Sound Of Cinema - 327. John Carpenter

SOUND OF CINEMA - 327. JOHN CARPENTER (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 16th October 2021

Matthew Sweet meets director and composer John Carpenter to talk about writing the music for his films, and his score for 'Halloween Kills', which was released this week. They discuss John's iconic score for the first film in the 'Halloween' franchise, which was released in 1978, his musical collaborations with Alan Howarth and Shirley Walker on 'Escape from New York' and 'Escape from L.A.' and John's scores for 'The Fog', 'Vampires' and 'Village of the Damned'. John explains how he came to work with the great Ennio Morricone who wrote the score for 'The Thing'. And he describes the great pleasure he now gets from writing themes for imaginary films in the 'Lost Themes' series, and the joy that performing his music live has brought him.

John Carpenter - Lost Themes III - The Dead Walk [Sacred Bones]
John Carpenter - The Fog (1980) - The Fog Rolls In [Silva Screen]
John Carpenter - Vampires (1998) - Santiago [Milan]
John Carpenter - Dark Star (1974) - Theme [Sacred Bones]
John Carpenter - Halloween (1978) - Main Theme [Varèse Sarabande]
John Carpenter - Halloween (1978) - Laurie's Theme [Varèse Sarabande]
John Carpenter - Escape From New York (1981) - Main Title [Silva Screen]
John Carpenter - Escape From L.A. (1996) - Hang Glider Attack [Milan]
Ennio Morricone - The Thing (1982) - Humanity Part I [MCA]
John Carpenter - Village Of The Damned (1995) - Ben's Death [Varèse Sarabande]
John Carpenter - Lost Themes III - Skeleton [Sacred Bones]
Bebe And Louis Barron - Forbidden Planet (1956) - Main Titles (Overture) [GNP Crescendo]
John Carpenter - Halloween Kills (2021) - End Titles [Universal]
John Carpenter - Halloween Kills (2021) - Strodes At The Hospital [Universal]