Waxwork Records has today announced two classic John Carpenter original scores they'll be bringing to vinyl this September, with 1980's supernatural horror film The Fog and the 1981 sci-fi action classic Escape from New York!
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, John Carpenter’s The Fog Original 1980 Motion Picture Score has been expanded and remastered for this deluxe 2xLP release featuring 180 gram colored vinyl, a 12"x12" twelve page booklet including unreleased set photography, new artwork by Jeremy Pailler, heavyweight tip-on gatefold jackets, and more!
The Expanded and Complete Score Album by John Carpenter
180 Gram “Ghost Eyes” Colored Vinyl (Coke Bottle Clear and Double Red Circles)
180 Gram “The Fog” Colored Vinyl (White and Blue-Green Swirl)
Old Style Tip-On Gatefold Jackets
12”x12” Twelve Page Booklet
Unreleased Behind-The-Scenes Set Photography
Artwork by Jérémy Pailler
"The music to The Fog by John Carpenter is a synth driven, minimalist score. The director/composer considers it to be one of his best musical works. It features dark, ambient drones, piano, and utilizes heavy usage of early synthesizers such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Prophet 10, and Minimoog Model D. Carpenter strived to achieve a softer, understated fear rather than a heavy handed, and obvious musical composition to a horror film. The now classic score successfully captures the haunting emptiness of the 1980 gothic-ghost-story to The Fog."
Waxwork's release of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York Original 1981 Motion Picture Score has also been expanded and remastered as a deluxe double LP release that features 180 gram colored vinyl, a 12”x12” twelve page booklet including unreleased set photography, tons of new artwork by Marc Aspinall, heavyweight tip-on gatefold jackets, and more!
The Complete Score Album by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
180 Gram “Descent into New York” Fire Orange w/ Blue and White Splatter Colored Vinyl
180 Gram “Statue of Liberty” Blue/Green/Black Marbled Colored Vinyl
Old Style Tip-On Gatefold Jackets
12”x12” Twelve Page Booklet
Unreleased Behind-The-Scenes Set Photography
Artwork by Marc Aspinall
"The score was written by John Carpenter and co-produced by Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Howarth used equipment including ARP and Prophet-5 synthesizers and a Linn LM-1 drum machine, as well as an acoustic piano and Fender guitars, to create the palette of sounds used in the score, while Carpenter composed the melodies on the synthesizer keyboards. As the MIDI standard had yet to be invented, Howarth manually synchronized the equipment to picture while listening to a copy of the film's dialogue. Initial inspirational directions which Carpenter shared with Howarth included albums by Tangerine Dream and The Police."
Both of these soundtracks were previously released by Death Waltz Records, but have since gone out of print, so if you've been wanting to score both of these iconic soundtracks on vinyl without breaking the bank, here's your chance!
These are expected to begin shipping on September 29th, 2020.
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