John Carpenter preps 'Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998,' touring (L.A. on Halloween)
John Carpenter is releasing a new album, Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, on October 20 via Sacred Bones. The album features new recordings of 13 of his classic movie themes, performed by Carpenter, along with his son, Cody Carpenter, and godson, Daniel Davies (who played on his Lost Themes records). It includes Halloween, Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, and more…plus their take on Ennio Morricone’s theme for The Thing. He released a few of these as 12″ singles. Preorders, in a variety of special formats and editions, are are available now, and you can listen to the new recording of his theme to 1994’s In the Mouth of Madness below.
Meanwhile, John Carpenter and his band will be on tour playing his classic themes and other work and dates include Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on Halloween night, and NYC’s Terminal 5 on November 16. Tickets for both the Hollywood Palladium and Terminal 5 shows go on sale Friday, August 25 at 10 AM local time, with various presales starting before that.
All tour dates are listed, along with Anthology‘s artwork and tracklist, below.
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John Carpenter – Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 tracklist:
1. In the Mouth of Madness
2. Assault on Precinct 13
3. The Fog
4. Prince of Darkness
5. Santiago (Vampires)
6. Escape From New York
7. Halloween
8. Porkchop Express (Big Trouble in Little China)
9. They Live
10. The Thing
11. Starman
12. Dark Star
13. Christine
JOHN CARPENTER – 2017 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
10/29/17 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Casino
10/31/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
11/2/17 – Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove
11/4/17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
11/5/17 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
11/7/17 – Maplewood, MN @ Myth Live
11/9/17 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
11/10/17 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
11/12/17 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
11/13/17 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
11/15/17 – Boston, MA @ Royale
11/16/17 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/18/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
11/19/17 – Syracuse, NY @ The Palace Theatre
