Wednesday, August 23, 2017

John Carpenter: Anthology

My GOD, man.

“Anthology is a near-comprehensive survey of John Carpenter’s greatest themes, from his very first movie, the no-budget sci-fi film Dark Star, to 1998’s supernatural Western, Vampires. Those sit alongside the driving, Led Zeppelin-influenced Assault on Precinct 13 theme, Halloween’s iconic 5/4 piano riff, and the eerie synth work of The Fog. Carpenter and his band also cover Ennio Morricone’s bleak, minimalist theme for The Thing.”

“We also get vital new recordings of the themes to ’80s classics and fan favorites Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, Christine, and They Live, along with the romantic Starman. The collection is rounded out by the menacing, heavy themes to Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness, the latter a Metallica-inspired riff originally played for the film by Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, and now played by his son Daniel.”

Here’s the full track list:
1. “In the Mouth of Madness”
2. “Assault on Precinct 13”
3. “The Fog”
4. “Prince of Darkness”
5. “Santiago (Vampires)”
6. “Escape From New York”
7. “Halloween”
8. “Porkchop Express (Big Trouble in Little China)”
9. “They Live”
10. “The Thing”
11. “Starman”
12. “Dark Star”
13. “Christine”

More info here...

http://bloody-disgusting.com/music/3454665/john-carpenter-revives-classic-movie-scores-greatest-hits-album/



2 comments:

highbury said...

SUPER excited for this!! He's going out on tour again, too!! And of course he's skipping Ohio all together, so it looks like another trip to Detroit. Ugh.

girl6 said...

one of the hardest working men ever!!!
we pulled out Assault on Precinct 13 the other night to watch just cause & man, watching his movies just never gets old. & the soundtracks are just icing on the cake. JC gives the complete package. i'm always always up for throwin on one of his flicks or CD's.