It’s been years since horror maestro John Carpenter picked up the pen or stepped behind the camera for a feature, but that doesn’t mean he’s been idle from work. To accompany his latest standalone album Lost Themes II, along with a current tour, a music video for Utopian Facade has been released. The penultimate song from the album, Facade is pure Carpenter, with thumping synths and electronic bells carrying swelling layers of dread that give way to one of the more hopeful melodies on the album. Carpenter is a self-taught master of synth scores, originally starting out when he had to score Assault on Precinct 13 on his own when the team ran out of money to pay for a composer. From there, Carpenter continued his growing aesthetic of electro-infused soundtracks with each of his films.
The video, directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, features a...
The video, directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, features a...
- 9/28/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
When he isn’t dissing Rob Zombie or producing “Halloween” sequels, John Carpenter has been known to lay down some beats and record synth music. “Lost Themes II,” the second compilation of the genre auteur’s music released in the last two years, features 12 such tracks. “Utopian Facade” is among them, and it just got a music video.
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Carpenter himself didn’t direct the video; that honor fell to the team of Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, who do a decent job of approximating the sci-fi vibe of films like “Starman.” The video finds a woman in an appropriately futuristic body suit (Erika Angel) running through the woods and fighting off odd beings as she searches for what’s surely an object of the utmost importance — the Utopian Facade itself.
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Carpenter himself didn’t direct the video; that honor fell to the team of Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, who do a decent job of approximating the sci-fi vibe of films like “Starman.” The video finds a woman in an appropriately futuristic body suit (Erika Angel) running through the woods and fighting off odd beings as she searches for what’s surely an object of the utmost importance — the Utopian Facade itself.
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- 9/26/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
In addition to being a legacy film and horror director, John Carpenter is also an accomplished composer, having arranged numerous chilling, electronic scores for many of his films, including Halloween, Escape From New York, They Live, and Escape from La.
But now Carpenter arguably took a page from David Lynch, having put out his first full, standalone album. Lost Themes arrived to solid reviews back in February of this year, and one of the album’s tracks, “Night”, just got its first music video.
The video is directed, not by Carpenter unfortunately, but by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, who have taken Carpenter’s synths and embedded them into a chilling, futuristic, virtual reality scenario. Watch it above. Lost Themes is in stores and available for digital purchase now.
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But now Carpenter arguably took a page from David Lynch, having put out his first full, standalone album. Lost Themes arrived to solid reviews back in February of this year, and one of the album’s tracks, “Night”, just got its first music video.
The video is directed, not by Carpenter unfortunately, but by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, who have taken Carpenter’s synths and embedded them into a chilling, futuristic, virtual reality scenario. Watch it above. Lost Themes is in stores and available for digital purchase now.
The post Watch the music video for John Carpenter’s song ‘Night’ appeared first on Sound On Sight.
- 4/20/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
For many genre movie lovers, the name John Carpenter holds a special reverence. The man brought Halloween, Escape From New York, The Fog, The Thing, They Live, and In The Mouth of Madness --- to name just a few --- to life. He's also known as a fantastic soundtrack composer with a very distinct, dark-synth style in his own right. His recently released non-soundtrack album, Lost Themes, fills the void for many a barren fan's cravings. Just days ago, the first official music video for Lost Themes was unleashed. Directed by Gavin Hignight and Ben Verhulst, Night follows Carpenter as he puts on a virtual reality device and experiences driving a gleaming black muscle car throughout Los Angeles. Lavishly colored nightscapes roll across the screen of...
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- 4/19/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Sacred Bones Records has unveiled the music video for John Carpenter's "Night", a track from his Lost Themes record that's now available. Also featured in our latest round-up is Detroit Zombie Apocalypse III, this weekend's zombie-themed fundraiser for The Walking Hope cancer charity, as well as details on Diamond Select Toys' interactive appearances at Chicago's C2E2 later this month.
John Carpenter Music Video: It followed Laurie Strode as she was hunted by Michael Myers, rode with Christine as the flaming 1958 Plymouth Fury mercilessly pursued Buddy Repperton down a dark stretch of asphalt, and accompanied Jack Burton and his pals on their rescue mission in Lo Pan's lair. John Carpenter’s music could be listed as a cast member in his films, as they are like another character, superbly complimenting the dialogue and actions of the main players.
The nine tracks on Carpenter's upcoming Lost Themes record, however, don't come from iconic films,...
John Carpenter Music Video: It followed Laurie Strode as she was hunted by Michael Myers, rode with Christine as the flaming 1958 Plymouth Fury mercilessly pursued Buddy Repperton down a dark stretch of asphalt, and accompanied Jack Burton and his pals on their rescue mission in Lo Pan's lair. John Carpenter’s music could be listed as a cast member in his films, as they are like another character, superbly complimenting the dialogue and actions of the main players.
The nine tracks on Carpenter's upcoming Lost Themes record, however, don't come from iconic films,...
- 4/17/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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