John Carpenter's "Escape From New York"

[DJ Jimmy M]

Ahh so thats what that guy looks like...always wondered. a genius he was. but what did that have to do with the post? lol

[Nano]

From what Marky's saying, it would seem another artist made a disco version of the soundtrack theme, á la Meco Monardo's "Close Encounters", "Star Wars Theme", etc.
However, there are two facts we can't ignore:
1) John Carpenter used to compose and execute the music on his first films by himself.
2) That "Tommy Wallace" doing the guitar solo... couldn't he be Tommy Lee Wallace, the guy who did production design on the first Halloween movies and then went to direct the horrendous Halloween III? :o

[buckaroo]

Originally Posted by Nano

From what Marky's saying, it would seem another artist made a disco version of the soundtrack theme, á la Meco Monardo's "Close Encounters", "Star Wars Theme", etc.
However, there are two facts we can't ignore:
1) John Carpenter used to compose and execute the music on his first films by himself.
2) That "Tommy Wallace" doing the guitar solo... couldn't he be Tommy Lee Wallace, the guy who did production design on the first Halloween movies and then went to direct the horrendous Halloween III? :o

1) He usually does his scores "in association with Alan Howarth"

2) You'll notice Tommy Lee wallace above no doubt.

3) I didn't think Halloween 3 was that bad.

[markydefad]

Bringin this forward re: dark/electronic trip to hell music

[Nano]

I saw GHOSTS OF MARS in DVD a few weeks ago and I couldn't help notice how amused Mr. Carpenter was in the bonus snippets of the recording of the soundtrack. Basically it was Buckethead, people from Anthrax and some other metal monsters grooving and expanding a simple Carpenter theme to a dangerous metal machine. John -which didn't allow to be interviewed for the "making off"- is seen grinning widely behind the recording table. Seemed more interested in this than in the shooting of the movie itself.

P.S.: you won't believe it, but Buckethead -the guy who played with Guns N'Roses some years ago- kept his face covered by his famous bucket for the session!

[Energyguy]

Originally Posted by buckaroo

1) He usually does his scores "in association with Alan Howarth"

2) You'll notice Tommy Lee wallace above no doubt.

3) I didn't think Halloween 3 was that bad.

Big fan of JOHN CARPENTER & ALAN HOWARTH.. IMO The soundtrack to HALLOWEEN 3 is one of the best in the HALLOWEEN franchise. ALAN HOWARTH also did some impressive work on later scores for HALLOWEEN 4 + 6

[FranceJoliFan]

It's great to know others appreciate the music of John Carpenter. Along those lines, does anyone remember the disco theme to Friday The 13th part 3? I once had a 12" single of it (promo I think.)