With his impressive filmography, director John Carpenter has amply proved that he is one of the modern 'masters of suspense'. What not everyone knows is that he has also composed his own soundtracks over the years. With very little means, largely from analogue synthesizers, he managed to amplify the nail-biting tension of his films in a completely original way. Often he needed nothing more than a
… simple rehearsal of menacing notes draped over a velvet carpet of dark strings. With this he created atmospheres that fit perfectly with post-apocalyptic doom landscapes, desolate planets, narrow claustrophobic environments, raging chases, and other misery that you hope not to encounter in daily life. To a large extent his musical work can be compared to a simplified version of Giorgio Moroder's film compositions, later supplemented with typical seventies and eighties rock guitar sound. Sometimes very modest and scary, then bombastic and completely over the top. With Lost Themes, Carpenter offers his fans the opportunity to visualize their darkest nightmares, while providing them with an accompanying soundtrack. (AD) while providing them with an accompanying soundtrack. (AD) while providing them with an accompanying soundtrack. (AD)more
