LP - CARPENTER, JOHN - LOST THEMES IV: NOIR Red vinyl

It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that
would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and
the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those
vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody
Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical
renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years
since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a
dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums
and the scores for David Gordon Green's trilogy of Halloween
reboots. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they've struck gold again, this
time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration. 

Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these
compositions as "soundtracks for the movies in your mind." On the
fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film
genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs "noirish" is
sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to
a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir
pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies
work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone. The noir quality, then,
is something you understand instinctively when you hear it, as in
connected in an emotional way. The trio's free-flowing chemistry
means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine_the 1951
Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958
Plymouth Fury from John's own Christine. It's a chemistry that's
helped power one of the most productive stretches of John's
creative life, and Noir proves that it's nowhere near done yielding
brilliant results.
TRACKLISTING: 01. MY NAME IS DEATH 02. MACHINE FEAR 03. LAST
RITES 04. THE BURNING DOOR 05. HE WALKS BY NIGHT 06. BEYOND
THE GALLOWS 07. KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY FINGERS 08. GUILLOTINE
09. THE DEMON'S SHADOW 10. SHADOWS HAVE A THOUSAND EYES