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Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Due Out February 5 via Sacred Bones
Dec 07, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director and composer John Carpenter is releasing a new album, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, on February 5 via Sacred Bones. Now he has shared another song from it, “The Dead Walk,” via a creepy visualizer video. More
Deluxe 2LP edition adds 24 tracks, out on October 18th on Sacred Bones
Sep 04, 2019
By Austin Trunick
The deluxe 2LP edition adds 24 tracks and a lenticular sleeve, and is out on October 18th from Sacred Bones. More
Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Due Out October 20 via Sacred Bones
Sep 13, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director and composer John Carpenter has shared a new video for "Christine," a track from his upcoming Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998. "Christine" is a re-recorded version of Carpenter's theme to his 1983 movie of the same name, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel. More
Lost Themes II Out Now via Sacred Bones
Sep 26, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director John Carpenter released Lost Themes II back in April via Sacred Bones, a sequel to his 2015-released Lost Themes album. Now he has shared a video for "Utopian Façade." Befitting the director, it features a female android in a TRONmeets Storm Trooper type outfit on the run from some zombies and other monsters. More
Issue 57 Also Includes Interview with Lush, Primal Scream, John Carpenter, Frightened Rabbit, Underworld, Yeasayer, Frankie Cosmos, Julien Baker, Cat's Eyes, School of Seven Bells, Parquet Courts, Fear of Men, Minor Victories, Kevin Morby, and More
May 06, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar's app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More
Lost Themes II Out 4.15 via Sacred Bones
Apr 04, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
In advance of the release of his new album Lost Themes II next week, legendary filmmaker and composer John Carpenter has shared a new video capturing the horror movie filmmaker performing album single "Distant Dream" in the studio. More
Lost Themes II Due Out April 15 via Sacred Bones
Mar 09, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director John Carpenter is releasing Lost Themes II on April 15 via Sacred Bones, a sequel to his 2015-released Lost Themes album. Carpenter has long composed music for his films (which include such classics as Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, and They Live), but Lost Themes was his first album of original music not recorded for a particular movie and the sequel continues that. More
Lost Themes II Due Out April 15 via Sacred Bones
Feb 17, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director John Carpenter is releasing Lost Themes II on April 15 via Sacred Bones, a sequel to his 2015-released Lost Themes album. Carpenter has long composed music for his films (which include such classics as Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, and They Live), but Lost Themes was his first album of original music not recorded for a particular movie and the sequel continues that. More
Lost Themes Remixed Out Today via Sacred Bones
Oct 16, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Iconic horror film director John Carpenter is releasing Lost Themes Remixed today via Sacred Bones, a remix record taking on his recent Lost Themes album. Carpenter had long composed music for his films (which include such classics as Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York, and They Live), but Lost Themes (released back in February) is his first album of original music not recorded for a particular movie. More
Plus: Nils Frahm, J Fernandez, Keep Shelley in Athens, Pure Bathing Culture, Tyler The Creator, Neneh Cherry, The Haxan Claok, and More
Sep 30, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Here's a mix of other news today that weren't able to do full news items on. Included in this news mix are summary items on Antony and his comments on the Pope, Daughter's new album and video, John Carpenter's live debut, Flying Lotus' short film trailer, Trent Reznor and The Haxan Cloak's Moog documentary, a new song from Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds, J Fernandez's video, Keep Shelley in Athens' new song, Pure Bathing Culture's live video, Tyler The Creator's animated show, an unreleased Neneh Cherry song, Ty Segall's new band, and more. More
Electronica 1: The Time Machine Due Out October 16, Watch Album Trailer
Aug 28, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
1970s French electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre has long been teasing his new album, previously announcing that it featured such collaborators as Massive Attack, Gesaffelstein, and Tangerine Dream, and releasing the video for "Glory," his song with fellow Frenchman M83. More
Horror Icon's Debut Album Lost Themes Out Feb. 3
Jan 12, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
With only a few exceptions, director John Carpenter has scored every one of his own motion pictures, most famously Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13. More
Interviews
The Horror Master on his recent movie themes album and tour
Nov 03, 2017
By Austin Trunick
For someone with such a looming influence on both film and film music, Carpenter doesn’t spend much time dwelling on the past. He quite famously doesn’t watch his films once he’s finished them, and offers modest, straight-forward answers when pressed about past works. And thus, Anthology: Movie Themes 1974 – 1998 – a new album on which Carpenter re-recorded many of his best-known scores with his son, keyboardist Cody Carpenter, and godson, guitarist Daniel Davies – may be the closest thing we ever see to Carpenter reflecting on his career. More
Jun 15, 2016
By Austin Trunick
Dim the lights," says John Carpenter, revered filmmaker and musician. "Put the album on.... Close your eyes and just let your mind go. Tap into that invisible movie that plays in your head. Let it flow, and let our music be your soundtrack." More
Reviews
Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
Sacred Bones
Oct 17, 2017
By Austin Trunick
Funny how a guy can put out a decades-spanning greatest hits record just two years after releasing his debut album. Of course, we're speaking only on technicality here—the filmmaker-turned-rocker has been composing scores for his movies since 1974's Dark Star. This anthology record comprises the themes from 13 of his films, re-recorded with the family band who collaborated with him on his two Lost Themes LPs.
Oct 17, 2016
By Austin Trunick
Twelve men are all who occupy U.S. Outpost 31, a remote research station deep in the Antarctic. More
Lost Themes II
Sacred Bones
Apr 18, 2016
By Alee Karim
Now that budgets for films that reside in John Carpenter's wheelhouse have become all but extinct, the auteur behind iconic films like Halloween and Escape from New York has taken his side hustle as a film composer—and popularizer of the analog synth—into the spotlight. More
Feb 03, 2015
By Michael Wojtas
John Carpenter's image has long been that of a highly individualistic master craftsman with a throwback sensibility. In addition to directing, he's often written his own scripts, occasionally produced and edited his own films, and almost always created his own synthesized scores. More
