{"product_id":"john-carpenter-anthology-movie-themes-1974-1998-blue","title":"John Carpenter - Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 [Blue]","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Carpenter scored most of his own films, and Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 gathers the best of that work on a single blue vinyl LP, rerecorded in the studio in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album landed during an unexpected second act. Having stepped away from directing, Carpenter had started releasing music under his own name and touring with his son Cody Carpenter and his godson Daniel Davies. That same trio cut these versions, and they play like a band that knows the material inside out, adding muscle and low end without sanding off the eerie simplicity that made the originals stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tracklist reads like a midnight double bill. Halloween keeps its skittering piano figure in 5\/4, still one of the most recognisable motifs in horror. Escape from New York rolls in on a cold, chugging synth pulse, and In the Mouth of Madness opens the record with a surprising blast of heavy guitar that sounds closer to a metal riff than a film cue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot everything here came from Carpenter's own pen. The Thing, written by Ennio Morricone, sits comfortably beside his work, its slow heartbeat pulse still unnerving decades on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone raised on late-night VHS rentals or introduced to these themes through synthwave, this is the neatest way to hear them side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57351063044401,"sku":"843563188309","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/John_Carpenter-Anthology_Movie_Themes_1974-1998_Blue_7f3d7e3f-38cd-467d-8348-5d545ec80405.jpg?v=1793980095","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/john-carpenter-anthology-movie-themes-1974-1998-blue","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}