The Hitcher (1986 film score)
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The Hitcher (1986 film score) is a dark, atmospheric soundtrack by composer Mark Isham for the 1986 psychological horror-thriller film "The Hitcher."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hitcher (1986 film score) canonical | 1 |
| The Hitcher (1986 film) soundtrack | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9511172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hitcher (1986 film score) Context triple: [Mark Isham, notableWork, The Hitcher (1986 film score)]
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A.
The Fugitive (film score)
The Fugitive (film score) is a 1993 action-thriller film soundtrack composed by James Newton Howard, noted for its tense orchestral writing and effective support of the film’s suspenseful tone.
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B.
Serpico (film score)
Serpico (film score) is the musical soundtrack composed by Mikis Theodorakis for the 1973 crime drama film "Serpico," noted for its tense, atmospheric themes that underscore the movie’s gritty realism.
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C.
Taxi Driver (1976 film) score
The Taxi Driver (1976 film) score is Bernard Herrmann’s dark, jazz-inflected final film soundtrack, renowned for its brooding atmosphere that mirrors the psychological descent of the film’s protagonist.
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D.
The Deer Hunter (film score)
The Deer Hunter (film score) is a haunting, elegiac film soundtrack by composer Stanley Myers, best known for its iconic guitar piece "Cavatina."
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E.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hitcher (1986 film score) Target entity description: The Hitcher (1986 film score) is a dark, atmospheric soundtrack by composer Mark Isham for the 1986 psychological horror-thriller film "The Hitcher."
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A.
The Fugitive (film score)
The Fugitive (film score) is a 1993 action-thriller film soundtrack composed by James Newton Howard, noted for its tense orchestral writing and effective support of the film’s suspenseful tone.
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B.
Serpico (film score)
Serpico (film score) is the musical soundtrack composed by Mikis Theodorakis for the 1973 crime drama film "Serpico," noted for its tense, atmospheric themes that underscore the movie’s gritty realism.
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C.
Taxi Driver (1976 film) score
The Taxi Driver (1976 film) score is Bernard Herrmann’s dark, jazz-inflected final film soundtrack, renowned for its brooding atmosphere that mirrors the psychological descent of the film’s protagonist.
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D.
The Deer Hunter (film score)
The Deer Hunter (film score) is a haunting, elegiac film soundtrack by composer Stanley Myers, best known for its iconic guitar piece "Cavatina."
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E.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Robert Harmon ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeadActor |
C. Thomas Howell
ⓘ
Rutger Hauer ⓘ |
| basedOnGenreOfFilm |
psychological horror
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Isham ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs |
atmospheric
ⓘ
dark ⓘ |
| forWork | The Hitcher (1986 film) ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient
ⓘ
dark ambient ⓘ electronic ⓘ film score ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on mood and tension
ⓘ
minimal melodic themes ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Hitcher (1986 film) soundtrack
ⓘ
linked to:
The Hitcher (1986 film score)
|
| partOfComposerCareerPhase | early film scoring work of Mark Isham ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
electronic keyboards
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Hitcher (1986 film score) Description of subject: The Hitcher (1986 film score) is a dark, atmospheric soundtrack by composer Mark Isham for the 1986 psychological horror-thriller film "The Hitcher."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Hitcher (1986 film score)