Waxwork Records is thrilled to present the expanded score album as a deluxe double LP featuring 180 gram colored vinyl, deluxe packaging, a 12”x12” twelve page booklet featuring unreleased behind-the-scenes set photography, and full album artwork by Marc Aspinall. Initial inspirational directions which Carpenter shared with Howarth included albums by Tangerine Dream and The Police. As the MIDI standard had yet to be invented, Howarth manually synchronized the equipment to picture while listening to a copy of the film's dialogue. Howarth used equipment including ARP and Prophet-5 synthesizers and a Linn LM-1 drum machine, as well as an acoustic piano and Fender guitars, to create the palette of sounds used in the score, while Carpenter composed the melodies on the synthesizer keyboards. The score was written by John Carpenter and co-produced by Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Initial inspirational directions which Carpenter shared with Howarth included albums by and. The score was written by and co-produced by Carpenter and. Abrams, and authors such as William Gibson. The film has inspired popular video games such as Metal Gear Solid, filmmakers such as J.J. John Carpenter’s Escape From New York received commercial success upon its summer 1981 release and is now considered a cult classic. Ex-soldier and current federal prisoner, Snake Plissken (Russell) is given just 24 hours to go in and rescue the president (Pleasence), after which, if successful, Snake will be pardoned. In an effort to kidnap the president of the United States, Air Force One is hijacked by insurgents and purposefully crashed into New York City. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s maximum security prison where criminal offenders are transported and forgotten. The film is set in the near-future world of 1997 where the United States has devolved into a coast to coast crime-ridden continent. Released in 1981, Escape From New York is a science fiction action film co-written and co-scored by John Carpenter starring Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton. Titles include premiere releases of Spider Baby, Carnival Of Souls, The Last Man On Earth, The House On Haunted Hill, Island Of Lost Souls , and many selections from the HAMMER film library.Waxwork Records is proud to release John Carpenter’s Escape From New York Expanded Original Motion Picture Score. The line of soundtracks features deluxe packaging, heavyweight colored vinyl, new artwork by prominent Horror illustrator Graham Humphreys, liner notes and interviews conducted by Rob Zombie with filmmakers and actors. It amazes me that a film that is so readily available can be so lost.”Īfter working together on the successful release of the official soundtracks to Zombie’s films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects, 3 From Hell, The Lords of Salem, Halloween 1 & 2, and The Munsters, Zombie explored other ways to collaborate with Waxwork in an effort to unearth, re-master, and release classic, left-of-center Horror soundtracks from films that he is a life-long fan of. Rob Zombie has said of the film, “It’s a great film that not a lot of people know about. The film has gone on to influence mainstream media, even influencing the band name of White Zombie. Initially slammed by critics upon its release, the movie has been reevaluated and praised by recent critics for its classic horror production. Frazer, and John Harron, the film follows the cast as they navigate zombies, love, obsession, and treachery. It was also filmed on Universal Studio’s lot, using several props from other horror films of that time. Starring Bela Lugosi, 1932’s WHITE ZOMBIE is considered the first zombie movie. Rob Zombie and Waxwork are thrilled to announce their first soundtrack title as “ Rob Zombie Presents WHITE ZOMBIE”. So, to be able to release these deluxe packages is a dream come true.“ - Rob Zombie So many of these films are greatly under appreciated and, they all contain such great music. So I jumped at the opportunity to work with Waxwork on this project.” Says Zombie, “I can’t wait to release these albums. Waxwork Records is beyond thrilled to announce the debut vinyl release of EVIL DEAD RISE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Stephen McKeon.Written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), the movie stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland. “I have always been a huge fan of movie soundtracks. Rob Zombie and Waxwork Records have partnered to release an exclusive, curated line of classic Horror movie soundtracks. “ Rob Zombie Presents ” will feature several never-before-released film soundtracks that were personally selected by the singer, songwriter, and filmmaker.
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