New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Varese Sarabande will release John Carpenter's classic score for CHRISTINE on LP available
September 29, 2017. The CHRISTINE- Original Motion Picture Score has been fully remastered and is being released on blue vinyl. The album features fantastic new art from award-winning movie poster artist Gary Pullin ("Ghoulish Gary").
In the past few years, there has been a tremendous upsurge in interest for John Carpenter's signature score compositions following the success of the Carpenter's Lost Themes and Lost Themes II albums, and subsequent tours. The rare director-composer combo, Carpenter's scores for his classic horror films are a favorite of electronic music aficionados.
Chris
Alexander of ComingSoon.net rated Christine as #3 of the top 10
John Carpenter scores, saying, "Pulsing, moody, dread-filled, this is a car-centric and pop-tinted progression of the Halloween score and it's probably this writer's favorite of all the Carpenter soundtracks."
Fact Magazine says Christine, with "its soundtrack is another synth-heavy masterclass, and again finds Carpenter teaming up with Alan Howarth. 'Obsessed With The Car' is one of the score's most low-key cues, and is noteworthy simply because of its beautiful, unhurried simplicity."
She was born in
Detroit on an automobile assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine, a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil, indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way. She seduces 17-year old
Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) who becomes consumed with passion for her sleek rounded chrome-laden body. She demands his complete and unquestioned devotion and when outsiders seek to interfere, they become the victims of Christine's horrifying wrath.
John Carpenter brings Stephen King's best-selling novel to life in this chilling thriller.
To complement the remastered audio, Award-winning artist and leading designer in the world of alternative movie posters, Gary Pullin was commissioned to create original artwork for the packaging. "I've always loved Stephen King's novel and the cover is a stunner - a stylized hood ornament with a screaming skull, Christine in chrome as it blazes across the hard cover," he explained. "For the films' score, I wanted to feature the Plymouth Fury logo front and centre, in a simplistic and new way. The shape of the V reminded me of devil horns - she's the car from hell! The blue glow represents the supernatural force living under the hood and inside her evil grinning grill. I often go for atmospheric designs when creating artwork for movie soundtracks and the art seemed like a perfect fit for the electronic score that Carpenter and Howarth created to drive the film's suspense and bring the fury of Christine to life."
Track Listing:
Side A:
1. Arnie's Love Theme
2. Obsessed With The Car
3. Football Run / Kill Your Kids
4. The Rape
5. The Discovery
6. Show Me
7. Moochie's Death
8. Junkins
9. Buddie's Death
Side B:
1. Nobody's Home / Restored
2. Car Obsession (Reprise)
3. Christine Attacks (Plymouth Fury)
4. Talk On The Couch
5. Regeneration
6. Darnell's Tonight
7. Arnie
8. Undented
9. Moochie Mix Four
ABOUT JOHN CARPENTER
While attending the University of Southern California's School of Cinema,
John Carpenter began work on DARK STAR, a science fiction comedy short that was later expanded into a feature length film and released theatrically in 1975. His second feature, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) was partially an homage to his idol,
Howard Hawks, and basically reimagined that director's RIO BRAVO in an urban setting. Carpenter's breakthrough film was HALLOWEEN (1978), the seminal horror film; made for $300,000, it was the most profitable independent movie of its day, and to date has spawned several sequels.
Following HALLOWEEN, he further established his reputation with such genre hits as THE FOG, THEY LIVE, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, the psychological horror film, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, CHRISTINE and THE WARD. His rank as an action director on a wider scale is also evident in such productions as ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, VAMPIRES, THE THING, GHOSTS OF MARS, ESCAPE FROM L.A. and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
His motion picture credits also include the comedy-thriller, MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN, the sci-fi love story, STARMAN, which earned
Jeff Bridges a Best Actor Oscar nomination, and VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, the terrifying remake of the classic 1950s horror story.
For the small screen, Carpenter directed the thriller SOMEONE'S WATCHING ME, the acclaimed biographical mini-series, ELVIS, and the Showtime horror trilogy JOHN CARPENTER PRESENTS BODY BAGS. He also directed two episodes of Showtime's MASTERS OF HORROR series.
He won the Cable Ace Award for writing the HBO movie, EL DIABLO.
In the gaming world, he co-wrote the video game FEAR 3 for Warner Bros. Interactive.
In the world of comics, Carpenter is the co-creator of the award-winning bi-monthly series, "John Carpenter's Asylum" and the acclaimed annual anthology collection, "John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight".
On Halloween 2014, the director and composer introduced the world to the next phase of his career with "Vortex," the first single from Lost Themes, his first album of non-soundtrack material. Carpenter's primacy and lasting influence on genre score work was both rediscovered and reaffirmed. Lost Themes achieved numerous international milestones, including NPR First Listen; features in dozens of press outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Guardian; three magazine covers; and Top 200 chart success in the U.S. and the U.K.
John Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York. His family later moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father was the head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky University followed by the USC School of Cinema in Los Angeles. WKU awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2007. He lives in Hollywood, California with his wife,
Sandy King, his frequent collaborator.
ABOUT GARY PULLIN
Gary Pullin, known to horror enthusiasts and art collectors as "Ghoulish Gary," is an award-winning artist and leading designer in the world of alternative movie posters, vinyl record packaging and pop culture art. Gary's work has been featured in a number of documentaries, including 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters and Why Horror? In 2009, Gary was voted Artist of the Year in the Rondo Hatton Awards. Now a full time creature creator, his colourful signature style has graced numerous magazines, books and movie posters. He's had his work featured in galleries across North America, created highly sought-after screen-prints for the likes of Mondo and Skuzzles, album art for WaxWork Records, Varese Sarabrande, Death Waltz and created key art for various films, including Grabbers, Birth of the Living Dead, Why Horror? and The Babadook. Gary lives in a century old home with his wife
Nicole and their monster dog, Pandora.
