One of my favorites. Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is pure horror. Looking up the pieces used for The Shining and Shutter Island should be loaded with similar music.
Rerecordings with live band of themes from Escape from New York, Halloween, The Fog, and Assault on Precinct 13 to be released in June. Exclusive Premiere / Announcement: John Carpenters Classic Themes Redux EP, plus new ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Music Video! | FANGORIA®
Second album is streaming in it's entirety below. They did this for the last album too, it'll last for a few days to a week at least I think. John Carpenter 'Lost Themes II' (album stream)
Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween scores were very much last minute efforts and were surely made by him in part to save money, but that only enhances how awesome they are. He could throw together movie scores on a tight budget and time-frame and they still stand the test of time...
New album drops April 15th followed by a tour. John Carpenter Releases First LOST THEMES II Track, New Tour Dates | FANGORIA® Tour Dates June 2, 2016: Barcelona, ES Primavera Sound June 15, 2016: Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer June 17, 2016: Oakland, CA Fox Theatre June 18...
So I necrobumped a 7 year thread about it here... http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/movies-books-tv-media/43156-john-carpenter-how-does-he-rule-so-hard-3.html But news of his album is more fitting here and Mr. Carpenter deserves the General Discussion limelight to further spread his...
Now this master of horror is releasing an album called Lost Themes due February 3rd. Sweeeet. Google will pull up any number of articles and interviews about it. [Youtubevid]M4yacerq164[/MEDIA]
Speaking of which, the Ihsahn track is available for listening. http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=171004
"The new album will be released on April 10th in North America and April 9th in Europe via Century Media Records." Jeff Loomis to release new album Plains of Oblivion in April 2012 | Ms. A's Blog
Fair enough; though I believe the new album will blow ZOP and TOC out of the water writing-wise drawing on the scattered interviews. I'm an optimist and fanboi to the end though.
A few different videos/bites. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/519722/loomis_clean_v1.wav To Loomis' credit Wichers played a big role in the arrangements on The Obsidian Conspiracy. BLABBERMOUTH.NET - NEVERMORE Guitarist Talks About Making Of ' The Obsidian Conspiracy' "Previously, we would...
New interview and videos, including a tidbit of Rhoades singing. METALSUCKS EXCLUSIVE: JEFF LOOMIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE LEAVING NEVERMORE | MetalSucks Some promising text from the interview: "This new release will be a bit more worked out musically. Even though Im very proud of...