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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 20/20, 2014, 2018), Alan Howarth, Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble In Little China, Bsx Records Inc, Composer, Composition, Film Score, Halloween, Horror, John Carpenter, Live, Live At Hollywood Theater, Score, Solo, Sound Design, Soundtrack, The Thing, They Live, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Action, Avengement, Avengement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack], Barry De Vorzon, Film, Jesse V. Johnson, John Carpenter, Martial Arts, Movie, Netflix, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Score, Scott Adkins, Sean Murray, Sean Murray: Avengement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack], Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 2018), Album Review, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Director, Fanchise, Film, Godson, Halloween, Halloween Reboot, Halloween: Expanded Edition, Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Horror, Horror Movie, John Carpenter, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Movie, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Scared Bones, Sequels, Son, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites

On a big horror kick right now. I feel like I have been on a big horror movie kick since I was 13. That’s when I conquered any fear of being frightened by overdosing on horror films. The good, the bad, the ugly. Now I’m catching up on some classics I haven’t seen – or […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], A Nightmare On Elm Street, Dawn of the Dead, Exorcist, Fantomas, Film, Films, Freddy Krueger, Friday The 13th, George Romero, Halloween, Harry Manfredini, Hellraiser, Horror, Horror Movie, Horror Movie Scores, Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites, It, Jaws, John Carpenter, Mike Oldfield, Movies, Music, Omen, Psycho, Score, Some Favourites, Soundtrack, Stephen King, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Director's Cut, They Live, Tubular Bells, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Squarepusher: Lamental EP

Squarepusher Lamental EP Warp Records As Squarepusher, British composer, producer and musician Tom Jenkinson has spent the last quarter century making wonderful music in a variety of styles all under the same guise. From IDM and techno to live instrumentation – including his own solo bass lamentations – the Squarepusher brand is the home of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, John Carpenter, Lamental EP, Skrillex, Squarepusher, Squarepusher: Lamental EP, Warp, Warp Records, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Daniel Lopatin Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warp Records A strange adrenalin pushes the movie Uncut Gems – but then its anti-hero Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is compelled by a very strange adrenalin: For him it’s less about winning than it is not completely losing. In his gambler’s mind if he doesn’t lose […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Adam Sandler, Album Review, Benny Safdie, Daniel Lopatin, Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Fil, Good Time, John Carpenter, Josh Safdie, Movie, Oneohtrix Point Never, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Safdie Brothers, Score, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, Uncut Gems, Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Vangelis, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 31 – Sustained Creepy Moods…

I like movie soundtracks – score. I like ambient music. I like heavy metal. I particularly love when two or three of those things can come together to create a sinister, creeping – creepy – mood. A sustained sinister creeping – creepy – mood, even. So I wanted to explore that today via five favourites. Five Songs For Friday has […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #31, A Warm Place, Assault on Precinct 13, Burzum, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: 31, Five Songs For Friday: 31 – Sustained Creepy Moods..., Friday, Gummo, Heavy Metal, Horror, John Carpenter, Mike Oldfield, Movies, Natural Born Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Rundgang Um Die Transzendentale Saule Der Singularitat, Score, Soundtrack, Sustained Creepy Moods..., Theme, Trent Reznor, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter: Anthology – Movie Themes 1974-1998

John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Scared Bones Records John Carpenter – like John Waters – finds himself at 70 years of age and with one of the sideline aspects of his filmmaking career now being the new main revenue stream. For Waters it’s writing and delivering his one-man-show, for Carpenter it’s music. They’re both […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1974-1998, Album Review, Anthology, Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, Cult, Film, Filmmaker, Horror, John Carpenter, John Carpenter: Anthology, John Carpenter: Anthology - Movie Themes 1974-1998, John Waters, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Movie, Movie Themes, Music, Scared Bones Records, Sci-Fi, Score, Soundtrack, Themes, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Kody Nielson: Birthday Suite

Kody Nielson Birthday Suite Flying Nun Ruban and Kody Nielson – together, or alone – the work is always interesting, always worth hearing. I’ve loved all of the Unknown Mortal Orchestra material and the thought of them reunited to perform live is terrific of course. The other great thing is that the work is all […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Azure's Birthday, Bic Runga, Bic's Birthday, Birthday, Birthday Suite, Bubba's Birthday, Cherhys's Birthday, Christopher's Birthday, Confection, Darien's Birthday, David Axelrod, Dee Dee's Birthday, Drums, Flying Nun, Frida’s Birthday, Instrumental, Instrumentals, James's Birthday, Jo Jo's Birthday, John Carpenter, Kody Nielson, Kody Nielson: Birthday Suite, Mint Chicks, Po Po's Birthday, Ruban Nielson, Ruban's Birthday, Sebastien Tellier, Suite, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Wendy Carlos, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Stef Animal: Top Gear

Stef Animal Top Gear Fishrider Records This is pretty brilliantly fucking baffling I tell ya! Okay, wait, maybe not the best start to a review ever – so I’ll quickly qualify: I really love this, the debut full-lengther from Stef Animal (The Golden Awesome).
Posted in Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dunedin, Fishrider, Fishrider Records, John Carpenter, Kiwi, NZ, Stef Animal, Stef Animal: Top Gear, The Golden Awesome, The Room, Top Gear, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 480

Ennio Morricone, The Thing [OST] (1982) I’ve always been into John Carpenter films – and a big part of it is the music, whether it’s by Carpenter or not. I love his scores. I saw The Thing when I was about 12 or 13 – one summer, a trip to Gisbourne; we’d rent loads of […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Horror, Humanity Part 1, John Carpenter, John Carpenter's The Thing, LP, Record, Score, Soundtrack, The Thing, The Vinyl Countdown # 480, Vinyl ·

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October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Cave Circles: Apricity (ep)

Cave Circles Apricity (ep) Wonderful Noise Japan Here’s Riki Gooch working (again) under his Cave Circle alias – it’s been a busy time for releases just recently with Cave Circles’ 12”, My Heart Is A Beating Drum and then the recent cassette tape release under another of his working aliases, DJ OBOE.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Apricity, Apricity (ep), Beatmaker, Black Rainbow, Cave Circles, Cave Circles: Apricity, Dilla, DJ OBOE, EP, Garden, Housekeeping, Instrumental, Instrumentalist, Instrumentals, John Carpenter, Kiva, Leila Adu, Mirrors, My Heart Is A Beating Drum, Parks, Producer, Riki Gooch, Rocks, Seven Davis Jr, Vocal, Waves, Wonderful Noise Japan ·
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