nine songs have been released to the public and they are all on the Halloween album.
Description #1 (Taken from the TSFH website):[]
Two Steps From Hell Shadows And Nightmares, released in 2006. This is a horror suspense release that combines custom sound design with live orchestra. Nick was the shadow and Thomas the nightmare, if you know what we mean. Confused? Come up to the lab and see what's on the slab.
Description #2 (Taken from the TSFH YouTube Channel):[]
On September 16th, 2006 Two Steps From Hell released SHADOWS AND NIGHTMARES, unique in its artistic melding of live orchestra effects and custom sound design. This library is a high impact, 2 CD box set featuring 108 cues delivered with fierce sonic power, acoustic depth and the highest production values. The category is horror and this release features horror beds and suspenseful themes, ethereal dreamscapes, huge hits and rises, horrific nightmares, and demonic chants in grotesque languages. '1408', 'Hannibal Rising', 'First Snow', 'The Mist', 'I Am Legend', 'Untraceable', 'Sweeney Todd' and many horror films, and scores of other films with heightened suspense, feature tracks from this release.
Description #3 (Taken from the TSFH app):[]
The second album from Two Steps From Hell featured a lot of dark/horror music.
Track List:[]
These composer and vocalist credits are (partly) based on educated guesses and may not be entirely accurate.
NOTE: Alternate versions of certain tracks are not represented here.
Vol. 1 Horror[]
- Hammer of Doom by Nick Phoenix
- 2000 Leagues by Nick Phoenix
- Rising Darkness by Nick Phoenix (also released on Halloween)
- Messages Across Time by Nick Phoenix
- Satellite Photos by Nick Phoenix
- Surveilance by Nick Phoenix
- Precinct Breach by Nick Phoenix
- Crisis Gone Bad by Nick Phoenix
- Undead Chamber by Nick Phoenix
- Clues and Conspiracies
- Lord of Death by Nick Phoenix
- Unsolved
- Found at the Lake by Nick Phoenix
- Smell of Death; feat. Merethe Soltvedt (possibly)
- Pane of Darkness by Nick Phoenix (also released on Halloween)
- Possessed Village by Nick Phoenix
- Silent Chill
- Lost Child
- She Rises by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween)
- Ritual of Ressurrection by Thomas Bergersen
- Nocturnal Prey by Thomas Bergersen
- Ghost Town by Thomas Bergersen
- Ghostly Presence by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween)
- Tick Tock Goes the Clock by Thomas Bergersen
- Inhuman Growth by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween as "Welcome to Widow Woods")
- Mountains of Madness by Thomas Bergersen
- Loch Ness by Thomas Bergersen
- The Return of Life by Thomas Bergersen
- Unholy Requiem by Thomas Bergersen
- Cemetery Waltz by Thomas Bergersen (Also released on Halloween)
Vol. 2 Horror[]
- Death Grip by Nick Phoenix
- Deathlook by Nick Phoenix
- Heartpounder by Nick Phoenix
- Overheated by Nick Phoenix
- Smartbomb by Nick Phoenix
- Justification by Nick Phoenix
- Recon J74 by Nick Phoenix
- Evac by Nick Phoenix
- The Last 100 by Nick Phoenix
- Infinity by Nick Phoenix
- Extreme Crisis by Nick Phoenix
- Forbidden by Nick Phoenix
- Beneath the Floor
- Afterlife
- Demon Child by Nick Phoenix
- Empire of the Mind by Nick Phoenix
- Doomsday by Thomas Bergersen
- Evil! (Part 1) by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween)
- Evil! (Part 2) by Thomas Bergersen
- Demonic Procession by Thomas Bergersen
- Come What May by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween)
- Betrayed by Thomas Bergersen
- Face of Dhomor Devah by Thomas Bergersen
- Awakening the Beast by Thomas Bergersen
- Etergheros Charhela by Thomas Bergersen
- Bottomless Pit of Torment by Thomas Bergersen (also released on Halloween)
- Eyes Wide Open by Thomas Bergersen
- Discovery of Land by Thomas Bergersen
- 20000 Tons of TNT by Thomas Bergersen
- Approaching Tsunami by Thomas Bergersen
Vol. 3 Trailer Toolbox[]
See Trailer Toolkits for more information.
Disc 1[]
- Doomsday[1]
- Doomsday (no choir)
- Doomsday (hits only)
- She Rises
- She Rises (no choir)
- Ritual of Resurrection
- Ritual of Resurrection (no choir)
- Ritual of Resurrection (first hit)
- Nocturnal Prey
- Nocturnal Prey (no choir)
- Evil! (Part 1)
- Evil! (Part 2)
- Evil! (Part 1) (no choir)
- Evil! (Part 2) (no choir)
- Ghost Town
- Ghostly Presence
- Ghostly Presence (no choir)
- Demonic Procession
- Demonic Procession (no choir)
- Come What May (no percussion)
- Come What May
- Betrayed
- Betrayed (no choir)
- Face of Dhomor Devah
- Face of Dhomor Devah (no choir)
- Tick Tock Goes the Clock
- Awakening the Beast
- Awakening the Beast (no choir)
- Inhuman Growth
- Inhuman Growth (no choir)
- Mountains of Madness
- Etergheros Charhela (Sacrificium)
- Etergheros Charhela (Sacrificium) (no choir)
- Bottomless Pit of Torment
- Bottomless Pit of Torment (no choir)
- Eyes Wide Open
- Eyes Wide Open (no choir)
- Loch Ness
- Discovery of Land
- Discovery of Land (no choir)
- 20000 Tons of TNT
- 20000 Tons of TNT (no choir)
- The Return of Life
- The Return of Life (no choir)
- Approaching Tsunami
- Approaching Tsunami (no choir)
- Unholy Requiem
- Unholy Requiem (no choir)
- SuperFX: Ignition (hit + rise)
- SuperFX: System Failure (hit + static)
- SuperFX: Toxic Air (static + pounding)
- SuperFX: Alien Encounter (static + rise)
- SuperFX: Fear Factor 100 (static)
- SuperFX: Paralyzed by Fear (static)
- SuperFX: Crawling Invasion (rise)
- SuperFX: Gateway to Oblivion (rise)
- SuperFX: Hide & Seek (rise)
- SuperFX: Jungle Swarm (rise)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit I (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit II (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit III (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit IV (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit V (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit VI (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit VII (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit VIII (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit IX (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit X (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit XI (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit XII (hit)
- SuperFX: Orchestra Hit XIII (hit)
- Cemetery Waltz
- Cemetery Waltz (no choir)
Disc 2[]
- 2000 Leagues
- Crisis Gone Bad
- Death Grip 2
- Death Grip
- Deathhook
- Demon Child
- Empire of the Mind
- Evac
- Extreme Crisis
- Forbidden
- Found at the Lake
- Hammer of Doom
- Heartpounder
- Infinity
- Justification
- Lord of Death
- Messages Across Time
- Overheated
- Possessed Village
- Precinct Breach
- Recon J74
- Rising Darkness
- Satellite Photos
- Smartbomb
- Surveilance
- The Last 100
- Undead Chamber
Trivia:[]
- Welcome to Widow Woods was used in an episode of The Innovators: The Men Who Built America.
- "Inhuman Growth" is the first song to be renamed upon its public release.
- This is the first album to have the sequel to a song be placed on the same album as its predecessor.
- The art for this album was created by Steven R Gilmore.