Scream: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (4-LP Box Set)Scream was perfectly pitched when it came out in 1996: written by Kevin Williamson and directed by horror master Wes Craven, it was a self aware send up of the slasher genre as well as a perfectly executed example of itand became a huge hit that defined a moment in time. It revitalized the horror genre and led to a franchise, with follow up films Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), plus a fifth on the way. Scream was the breakthrough