John Carpenter Halloween b/w Escape from New York Much of the power of the best films by the cult directorJohn Carpenter can track listing: be attributed to their use of music — music that, more often than not, was 1 Halloween (2:57) composed and performed by Carpenter himself. What began as a necessity for 2 Escape from New York (3:34) the low-budget productions by Carpenter became a major part of his aesthetic, and established him as a pioneering figure in genre-film score work as well as key information / selling Points: electronic music in general. Now, flanked by his son Cody Carpenter and godson Hometown / Key Markets: Daniel Davies, and with two albums (Lost Themes and Lost Themes II) of non- •Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago soundtrack material under his belt, Carpenter has decided to revisit some of his most beloved themes. Selling Points / Key Press: •Lost Themes SoundScan LTD approx. 19,000 Halloween was Carpenter’s breakthrough as a feature film director. Made for •First-ever live concerts this summer performing old movie themes $300,000, it was the most profitable independent movie of its day, and to date has and Lost Themes material spawned several sequels, becoming an renowned franchise; its stories, characters •Great press confirmed includingWTF with Marc Maron, KCRW’s and scores known the world over. It tells the story of Michael Myers, who brutally The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell, and NPR First Listen massacred his sister 15 years ago and escapes from from a mental hospital on •Halloween is one of the highest grossing independent films ever Halloween night to relive his grisly crime again and again. The film’s pulse is the •Escape from New York was a critical and commercial success — $25 eerie 5/4 piano theme that Carpenter places at the center of its pivotal scenes. It’s million in box office and four Saturn Awards nominations a classic theme that stands tall alongside Psycho, Jaws, and The Exorcist as one of •Available in deluxe mylar mirrorboard sleeve and limited edition the most famous – and greatest – in horror movie history. picture disc (one-time pressing of 2500) The dystopian action thriller Escape from New York is another Carpenter classic, Related Catalog: uniting the director with his greatest muse, Kurt Russell. In the film, Manhattan •SBR-123 John Carpenter Lost Themes lP/cD has been turned into a maximum security prison whose population consists of •SBR-139 John Carpenter Lost Themes Remixed lP street punk gang escapees, and Russell’s Snake Plissken must rescue the President, •SBR-150 John Carpenter Lost Themes II lP/cD whose plane has crashed on the island. The minimal synthesizer theme that •SBR-157 John Carpenter Assault on Precinct 13 b/w The Fog 12" tracks Plissken’s journey across this ravaged vision of NYC is one of Carpenter’s defining works as a composer. label: Sacred Bones Records 12" catalog #: SBR-156 This double A sided 12" release includes the themes to Halloween and Escape from genre: Soundtrack New York, newly re-recorded by Carpenter and his Lost Themes bandmates. These release Date: 6-17-2016 new masters have never been previously released. The 12" is available as a deluxe, available formats: 12", Picture Disc 12" Picture Disc mylar-sleeve black vinyl and a limited-edition picture disc, both with new art- uPc-lP: 616892391043 work by Jay Shaw. May this release serve as a bridge between the Horror Master’s uPc-Pic-Disc: 616892390640 legendary past and his remarkable present. territory restrictions: None vinyl is not returnable box lot: lP 40.