John Carpenter appreciation thread

[Micke]

I've said it before and I'm sayin' it again - I absolutely love the movies and synth music of John Carpenter.

Below I've compiled a bunch of video clips--with accompanying music-- from my favorite JC movies/scores

So sit back, relax, have a beer and ENJOY!


Dark Star (1974)

[youtube]EKT7AKxnMJs[/youtube][youtube]jH0vrb3hrd4[/youtube]


Assault on precinct 13 (1976)

[youtube]o6Fka78_2wA[/youtube][youtube]LPcBJQn7vt4[/youtube]


Halloween (1978)

[youtube]3Ifbce6vDpc[/youtube] [youtube]s_DsAZahCeg[/youtube]


The Fog (1979)

[youtube]ocOm4YffLsU[/youtube][youtube]ayaY8fB0cR8[/youtube]
[youtube]2WOSr38mZ5s[/youtube]


Escape from New York (1981)

[youtube]7csMKe0JEeA[/youtube] [youtube]_E31HluCz6E[/youtube]

[youtube]bsQ__TiXXWE[/youtube] [youtube]bDy78v2RXnM[/youtube]


Halloween II (1981)

[youtube]bH75cbTA1gc[/youtube] [youtube]mo2nqnwlh2E[/youtube]
[youtube]x_kQaipU0wU[/youtube]


The Thing (Ennio Morricone & John Carpenter, 1982)

[youtube]QUb66gZ5Uws[/youtube]


Halloween III (1982)

[youtube]64BZ3jz0Pm4[/youtube]

Chariots Of Pumpkins - Horror homage:



Christine (1983)

[youtube]bI009Fee0Zc[/youtube]


Big trouble in little China (1986)

[youtube]EVJ0F5DBuXI[/youtube] [youtube]rG06_V_X3PQ[/youtube]

[youtube]ngXN6Y8Z928[/youtube] [youtube]VSX56-P0QkE[/youtube]


Prince of darkness (1987)

[youtube]n1OSAYwslu4[/youtube] [youtube]dMTfNk3YtcU[/youtube]


They Live (1988)
[youtube]oRP5p-WOkTs[/youtube] [youtube]CxY7lNdjvo8[/youtube]


cheers,
Micke

[SteelWav]

Awesome! Thanks to you this afternoon will be fun!

[Johnny Lenin]

Gee, thanks, Micke. Now I'll never get back to work!

The frightening thing is that I have three of these, and Ghosts of Mars, on DVD. I have more Carpenter DVDs than any other director... except Francois Truffaut.

[xibalba]

glad i cant view videos while at work!!

many thanks upon my arrival when i am home!

[Syn303]

Yeah John Carpenter, one of my influences,
and i also have a lot of the soundtracks on
CD (Varese Sarabande) all classics in their
own right.


Dark Star

Assualt On Precinct 13

Halloween (20th Anniversary Edition),

Halloween II

Halloween III

The Fog - Expanded Edition

Escape From New York - Expanded Edition

Big Trouble In Little China

[donaldm]

I'm currently working on a Rock Opera setting of "Dark Star". Love the Carpenter Soundtracks.

[Jabberwalky]

Ah, ear wax build up

[otto]

I like John Carpenter but I like Motorhead more...

[obsidious]

I like John Carpenter but I like Motorhead more...

yeah right cause lemmy's quite the auteur...

[Black Tomorrow]

A John Carpenter thread, and yet there's no mention of In the Mouth of Madness, his greatest film.

[lhm1138]

A John Carpenter thread, and yet there's no mention of In the Mouth of Madness, his greatest film.

Probably because as far as Carpenter soundtracks go, that one kinda sucks. Like someone copping Metallica riffs on a portastudio in their basement. Awesome movie though.

[Jack Spider]

I couldn't imagine many of Carpenter's films being the same if anyone else did the music for them. His soundtracks were almost always very sparse and added to the atmosphere rather than intruding on it.

[Black Tomorrow]

Yeah, good point, lhm. Awesome film, but thinking back to it, the music wasn't his best.

[killedaway]

A John Carpenter thread, and yet there's no mention of In the Mouth of Madness, his greatest film.

Probably because as far as Carpenter soundtracks go, that one kinda sucks. Like someone copping Metallica riffs on a portastudio in their basement. Awesome movie though.

i love a good "oh, i see... okay, wow, that's crazy... see, 'cause he... oh yeah..."-type ending as much as the next guy, but man, that movie absolutely DID NOT stick the landing. i loved every second of it right up until the end, but the "wrap up" was borderline offensive.

Carpenter sure can bang together a brilliant score when he wants to though, that's for dang sure.

[philbar]

some great stuff here.... good times