Harry Manfredini Lends His Touch to Many Scary Movie Soundtracks

Harry Manfredini Lends His Touch to Many Scary Movie Soundtracks

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Chicago native Harry Manfredini has been composing spooky sounds for the silver screen for nearly 30 years. You can hear his work in everything from Swamp Thing to Slaughter High to the truly terrifying Wolves of Wall Street. But Manfredini’s most famous work is the iconic sound that identifies the killer in Friday the 13th. My co-host Richard Steele recently talked with Harry Manfredini about his career in the movies.