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John Carpenter is a legend. As the director and composer behind dozens of classic movies, Carpenter has established a reputation as one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of modern cinema, as well as one of it’s most influential musicians. The minimal, synthesizer-driven themes to films like Halloween, Escape From New York, and Assault on Precinct 13 are as indelible as their images, and their timelessness was evident as Carpenter performed them live in a string of internationally sold-out concert dates in 2016. Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 collects 13 classic themes from Carpenter’s illustrious career together on one volume for the first time. Each theme has been newly recorded with the same collaborators that Carpenter worked with on his hit Lost Themes studio albums: his son, Cody Carpenter, and godson, Daniel Davies. Anthology is a near-comprehensive survey of John Carpenter’s greatest themes, from his very first movie, the no-budget sci-fi film Dark Star, to 1998’s supernatural Western, Vampires. Those sit alongside the driving, Led Zeppelin-influenced Assault on Precinct 13 theme, Halloween’s iconic 5/4 piano riff, and the eerie synth work of The Fog. Carpenter and his band also cover Ennio Morricone’s bleak, minimalist theme for The Thing.

Playlists
Side A
In the Mouth of Madness   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter | John Konesky | John Spiker | Scott Seiver
5:17
Assault on Precinct 13   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
2:55
The Fog   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
3:03
Prince of Darkness   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
3:13
Santiago (Vampires)   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
2:42
Escape from New York   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
3:32

Side B
Halloween   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
2:57
Porkchop Express (Big Trouble in Little China)   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
3:50
They Live   by: Ben Lee | Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
3:07
The Thing   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | Ennio Morricone | John Carpenter
3:37
Starman   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | Jack Nitzsche | John Carpenter
2:34
Dark Star   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
1:26
Christine   by: Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | John Carpenter
4:15
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau | Alexandra Paul | Austin Stoker | Brian Narelle | Carter Wong | Charles Martin Smith | Dan O'Bannon | Daniel Baldwin | Darwin Joston | Dennis Dun | Donald Li | Donald Pleasence | Dre Pahich | Ernest Borgnine | Hal Holbrook | Harry Dean Stanton | Isaac Hayes | James Hong | James Woods | Jameson Parker | Jamie Lee Curtis | Janet Leigh | Jason Robards III | Jeff Bridges | Jeff Imada | John Houseman | John Stockwell | Julie Carmen | Jürgen Prochnow | Karen Allen | Kate Burton | Keith David | Keith Gordon | Kelly Preston | Kim Cattrall | Kurt Russell | Laurie Zimmer | Lee Van Cleef | Lisa Blount | Meg Foster | Nancy Kyes | Peter Kwong | Richard Dysart | Richard Jaeckel | Roddy Piper | Sam Neill | Sheryl Lee | Sy Richardson | T.K. Carter | Ted White | Tom Atkins | Tony Moran | Victor Wong | Wilford Brimley Directors: John Carpenter Composers: Ennio Morricone | Jack Nitzsche | John Carpenter Contributors: Ben Lee | Cody Carpenter | Daniel Davies | Ennio Morricone | Jack Nitzsche | John Carpenter | John Konesky | John Spiker | Scott Seiver