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aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri May 01, 2015 9:59 pm

John Carpenter seems incredibly underrated as an electronic film score composer and electronic music pioneer generally. I particularly like the score to Halloween 3. Unfortunately I am not a fan of the other Halloween films and some of his other films are not watchable either so it's possible I have not heard all his scores, what are the best ones?

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri May 01, 2015 10:19 pm

Assault on Precint 13 was good, iirc.

I quite liked the soundtrack to The Fog too, although it's been a while since I saw/heard it.

The soundtrack to The Thing was great although Carpenter didn't write it. The main theme is chilling.

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri May 01, 2015 10:58 pm

seismic1 wrote:The soundtrack to The Thing was great although Carpenter didn't write it. The main theme is chilling.

I'm sure that the famous bass line riff with the synth overlay was Carpenters.

tony tony chopper · Post by **tony tony chopper** » Fri May 01, 2015 11:03 pm

escape from NY for me

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Fri May 01, 2015 11:05 pm

lotus2035 wrote:
seismic1 wrote:The soundtrack to The Thing was great although Carpenter didn't write it. The main theme is chilling.
I'm sure that the famous bass line riff with the synth overlay was Carpenters.

http://www.darrenstockford.com/2011/09/ ... the-thing/

Taifunk · Post by **Taifunk** » Fri May 01, 2015 11:37 pm

I'm a big fan of horror movies I really like John Carpenter (also Ennio Morricone, Claudio Simonetti / Goblin) it may be of interest was just released this album http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/produ ... ost-themes.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Fri May 01, 2015 11:38 pm

Always liked Christine. Stephen King film. Although I may have been tricked by all the Dodge action.

Doc Brown · Post by **Doc Brown** » Sat May 02, 2015 12:26 am

For a really raw and gritty synth soundtrack listen to the Dark Star soundtrack.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat May 02, 2015 6:38 pm

seismic1 wrote:
lotus2035 wrote:
seismic1 wrote:The soundtrack to The Thing was great although Carpenter didn't write it. The main theme is chilling.
I'm sure that the famous bass line riff with the synth overlay was Carpenters.
http://www.darrenstockford.com/2011/09/ ... the-thing/

The interesting thing about Morricone's score for The Thing is he seems to be going out of his way to make it sound like a Carpenter score, in fact the opening chord progression sounds like the start of the Halloween 3 score.

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Sat May 02, 2015 6:56 pm

tony tony chopper wrote:escape from NY for me

+1

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat May 02, 2015 7:30 pm

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sat May 02, 2015 7:34 pm

They Live ....

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun May 03, 2015 1:05 pm

you may not like the halloween films but the scores are great
especially for the first one, the opening theme is brilliant!!!

admittedly i do love the films as well.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun May 03, 2015 1:29 pm

I love Halloween 3, just not the slasher ones (with slasher films it's very much seen one seen them all)

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun May 03, 2015 2:07 pm

slightly off topic i guess but somewhat related
coils score for hellraiser 3 that was turned down is a good listen too

Best John Carpenter soundtrack?