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March 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas: Blood On Black Wax – Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl

Blood On Black Wax: Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas 1984 Publishing If you’re a fan of horror films at all that probably means you’re a fan of horror movie soundtracks. They are such a crucial element – the mood-maker, the world-builder, they are in fact a character in the film in […]
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January 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

My 2021 RNZ Features

Once a month or so I get to have a chat on RNZ and present a feature – 40 minutes or so of talking and music selections around a theme or particular act. These are fun. And challenging. It’s live radio. This year was particularly challenging given the pandemic and lockdown precautions meant recording live […]
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November 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of John Carpenter

By the time I first became aware of John Carpenter I’d already seen a few of his movies. I’d seen Big Trouble In Little China, certainly and most of They Live and of course Christine – which I really just watched as “a Stephen King film”, paying no attention to who made it. But the […]
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October 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Music and Movies of John Carpenter

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular musical artist or genre or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. This week I chose to talk about the music (and movies) of John Carpenter. Carpenter has been a favourite for me since, well, forever. And I’ve spent […]
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September 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Davies: Signals

Daniel Davies Signals Sacred Bones Daniel Davies is the godson of John Carpenter. And along with Carpenter’s son Cody, they have formed the backbone of a live touring entity that has taken Carpenter’s music to live performance theatres – rather than just the recorded version in movie theatres; they’re behind the Lost Themes series of […]
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August 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ben Living: The Haddonfield Recordings

Ben Living The Haddonfield Recordings Earthship Records Drummer, producer, remixer – sonic prankster – Ben Living gets to combine his clever skills with his deep love of horror films here on a project that takes samples of the Halloween film and score and bends them into the shape of what you might once have expected […]
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July 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: The Way of Darkness – A Tribute to John Carpenter

Various Artists: The Way of Darkness: A Tribute to John Carpenter Rustblade John Carpenter – not only an influential filmmaker but a hugely influential musician. In fact, in the horror genre it’s really him on the top of a synth-mountain. With Tangerine Dream perhaps scaling the final peak just behind eh…
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June 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Alan Howarth: Indigo RA

Alan Howarth Indigo RA Spheric Gold Alan Howarth is a film composer and sound-designer. He’s created the soundtracks for many science-fiction and horror films and TV shows and might be best known, at least in some circles, for a long-running set of collaborations with John Carpenter, sometimes assisting Carpenter in creating scores and sometimes (as […]
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February 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter: Lost Themes III – Alive After Death

John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Sacred Bones In 2015 John Carpenter released the first volume of Lost Themes – a cool idea. So brilliantly executed. He no longer needed to make the movies to create the music, simply went into the studio and made imaginary soundtracks to films he’ll never write – […]
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October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater

Alan Howarth Live at Hollywood Theater Bsx Records Inc Alan Howarth is a composer and sound engineer – best known for his work with John Carpenter (as well as several volumes of the Halloween films he has composed and/or performed aspects of the score for Christine, Prince of Darkness, Escape From New York, They Live […]
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September 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sean Murray: Avengement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Sean Murray Avengement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Sean Murray I was watching Avengement the other day on Netflix. I’m a big fan of the Jesse V. Johnson / Scott Adkins vehicles where everything is solved through big barroom beat-em-ups and a bit of martial hurts actually hurts everyone in the end, and during the middle, […]
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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween – Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sacred Bones John Carpenter’s original score for the original Halloween movie is what saved it – the low-budget movie which is legendary now for its kickstarting of a new strain of horror films and for its pioneering indie film spirit was […]
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