John Carpenter Announces New Album 'Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988)' For October
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: BZ3 Media
John Carpenter has announced a new compilation album.
The American director and composer will release 'Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988)' on October 6 via Sacred Bones Records. Working with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, it features re-recordings of some of his most iconic scores from movies spanning 1976 to 1988, including revamped compositions from Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China, They Live, Assault On Precinct 13, Prince Of Darkness and The Fog.
There's also three previously unreleased tracks from The Thing, recorded by Carpenter before he hired Ennio Morricone to work on the film's score. As a preview, Carpenter has shared a new version of Chariots Of Pumpkins, lifted from 1982's Halloween III, complete with modern instrumentation and additional flourishes. He commented:
"This piece was made for someone else's movie, the Tommy Lee Wallace-directed Halloween III. I don’t remember what his specific direction for me was for the main titles, but I wanted to reflect a kind of science fiction feel. The sound has been updated and it was fun to redo this song. The three of us using modern and updated sounds and production has influenced the overall feel of the song."
Carpenter last helmed a film in 2010, when he directed The Ward. In recent years, he wrote the music for David Gordon Green's 2018 Halloween reboot and the subsequent Halloween Kills in 2021 and 2022's Halloween Ends, as well as Firestarter released that same year.
'Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988)' tracklist:
Side A:
1. Chariots of Pumpkins (Halloween III)
2. 69th St. Bridge (Escape From New York)
3. The Alley (War) (Big Trouble in Little China)
4. Wake Up (They Live)
5. Julie’s Dead (Assault on Precinct 13)
6. The Shape Enters Laurie’s Room (Halloween II)
7. Season of the Witch (Halloween III)
Side B:
1. Love at a Distance (Prince of Darkness)
2. The Shape Stalks Again (Halloween II)
3. Burn it (The Thing)
4. Fuchs (The Thing)
5. To Mac’s Shack (The Thing)
6. Walk to the Lighthouse (The Fog)
7. Laurie’s Theme (Halloween)
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